Buckle up possums, it’s the Australian Open!

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I hope the bee man has lifetime tickets to this tournament.

It would be a travesty if not!

Well done Carlos.

Andrey having some struggles against Matteo Arnaldi.

Just catching up on scores. See Andrey and Felix both lost. Fantastic win for Sonay Kartal.

Robotic is going well against Djok so far. Not watching because I don't want to see the gurning so I've got Coco on instead.

Aww 🐝

This is a topsy turvy match.

Coco's serve has gone AWOL

Why do they have to keep talking about Djokovic during the women's match? Grr

I think they actually put the audio from that match on over this one. WTF?

Well done Coco. You're going to have to play a lot better than that!

I was just catching up on the scores because I woke up.
Well done, Botic. Thank goodness for that.
Shame about Andrey, maybe his efforts in Doha/Dubai took it out of him. In fact, so far it seems to be a few players who made the latter stages there who are the early casualties at IW.

Djok has lost 3 in a row for the first time since 2018. How sad.

Really pleased for Sonay and her win - even if she doesn’t get any further that’s a really big boost for her.

Hooray for Botic!

(ha ha my phone autocorrected Botic as Botox )

I really wasn’t expecting Djok to lose, so was surprised and delighted to see the score this morning. One lucky loser and one loser.

That’s a great result for Sonay too. I haven’t seen her play as Tennis TV doesn’t have the women’s matches, but seems like a proper breakout season for her.

I remember similar happening to Rafa Chessie at the latter end of 2022- and the commentators had a field day. Bet they keep a bit quieter when it's Djok.
And I'm sure there will plenty of excuses.
Hopefully he will skip Miami to lick his wounds.

We can but hope Raahh
The* *less we see of Djok, the better!

Hee hee - well done Botic - he can be a bit of a giant slayer but doesn't seem to do so well against lower ranked players - wonder if Andy will keep on coaching Djok?

I think it's time that Djok called it a day - he doesn't seem very motivated (and nobody likes him!)

I think almost everyone apart from his raving lunatic delusional fans would like him to retire. And Andy, yet again, wtf??!!

I love that purple on Matteo, it’s so much better than the beige.

I agree, but it doesn't seem to be his lucky colour tonight, playing wise.

Oh dear, Katie getting destroyed by Elena.

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Come on Holger!