Talk About Tennis 2.0

Rod Laver Arena
Day session - From 7:30pm EST

Women's Singles • Round 4
A. Sabalenka 1 vs M. Andreeva 14
Day session - Not before 9:00pm EST
Women's Singles • Round 4
C. Gauff 3 vs B. Bencic
Day session - Not before 11:30pm EST
Men's Singles • Round 4
J. Draper 15 vs C. Alcaraz 3
Night session - From 3:00am EST
Men's Singles • Round 4
N. Djokovic 7 vs J. Lehecka 24
Men's Doubles • Round 3
A. Goransson/S. Verbeek vs L. Saville WC/L. Tu WC

Margaret Court Arena
Day session - From 7:30pm EST

Men's Doubles • Round 3
S. Bolelli 3/A. Vavassori 3 vs P. Martinez/J. Munar
Day session - Not before 9:00pm EST
Women's Singles • Round 4
P. Badosa 11 vs O. Danilovic
Day session - Not before 11:00pm EST
Men's Singles • Round 4
A. Davidovich Fokina vs T. Paul 12

John Cain Arena
Day session - From 7:00pm EST

Men's Doubles • Round 3
T. Griekspoor/B. van de Zandschulp vs N. Borges/F. Cabral
Day session - Not before 8:30pm EST
Women's Singles • Round 4
D. Vekic 18 vs A. Pavlyuchenkova 27
Day session - Not before 11:00pm EST
Women's Doubles • Round 2
S. Errani 4/J. Paolini 4 vs M. Andreeva/D. Shnaider
Day session - Not before 2:00am EST
Men's Singles • Round 4
U. Humbert 14 vs A. Zverev 2

Kia Arena
Day session - From 7:00pm EST

Women's Doubles • Round 3
M. Kostyuk/E. Ruse vs H. Guo 12/A. Panova 12
Day session - Not before 8:30pm EST
Women's Doubles • Round 2
V. Kudermetova 11/E. Shibahara 11 vs X. Wang/S. Zheng
Day session - Not before 10:00pm EST
Mixed Doubles • Round 2
S. Zhang/R. Bopanna vs T. Townsend 4/H. Nys 4
Mixed Doubles • Round 2
A. Muhammad 8/A. Molteni 8 vs A. Danilina/H. Heliovaara
Men's Doubles • Round 3
M. Arevalo 1/M. Pavic 1 vs S. Doumbia 16/F. Reboul 16

1573 Arena
Day session - From 7:00pm EST

Junior Girls' Singles • Round 1
R. Dencheva 10 vs T. Kokkinis WC
Day session - Not before 8:30pm EST
Women's Doubles • Round 2
B. Haddad Maia 15/L. Siegemund 15 vs L. Bronzetti/A. Kalinina
Day session - Not before 10:00pm EST
Women's Doubles • Round 3
T. Babos 13/N. Melichar-Martinez 13 vs S. Hsieh 3/J. Ostapenko 3
Mixed Doubles • Round 2
K. Birrell WC/J. Smith WC vs D. Schuurs 7/T. Puetz 7
Mixed Doubles • Round 2
S. Errani 1/A. Vavassori 1 vs O. Nicholls/H. Patten

Court 3
Day session - From 7:00pm EST

Junior Boys' Singles • Round 1
Y. Jeong vs J. Strydom WC
Junior Boys' Singles • Round 1
T. Host vs F. Thomas 11
Junior Girls' Singles • Round 1
A. Subasic vs M. Burcescu
Junior Boys' Doubles • Round 1
C. Hewitt/D. Markovina vs Z. Nurlanuly/K. Tyagi
Junior Girls' Doubles • Round 1
D. Dilek/B. Zeltina vs E. Jones 2/H. Klugman 2

Court 5
Day session - From 7:00pm EST

Junior Boys' Singles • Round 1
N. Bilozertsev vs D. Mosejczuk
Junior Girls' Singles • Round 1
T. Russell WC vs J. Stusek 16
Junior Girls' Singles • Round 1
S. Mildren WC vs J. Kovackova 11
Junior Boys' Singles • Round 1
J. Dembo WC vs P. Basile Q

Court 6
Day session - From 7:00pm EST

Junior Girls' Singles • Round 1
A. Schuman vs K. Sawashiro
Junior Girls' Singles • Round 1
L. Vujovic vs T. Krejcova 7
Junior Girls' Singles • Round 1
B. Black Q vs L. Vladson
Junior Girls' Doubles • Round 1
E. Bennemann/R. Goto vs T. Krejcova 4/V. Valdmannova 4
Junior Boys' Doubles • Round 1
A. Berge Nourescu/S. Haita vs M. Exsted 2/J. Kumstat 2

Court 7
Day session - From 7:00pm EST

Junior Girls' Singles • Round 1
M. Pohankova vs A. Penickova
Day session - Not before 8:30pm EST
Women's Doubles • Round 3
A. Muhammad 7/D. Schuurs 7 vs M. Kato/R. Zarazua
Junior Boys' Singles • Round 1
S. Haita vs T. Derepasko 9
Junior Boys' Doubles • Round 1
N. Bilozertsev/M. Ceban vs M. Kouame 4/A. Santamarta Roig 4
Junior Girls' Doubles • Round 1
SV. Barros 7/T. Kostovic 7 vs B. Black/M. Xu

Court 8
Day session - From 7:00pm EST

Junior Girls' Singles • Round 1
R. Goto vs Z. Wei Q
Junior Boys' Singles • Round 1
P. Albuquerque Dietrich vs Y. Ibraimi WC
Junior Boys' Singles • Round 1
A. Wazny 15 vs B. Willwerth
Junior Boys' Singles • Round 1
O. Bonding 6 vs K. Chen
Junior Boys' Doubles • Round 1
A. De Marchi 7/W. Rejchtman Vinciguerra 7 vs P. Albuquerque Dietrich/C. Doig

Court 11
Day session - From 7:00pm EST

Junior Boys' Singles • Round 1
N. Djosic vs K. Tyagi
Junior Boys' Singles • Round 1
M. Farzam vs A. Omarkhanov 2
Junior Boys' Singles • Round 1
S. Itsusaki vs G. Crivellaro Q
Junior Boys' Doubles • Round 1
Y. Jeong/R. Senthil Kumar vs M. Farzam/T. Host
Junior Boys' Doubles • Round 1
S. Itsusaki/R. Tabata vs A. Mcleod WC/L. McFadzean WC

Court 12
Day session - From 7:00pm EST

Junior Girls' Singles • Round 1
K. Nishikawa WC vs J. Vandromme 3
Junior Girls' Singles • Round 1
S. Lam vs D. Mpetshi Perricard
Junior Girls' Singles • Round 1
W. Sonobe 4 vs R. Zhang Q
Junior Boys' Doubles • Round 1
N. Djosic/L. Hede vs C. Brady/J. Kennedy
Junior Girls' Doubles • Round 1
A. Kumru/N. Leme Da Silva vs C. An/S. Lam

Court 13
Day session - From 7:00pm EST

Junior Boys' Singles • Round 1
H. Kawanishi Q vs D. Markovina
Junior Girls' Singles • Round 1
H. Klugman 14 vs N. Taraba Wallberg
Junior Boys' Singles • Round 1
J. Leach 5 vs I. Iutkin
Junior Girls' Doubles • Round 1
M. Pohankova/J. Vandromme vs N. Taraba Wallberg/S. Zhenikhova
Junior Girls' Doubles • Round 1
R. Alame/R. Alame vs M. Phanthala/R. Zhang

Court 14
Day session - From 7:00pm EST

Junior Boys' Singles • Round 1
N. McDonald vs Y. Alexandrescou
Junior Girls' Singles • Round 1
C. An vs S. Zhenikhova
Junior Boys' Singles • Round 1
W. Rejchtman Vinciguerra 14 vs B. Thilo
Junior Girls' Doubles • Round 1
J. Stusek 8/L. Vujovic 8 vs P. Konjikusic/K. Sawashiro
Junior Boys' Doubles • Round 1
N. Johnston 8/B. Willwerth 8 vs H. Gokpinar/I. Iutkin

Court 15
Day session - From 7:00pm EST

Junior Boys' Singles • Round 1
H. Koyama Q vs A. Santamarta Roig 3
Junior Girls' Singles • Round 1
D. Dilek vs E. Chen WC
Junior Girls' Singles • Round 1
E. Yaneva 8 vs M. Phanthala Q
Junior Girls' Doubles • Round 1
Y. Wang/K. Yodpetch vs T. Kokkinis WC/S. Nikolic WC


Please note: this schedule and format is provisional and is subject to alteration without notice (for example, the starting time may change if extreme heat is forecast or the tournament is behind schedule).

For the night session, Rod Laver Arena and Margaret Court Arena doors will not be opened for patron access before 6:30 pm for 7:00 pm sessions, and 7:00 pm for 7:30 pm sessions, or less than 30 minutes after the conclusion of the day session, whichever is later.

30% chance for Andreeva ..Saba has been less than full form thus far..and Andreeva is rapidly improving ..

Like Djokovic did against Machac, I expect Sabalenka to get her act together and demolish Andreeva, but she definitely needs to play better than in her first three matches to do it.

Lehecka is in top form and will be a better litmus test for Djokovic than Machac was.

If Danilovic is really that good, she should beat Badosa today..we will find out.
The court is slower than Andreeva would like...sabalenka playing really well today

Expert Robson saying Andreeva needs to stand a bit further back on return like Maneiro did..where she is standing the ball is bouncing too much

Andreeva has no footwork today .too negative mentally by now

Poor quality from both now..Saba also relaxed too much, spewing unforced errors

Amazing variety from Bencic..no two shots are the same..confounding Coco

Back-to-back double faults by Gauff killed her in first set. Still an issue.

Noticing that the schedule has the ladies playing first part of the day with the last match starting at 1 PM Melbourne time while the earliest time for the men is at 3 PM

Such a boring day so far. Not a single unexpected result...

I genuinely felt that Lehecka could be too much for Djokovic at this time. What I did not realize and what became apparent after watching: even though Lehecka does everything at a very high level, he does have set patterns and they are very predictable. Too predictable for Djokovic not to exploit this.

Djokovic won the tournament he cared about by far the most last year, beating an in-form Alcaraz for Olympics gold. Alcaraz wanted that match so much he cried on court after he lost, but he lost in straight sets to a less-than-100-percent healthy Djoker.

That's my way of saying I see no slippage in Djokovic's game. Guess we'll find out in the rematch with Alcaraz, and then maybe against Zverev and then maybe against Sinner.

I think Alcaraz is a clear favorite in that one.
Or just my wishful thinking.

jazzyg wrote: ↑Sun Jan 19, 2025 4:19 pm Djokovic won the tournament he cared about by far the most last year, beating an in-form Alcaraz for Olympics gold. Alcaraz wanted that match so much he cried on court after he lost, but he lost in straight sets to a less-than-100-percent healthy Djoker.

That's my way of saying I see no slippage in Djokovic's game. Guess we'll find out in the rematch with Alcaraz, and then maybe against Zverev and then maybe against Sinner.

UMMMMM.....OK.....

So, you apparently spend every day with Novak and Carlos, and, at the time of the tennis Olympics, you daily confirmed all of their vital signs, to definitively confirm how Novak was less-than-100-percent and Carlos was in-form....after, at age 21, having won brutal titles at Roland Garros and Wimbledon. Killing Novak in the Wimbledon final, btw. AND, as I do recall, Novak threw out every trick in the book with the media during the Olympics playing with Carlos‘ head....which, oh, btw, he was 21 at that time. I mean, it worked, so more power to Novak. Fair game.

OH, and Carlos cried on the court after a devastating loss.....at 21. Shocking. OH, and BTW, Novak, as an adult, blew MULTIPLE shots at Olympic gold medals, and also BLEW winning the Grand Slam because.....HEY, even Novak is....gasp, human. Every player on the planet has choked. The Olympics brings out The Bizarre with tennis players....gold medalists Puig!!!! Bencic!!!! Massu!!!!! Roger never won an Olmypic singles gold medal Carlos sure did choke at the Olympics, as Carlos was very open about choking during the previous year's Roland Garros SF against Novak.

SO, in any case, it does not take a genius to see that the level of Novak has slipped. Does this mean that he cannot win another Slam title or 2 or 3....of course not. I mean, I assumed he had already sold what meager remnants remained of his dank soul for that Olympic gold medal. But, who knows....he could still pull out some great tennis when he needs it the most and or the youngsters could all choke.