AUSTRALIAN OPEN, Melbourne, ATP GRAND SLAM

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The Draw: Quarter 2:

 

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The Draw: Quarter 3:

 

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The Draw: Quarter 4

 

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Pick of the Draw (at least for me) - First Rounders:

Novak v Verdasco
Tommy Haas v Benoit Paire
Raonic v Dustin Brown
Nadal v Mayer
Monfils v Vesely
Wawrinka v Klizan

 

[Moxie]

That was fast! I was going to write my wish list before the draw came out, but had too much else to do. I'll have a look and come back.

 

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Fed's first major obstacle is likely to be Tomas Berdych in Round 3.

 

[Moxie]

Draw looks not so bad for Murray, who might get Pouille in the 4th round, and then depending on the state of Nishikori's health, be straight into the SFs. Roger has a passel of qualifiers to start, and not much in front of him until Berdych, who can be a thorn, but hasn't been so impressive of late. Andy v. Roger QF? The 2nd Quarter looks pretty loaded, anchored by Stan and Cilic, with the Swiss getting Klizan to start (he can be tricky) and Cilic gets Janowicz, who was once considered a threat, not so much now, but Cilic blows hot and cold. Kyrgios, Sock, Tsonga and Tomic all loom in this group.

The 3rd Quarter is Monfils/Raonic, with Rafa in here. Monfils has a potentially tough road (Vesely, Dog/Coric, maybe Kohly.) Nadal doesn't have an easy road, either. Florian Meyer, Youzhny/Baggy, and potentially Sasha Zverev.

Djokovic in the Quarter with Thiem. But he has some speed-bumps in there, too. Verdasco won't take him down in the 1st, but he just troubled him a week or so ago, so that's not an easy start. Kyle Edmund could be an early round. And the renewed Dimitrov looms in the 4th round?

 

[Carol]

Fed's first major obstacle is likely to be Tomas Berdych in Round 3.

Bah, then he is safe, Berdych is going down more and more. What I see Roger has the easier draw

 

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Rafa's potential draw is loaded.

R1: Mayer
R2: Youzhny or Bagdhatis
R3: Zverev
R4: Monfils
QF: Raonic
SF: Djokovic
F: Murray

That's a tough first week.

 

[Moxie]

Rafa's potential draw is loaded.

R1: Mayer
R2: Youzhny or Bagdhatis
R3: Zverev
R4: Monfils
QF: Raonic
SF: Djokovic
F: Murray

That's a tough first week.

I was hoping he'd get Fed in his quarter for at least one easy match. B-)

 

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Novak starts with a tough one against Verdasco... tough physically at least, but we know the outcome.

R1: Verdasco
R2: Edmund or Istomin
R3: Carreno Busta
R4: Dimitrov
QF: Thiem
SF: Raonic
F: Murray

 

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I was hoping he'd get Fed in his quarter for at least one easy match. B-)

Hahaha!

 

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Fed will get qualifiers in the first two rounds... the joys of being the No.17 seed

R1: Qualifier
R2: Qualifier
R3: Berdych
R4: Nishikori
QF: Murray
SF: Cilic
F: Djokovic

 

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Murray's potential Route..

R1: Marchenko
R2: Lu
R3: Querrey
R4: Pouille
QF: Nishikori
SF: Wawrinka
F: Djokovic

 

[Moxie]

Fed will get qualifiers in the first two rounds... the joys of being the No.17 seed

R1: Qualifier
R2: Qualifier
R3: Berdych
R4: Nishikori
QF: Murray
SF: Cilic
F: Djokovic

And one of the luckiest bass turds ever to play tennis. :whistle: I know you make your own luck, blah, blah, but seriously....

 

[Billie]

Nole has the easiest first round, good to be #2 :lulz2:

 

[Carol]

By the way Nishi had to pull out of Sydney because his hip so maybe he doesn't play or will be out early

 

[DarthFed]

^Moxie is always so bitter. Berd in the 3rd round and Nishi in the 4th with Murray in the QF. Even with 2 cream puffs to start that is brutal and there is no way he's running that gauntlet at this point

 

[Carol]

Rafa definitely has a tough draw