Australian Open Predictions Thread

[Pup Clarke]

Day 11 Table

Liam 342
Samuel_Vimes 331
Matteh 329
Clapo 327
alternative 306
Dydl 306
Boy Brumby 291
headhunter 288
Mister Wright 283
Simon 278
NUFAN 210

Day 12 match - worth 32 points

Roger Federer (SUI) (1) v Novak Djokovic (SRB) (3)

 

[Mister Wright]

Woah. Huge slip there.

Roger Federer (SUI) (1)

 

[Magrat Garlick]

Yay for Jo-Wilfred.

Keeping up with t' trend, Đoković.

 

[BoyBrumby]

Unfortunate for my predictions, but can never be really unhappy when Nadal loses. Bit of a goon, the boy. Anyway:

Roger Federer (SUI) (1)

 

[Pup Clarke]

Roger Federer

 

[Matteh]

Can't tip against Federer.

 

[Dydl]

Gotta go Federer.

 

[NUFAN]

Coming last so why not Novak Djokovic (SRB) (3)

 

[Pup Clarke]

Can't tip against Federer.

Why not?

 

[Matteh]

Only loses 1 in 5. Decent odds.

 

[Simon]

Novak Djokovic

 

[Mister Wright]

Only loses 1 in 5. Decent odds.

Has already played 5 matches this tournament. Odds against increasing.

 

[Matteh]

Feds - 550 - 120
Djok - 120 - 50

Career Win/Loss ratio. Rough numbers, but i checked this an hour or so ago.

 

[Johnners]

Đoković

 

[Simon]

Feds - 550 - 120
Djok - 120 - 50

Career Win/Loss ratio. Rough numbers, but i checked this an hour or so ago.

Federer @ 20
Ranking: 13
Grand Slam Semi Finals: 0
Career Titles: 3

Djokovic @ 20
Ranking: 3
Grand Slam Semi Finals: 4
Career Titles: 7

We can bring out all sort of stats to compare players. I think all's that will matter tonight is who plays the big points the best...

 

[Mister Wright]

Can remember many years ago Federer playing for The Swiss against Australia in Davis Cup in Switzerland and he looked very ordinary indeed. I was surprised to see him rise as quickly as he did. Did not see it coming. Never thought he would dominate the way he has. Has been sensational.

 

[Simon]

Was doing a bit of research earlier on Federer and discovered his very first grand slam match was against Pat Rafter, lost first round of the french in 99 to him. I think he may have taken a set off Pat too... Not very important but a bit of trivia none the less...

 

[Pup Clarke]

Another trivia...Jo-Wilfried Tsonga this time last year was ranked 219.

 

[Pup Clarke]

And he's only played 34 singles matches in his entire career before the Open.

 

[Simon]

And had a career record of 3-8 against top 20 ranked players before the tournament (wins against Hewitt, Gasquet and Moya)