***OFFICIAL 2010 Australian Open Tournament Post*** Edit: Congrats to Federer, S. Williams

[tsamshox]

Ah yes....Tennis is back

. Really excited for the 2010 tennis season. There's alot of storylines coming into the Australian Open. You have Roger who many thought his reign of dominance was over, yet somehow finally wins the French and winning the grueling match over A-Rod at Wimbledon. You have Rafa coming back from injury primed for a major '10, JMDP, who is rising fast atop the rankings, winning the U.S Open, and you still have the usual contenders like Andy Murray, Roddick, Verdasco, Soderling, Tsonga, etc. This should be a great year for Mens tennis.

As for the girls, looks to be another mediocre year for womens tennis, realtalk. Nothing new, just same ol %%!* + some buffonery and forgetting how to serve

. I will be on the lookout for Melanie Oudin who had the great run at the U.S Open.

Draws:
Men's Singles Draw
Women's Singles Draw

 

[dj 1080]

LETS GO WILLIAMS SISTERS!!

DirecTV Australian Open Mix FTW

 

[Sinner]

Ahhh... fantastic, someone made thread...

Like any good thread, pics are essential.
The usual suspects...

I think this his outfit.

Tourney outfit...

And the ladies...

Looking forward to seeing how these two gals will fare...

Though her ranking might have dropped, there's always room for Ana...

And Maria too.

Also... its about time.

New Cramping Rule


The ATP says the new rule "strikes a compromise between the rule that has just been replaced and the old rule that didn't allow treatment of anykind."

Once the physiotherapist or tournament doctor have determined that a player is suffering from muscle cramping, treatment is allowed during two fullchangeovers or set breaks, not necessarily two in a row. But a player can't receive a medical time out, which is three minutes, solely for musclecramping.

A player who stops play claiming to have another ailment, but is determined by the chair umpire to have cramping, will be ordered to resume playimmediately. If he or she can't continue, they'd have to forfeit points to get them to the end of a game or set break to receive limited treatment.

If muscle cramping is caused by a spasm related to an injury, the new rule won't be invoked.

Heat illness, which is always a threat at the Australian Open, also is not covered by the cramping rule because its symptoms-dizziness, nausea and elevatedtemperatures-are far different from those of cramping.

 

[tsamshox]

Nice pics Sinner. Those Nike Court ballistics look pretty dope with the design from the Nike Air Tech Challenge. Roger Federer's new kicks with lunar-liteAND flywire? hmmm....

Sharapova

 

[youngbuck32]

Keep an eye on this Andy Murray vs Kevin Anderson match today. On paper Murray should demolish Anderson but I think this could be a tricky match up for him.

 

[Trey Bantz]

I'm rooting for DelPo, since watching the 2009 U.S. Open final against Federer I've been a firm believer that this kid will be one of the greats.

 

[proshares]

I completely forgot that it started today SMH @ me.

Once again, rooting for Roddick

 

[proshares]

Sharpy lost the first set but up a break in the second set so far.

 

[aepps20]

I think Rafa will get it on the men's side and on the women's side I wouldn't be surprised if one of the Belgians took it

 

[dj 1080]

Picture quality on the mix channels is awesome!

Sharapova and Kiri in a tussle right now.

 

[gunna get it]

I think this is my fav tourney.

Jelena Dokic

Dulko isnt entered?

 

[tsamshox]

Dulko is in....it's all about Wozniacki and Sharapova tho

A-Rod's serve looking CRISP. Dude won the first tourney in Melbourne so he's playing with alot of confidence right now.....

 

[dj 1080]

Sharapova has been eliminated.

 

[aepps20]

I grew up watching tennis and Sharapova is one of the most one dimensional players that I've ever seen. She has no plan B and she's not athletic enoughto go for broke all the time. Kirilenko isn't even that good.

 

[gunna get it]

Originally Posted by DJ 1080

Sharapova has been eliminated.

EARLY!
I saw she dropped 1st set at 7-6 and didnt check on it

how hot is it right now down there?

 

[proshares]

Well that was fast.

 

[aepps20]

Because Sharapova isn't the best mover out there she goes for broke on practically every shot and ever since her shoulder surgery her serve isn'tnearly as effective as it once was.

 

[dj 1080]

Originally Posted by GUNNA GET IT

Originally Posted by DJ 1080

Sharapova has been eliminated.

EARLY!
I saw she dropped 1st set at 7-6 and didnt check on it

how hot is it right now down there?

Believe it or not, its actually quite cool. Mid 60's. And now the wind is starting to pick up.

 

[tsamshox]

Sharapova. Pam Shriver was going hard at the chair umpire for allowing 30+ seconds between points....

 

[tsamshox]

T.O and Andy Roddick best buds now

I remember Joey Porter was rooting super hard for A-Rod at the Masters series in Miami vs. Federer

:

 

[gunna get it]

wasnt it like 100 plus degrees last yr?

 

[rook]

She'll never be the same chick that knocked off Serena her rookie year Smh

Anyways, Nadal is starting his bid for the Grand slam

 

[dman14]

what happened to nicole vaidisova? she was always

to me

 

[aepps20]

Originally Posted by DMan14

what happened to nicole vaidisova? she was always

to me

Her game fell off when she started dating Radek Stepanek and she's just trying to qualify for the big tournaments.

 

[frank 7he t4nk]

Federer the Goat got this.