TENNIS - Down Under - not a G'Day for Novak

[JaneJeffer]

ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha

WellTidy 'willfully impolite person' - interesting way to describe someone- but as the article seems to suggest, I think she likes being a bit sullen, a bit standoffish, and not the one chucking out meaningless platitudes.

StartUp she is just refreshingly unstarry.

That ended up being a pretty quick set.

Yes, DC is unapologetically there for herself!

I love Ash too. What an ambassador for tennis and for Australia.

Horrified gasp in our living room at the break.

Ooh- the second set has taken a turn.

I suppose it's only right the final is decent match, and not a walkover (still want Ash to win).

(Having said that, I won't mind if Rafa wins in easy sets tomorrow - better for my blood pressure. ).

Glued.

Oh dear this is not going how I want.
Come on Ash

Ooh- booing- could Ash be about to turn this back around?

Nail-biter.

Well done Ash!

At least they gave the crowd a bit of something to get involved in .

Not a classic was it. Neither player at their best. Delighted that Ash Barty won though.

Magestic no, it's not the best I've seen Ash play so far - but I think the weight of expectation might have got to her a bit, hence the wobble. She will have really wanted the win at 'home'.

She did well to come through. Delighted for her.

First Australian player to win the Australian Open in 44 years.

They all say that the slam they are at is their 'favourite' .

Now fingers crossed for Rafa tomorrow.

I've got the doubles on in the background. There is some irony in Kyrgios complaining about a bloke in the crowd making noises -when he has been encouraging it for a fortnight when it suits him.

(I've just posted the above on the Doctors thread- which will probably cause some confusion)

I had to go out when it was 5-4 in the second set, sounds like I missed a tense ending! Very pleased for Ash as I wanted her to win, but Danielle must be wondering what the hell happened to that second set. She must have thought it was in the bag at 5-1 up.

[quote WellTidy]Interesting article about Danielle Collins here if anyone fancies a read:

racquetmag.com/2022/01/27/born-ready/[/quote]
I like Collins but that article is very OTT about her, her looks and womens tennis!

Well done Ash. The Aussies must be delighted with her and the mens doubles (grr)

I was not very enthusiatic about the Kyrgios win, Jane- though I did find the bloke in the crowd with 'Special K' boxes on his hands, funny (once I twigged why).

I didn't watch because I can't bring myself to watch Dick. He makes me feel so stressed.

I had it on, whilst I caught up with a pile of ironing I had been ignoring.

Anyway- I am looking forward to tomorrow. I wish I had a crystal ball!

I only saw the women’s victory speeches and the trophy presentation - it looked as if Danielle had more to say than Ash Barty did! Really pleased for Barty

Saw a tiny bit of the special k match - Kyrgios makes me feel stressed as well Jane (still not recovered from his and Rafa’s last Wimbledon match!)

I did see the young lad being ejected - felt a bit sorry for him really. I missed the man with the special k boxes in his hands

It did take me ages to work out why Medvedev called the umpire a small cat yesterday though - I thought it was a special Russian insult

Can’t quite believe that Rafa is in the final tomorrow - eek!

Fizzy I felt sorry for the bloke who was thrown out, because the whole crowd was noisy, and have been all fortnight.