Australian Open 2020

[PaulP]

I hadn't paid much attention to Thiem before last night, but he is some player. Those ground strokes are serious weapons. Among the most powerful I've seen in ages. The angles, the pace, placement, flight. Wow.

[LP]

I get the feeling Barty is one of those players who is likely to stay at No.1 for some extended time without actually winning a lot of tournaments. She looks like a fighter who will be a Quarter or Semi finals regular, without the personal desire to be the best all the time. So it will probably take some other player to become a dominant winner before Barty actually slides in the ratings.

Barty likes winning, she has the skills to win, but to me she isn't extremely driven to always win like a Federer or Williams.

For those oldies here, a bit like Stefan Edberg.

Am I being unfair?

[Gointocarlton]

Barty capitulated, out of the open.

She was awful today, first serve was around 50%, had set point in the first and choked, had set point in the second and choked again.

[madbluboy]

I get the feeling Barty is one of those players who is likely to stay at No.1 for some extended time without actually winning a lot of tournaments. She looks like a fighter who will be a Quarter or Semi finals regular, without the personal desire to be the best all the time. So it will probably take some other player to become a dominant winner before Barty actually slides in the ratings.

Barty likes winning, she has the skills to win, but to me she isn't extremely driven to always win like a Federer or Williams.

For those oldies here, a bit like Stefan Edberg.

Am I being unfair?

Yeah, unfair on Edberg. He won 6 grand slams from 11 finals.

[capcom]

Am I being unfair?

Not at all .... she lacks that "killer" instinct or seemingly happy with second best.

[Thryleon]

I hadn't paid much attention to Thiem before last night, but he is some player. Those ground strokes are serious weapons. Among the most powerful I've seen in ages. The angles, the pace, placement, flight. Wow.

He was unusually good last night.  His service has always been a weakness, and I'm forecasting it wont last.

[LP]

I've stuck to my word and will not watch tennis again, but listening it's sounds like Joker has used a mystery illness timeout to buy an old man some recovery time.

It's an abortion of the injury timeout rule as it is intended, and as soon as they get rid of it we'll see natural variation in results return to tennis events.

[madbluboy]

Actually LP he didn't look right to me, wouldn't be surprised if he has a virus of some sort. He got out of jail using his experience and a change of tactics. 

Not sure why he gets no love here though? He is the GOAT and now an 8 time champion here.

[PaulP]

Actually LP he didn't look right to me, wouldn't be surprised if he has a virus of some sort. He got out of jail using his experience and a change of tactics. 

Not sure why he gets no love here though? He is the GOAT and now an 8 time champion here.

It's not just here. It's a much broader societal problem. People just don't like him as much as other players.

I agree with you. Super player.

[LP]

This injury timeout stuff in tennis seems like recidivist behavior, I wonder if a survey of finals shows it only happens when players are trailing a set or two down!

So can we infer that they only lose when they are injured?

I would accept the miracle recoveries, if they happened occasionally like injuries do, but I'm not sure I can qualify the frequency of miracle recoveries from illness and injury with stirring victories.