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Tennis4you · « **Reply #500 on:** January 20, 2013, 08:38:44 AM »

Then Stan brings the level down

Tennis4you · « **Reply #501 on:** January 20, 2013, 08:39:48 AM »

San brings the level up again! Dictating these points Stan is!!!

Tennis4you · « **Reply #502 on:** January 20, 2013, 08:39:59 AM »

We just hit the 5 hour mark!

Tennis4you · « **Reply #503 on:** January 20, 2013, 08:40:31 AM »

Deuce again after a hold point. Stan is still serving big.

Tennis4you · « **Reply #504 on:** January 20, 2013, 08:40:55 AM »

Match point 3 coming up after an easy backhand miss by Stan...

Tennis4you · « **Reply #505 on:** January 20, 2013, 08:41:49 AM »

Woa!!!

Babblelot · « **Reply #506 on:** January 20, 2013, 08:42:15 AM »

Wooooo Hooooo!!!!!

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sid · « **Reply #507 on:** January 20, 2013, 08:43:33 AM »

Super game of tennis,got to feel sorry for Stan,Alex that was one for the re-run reel,as you say over there.

swish · « **Reply #508 on:** January 20, 2013, 08:43:48 AM »

Djokovic will have a fresh Berdych next.

Gawdblessya · « **Reply #509 on:** January 20, 2013, 08:44:19 AM »

Finally, Djokovic takes a break point & wins 12-10.

Superb effort by both men, but ND didn't play his best here. What is ominous for his opponents is that he doesn't need to in order to win!

Excellent effort by SW. He really gave it his all. What a match!

Congratulations to all Djokovic fans.

euroka1 · « **Reply #510 on:** January 20, 2013, 08:45:47 AM »

Quote from: Gawdblessya on January 20, 2013, 08:44:19 AM

Finally, Djokovic takes a break point & wins 12-10.

Superb effort by both men, but ND didn't play his best here. What is ominous for his opponents is that he doesn't need to in order to win!

Excellent effort by SW. He really gave it his all. What a match!

Agreed. A great one! Nights like that are the best of the AO.

....and only a ten minute walk back to the downtown hotel,

Now, here at 10am, I can at last get to the Sunday papers.

williamchung7 · « **Reply #511 on:** January 20, 2013, 08:54:03 AM »

Wawrinka should have won it if he decided challenge when he hit big forehand return 4-4 30-40. Djokovic is so lucky.

Lugburz · « **Reply #512 on:** January 20, 2013, 08:55:30 AM »

Stanley what was that

Well gratz Alex and the rest of Nole's fans.

But this match just proves even as his countryman why I don't cheer for him.
I'm gutted for Stan.

Babblelot · « **Reply #513 on:** January 20, 2013, 09:46:42 AM »

One sensational game over a 45 minute span is pretty awful. No match is good after, or should go more than, 4 hours. Desperately need a 5th set TB. The slow courts of the AO combined with the defensive nature of today's players will certainly bring us a TB. These things are ridiculous.

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euroka1 · « **Reply #514 on:** January 20, 2013, 09:59:16 AM »

The crowd loved it and Novak certainly knew how to charm them all in the Courier interview.

All in all, a very good night for tennis and for tennis in Australia in particular.

Jamesdster · « **Reply #515 on:** January 20, 2013, 10:59:14 AM »

Quote from: Babblelot on January 20, 2013, 09:46:42 AM

One sensational game over a 45 minute span is pretty awful. No match is good after, or should go more than, 4 hours. Desperately need a 5th set TB. The slow courts of the AO combined with the defensive nature of today's players will certainly bring us a TB. These things are ridiculous.

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I agree. A 5th set TB NEEDS TO BE ADOPTED

sid · « **Reply #516 on:** January 20, 2013, 11:21:57 AM »

Quote from: Jamesdster on January 20, 2013, 10:59:14 AM

Quote from: Babblelot on January 20, 2013, 09:46:42 AM
One sensational game over a 45 minute span is pretty awful. No match is good after, or should go more than, 4 hours. Desperately need a 5th set TB. The slow courts of the AO combined with the defensive nature of today's players will certainly bring us a TB. These things are ridiculous.

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I agree. A 5th set TB NEEDS TO BE ADOPTED

Got to disagree on 5th set TB being added,it makes it fun to win by 2 games.If you can't win without to 6-6 in last set that's the tennis players problem full stop.I'd say the same no matter what tennis player was playing(& yes same for Andy)before someone ask's.Tennis players make loads of money sometimes thay have to earn it.

euroka1 · « **Reply #517 on:** January 20, 2013, 12:00:32 PM »

I suppose that Jamesdster's point of view is to some extent that from the high chair

and must be duly respected

.

As a spectator, I do not like tie-breaks at all

. especially in best of 3 matches. Too much hangs on small number statistics.

Tennis4you · « **Reply #518 on:** January 20, 2013, 12:42:16 PM »

I like to see them play it out.

propstoart · « **Reply #519 on:** January 20, 2013, 02:13:35 PM »

The spectators love it, but how about the players? Don't they want to end these humdingers and catch a shower? What about best-of-3 sets in the Slams? In this age of equality at the workplace, should not the men be expected to do nothing more than the women, in order to win the top prize? I think a vast majority of men will agree.. We could have a real circus on our hands, what with the strength in depth on the men's tour..

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Author Topic: MEN -- Australian Open 2013 (Read 8694 times)