TENNIS: Strewth, it's time for the Australian Open!

[IceandIndigo]

New thread.

Yay! Thank you, Ice!

Honestly, AO comes around quicker every year.

Thanks for the new thread ice.

Thanks Ice

Good win for Belinda. Iga started ok,but seemed to fade.
I am a bit torn by the final- I really like Hubi and Iga- so would like Poland to win
But it would be amazing for Stan to win in his final year- and Belinda has been great.

There are other team members obviously

Daniil has made a good start but with the odd wobble.

As expected, everything very red and white.

Good thing they wear their kits the opposite way around .

Sadly, Lore lost to Bublik. I like Sasha, but I hate seeing Lore lose another final.

Bublik has had a great 12 months though- and it's good to see it continuing.He's enjoying playing, more relaxed- and now he's winning more (without all the antics).

Poor Lore when the presentaton was announced just looked like 'ugh another one '. He just hasn't been able to win finals- but hopefully it won't get him down too much.

There are about a dozen people in this presentation group-just get on with it.

Bublik deserved the title absolutely, Lore didn't play badly.

Lore gets the best loser award every time, he's so gracious in defeat even Sascha was looking a bit gutted for him.

I know! He is maybe getting a bit too resigned to losing, graciously.

He needs to find some fight. No more mr nice guy, Lore! ( ok, maybe not that drastic)
He had a tough come back k in his semi final match, and Bublik at the moment is a tricky player for anyone.

Daniil is being made to fight for this.

Ugh.

On serve .

Come on Daniil.

Just tuned in to Daniil only to see him get broken serving for the match.

Saw a bit of the HK final earlier. I was hoping Lore would win but Sasha was playing so well. He’s into the top 10 for the first time.

Brandon Nakashima is one of those players who’s just… there. I’m sure he’s a nice guy but if he dropped off the face of the earth tomorrow I wouldn’t notice.

Daniil means business in this tie break. But I will probably jinx him now.

Well done Daniil!

Well done Daniil. A good day for lanky Russians.

Bit of a turnaround in the Stan/Hubi match.

I’m also torn in the United Cup. I want it to go to the doubles decider, but that means Stan has to lose.

It's looking likely that it's going to be down to the doubles. Which seems only fair.

Stan's lost his voice

Thanks for the new thread Ice

Poor Lore

I want the Swiss to win - mainly for Stan but big shout out for Belinda Bencic!

Fizzy I think Belinda has been brilliant- such a solid tournament.
Her little girl is very cute.

This will be tough though-Zielinski has been very strong in the doubles.

Lore and Lore have won the doubles in Hong Kong! At least he didn’t lose two finals in one day.