*Official* Tennis Thread

[Anil]

wow, that was a nervy ending from both players! swiatek through! another big hitter collins awaits!

 

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Great start for Auger-Aliassime tonight.

 

[Anil]

good effort from him but medvedev too good at the end...

 

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Barty's playing at a ridiculous level in this tournament.

 

[Spark]

That was about as one-sided a Grand Slam semi-final as you can see without one player having a total meltdown

 

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First Aussie in the women's final for 44 years!

 

[Lillian Thomson]

Barty winning would be the ruination of a long standing quiz question regarding the last Australian to win. Everyone assumes it must be Evonne Cawley, or at a stretch Wendy Turnbull. Chris O’Neil tends to generate a collective “who?”.

 

[social]

The pearl clutching regarding Kyrgios & Kokkinakis is pretty amusing when you consider that all of their critics will be glued to the screen for the final

Tournament organisers & the broadcasters will be delighted

 

[Spark]

That was about as one-sided a Grand Slam semi-final as you can see without one player having a total meltdown

This, on the other hand, does constitute one player having a total meltdown

 

[Anil]

two easy wins...barty's experience in these big finals should carry her through against collins...

 

[Anil]

an all-aussie men's doubles final, that should be good news for the organizers...

 

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Wow, looks like some remarkable weather in Melbourne today. Good thing there's a roof.

 

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Nadal has been extremely good so far.

 

[Son Of Coco]

The pearl clutching regarding Kyrgios & Kokkinakis is pretty amusing when you consider that all of their critics will be glued to the screen for the final

Tournament organisers & the broadcasters will be delighted

The fans are ****ing annoying. However, I will be watching the final.

 

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This feels a bit more one-sided than the sixth and seventh seeds.

 

[Lillian Thomson]

I’m not particularly a fan of Nadal, but a win here would be great after Djoko was banned. Not only would he overtake him in Slams, but he’d match him in winning all majors at least twice. With the added bonus that neither of the two boring dicks on the other side of the draw will win

 

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That screeched to a halt fairly quickly, after a tight first three sets.

 

[social]

Won’t be surprised if Barty loses

Massive pressure

 

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First set went pretty much the way I thought it would, but Collins has turned things around impressively in the second (along with some uncharacteristically bad misses by Barty).

 

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Now Collins seems to be unravelling.