Tennis Forever

[JamesDap]

Nadal camp must be seriously trolling out there..........
Melbourne show courts if anything looks slow & bouncier as ever since the plexi has been laid.
Typical Nadal camp trying to give false hopes as if he is going to struggle out there....
Seems to be tailor made conditions for Nadal to get the double career GrandSlam...

If players play over aggressive tennis under the false hope that it's fast, he can save himself some trouble. After all, it IS very hot this year in Australia. Definitely not anywhere near as fast as Brisbane from what I have seen so far. One of the smaller courts looked fast but not Laver or Hisense. Maybe the balls come on a tad faster after bounce than before but nothing that would be difficult for the problem solver.

Speaking of which, if players want to rant against the torrid, 'inhuman' conditions, how about supporting the Tour organisers in moving back to faster courts and lighter balls? Australian summer has always been hot, we just saw the Poms collapse in a heap in the Ashes. But playing slow, heavy balls over long rallies doesn't help. Players can't have everything, they have to compromise somewhere. There was a reason why the spectacle of long rallies used to be reserved for the French summer earlier.

[ajithfederer]

Yesterday a Canadian player and a a ball boy fainted during play.

[ajithfederer]

Nadal / Federer into 3rd round.

[omega]

Didn't watch the match today, but seems like Fed had some better play today. Hope he improves.
With Verdasco going out, it would be Fed vs Gabashvili in the 3rd round.

Nadal's only possible threat DelP goes out to Spaniard Bautista-Agut in 5 sets.
Nadal faces Monfills in his 3rd Round match....

[omega]

Federer looks very slow out there. His shots have no zip at all, falling very short most of the times.
He seems to hit with more top spin with his new racquet which doesn't seem like a good strategy at all...
Tsonga to take Fed in straight sets to become another player to beat him in 3 different grand slams...

[VinodKumar's]

Nammalunga Federer-ayum vidurathu illa

[JamesDap]

Woo hoo, Serena loses her rhythm yet again in the round of 16 at Aus Open, this time losing to Ivanovic who has tremendously improved her backhand and RoS. Third time running...wonder if Serena is no longer able to handle the Aus heat because she has been winning almost everything for the most part since last two years.

[VinodKumar's]

Seems she had bad back.

[venkkiram]

Woo hoo, Serena loses her rhythm yet again in the round of 16 at Aus Open, this time losing to Ivanovic who has tremendously improved her backhand and RoS. Third time running...wonder if Serena is no longer able to handle the Aus heat because she has been winning almost everything for the most part since last two years.

Its Ivanovic who stolen the show completely. Even she lost the first set, the way she carried the whole game plan against Serena was commendable. Each of her winners were absolute treat to watch. Its a watching a final match. Its very very rare opportunity for us to witness someone really dictating Serena and take the control of the match that too being lost in the first set.

[JamesDap]

No doubt Ivanovic played brilliantly. It's amazing how much she has improved. She was net rushing after returns like Edberg (Edberg disciple, please take note) and was so agile around the court. But the way she stood right in to Serena's serves also suggested to me that Serena was 'off'. Serena's serve, even the second serve, is not that weak that somebody can take it out from almost near the service line. Not to take anything away from Ivanovic, again...she played superb tennis against Stosur too.