Talk About Tennis 2.0

Cami Osorio is on her way to Australia. She's thrilled.

Also if it wasn't posted before, Nastia is in Melbourne and starting to practice.

Nick Kyrgios tested positive for covid but isn't experiencing any symptoms, and despite being pretty late in the game, still expects to be able to play the Aussie Open. The advantages of being an Aussie in this situation if it happens.

In contrast, Jensen Brooksby tested positive for covid ahead of his flight to Melbourne, and has to withdraw from the tournament.

The ATP and WTA seeds have been announced.

Women

1. Ashleigh Barty (AUS)
2. Aryna Sabalenka (BLR)
3. Garbiñe Muguruza (ESP)
4. Barbora Krejcikova (CZE)
5. Maria Sakkari (GRE)
6. Anett Kontaveit (EST)
7. Iga Swiatek (POL)
8. Paula Badosa (ESP)
9. Ons Jabeur (TUN)
10. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS)
11. Sofia Kenin (USA)
12. Elena Rybakina (KAZ)
13. Naomi Osaka (JPN)
14. Simona Halep (ROU)
15. Elina Svitolina (UKR)
16. Angelique Kerber (GER)
17. Emma Raducanu (GBR)
18. Coco Gauff (USA)
19. Elise Mertens (BEL)
20. Petra Kvitova (CZE)
21. Jessica Pegula (USA)
22. Belinda Bencic (SUI)
23. Leylah Fernandez (CAN)
24. Victoria Azarenka (BLR)
25. Daria Kasatkina (RUS)
26. Jelena Ostapenko (LAT)
27. Danielle Collins (USA)
28. Veronika Kudermetova (RUS)
29. Tamara Zidansek (SLO)
30. Camila Giorgi (ITA)
31. Marketa Vondrousova (CZE)
32. Sara Sorribes Tormo (ESP)

Men

1. Novak Djokovic (SRB)
2. Daniil Medvedev (RUS)
3. Alexander Zverev (GER)
4. Stefanos Tsitsipas (GRE)
5. Andrey Rublev (RUS)
6. Rafael Nadal (ESP)
7. Matteo Berrettini (ITA)
8. Casper Ruud (NOR)
9. Felix Auger-Aliassime (CAN)
10. Hubert Hurkacz (POL)
11. Jannik Sinner (ITA)
12. Cameron Norrie (GBR)
13. Diego Schwartzman (ARG)
14. Denis Shapovalov (CAN)
15. Roberto Bautista Agut (ESP)
16. Cristian Garin (CHI)
17. Gael Monfils (FRA)
18. Aslan Karatsev (RUS)
19. Pablo Carreno Busta (ESP)
20. Taylor Fritz (USA)
21. Nikoloz Basilashvili (GEO)
22. John Isner (USA)
23. Reilly Opelka (USA)
24. Daniel Evans (GBR)
25. Lorenzo Sonego (ITA)
26. Grigor Dimitrov (BUL)
27. Marin Cilic (CRO)
28. Karen Khachanov (RUS)
29. Ugo Humbert (FRA)
30. Lloyd Harris (RSA)
31. Carlos Alcaraz (ESP)
32. Alex de Minaur (AUS)

So, if the seeds hold up, Osaka, Halep, Svitolina, and Kerber will be the R16 opponents for Barty, Sabalenka, Muguruza, and Krejcikova... Ouch.

No way Aryna will make the R16, so no issue there.
Krejcikova could be worried about Osaka, Halep and Kerber, not Svitolina.
Barty/Osaka, if that happens, is the kind of match that is exhibit A in "why tournament directors should have veto power over some matches". That could be a huge final.
Do we get good Mugu (2021 Guadalajara) or do we get bad Mugu, the one that loses 4&4 to a player ranked outside the top 50? We won't know.

ponchi101 wrote: ↑Wed Jan 12, 2022 8:37 pm No way Aryna will make the R16, so no issue there.
Krejcikova could be worried about Osaka, Halep and Kerber, not Svitolina.
Barty/Osaka, if that happens, is the kind of match that is exhibit A in "why tournament directors should have veto power over some matches". That could be a huge final.
Do we get good Mugu (2021 Guadalajara) or do we get bad Mugu, the one that loses 4&4 to a player ranked outside the top 50? We won't know.

At this point, I don't even want Craig Tiley to have veto power over what's served in the AO cafeteria, much less the draw.

, well, certainly not Tiley but... you get my point.

Long live Twitter.

Some on Tennis Twitter are already moving the ATP seeds around. There's a huge discussion about Felix becoming the #8 seed...

Don't count your chickens before they hatch

Disappointing, but I guess it could be worse.

Some clarification