'24 ATP WTA AO Grand Slam 1/14 - 1/28

[ti-amie]

Wrong thread

I debated about where to put this one. It does have to do with the AO but also goes into her injury woes.

Oh sorry, I didn’t mean to imply your post was in the wrong thread. I posted something on this here last that belonged in the Auckland thread, so I edited it out of here

Oh my bad. No problem.

[meganfernandez]

If Gauff can “passively” hit 32 winners against all of her opponents like she did against Svitolina, she’ll be in pretty good shape to contend for the title at AO

It was a long match with a lot of long rallies, and lots of missed opportunities for Gauff to attack. I'm talking about the 8-10 balls she would rally back down the middle before she managed to hit those 32 winners (which is about 1 per game of this match, decent but not crazy good). An opponent with more offense will attack those balls. Maybe it was a strategy to not attack and make Svitolina play offense. I think Gauff will contend for the AO title but I still think she should be more aggressive.

Sabalenka hit 51 winners vs Rybakina in her AO win last year. Rybanka hit 19 winners in her final in half the time of the Gauff-Svitolina final.

BTW, this is crazy - Gauff hit only 13 winners to beat Sabalenka in the US Open. Sabalenka only hit 25 winners herself. That's over three sets! Both players made nearly twice as many errors as winners.

[nelslus]

I'm now ready to call Rybakina AO title favorite.

......Ms. Rybakina requests that you keep your filthy opinions to yourself.

[ashkor87]

If Gauff can “passively” hit 32 winners against all of her opponents like she did against Svitolina, she’ll be in pretty good shape to contend for the title at AO

It was a long match with a lot of long rallies, and lots of missed opportunities for Gauff to attack. I'm talking about the 8-10 balls she would rally back down the middle before she managed to hit those 32 winners (which is about 1 per game of this match, decent but not crazy good). An opponent with more offense will attack those balls. Maybe it was a strategy to not attack and make Svitolina play offense. I think Gauff will contend for the AO title but I still think she should be more aggressive.

Sabalenka hit 51 winners vs Rybakina in her AO win last year. Rybanka hit 19 winners in her final in half the time of the Gauff-Svitolina final.

BTW, this is crazy - Gauff hit only 13 winners to beat Sabalenka in the US Open. Sabalenka only hit 25 winners herself. That's over three sets! Both players made nearly twice as many errors as winners.

Court speed is a factor too..faster courts will produce more winners

[ti-amie]

Seed list confirmed for Australian Open 2024
10 January 2024

The seeds are set for the singles events at Australian Open 2024.

World No.1 and 10-time AO winner Novak Djokovic is the top seed in the men’s singles event, ahead of second seed Carlos Alcaraz, the reigning Wimbledon champion.

Historically, Djokovic has an unblemished 42-0 win-loss record as the No.1 seed at the Australian Open.

Thursday’s draw ceremony will determine in which half of the draw Daniil Medvedev and Jannik Sinner, the respective No.3 and No.4 seeds, fall. This will in turn determine the projected semifinal opponents of the top two men.

World No.1 Iga Swiatek, on a 16-match winning streak, is the top seed in the women’s singles, with defending champion Aryna Sabalenka the second seed.

Their potential semifinal opponents will be either Elena Rybakina or Coco Gauff, the No.3 and No.4 seeds respectively.

https://ausopen.com/articles/news/seed- ... -open-2024

MEN

1 - Novak Djokovic (SRB)
2 - Carlos Alcaraz (ESP)
3 - Daniil Medvedev
4 - Jannik Sinner (ITA)
5 - Andrey Rublev
6 - Alexander Zverev (GER)
7 - Stefanos Tsitsipas (GRE)
8 - Holger Rune (DEN)
9 - Hubert Hurkacz (POL)
10 - Alex de Minaur (AUS)
11 - Casper Ruud (NOR)
12 - Taylor Fritz (USA)
13 - Grigor Dimitrov (BUL)
14 - Tommy Paul (USA)
15 - Karen Khachanov
16 - Ben Shelton (USA)
17 - Frances Tiafoe (USA)
18 - Nicolas Jarry (CHI)
19 - Cameron Norrie (GBR)
20 - Adrian Mannarino (FRA)
21 - Ugo Humbert (FRA)
22 - Francisco Cerundolo (ARG)
23 - Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (ESP)
24- Jan-Lennard Struff (GER)
25 - Lorenzo Musetti (ITA)
26 - Sebastian Baez (ARG)
27 - Felix Auger-Aliassime (CAN)
28 - Tallon Griekspoor (NED)
29 - Sebastian Korda (USA)
30 - Tomas Martin Etcheverry (ARG)
31 - Alexander Bublik (KAZ)
32 - Jiri Lehecka (CZE)

WOMEN

1 - Iga Swiatek (POL)
2 - Aryna Sabalenka
3 - Elena Rybakina (KAZ)
4 - Coco Gauff (USA)
5 - Jessica Pegula (USA)
6 - Ons Jabeur (TUN)
7 - Marketa Vondrousova (CZE)
8 - Maria Sakkari (GRE)
9 - Barbora Krejcikova (CZE)
10 - Beatriz Haddad Maia (BRA)
11 - Jelena Ostapenko (LAT)
12 -Zheng Qinwen (CHN)
13 -Liudmila Samsonova
14 - Daria Kasatkina
15 -Veronika Kudermetova
16 -Caroline Garcia (FRA)
17 - Ekaterina Alexandrova
18 - Victoria Azarenka
19 - Elina Svitolina (UKR)
20 - Magda Linette (POL)
21 - Donna Vekic (CRO)
22 - Sorana Cirstea (ROU)
23 - Anastasia Potapova
24 - Anhelina Kalinina (UKR)
25 -Elise Mertens (BEL)
26 - Jasmine Paolini (ITA)
27 - Emma Navarro (USA)
28 - Lesia Tsurenko (UKR)
29 - Zhu Lin (CHN)
30 - Wang Xinyu (CHN)
31 - Marie Bouzkova (CZE)
32 - Leylah Fernandez (CAN)

[Fastbackss]

Christ - I think the women's draw was rigged.
Iga gets Kenin. If she wins gets Collins or Kerber

Osaka vs Garcia

Rybakina vs Pliskova

Linette Wozniacki

[ashkor87]

Christ - I think the women's draw was rigged.
Iga gets Kenin. If she wins gets Collins or Kerber

Osaka vs Garcia

Rybakina vs Pliskova

Linette Wozniacki

That's a tough break for Osaka..she can't get past Garcia right now..

[Suliso]

She just wiped the floor with Kerber last week. Kenin was beaten left and right by mediocre players last week and this one. I'd not be too concerned.

[ponchi101]

Osaka - Garcia? Yeah, somebody got a bad draw, but I don't think it was Naomi. I say Garcia is precisely the kind of player she needed. She can inherit that seeded position.

[ti-amie]

[ti-amie]

Stefanos avoids the net, makes the shot and hits the umpire's chair

[ti-amie]

[ti-amie]

Pliskova's kit was one of the prettiest on display in Melbourne. Danielle Collins looked like she was wearing the bloomers women wore back in the 1800's. I guess no one paid attention to how it looked when worn and when the player is in motion.

[ashkor87]

After that not-so-great performance from Rybakina, I don't see her winning the title..no worthwhile game plan, just hits the ball down the middle...can't beat the great players like that.
Coco 35%
Sabalenka and Swiatek 30 % each
Rybakina 5%

[ponchi101]

She won in straight sets, beating a two time slam finalist and former world #1, and you dock her some 25% points just based on one performance?
What score did you expect she would beat Pliskova by? 2 &3? That was not going to happen.
You are tough, sometimes.