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Hot off the heels of an amazing French Open, the men and women now turn to the grass courts of Wimbledon. Can Rafa continue with his momentum, or can Novak wrestle it back? Can Federer rise up and collect another slam? Can Murray get a breakthrough slam in front of his home crowd? Will there be a darkhorse shocker like Tomic :side: to come through and take the world by storm?

I'm thoroughly looking forward to this event, it's my favourite slam and I'm really hoping to see some great tennis on display. As far as the ladies go, you'd have to think Sharapova, Kvitova, Serena, Azarenka etc will all be in the mix, Stosur a slight chance provided she doesn't choke it up in monumental fashion, and well, who knows with the women, Wozniacki might even break through and break her duck.

June 25th, can't come soon enough.
 
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Full mens draw

[1]Djokovic v Mathieu
Harrison v Giraldo
Qualifier v Lopez
Troicki v [31]Stepanek
[27]Querrey v Qualifier
Qualifier v Baker
Kamke v Cipolla
Qualifier v [15]Wawrinka

[11]Monaco v Kuznetsov
Anderson v Lorenzi
Malisse v Andujar
Goffin v [22]Verdasco
[26]Melzer v Kukushkin
Fognini v Bautista-Agut
Qualifier v Rufin
Russell v [5]Berdych

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[4]Ferrer v Rochus
Karlovic v Qualifier
Millman v Ito
Ramos v [28]Baghdatis
[23]Youzhny v Ebden
Donskoy v Ungur
Qualifier v Berlocq
Hanescu v [16]Nishikori

[10]Almagro v Qualifier
Gimeno-Traver v Kubot
Phau v Devvarman
Bolelli v [24]Janowicz
[32]Benneteau v Dimitrov
Roger-Vasselin v Qualifier
Lacko v Muller
Hewitt v [8]Tipsarevic

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[6]Del Potro v Qualifier
Bedene v Becker
Chardy v Qualifier
Zemlja v [30]Granollers
[21]Seppi v Zeballos
Sijsling v Istomin
Garcia-Lopez v Qualifier
Matosevic v [12]Cilic

[14]Simon v Volandri
Robredo v Levine
Lu v Ramirez-Hidalgo
Monfils v [18]Dolgopolov
[25]F.Mayer v Williams
Qualifier v Stakhovsky
Sousa v Smith
Haase v [3]Murray

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[7]Tsonga v Llodra
Soeda v Saville
Duckworth v Mitchell
Kavcic v [29]Bellucci
[19]Haas v Nieminen
Dodig v Wu
Ouanna v Falla
Montanes v [9]Gasquet

[13]Raonic v Hajek
Qualifier v Rosol
Qualifier v Pella
Darcis v [17]Kohlschreiber
[27]Klizan v Qualifier
Tomic v L.Mayer
Qualifier v Davydenko
Paire v [2]Federer


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Slava will most likely play Serena in the 3rd round if she gets there. Slava is fucked
 
#3,067 ·
Pick of the first round matches for me...

Federer-Paire
Tsonga-Llodra
Hewitt-Tipsarevic
Monfils-Dolgopolov


Looking at the mens draw i'm quit confident in my favourites doing pretty well. Tsonga & Del Po look pretty good for the Quarters, and Kei has a great shot at the 4th round, and possibly the Quarters. He has beaten Ferrer before, and had a good run here last year. But 'll be happy for Kei to reach the 4th round here.

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Full Womens draw....


Victoria Azarenka (BLR) [1] vs. Monica Niculescu (ROU)
Eleni Daniilidou (GRE) vs. Karolina Pliskova (CZE)
Qualifier vs. Sofia Arvidsson (SWE)
Jamie Hampton (USA) vs. Urszula Radwanska (POL) [31]
Varvara Lepchenko (USA) [21] vs. Polona Hercog (SLO)
Caroline Garcia (FRA) vs. Elena Vesnina (RUS)
Mathilde Johansson (FRA) vs. Qualifier
Silvia Soler-Espinosa (ESP) vs. Roberta Vinci (ITA) [16]

Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) [10] vs. Sabine Lisicki (GER)
Andrea Hlavackova (CZE) vs. Donna Vekic (CRO)
Qualifier vs. Lauren Davis (USA)
Qualifier vs. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS) [24]
Su-Wei Hsieh (TPE) [26] vs. Lara Arruabarrena-Vecino (ESP)
Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS) vs.Lourdes Dominguez Lino (ESP)
Yulia Putintseva (KAZ) vs. Christina McHale (USA)
Carla Suarez Navarro (ESP) vs. Sara Errani (ITA) [7]
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Serena Williams (USA) [3] vs. Edina Gallovits-Hall (ROU)
Magdalena Rybarikova (SVK) vs. Garbine Muguruza (ESP)
Ayumi Morita (JPN) vs. Anna Tatishvili (GEO)
Annika Beck (GER) vs. Yaroslava Shvedova (KAZ) [28]
Yanina Wickmayer (BEL) [20] vs. Jarmila Gajdosova (AUS)
Qualifier vs. Jana Cepelova (SVK)
Rebecca Marino (CAN) vs. Shuai Peng (CHN)
Vania King (USA) vs. Maria Kirilenko (RUS) [14]

Nadia Petrova (RUS) [12] vs. Kimiko Date-Krumm (JPN)
Shahar Peer (ISR) vs. Alexandra Panova (RUS)
Maria-Teresa Torro-Flor (ESP) vs. Bojana Jovanovski (SRB)
Mirjana Lucic-Baroni (CRO) vs. Lucie Safarova (CZE) [17]
Sloane Stephens (USA) [29] vs. Simona Halep (ROU)
Kristina Mladenovic (FRA) vs. Timea Babos (HUN)
Melanie Oudin (USA) vs. Laura Robson (GBR)
Francesca Schiavone (ITA) vs. Petra Kvitova (CZE) [8]
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Na Li (CHN) [6] vs. Sesil Karatantcheva (KAZ)
Pauline Parmentier (FRA) vs. Olga Govortsova (BLR)
Kristyna Pliskova (CZE) vs. Sacha Jones (AUS)
Coco Vandeweghe (USA) vs. Sorana Cirstea (ROU) [27]
Julia Goerges (GER) [18] vs. Qualifier
Romina Oprandi (SUI) vs. Tsvetana Pironkova (BUL)
Yuxuan Zhang (CHN) vs. Jie Zheng (CHN)
Kai-Chen Chang (TPE) vs. Samantha Stosur (AUS) [9]

Ana Ivanovic (SRB) [13] vs. Melinda Czink (HUN)
Qualifier vs. Daniela Hantuchova (SVK)
Qualifier vs. Qualifier
Johanna Larsson (SWE) vs. Jelena Jankovic (SRB) [22]
Mona Barthel (GER) [32] vs. Ksenia Pervak (KAZ)
Heather Watson (GBR) vs. Alexandra Cadantu (ROU)
Irina-Camelia Begu (ROU) vs. Arantxa Rus (NED)
Bojana Bobusic (AUS) vs. Agnieszka Radwanska (POL) [4]
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Angelique Kerber (GER) [5] vs. Elina Svitolina (UKR)
Lucie Hradecka (CZE) vs. Kiki Bertens (NED)
Casey Dellacqua (AUS) vs. Madison Keys (USA)
Stefanie Voegele (SUI) vs. Tamira Paszek (AUT) [30]
Ekaterina Makarova (RUS) [19] vs. Qualifier
Camila Giorgi (ITA) vs. Stephanie Foretz Gacon (FRA)
Qualifier vs. Olivia Rogowska (AUS)
Anabel Medina Garrigues (ESP) vs. Marion Bartoli (FRA) [11]

Dominika Cibulkova (SVK) [15] vs. Ashleigh Barty (AUS)
Mandy Minella (LUX) vs. Qualifier
Kirsten Flipkens (BEL) vs. Nina Bratchikova (RUS)
Chanelle Scheepers (RSA) vs. Klara Zakopalova (CZE) [23]
Venus Williams (USA) [25] vs. Galina Voskoboeva (KAZ)
Alize Cornet (FRA) vs. Marina Erakovic (NZL)
Petra Martic (CRO) vs. Misaki Doi (JPN)
Olga Puchkova (RUS) vs. Maria Sharapova (RUS) [2]


Tough first round match for Slava, but if she gets through that, then she'll be on for the 3rd round i think.

Sharapova might be in trouble. Could face Venus in the 3rd round. Wozniacki is also in trouble because Lisicki can be dangerous. Thats a good first round match
 
#3,071 · (Edited)
Federer has a draw from hell to be honest, it looks tough. Possible path for him:

Round 2: Davydenko
Round 3: Tomic
Round 4: Raonic
QF: Tsonga
SF: Murray
F: Djokovic

...that's harsh. Djokovic should really make the final. The only kind of big test he faces is a semi final against probably Ferrer I think and he should still win that comfortably. Please give us a Murray/Federer semi final! I love Murray/Fed matches.

Fairly happy with Murrays draw, although from the QF it's pretty tough. I could still get my Murray/Djokovic final though :)
 
#3,072 ·
Ferrer might have a tough 4th round against Nishikori. Kei has proven he can beat Ferrer at the Olympics, so it might not be easy.

Tsonga vs Federer, and Del Po vs Murray sounds tasty
 
#3,073 · (Edited)
Yeah, Djkovic has an easy draw, Ferrer is the biggest threat but he should beat him really, probably in 4 sets.

I enjoy Fed/Murray matches too, hopefully both can make the semis.



Well tbf, grass is Ferrer's worst surface. It won't be easy for Ferrer but I think he should be able to beat Nishikori really
 
#3,074 ·
Yeh for sure, the second half of the draw looks a lot more interesting. Those two mens quarter finals sound really great.

Hopefully the draw works out that way because Federer/Tsonga and Murray/Delpo could be really, really great.

I'm predicting Murray/Djokovic final...or at least hoping for it :)
 
#3,075 · (Edited)
Tsonga & Del Po in the same half :(. Not like they are gonna play each other anyway :lol

I'd expect Ferrer to beat Kei, don't get me wrong. But it won't be easy, and i could see Kei possibly beating him. The difference though is 5 sets, and Kei is knwon for injury problems, so i'd favour Ferrer.

I like Del Po's draw up till the Quarters, and i can say the same with Jo. I think they should both make it there.

As for Maria-Venus. Venus is showing good form, whilst i haven't seen Sharapova because she's been injured. It'll be a touhg match for Maria, although i expect Maria to win. Could be a potential Semi Final with Radwanska waiting, and Radwanska is in red hot form atm. Still backing Serena to win the whole thing though, probs without losing a set.

Aas for mens, i'm sticking with Novak. Good draw for him, and i expect to see him face either Murray or Federer in the final. Aussie Open doesn't suit Del Po, so Murray should beat him.
 
#3,076 ·
Yeh Maria/Venus could be interesting. Venus has been in really good form recently so she can maybe pose a threat if she's having an 'on' day, but I'd predict a Maria win for that. As with most people I'm sensing a Serena win...I just can't see anyone else winning. She's just too good at the moment.
 
#3,079 · (Edited)
The only problem with the Aussie open is that most of the matches are on very early in the morning UK time, so to watch it requires a lot of staying up.

Bit of bad blood between Del Po & Murray too. Murray seems to be the only player not to like Juan all that much, because of an incident in 2008, when Del Po said Murray & his mother are both a like or something along those lines. Can't remember exactly what he said, but Murray wasn't happy about it.
 
#3,081 ·
Tipsarevic isn't exactly a TOP player, and Hewitt has a winning record against him (3-1 iirc).

Also:



Lleyton defeated Del Potro to win the Kooyong Classic (6-1, 6-4). Not a bad preparation, nor a bad scalp. Hewitt is more than capable of springing a few upsets.
 
#3,084 ·
Yeh I heard they had a few issues a while back, but I'm sure they're probably over it by now.

That is the only problem with the Aussie Open from a British perspective. It means I would usually sleep, and wake up for a match if I really wanted to see it. What time is the final usually on British time? I don't remember. Baker has also made it through to the main draw which is quite an achievement for him.
 
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#3,086 ·
Yeh postwise it keeps telling me that people have posted...but wouldn't let me see yesterday :( so some of the things said seem to...not fit in! Seems mostly alright today though.

Oh good, as long as it's on in the morning around that time I'll be up to watch!
 
#3,087 ·
Yeah, it's getting annoying :lol

So anyway, what are you guys predictions for your favourite players Aussie Open?

Mine...


Tsonga: Jo didn't have the best of years last year, failing to show the form which got him to the final here 5 years a go. But under new coach Roger Rasheed, Tsonga may come back to show some good form this season. From watching Jo in the Hopman cup, he seems to have made some improvements on his BH and ROS, but this is his first real test of the season, so we'll have to see how much he's improved them in proper competition. His 1st round match against Olympics double partner Llodra is a fascinating one and could be a very exciting contest. But it's a match i expect Jo to win. From then on, i don't really expect Tsonga to have any problems leading up to the Quarter Finals where he'll face Federer. This is another match which could potentially be great, and one that Tsonga can win if he's playing well and Roger isn't playing great. However, with Jo nothing is certain, so i predict Federer to beat him in 4 or 5 sets.

Therefore i think Jo will finish as a Quarter Finalist, which is a step up from last year.

Del Potro:Del Po heads into this tournament off a good end to 2012, which saw him beat Federer back to back indoors and push Djokovic in the semis finals of the Tour Finals. Del Po is getting back to the form which saw him win the 2009 US Open. I don't think Juan will have any problems reaching the Quarter Finals here as his draw looks pretty good up until that point. His only potential test i see before then is Cilic, but i don't expect Juan to have too many problems in dispatching him. My only concern is his fitness and how he'll endure the heat. The Aussie open isn't his best Grand Slam, so i'm not really expecting him to win it. But the potential Quarter Final against Murray certainly looks interesting. I think it will be close and go 5 sets, but unfortunately for me, i see Murray outlasting him in the Quarter Finals. I could see Juan beating him if he plays well and his fitness holds up. Murray hasn't looked particularly great since winning the US Open.

So i think Juan will make the Quarter Finals, but thats a good result imo.

Nishikori: I like Kei's draw here. He's drawn Ferrer in his Quarter, and he's already proven he can beat David, so i like his chances of reaching the 2nd week. Until the 4th round, i don't really expect Kei to have too many problems, so i see him reaching the 4th round at least here. The only problem is Kei's injury issues, so hopefully he stays healthy throughout, especially in the first week. In the 4th round, he'll likely face Ferrer, and thats a match that Kei has a good chance of winning. He's got a winning record against Ferrer, so might fancy another shot at the Quarter Finals. Ferrer will be the favourite, but i can see Nishikori springing a suprise here like last year against Tsonga. My prediction for Kei depends on 2 things. 1. His health & fitness. 2. How optimistic i am about his chances. Also, if he gets past Ferrer, he's got a decent shot at the Semi Finals too with the highest ranked play possibly awaiting him being Tipsarevic.

So, i predict 4th round or another QF for Kei in this tournament.

Shvedova: Slava has been poor recently, so therefore my expectations of her are not very high. First round against Beck may be a tough match for Slava, but one i see Slava winning. Shvedova hasn't had problems in first rounds, so i expect her to win in 2 tight sets. The 2nd round is potentially easier than the first imo. Now Slava has had problems stringing together consectutive since Wimbledon, but i think she'll actually win her 2nd round match this time, no matter who she plays. Slava always seems to bring her best to Grand Slams, so i think she'll play better here than recently. Now the 3rd round will most likely be against Serena. These 2 had a great and close match at Wimbledon with Serena coming through in the end. But then, Serena wasn't playing great and Slava was in the form of her life, having just won a Golden set against Errani in the previous round. Slava is struggling for form, whilst Serena has been on a path of destruction since crashing out early at Roland Garros. I think Serena will win in 2 routine sets, without Slava really troubling her.

So, i think Slava will lose in the 3rd round, but i'm happy with that finish given her form.
 
#3,089 ·
My favourite players predictions:

Andy Murray:

WINNER: Yeh I'm putting it out there :) I think he's going to win this year. I think the Aussie Open is by far his best slam, he's made the final...two times already? And with a slam in his pocket now he'll have the feel for it and by hungry to win another. He's had a great warm up tournament and looks to be in fantastic shape coming into it. He's in Federers half which I think is good for him. I think indoors Federer is better, outdoor hardcourt I think Murray edges it. Obviously before that Del Potro is a big challenge as he's coming into form but I still think Murray wins. Then in a Djokovic/Murray final it's really a toss up if last years semi final is anything to go by. But seriously, I predict Murray to win the whole thing.

Novak Djokovic

FINAL: I think a Murray/Djokovic final is probable. Rodger could get there but he hasn't had any kind of warm up tournament and he's got a few tough matches before he even makes it to the semi final. Djokovic's route is pretty clear to be honest, his only real roadblock is Ferrer and I'm pretty much 99% positive he'll win that without watching either of them play. I'm very confident he'll make the final.

Del Potro

QUATER FINALS: He's very close to making a dent in the top three at the moment but he's not quite there. A few more months and he will be and then he'll be able to mount a very obvious challenge. I think he has the game to make it really, really far and he has a chance to do so. He has a chance to beat Andy Murray in the quarters I'd just now predict him to. So quarter finals for him this time around with a big shot at the slams a little later in the year.

Serena Williams

WINNER: I'm not sure I even have to explain this one. She's so in form and so much better than the rest at the moment. If she loses at all this tournament, it'll be an upset.

Venus Williams

ROUND THREE: Is it round three she could be facing Sharapova? Or round two? Either way I think she'll probably go out to Maria. Although Venus has been in pretty good form going into the tournament so she could pull off an upset there.

WINNERS:

Andy Murray
Serena Williams

Makes me sound like I'm a delusional tennis fan believing in my favourite players but I seriously think both will win. :)
 
#3,091 ·
My Australian Open bold predictions...

-Na Li to reach the womens final- I have a feeling she'll play well
-Pavlyuchenkova to reach the Quarter Finals of the womens- She's on good form
-Shvedova won't choke- Yeah, VERY BOLD i know
-Nishikori to not get injured- Not this time. He'll stay healthy (hopefully)
-Serena to go through the tournament without dropping more than 3 games in any set- Not sure how bold this is :lol
-Hewitt to beat Tipsarevic- Yeah, why not?
-Almagro to reach the Quarters as a result
-Watson to go further than Robson- Watson 2nd round, Robson 1st.

It's easier to do this in the womens draw :lol

Any of you guys got any Bold predictions?
 
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