mmm.. australian open is soon and interesting news here, pat rafter and martina hingis are making come backs, what do u think?

and your tips to win the aus open, my guess is mark phillipousis, GO THE SCUD!!

yay ! good to know that Rafter and Hingis are back :)


but Agassi owns the Australian open :) go ANDRE !!

I THINK HIS Time has passed

hingis was hot.... better perve than kournakova... what she look like now?

Hingis hotter than Kournikova?? WTF?

The hottest girl imo is Maria Sharapova. :hump:



I hope Andre wins it again. :)

rafter said a full time comeback wasn't on the cards though..:(

good to see hingis back.. still don't get why she retired tho..

lol, i only watch the womens tennis :p

But Rafter is only playing in the doubles. Its good that Hingis is coming back.

Winner I think for men and woman
MEN: Safin
WOMAN: TWO WILLIAMS

Has Hanachovia gained her weight back yet?

hingis retired due to her troublesome ankle... which plagued her, and she knew she doesnt have the power to compete with the williams sisters...

:) hingis is bak also rafter one of ma fav players in the atp "sorry mate" :D neway i think that either andre or roddick will win it i also think that andrei pavel will get to atleast the quarters in this one.

Rafter is a legend.

And Hingis may not have the power to compete with the Williams, but nethier does Henin-Hardene (spelling), So you tell me. Hingis is the smartest womens player if not mens also you will see in a long time, she has a fantastic tennis brain.

I think HIngis can work her way back to the top. When she retired she had injuries plus the psycological issues associated with being constantly hammered by the Williams sisters.

PLayers like Justine Henin are showing that the Williams can be outsmarted and I think that Hingis will pick up strategies from them.

The Williams sisters are starting to prove to be injury prone so maybe that influenced her decision abit because they may not be playing as much.

will the williams sisters be playing. they may not still be over there fat sisters death

I think they will.

yea i know the reason why she retired but i still don't get why she retired even though she's so ******* young! she's like 20? anyway she's back now so **** all.

i like rafter

i want him to win

yep rafter all the way

Originally posted by -Vince-
The hottest girl imo is Maria Sharapova. :hump:

Hell yeah dude. The only bad part is that there's still two more years until she's legal :(

Go A-Rod!!!

Umm...Hingis isnt back.

Serena Williams is out. She pulled out due to a knee injury. Also Clijsters may not be playing in the Aussie Open due to an ankle injury. Henin and Venus Williams only really have a chance if Clijsters doesnt play. Davenport is playing pretty good to so she may have a chance. In Mens its wide open and thats why mens tennis is miles better. Though Andre is my favourite player and I hope he wins!

Kournikova to come in last, again.

holy **** i won a competition and won a tennis seesion with martina hingis, sweet:p

Seriously? Congrats.

You also won a prize. Owner of the 10,000 post in the Sports Forum.

Its your lucky day.

woohoo! its defently my lucky day

Anway:

Hewitt won the Addidas International as Moya pulled out hurt and Nalbandian won the Commonwealth bank international against Agassi. Nalbandian looks very good at the moment, Playing well. Its going to be a good aussie open in the mens!

I hate that French Lesbian Amile Maursermo. or However you spell it.
FFS! She is so ugly, she is a man tbh. Ewwww :kader:

Is Kournikova taking part in the Australian Open?

Originally posted by fender
Is Kournikova taking part in the Australian Open?

No,

She has a back injury......or so she says.

Didn't she retire? :rolleyes:

Originally posted by Essendon BFC
No,

She has a back injury......or so she says.

from ******* too much :hump: :hump: neway i started an australian open thread if u guys are interested.

I will rename this to the Australian Open Thread :)

Originally posted by Rob
I will rename this to the Australian Open Thread :)

good idea rob :) , y is hewitt only ranked 15th??? is he really that bad?:confused:

Last year he didnt play in many tournaments. Just concentrated on big things like the Grand Slams and the Davis Cup and thats why he slipped down the rankings so much.

Anyway Agassi won yesterday in straight sets. He seemed in pretty good form. Hewitt is currently playing now and he leads 6-2 6-4 and 0-0 in the 3rd. His opponent Cecil Mamit I think he injured himself....

edit: He just retired hurt....Hewitt through to the 2nd round.

Hewitt played 13 tourneys during 2003, which is kinda good for the Aussie open, his fresh. His won the Davis Cup which was his dream, now on to the Aussie Open.

I dont like Hewitt since his too boisterous !!
Hewitt does have skills but also some luck having injured 3 Opponent...
This Year I think David Nalbandian(sp?) will win
His in a good form...!!

I dont like hewitt hes too big headed, i think Andy Roddick should win the mens or possibly JCF if he gets into his sensational best. But with the woman i think Henin Hardenne will probably win it altho it will be hard as the hard hitters like Clijsters, Williams, Davenport are on their favoured Court(Hard Court). So my Money is on Henin-Hardenne for Womans and A-ROD for Mens(H)

BTW JCF is Juan Carlos Ferrero:)

The only 3 womens players in my opinion that can win it are Henin, Venus Williams and Clijsters. Thats why womens tennis isnt as good as mens. Womens is much more predictable while in mens you never really know who is going to win and there are often upsets.

Pavel through to the second round :clapwap: he beat #24 Max Miyrni 6-7 (2/7), 6-3, 6-2, 7-6 (7/2), he will play Glenn Weiner in the second round, who is he??

Never heard of him......

Agassi into the 3rd round after he won his 2nd round match 6-0 6-2 6-4. He looks in good form.

philippoussis into the 3rd round beating fabrice santoro in 4 sets

rafter and eagle lost in straight sets to 2 sth africans
it was nice to see rafter play again, he was by far the best player on the court in that match, but his partner let him down a few times
i wish he'd come back for real and enter the doubles circuit

Hewitt also went through in 4 sets....

Todd Reid the young australian went through in 5 sets in a great match. Aussies doing well.

The only Romanian left in the draw, Andrei Pavel advanced to the 3rd round in straight sets over that American dude that I never heard of, but tough challenge coming up, he plays against #14 Jiri Novak I hope he advances he hasn't done well in a Grand Slam in a long time, at least the quarters, I hope. Roddick will play Taylor Dent in the 3rd I'd say thats an easy win for Roddick he is on fire right now also Agassi will probably advance he plays Enqvist where has he been wow its been long since hes done somthing. GO PAVEL :clapwap:

The Roddick v Dent match tonight should be good. Hope Dent wins. Agassi is playing very well. He is leading 6-0 1-1. He looks as I have said in very good form.

i think santoro spitting wasnt a big deal

Originally posted by mutt
hingis was hot.... better perve than kournakova... what she look like now?

jez shes ok, nice figure and great smooth skin, no signs of age. average tits and nice ass, but i dont think a better perve then anna

Agassi won again in straight sets.

6-0 6-3 6-3 against Enquvist (spelling?)

He is in great form.

Roddick smashed Dent.

I can see an Agassi v Roddick final.

Too bad that Roddick and Agassi are no 1 and 4 seeds which means a Semi Final.

Your eye sight is crap Essendon. :evil:

Well there the 2 best players in the competition pity they cant play off in the final. Hewitt v Federer possible 4th round match is interesting. Has been a good Aussie Open so far.

Young Australian Todd Reid is about to take on Roger Federer.

Should be a good test for Todd and the biggest match of his career. Lets hope he wins!

hahahaha VENUS LOST to Lisa Raymond :D:D:D:D:D:D:D



yess (H) (H)

Originally posted by IceBlu
hahahaha VENUS LOST to Lisa Raymond :D:D:D:D:D:D:D



yess (H) (H)

hahahahahahahahahahahaha upset of the tournament so far but glad williams is out becas i hate her serena is ma favorite.

Originally posted by $teauA
hahahahahahahahahahahaha upset of the tournament so far but glad williams is out becas i hate her serena is ma favorite.


i hate both William brothers...

Originally posted by IceBlu
i hate both William brothers...

hahaha i think they got a couple of brothers as well that family is huge. how can u hate serena's ass that thing is gf;ashdgalsddfjasgha really no words :hump:

Well there like men so i think you entitled to call them men.

Raymond played smart and Williams played dumb. She was hitting to Raymonds forehand everytime instead of her backhand and was also making way to many mistakes. Federer and Phillippoussiss are through easily to the 4th round.

lleyton hewitt got through in straight sets 7-6 7-6 6-2
the guy he played is 17 from spain david nadal
this nadal has the best forehand you've ever seen, he was hitting hewitt off the court, but lleyton's experience came through

watch out for nadal, soon no1 will ever be able hit a forehand off him

Hitting Lleyton off the court?? Dont know about that. You dont get hit off the court and win by experience. He was the better player and thats why he won. Nadal seems like a very good player. He can improve and he will be one of the top players in the world in the future. Nalbandian, Federer, Hewitt, Ferrero, Phillippousiss, all won. Agassi against Scrichapan match tomorrow should be a pretty good one.

he was hitting him off the court on every aggressive forehand, hewitt outsmarted him and kept playing the ball to his backhand, and nadal was always running around it to hit off-forehands
when nadal unleashed one of those forehands hewitt was could barely handle it
his experience came into play in the tiebreakers where he played the right shots, the first two sets both players were playing well, very closely matched

the last set nadal was gone, u cant expect a 17 year old to keep up with hewitt for 2 and a half hours

did u even watch the match? hewitt was scared to hit it to his forehand, hewitt won only because he has a much more allround shot selection and 6years and 2 grandslams under his belt

Yes I did watch the match.

You cant be a good player by only having a good forehand. So all half smart players will hit to the players backhand and have a match win.

Andrei Pavel is through to the 4th Round :clapwap: he beat #14 Jiri Novak in five sets 4-6, 3-6, 7-5, 7-6, 6-4 :rockman: hes fourth round matchup um hehe Ferrero oh boy i hope he at least wins a set :(.

ps: i cant wait for the safin vs. blake game that one should be really good but the winner plays roddick so well great 4 rounds guys :crazyboy:

Hewitt vs Federer.

What a game this is going to be. Federer is the TRUE World No1 IMO. I saw him play yesterday with my own eyes againist Reid, his just awesome. Sublime touch over power.

im going 2dai, im gonna see the safin V blake match
thank god this match is on vodafone arena so i can go and see

**** YOU TIM HENMAN, YOU LOST ME $10!!!

Safin v Blake match should be a good one.

They played at the Hopman Cup earlier in which Blake won in 3 tight sets (2 sets to 1). I hope Blake wins and beats Roddick.

Federer got thrashed by Agassi at the Commonwealth International...6-2 6-1 or something. So Dont know if federer is the true worlds number 1. Reid was stuffed and could barely run so it was nothing big by Federer beating him easily.

Roddick is world's number one have u seen him play he's got every shot and he's young too i mean this guy is gonna be awesome as he gets older.

Andre Agassi has beaten Paradorn Srichapan 7-6 6-3 6-4 in a pretty good match. Scrichapan played much better then what the score looks like. Agassi played well and deserved to win. I think thats 24 straight match wins for Agassi at the Australian Open.

Agassi played very well. Paradon looked like he could cause an upset early in the game but Andre stood his ground and did what he does best.


Its going to be hard to stop him.

Roddick is playing very well.

I think he is the only one that could stop him and I would rate Roddick a very good chance of winning if the 2 played.

Already he has won the 1st set 6-1 in 18 minutes against Shalken.

the good thing about the mens draw is that there are so many people who can win
agassi, federer, roddick, nalbandian, hewitt, ferrero, maybe even philippoussous or safin

Thats why mens tennis is much better then womens tennis.

There is only really like 3 women who can win and theres never a lot of upsets. Mens Tennis is of a much better quality to.

did you hear that comment by andy roddicks current coach and agassi's former coach
he said the top 1000 mens players would beat the number one womens player everytime
and when asked his henin (no1 women) would get a game off roddick (no1 man) he said that he might be able to hold serve

Yeah was in the paper.

Dont think a 1000 ranked man could beat Henin.....Barely a 200 in my opinion and really she isnt the real number 1 anyway. Serena Williams is.

yeah but u could apply that theory of who is really what ranking to anything, even though ur statement is tru
-agassi is the real number one coz he plays less tournaments and gets less points but is still no4
-hewitt is really 10 spots lower coz he look time off for davis cup

i dun reckon the 1000th ranked man could beat henin, and even men outside 150 would struggle with the williams sisters

Pavel lost to Ferrero in 4 sets :(

Phillippoussis lost in straight sets to Arazi.

Nalbandian is also through.

Hewitt v Federer match has just started.

phillippoussis didnt look the same
he was missing the lines by 2-3 feet

the hewitt V federer match should be a ripper

He didnt look like he was hitting as hard either.

Maybe he was sick....or something like that.

CMON! (guess who (H))

1 set all in that match.

Hewitt won the 1st set 6-4 Federer wins the 2nd 6-3.

Good match. I smell another 5 setter.

i cant beleive phillipoussis lost - he always does it - beats a good player then loses to an unkown. if he was consistent he'd be one decent tennis player

heh.... Hewitt and Scud out on the same day :p


and WBFC, Arazi ain't no "unknown"....

Arazi and unknown? pfft, This is a man who has beaten Sampras multiple times, and on grass. His no unknown, his a class player.

Arazi played very well.

Agassi against Grosjean tomorrow. Im expecting Agassi to win it.

This open has been great.

safin V roddick
power battle!!!
safin might be a bit rusty and roddick is just on fire, but should be a good match

Federer did really well.

no embarassment for hewitt loosing to federer the way he was playing

mauresmo pulls out with back injury leaving her opponent with a free run into the semis.

Grosjean just retired after pulling a muscle in the 2nd set vs Agassi.

Agassi won the first set 6-2 and was leading 2-0 in the 2nd set when Grosjean retired.

This puts Agassi in such a good position ! he will be totally fresh when he meets Roddick / Safin.

Originally posted by WBFC
mauresmo pulls out with back injury leaving her opponent with a free run into the semis.

Its unfortunate because the player she was playing wasnt going to win and now and unknown is through to the Semi Finals.

Agassi was playing very well and i think its pretty fair to say he was going to win. I find it pretty funny that Hewitt blamed the Australia Day Fireworks on losing yesterday.

Hewitt is stupid. its australian day.... if anything it should have been Federer who should have been distracted by fireworks not Hewitt.


Im so glad that hes out.

yeah me too i hate Hewitt, glad Andre is through i hope he wins it all.

Safin :rockman:

Marat is back! I hope he can win, his one of my favourite players. So explosive and unpredictable.

Yup go Safin.

Hopefully its a good match tonight.

Roddick wins the 1st set 6-2.

Safin is looking better in the 2nd set though.

Cmon Safin! I love this walk. (H)

i hope this is a marathon 5 setter. So whoever meets Agassi will be a little less than 100%

Cmon Safin! 1 set all!

Originally posted by IceBlu
i hope this is a marathon 5 setter. So whoever meets Agassi will be a little less than 100%

Me to.

And I like watching close 5 setters to.

YES! CMON MARAT!

2 sets to 1.

Go Safin.

Remember though Roddick came back from 2 sets to 1 last year against the Morocan (cant spell his name) ended up winning 21-19 in the 5th set.

YEEEEEEEEEEEEES! SAFIN HAS THE BREAK! SERVE THE GAME OUT!!!!!

Yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees! Safin! :rockman:

What a game!!!!!!!!

Game Set and match!

Roddick had 2 break points.

Couldnt get them.

Safin wins 7-5 in the 5th

:( damnit andy ! ah well... Agassi will take out Safin :)

Originally posted by Essendon BFC
Game Set and match!

Roddick had 2 break points.

Couldnt get them.

Safin wins 7-5 in the 5th

wasnt it 6-4 ?? ... neways.... was a good match... does it confirm that agassi is now the title favorite ?

Yeah it was 6-4 sorry for the mistake.

Agassi didnt play much of a match today and safin had a real work over tonight. Im thinking a Agassi can make the final. Dunno who will play against him. Wasnt the crowd singing happy birthday to him nice?:)

nice touch the happy birthday, safin is a good bloke, it was a good interview
safin playing to his potential could take andre, so dun write him off, i no he is tired and all
mens draw is so competitive any1 left except prob arazi can win

The happy birthday from the crowd was a nice gesture. :) I hope its going to be an exciting match between Agassi and Safin.

man roddick lost :( oh well i hav to go wit andre now i would love an andre federer final.

Man, Imagine Ferrero vs Federer Semi Final :D:D:D

awww... i was goin for roddick :(

guess il have to go wit agassi now (H)

Me too was going for Roddick..:(

Anyway I hope David Nalbandian will win over Federer!! :p

agassi cant play ferrero until the final

Federer won the first set against Nalbandian - 7-5

But Nalbandian is already up a break in the 2nd

Federer brakes back pretty controversial.

Good match so far. I thought Nalbandian was unlucky not to win the 1st set. I thought he was the better player. He had 2 break points in the 1st set leading 6-5 and Federer served 4 aces in a row.

Federer wins the 2nd set 6-4 !


Looks like its all over for Nalbandian.

I still think David Nalbandian has been the better player.

Amazing match this. I hope David can come back and win this one.

federer up 2 sets to love
nalbandian keeps braking but then falls apart on the next serving game

Nalbandian takes the 3rd set 7-5.

We have a match on our hands here.

Hope Nalbandian wins.

Federer leading Nalbandian 5-2 4th set...damn I really thought this year was Nalbandians year because he played so well in commonwealth cup...this match both Federer and Nalbandian are playing well...but too unlucky for nalbandian...

Federer wins 6-3 in the 5th.

He will play Ferrero in the Semi Final.

Congratuation to Federer... his really is great GREAT player...

Hingis was at the Federer match, did she actually take part at all in the woman's singles?

Shes commentating for Australian TV as is John McEnroe

Originally posted by fender
Hingis was at the Federer match, did she actually take part at all in the woman's singles?

I dont know where people got the idea that she was actually playing.......

Kim Clijsters is too play Justine Henin Hardenne in the Womens final on Saturday. Andre Agassi v Marat Safin currently on.

Match is on serve. Agassi leading 5-4.

Yes! Safin!

This is going to be a good game. Safin was lucky to win the first set.

Damn it...Can't believe Safin won the first set...

GO AGASSI!! My money is on ya!!!

Andre up a break in the 2nd set (H) :rockman:

Marat Safin is a star:rockman: :rockman: :rockman:

Safin broke back and then had 2 set points. Agassi served well and got out of it and we are into another tiebreaker.

Come ON Agassi!! You can do it!! Think about my MONEY!!! :p

seriously I want Agassi to win!!

Safin wins the tiebreak 8-6 again.

:f***:

SAFIN! SAFIN! SAFIN! SAFIN! SAFIN! You are a legend! (H)

Agassi breaks and wins the 2nd set 7-5.

COME ON!

haha Andre won the 4th set 6-1 (H) ! GO AGASSI !!!!!!!

Into the 5th set now. 1 game a piece. This is a great match. (H)

PS: Ice, what channel do they show the Aus Open in the US? Just curious. :)

Safin Won.

Im pissed off because I think Agassi should have been able to win at least 1 of the 1st 2 sets especially the 2nd set.

:kader: man i was pissed off ! Agassi was the better play for most of the match and had he won one of the early 2 sets the game would have been over in 4 :(

Anyway, now i hope Federer wins thins (Y)

Mishkin, they show it on ESPN.

man this sux agassi lost too :( i really dont care who wins it now.

Safin's the **** dude. I've been a fan ever since I saw him dominate Sampras at some major final a few years ago.

Originally posted by Nimreitz
Safin's the **** dude. I've been a fan ever since I saw him dominate Sampras at some major final a few years ago.

i think it was the us open.

Safin is ranked No. 86 in the world at the moment, but when on form, he's a top ten, if not top five player. I wanted him to win, because I'm always in favour of a European over an American.

Nothing against Americans!

Safin was good but Agassi was better..:(
I think it was the Ace that won the match for Safin...
Now I want federer to win~~my money on federer!!

Stop putting your crappy money on people :| Everyone you betted on Lost :|


I blame Agassi's loss on you :| and same with Roddick and Nalbandian :f***:

Everyone I bet on loses too :(

But I'm still $10 up :rockman:

i want safin to win

LOL ow~~ well this will be my last time if I lose this bet...BUT Federer is winning!!:rockman: His too good in this match~~!
GO FEDERER!!

Congratuation Federer!! He won the match over Fererro 6:4-6:1-6:4!! His really great player!! I won my money too~~:D

Safin Vs Federer Final
Great Final!!

Federer is ranked NUMBER 1 now!!

damn what a one sided game... i expected more from Ferrero.


but im happy that Federer is in the final (H)

The final ought to be great.

The Safin v Federer match should be good.

Really I'm not sure who is going to win and not sure who to support. At the moment Im just hoping for a good match. Pity the match is in the afternoon, I think a night final would better.

Originally posted by Essendon BFC
The Safin v Federer match should be good.

Really I'm not sure who is going to win and not sure who to support. At the moment Im just hoping for a good match. Pity the match is in the afternoon, I think a night final would better.



its an afternoon final for us here in the USA :)

Justine Henin Hardenne has won the Womens Final in 3 sets 6-3 4-6 6-3. Was a pretty good un predictable match. Clijsters came back from 4-0 in the 3rd set but couldnt do enough.

Clijsters loses her 3rd Grand Slam Final.

Henin deserved to win (Y) good match

Originally posted by IceBlu
Henin deserved to win (Y) good match

good match but not the outcome i wanted i hate henin.

liked henin, always did.. i can't wait for her to trash the williams' ass.

i'm rooting for safin.. he was my fave player a couple of years back, glad to see him on the headlines again..

The top seed deserved it!

Federer - Safin is one now.

Federer won the first set 7-6 (Y) (H)

Interesting 1st set that one was.

Plenty of breaks....

Federer leading 3-2 in the 2nd set with the break.

Federe is going to win!!! One more and its all over !!
Congratuation Federer~~Winner of Australian Open~~

Federer wins !

what a dissapointing final If only Andre had made it instead of Safin :kader:


pathetic display by Safin.

:)

Yeah it was a pretty boring game. I had the TV on but I was putting together a model of a 1977 Tyrrell Formula 1 car so I wasn't really paying attention anyway. (H)

glad safin lost and im glad he played like crap i hate him :( neway federer didnt play that well either he had lots of unforced errors its just that safin played like a piece of pathetic ****. :rolleyes:

yeah :f***: after beating Andre he should have at least put up a freakin fight of some sorts ...


instead he just kept breaking raquets .. :rolleyes:


if Andre had reached the final, we would have seen an emotion filled game thats for sure ....


f*ck Safin :f***:

Originally posted by IceBlu
yeah :f***: after beating Andre he should have at least put up a freakin fight of some sorts ...


instead he just kept breaking raquets .. :rolleyes:


if Andre had reached the final, we would have seen an emotion filled game thats for sure ....


f*ck Safin :f***:

yeah f*ck Safin :f***: :crazyboy:

PS: nice post count yash 9999 (H)

Well surely you can understand that he would have been a little tired after 2 LONG 5 setters against Agassi and Roddick. Was a boring match but It was always going to be boring because I think Day matches are boring.

Least I got what I wished for. The Australian Open mens final next year and years after that will be on a sunday NIGHT.

:D

Disappointing final, Federer deserved to win.

Muwahhaa. This was in the paper today. So I done some editting. (H)

Hahaha! (H) :mrpimp: ;)

love the pic rob
poor safin, i wanted him 2 win so badd, i no the final wasnt too enthralling but safin had way more entertainin leadup games than any of federer's