No Barty and Nick for team Australia
This sucks lols at least we have Leyton representing
This sucks lols at least we have Leyton representing
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ATP/WTA Australian Summer of Tennis 2023
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Demon is done
Demon covers the court really well but apart from that he's not much chop
I like Kubler but you would be disappointed to get him v Evans fir your session.
Are their doubles ranking points for the Mixed game? I presume their are otherwise why would they bother but I don't remember Mixed ever carrying ranking points for an event before.
What is Zoe Hives playing for when there are younger, better, higher ranked players?
Tim full on coaching and encouraging his player
Crickets from our side get involed and show some passion ffs if this was Nick he would be blowing gasgets at his box haha
Crickets from our side get involed and show some passion ffs if this was Nick he would be blowing gasgets at his box haha
One of the female players (not Ajla or Stosur) was having a sneaky look at her phone courtside. She was trying to hide it but the camera angle gave it away
Why must you retire Barty she would have smoked everybody and bring the trophy home
Casey Dellacqua sucks as a tennis commentator.
Ajla Tomljanović pulls out with a knee injury.
Australia might as well withdraw from the tour lols
Australia might as well withdraw from the tour lols
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For this year maybe. I'm sure they will remember next year if tossing up whether to go or not....
One improvement to the United Cup is make it 8 groups of three so 24 countries instead of 18. Keeping the groups of three at least restricts it to two games per player plays finals.
Why it would improve it is then at least each city would have two courts going? Some of these sessions are fairly ordinary with two games during the day
The issue is depth but a guy like Dominc Thiem is playing qualifying in Adelaide tomorrow. Surely Austria could pull a team together as an example.
This is a good for TV but wouldn't do much for me live.
Why it would improve it is then at least each city would have two courts going? Some of these sessions are fairly ordinary with two games during the day
The issue is depth but a guy like Dominc Thiem is playing qualifying in Adelaide tomorrow. Surely Austria could pull a team together as an example.
This is a good for TV but wouldn't do much for me live.
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Hate the idea of not having line umpires around the court. Makes the challengers interesting.
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That Ben Rothenberg must be having kittens how Djokovic is here unvaccinated, his cheerleading against him this time last year was something else.
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I can't really get into any of this lead up stuff this year. I am watching bits and pieces but am struggling to follow where all the matches fit in. Feels like a bit of a dog's breakfast.
De-Minaur vs Nadal Monday
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United Cup is an interesting concept but I am struggling to get into the lead up tournaments.
Hoe stacked is the mens for a 250 tournament. Scheduling nightmare.
Court one will be packed.for Djokovic's doubles tomorrow
Sounds like Djokovic is the day session on Tuesday for his singles. I presume Murray and Medvedev will get a centre court spot which leave guys like Sinner, Rublev and others on fairly small outside courts.
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Can we not mention that tosser in this thread?
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They will have to streamline this next year. Should be just teams of 2.
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My thoughts on the United Cup and lead in tournament schedule.
The whole idea of the event was to improve the quality of players in Sydney which I can see why they thought they needed to do. It has definetley come at the expense of Brisbane and to some extent Perth. I think the event has potential but maybe we need to give it a few years to get used to it. It has given Tennis Australia an extra three days of tennis by making it a ten day event but I don't think the event has hit the spot yet.
One problem is if it is about star power then they can't have Djokovic, Rublev, Sinner, Murray, Medvedev, and others playing in 250 event in Adelaide. It needs some tweaking so those players are involved. Maybe more teams but only one players as suggested which might help with the WTA side of things.
As much as the sport try's it is mostly indervidual sport. On the whole the players watching courtside in particular when it's the opposite sex really don't care and are sitting there by obligation.
Another option is expanding the United Cup rather than reducing it. If there was two ties happening each session at each venue then you could mix the schedule up and maybe get some better matches happening on the main court.
In an ideal world India move their ATP event to later in the year. The first week then has Auckland (women) Perth (combined), Brisbane (combined) tournaments and a reduced United Cup in Sydney. I don't think India will do that though.
Fields the week before a Grand Slam are fairly thin which is why I think Adelaide (mens and womens), Hobart (womans) and Auckland (mens) works well.
The two weeks in Adelaide this year is a cost saving exercise as much as anything from the boradcasters point of view but it is unusual on tour to have consecutive events.
I'm happy as Adelaide has been the big winner but can see we need some refinement. I think if all things stay the same schedule wise I'd expand rather than reduce the United Cup. Keeping in mind the players have on the whole said they only want two matches so need to keep the groups of three.
The whole idea of the event was to improve the quality of players in Sydney which I can see why they thought they needed to do. It has definetley come at the expense of Brisbane and to some extent Perth. I think the event has potential but maybe we need to give it a few years to get used to it. It has given Tennis Australia an extra three days of tennis by making it a ten day event but I don't think the event has hit the spot yet.
One problem is if it is about star power then they can't have Djokovic, Rublev, Sinner, Murray, Medvedev, and others playing in 250 event in Adelaide. It needs some tweaking so those players are involved. Maybe more teams but only one players as suggested which might help with the WTA side of things.
As much as the sport try's it is mostly indervidual sport. On the whole the players watching courtside in particular when it's the opposite sex really don't care and are sitting there by obligation.
Another option is expanding the United Cup rather than reducing it. If there was two ties happening each session at each venue then you could mix the schedule up and maybe get some better matches happening on the main court.
In an ideal world India move their ATP event to later in the year. The first week then has Auckland (women) Perth (combined), Brisbane (combined) tournaments and a reduced United Cup in Sydney. I don't think India will do that though.
Fields the week before a Grand Slam are fairly thin which is why I think Adelaide (mens and womens), Hobart (womans) and Auckland (mens) works well.
The two weeks in Adelaide this year is a cost saving exercise as much as anything from the boradcasters point of view but it is unusual on tour to have consecutive events.
I'm happy as Adelaide has been the big winner but can see we need some refinement. I think if all things stay the same schedule wise I'd expand rather than reduce the United Cup. Keeping in mind the players have on the whole said they only want two matches so need to keep the groups of three.
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