*Official* Tennis Thread

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Safarova wins, 9-7 in the third.

Gutted, but credit to Safarova.

 

[SirBloody Idiot]

Bad luck for Erakovic, but a solid effort.

I see Nalbandian is down a set, but I'm predicting he'll win in four.

 

[Simon]

Safarova wins, 9-7 in the third.

Gutted, but credit to Safarova.

I guess we were right in predicting a very close match.

 

[Simon]

Bad luck for Erakovic, but a solid effort.

I see Nalbandian is down a set, but I'm predicting he'll win in four.

Even if he goes down 2 sets to 0 i still think he'll come back and win. Hes one of the better 5 set players on tour.

 

[Dydl]

Federer is playing well today, think he's the favourite for mine at this stage.

Played some outrageous shots there too. That one game in the third set was incredible. Federer looking in wonderful touch.

 

[Simon]

Never understood why you rate Soderling so high Jono, has the temprement of a peanut.

 

[Jono]

Never understood why you rate Soderling so high Jono, has the temprement of a peanut.

To be fair, I said he used to be a good value bet, as he would often beat players ranked 10-30, yet would be paying $3+ for the win.

However he was the favourite against Baghdatis, paying $1.60 whilst Bagdatis was paying $2.30+ or something. So I jumped on Marcos

He's a bit overrated by the bookies nowadays so he's no longer value.

 

[Jono]

Also, Nalbandian struggling in the 5th. Two points away from going out in the 2nd round.

Such an enigma.

 

[Simon]

Cant believe he lost to Lu, pretty woeful stuff.

 

[inbox24]

Cant believe he lost to Lu, pretty woeful stuff.

Woo go China!

The guy's pretty skinny too, very nonathletic physique.

 

[superkingdave]

Hopefully Chakvetadze can come back here, but Dokic is playing pretty well at the moment

 

[Dydl]

Incredible match played by Dokic. So glad she came through.

 

[inbox24]

Chakvetadze's a bit of a fox, but childish.

Very stoked for Dokic, she's got a great chance of making it to the fourth round.

 

[inbox24]

A Tomic has exploded.

 

[Redbacks]

Sucks that C7 are showing the games with about a 30 min delay in Adelaide, won't bother to watch when the score is available on the net.

Hopefully when Tomic matures he will be able to put his game together, showed some glimpses of great talent out there tonight.

 

[Mister Wright]

Good showing from Tomic. Didn't think he'd win a set, looked the part in the 1st. Unfortunately we get the delayed coverage, so couldn't watch the whole thing, still gave a good show to go 1-4-2.

 

[Magrat Garlick]

How do Aussies say Tomic (and Dokic)? The Norwegian commentator got it to rhyme with Atomic...

 

[Johnners]

Commentators usually go down the lines of Tomic "Tomick" and Dokic "Dokich".

 

[Simon]

Thought Dokic played well last night. It's easy to see why she was top 10 when she was in her teens, strikes the ball so well. Hopefully with a bit of match practice etc... she'll keep improving.

 

[SirBloody Idiot]

Thought Dokic played well last night. It's easy to see why she was top 10 when she was in her teens, strikes the ball so well. Hopefully with a bit of match practice etc... she'll keep improving.

Her forehand makes me cringe, though.

On the subject of Tomic, needs a better name than Bernard. I can't call any one Bernard unless he's in Black Books. I'm thinking Bernie