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Re: ATP WTA GS Aus Open 1/6 - 1/26 2025
Posted: Tue Jan 21, 2025 4:29 pm
by ponchi101
meganfernandez wrote: ↑Tue Jan 21, 2025 6:01 am
ashkor87 wrote: ↑Tue Jan 21, 2025 3:20 am
Jeff from TX wrote: ↑Tue Jan 21, 2025 2:38 am
Same one I made, although I hope Paul pulls off the upset
I think everybody has picked Zverev today ..the other match is too risky
I toyed with taking Alcaraz, thinking this could be Zverev’s year, but I just can’t see Zverev beating him in the semis. Alcaraz just has that extra gear that Zverev doesn’t. He’ll win most of those matchups, especially if the court is playing at all quick.
(And I think Alcaraz will beat Djokovic in 5.)
Will never cease to amaze me how knowledgeable people like us can still get it wrong.
By now, I just hope Ashkor will be right and Sinner will be the winner, now that Carlitos is gone.
Re: ATP WTA GS Aus Open 1/6 - 1/26 2025
Posted: Tue Jan 21, 2025 5:01 pm
by jazzyg
If Sinner's own health issues go away, he is the favorite. I had him beating Djokovic in the final before the tournament started and see no reason to change now, although I'm certainly not discounting Djokovic's chances.
Re: ATP WTA GS Aus Open 1/6 - 1/26 2025
Posted: Tue Jan 21, 2025 11:53 pm
by ashkor87
Chatgpt says Shelton today
Re: ATP WTA GS Aus Open 1/6 - 1/26 2025
Posted: Tue Jan 21, 2025 11:55 pm
by ashkor87
texasniteowl wrote: ↑Tue Jan 21, 2025 6:28 am
meganfernandez wrote: ↑Tue Jan 21, 2025 6:03 am
I haven’t heard it. How’s is he saying it?
so instead of saying backhand like sack he's saying something like Bach (the composer), so Bach-hand. at first I thought I misheard it or it was a one time thing. But I've heard him doing it every broadcast I swear. I know I'm not imagining it!
There are others who say it that way too .i remember Vic Braden, a really great coach, his pronunciation was like that too. May be a regional accent?
Re: ATP WTA GS Aus Open 1/6 - 1/26 2025
Posted: Wed Jan 22, 2025 3:39 am
by texasniteowl
ashkor87 wrote: ↑Tue Jan 21, 2025 11:55 pm
There are others who say it that way too .i remember Vic Braden, a really great coach, his pronunciation was like that too. May be a regional accent?
I guess maybe? But obviously I've heard Brad Gilbert before...for years now...sadly...and I don't remember that before.
Re: ATP WTA GS Aus Open 1/6 - 1/26 2025
Posted: Wed Jan 22, 2025 10:54 pm
by jazzyg
Gilbert has always said it that way to my knowledge.
You got it exactly right: Bach hand, and he exaggerates the Bach part with a strange inflection.
Re: ATP WTA GS Aus Open 1/6 - 1/26 2025
Posted: Thu Jan 23, 2025 12:20 am
by ti-amie
Did anyone see this?
Re: ATP WTA GS Aus Open 1/6 - 1/26 2025
Posted: Thu Jan 23, 2025 1:15 am
by ashkor87
No mens matches today so chatG gets the day off. Already out on the women's side.
Re: ATP WTA GS Aus Open 1/6 - 1/26 2025
Posted: Thu Jan 23, 2025 6:56 am
by ashkor87
Re: ATP WTA GS Aus Open 1/6 - 1/26 2025
Posted: Thu Jan 23, 2025 3:34 pm
by ashkor87
ChatG had already picked Djoko so it is running out of room now..forced to pick Sinner. In any case, it is out of picks after tomorrow
Re: ATP WTA GS Aus Open 1/6 - 1/26 2025
Posted: Fri Jan 24, 2025 5:17 am
by Suliso
ChatG probably wins it now.
Re: ATP WTA GS Aus Open 1/6 - 1/26 2025
Posted: Fri Jan 24, 2025 7:10 am
by ashkor87
I am quitting this game forever! I mean, if we are beaten by a low-level AI engine, what good are we? Me, anyway! Still smarting...
Re: ATP WTA GS Aus Open 1/6 - 1/26 2025
Posted: Fri Jan 24, 2025 7:13 am
by Suliso
We as humans take too many risks
Re: ATP WTA GS Aus Open 1/6 - 1/26 2025
Posted: Fri Jan 24, 2025 5:21 pm
by ponchi101
Or we tend to overthink things.
Re: ATP WTA GS Aus Open 1/6 - 1/26 2025
Posted: Sat Jan 25, 2025 7:00 am
by ashkor87
So nice to see a pair of 15 year old girls (sisters?) win the junior doubles, one of them K.Penickova finished runner up in singles .at 15 that is impressive ..
