Tennis - waiting for Australian Open

[magimedi]

And longing for lots of chat!!

Well done Osaka- I'm glad she won. My picks before the tournament were Halep, Barty or Osaka, (unless Kvitova somehow won ).

Yes she was brilliant. Brady put up a good battle though, especially after she went 4-0 down. But Osaka was too good!

Todd looking very smart.

Yes he was, very! The speeches were lovely.

It was probably their first chance to get spruced up in months .

Well done Naomi - lovely speeches from both players. I always find seeing sportsmen wearing suits a bit strange but yes Todd did look very smart

I’m still in bed - there seems little point in getting up today - not really got anywhere to go

Interesting!

Congratulations Naomi.

Jane that is interesting- even with Daniil's current form you might think Djok would have the edge, just because of his history in AO finals.

I really hope Medvedev can do it. Even if he will push Rafa down the rankings. I'm sure even Rafa wouldn't mind if it wipes the smirk off Djok's mug. .

Just watching the match.
This is not the best start- Come on- Daniil! He seems nervous.But Djok is just serving aces- injury gone now, then.
I hope it's not going to be a repeat of 2019- Rafa had played brilliantly all week- got to the final, and was blown off court.
Djok seems to do, in AO finals, what Rafa does in RG ones, I think.

Yikes hope Daniil just needs to settle down a bit

Yes *Raahh something just seems to happen to Djok in the AO finals - he does seem invincible

Fizzy I'm hoping Daniil just needs time to find his feet.

And he has Djok on the run a bit now.

Ah well played there! Think there could be a long way to go...

Brilliant!

now we have a match.

It's only the first set- I wouldn't mind, I really do have stuff to do today! .

I wish it wasn't Frew. I've been awake since 3am- and if this match goes on too long, I will fall asleep .

Morning all.
Damn it - opening set to Djok.
I've never cheered for Medvedev before

pfft.

Come on Daniil!

That was so close. I thought Medvedev was going to hang on to his serve at the end of that set there.

Morning Majestic. I like Medvedev a lot, especially since his interaction with the crowd in NYC the year he got to the final!

He seems mentally very strong to come back and break at the start of the new set.

Morning Majestic - I would cheer for anyone against Djok but I do like Medvedev

I think we could be in for a long match

Suspect djok won't even need to have an 'injury'.

I go away for 10 minutes and look what happens.

Come on Daniil!!

Oh dear.

Bloody Djokovic.

Maybe it won’t be a long match after all

No

I almost want to stop watching.