Ruusuvuori is the most interesting one to me. He has got Mena as his first opponent followed by Darcis/Benchetrit. Things get harder after that as Zhizhen Zhang probably awaits. That could be good one.
Tomic is set to play Kudla-Ivashka-Sela if he wants to make the MD. Obviously could end up playing someone else if he gets that far - Sela is way behind his past.
Tough one for Kubler but not impossible. Should be favourite against Bachinger and Fabbiano is far from great even if he has got a few good wins during his career. All 3QR should be beatable too.
That being said I dont know where Kubler is with his game. Didnt play for 6 months? Knees again?
The 10th section has 3 Slovaks battling it out. Klizan is the obvious favourite to come out of that but I wouldnt be shocked to see him have a shocker.
Facundo Mena actually beat Ruusuvuori on hardcourts last season. Went out to win his maiden challenger title too - on clay that was.
Any word what he has been doing lately other than counting his millions? He is an underdog against Kudla so I guess its safe to predict he hasnt been training too much.
This year I just dont care all that much. The only players I'm really invested in are gulbis, hanfman and halys. Ofcourse ernie and yannick had to end up in the same section.
Where is pospisil?
Aldo, to bad rudi is still Injured and cant play here
I am actually shocked they are playing today. The air quality today in Melbourne is rated as Hazardous. It's tough to breathe out there, let alone exercise.
there is an air quality warning for the area. people are warned to stay inside, keep their pets inside. yet they are going ahead with the tennis . smart
they already had one player incident
i'm betting she wont be the last. this is just asking for lawsuits and deservedly so
IMO Lestienne is about as bad an opponent for Van de Zandschulp as you can have. A very awkward player who gets a lot back and will have forced Botic into plenty of UEs.
Very much expected result. I have watched Rola quite a bit since last summer and he has to be one of most overranked players. Been playing like a #400 for a good while now. Hope he can get his shit together because he used to be quite decent.
Ramanathan going out against Coria is a surprise. Ramanathan was playing decent against Ruusuvuori last week. Have I ever seen Coria play on hardcourt? I dont think so.
Klizan getting destroyed by Krstin probably the biggest surprise of the day. Klizan was playing challengers last week so would think he was looking to be serious here. Didnt see any of it so dont know what was going on though.
Now with Klizan and Lacko out of that section - it means someone is going to make a maiden AO MD appearance! Thats good. Gombos, Marcora, Ferreira Silva and Krstin will fight for it.
Kubler, Bouchier and Schoolkate the losing WCs from day 1
Schoolkate served for straight-sets win against Varillas and led 3rd set 4-1 but lost eventually.
I thought Mott missed 2 years because of injuries but he just had hiatus. Interesting.
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