Australian Open R3: Bernard Tomic vs Sam Groth
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Groth is playing great, but Tomic is too clutch for him. 4 set win with several TBs.
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Meh... Would have much preferred to see Tomic vs Kokkinakis. Anyways, I want Tomic to win.
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This is Groth's first 3R appearance at a major while Bernard is highly experienced and familiar with these matches.
Expect the aTomic bomb to win this in approx. 4 sets. I'm as shocked as you are that he's dropped 2 sets so far in this tournament, yet alone 2 games. The matured maestro is generous in the first week.
Expect the aTomic bomb to win this in approx. 4 sets. I'm as shocked as you are that he's dropped 2 sets so far in this tournament, yet alone 2 games. The matured maestro is generous in the first week.
Tomic in 4 is most likely outcome. Groth improoved his baseline and return game from last year, so might win 1 tie-break or 1 set with break vs Tomic, who will probably struggle to break Groth his return is pretty bad, anyway from the baseline Tomic will win more rallies - but not significantly more, how i said Groth improoved, on serve it doesn´t matter if Groth hits 30 aces and bombs 220-235kph all the time if Tomic will win his service points with unreturnable serves or easy points like taking Groth outwide with slice serve just to hit easy FH-BH to open court, so Groth might have similar 1st serve points won % like Tomic, but on 2nd serve Tomic should win more + his FS% can be higher and in tie-breaks he is the one who should be more comfortable- something like 6-3,6-7,7-6,6-4 for Tomic
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Tomic is so clutch right now. There will be 1 or 2 breaks in the match most likely, 3 max. Therefore, this match will come down to tb's and who is more clutch in the big moments and tomic will be too strong in this department.
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Tomic is more clutch, but I do think Groth might be a bad match up for him. This is a guy who struggled mightily to return Nishikori's serve. And as he's not quite as NID to choke away every close tiebreak as Karlovic (who Tomic has beat a couple times) I think an upset might happen here
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St. Bernard in 4. No way he loses to Groth.
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You guys are seriously over hyping Groth, good job making R3, but Tomic in 3.
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He's always been a factor at AO,the courts compliment his game and the crowd get behind him. Too bad he ran into Fed a couple of times and Nadal once.
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bernie in 3
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No way can Servebot Sam beat a player of B-Nard's awesome ability.
Bernard is by far the more talented player overall. But his weak return of serve should result in this being a close match. Groth's return is even worse, so expect a few tb's in this one. A couple of return points here and there will decide this match.
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