Australian Open 2007

bababui · 01-19-2007, 02:56 AM

Roddick and Safin start in 30 minutes..should be a great match. But the big question is if anyone can beat Federer? And Mauresmo? And live sports in the middle of the night rocks!!

Sdpm100 · 01-19-2007, 03:16 AM

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Originally Posted by bababui

But the big question is if anyone can beat Federer?

Nope.

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And Mauresmo?

Probably.

bababui · 01-19-2007, 03:37 AM

Hi SDPM

Federer looked like he was about to lose his cool this evening.

Who do you think can knock off Mauresmo?

I think its 50/50 Roddick gets upset against Safin.

Sdpm100 · 01-19-2007, 03:43 AM

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Hi SDPM

Federer looked like he was about to lose his cool this evening.

Who do you think can knock off Mauresmo?

I think its 50/50 Roddick gets upset against Safin.

I don't see much women's tennis so I wouldn't like to say, but she's well known for choking late in the tournament, so it could even be against someone you've never heard of.

bababui · 01-19-2007, 03:47 AM

I may be crazy but Mauresmo is hot.....

Its been raining all day in Melbourne....

The surface of Laver arena is bizarre. I remember last year there were several sprained ankles and this evening Serena Williams took a tumble.

Baghdatis is already out..he was is so much fun to watch.

bababui · 01-19-2007, 04:00 AM

Safin 5 aces in 2 service games.

bababui · 01-19-2007, 04:38 AM

Roddick wins the first in a tiebreaker

marc · 01-19-2007, 04:53 AM

Holy late night post padding batman!!!

Go Roddick!!!

bababui · 01-19-2007, 04:59 AM

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Holy late night post padding batman!!!

Go Roddick!!!

He is sucking bigtime in the 2nd set.

bababui · 01-19-2007, 05:24 AM

Safin dives and injures his pinky..will he be able to continue???

bababui · 01-19-2007, 05:49 AM

2 sets to 1 Roddick..Safin seems to be cracking in the heat, humidity and pressure.

bababui · 01-19-2007, 07:09 AM

Roddick beats Safin in 4. Very entertaining match.

darkhorse · 01-19-2007, 12:22 PM

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I may be crazy but Mauresmo is hot.....

Why would you think that?

marc · 01-19-2007, 08:01 PM

Serena a 2 and Mauresmo hot??

Yikes!

bababui · 01-19-2007, 08:11 PM

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Serena a 2 and Mauresmo hot??

Yikes!

Serena looks like a man. Mauresmo actually has a bit of femininity. And Serena also has the wacky father.

marc · 01-19-2007, 08:12 PM

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Serena looks like a man. Mauresmo actually has a bit of femininity. And Serena also has the wacky father.

I'm not seeing one ounce of femininity in that pic.

bababui · 01-19-2007, 08:33 PM

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I'm not seeing one ounce of femininity in that pic.

If that was the only pic I would agree with you. But I prefer to judge by moving pics.

Bryan Swartz · 01-19-2007, 10:54 PM

Just imagine how good Nalbandian would be if he didn't wait till being triple match point down in the third set almost every match to start playing ...

bababui · 01-19-2007, 10:58 PM

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Just imagine how good Nalbandian would be if he didn't wait till being triple match point down in the third set almost every match to start playing ...

I felt really bad for him in the last Aussie Open when he completely folded to Baghdadis. He just doesnt seem to have the killer instinct.

Bryan Swartz · 01-19-2007, 11:18 PM

As to the original question: Sharapova & Clijsters both have what it takes to beat Mauresmo, and I think which ever one faces her in the finals will. Kuznetzova has a chance to do it earlier, but a pretty small one. My money's on Kim Clijsters.

As for Federer, it looks to me like whoever wins the Blake/Nadal match that seems imminent has the best chance of beating him. Both are mentally much tougher than Roddick(not that it's a high bar). But it's an awfully damn small chance. He'd have to have an off day to lose to anybody. More interesting to me is the young guys ... aside from Nadal, Djokovic, Gasquet, Murray are all looking very strong so far, and by the end of the year Sam Querrey could start to make his prescence felt as well if he keeps improving. In a couple years things could be very interesting, assuming age has started to catch up to Roger by that point as expected.

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Bryan Swartz Major Leagues Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 457	As to the original question: Sharapova & Clijsters both have what it takes to beat Mauresmo, and I think which ever one faces her in the finals will. Kuznetzova has a chance to do it earlier, but a pretty small one. My money's on Kim Clijsters. As for Federer, it looks to me like whoever wins the Blake/Nadal match that seems imminent has the best chance of beating him. Both are mentally much tougher than Roddick(not that it's a high bar). But it's an awfully damn small chance. He'd have to have an off day to lose to anybody. More interesting to me is the young guys ... aside from Nadal, Djokovic, Gasquet, Murray are all looking very strong so far, and by the end of the year Sam Querrey could start to make his prescence felt as well if he keeps improving. In a couple years things could be very interesting, assuming age has started to catch up to Roger by that point as expected.