Saturday 18 January 2020

Two Weeks Down Under

Australian Open

Mandatory map...
 
The big talking point is still air quality. As you all already know, the worst bushfires in a century plagued basically all of Australia for the last months. It's smoky everywhere. Hopefully it's getting better, because if it's not the players will have serious problems going forward (as we already saw during qualies).
So, please, more like the top of this picture:
Self explanatory, I think.
Four women and six men in top 100 won't be in Melbourne: Andreescu, Azarenka, Petkovic and Puig; Nishikori, de Minaur, Pouille, Gasquet, Jarry and Majchrzak.
Draws were made yesterday, so let's see who's got the cupcakes and who's got the death quarters... (projected R32).

The women


1st Quarter
Ashleigh Barty
Barty[1] v Rybakina[29] - Ahhahhahahahaahahhaaa! This week's titlists!
Riske[18] v Martic[13] 
Also in this section Goerges, Sasnovich.

Keys[10] v Sakkari[22]
Alexandrova[25] v Kvitova[7]
Others in here: Kasatkina, Kanepi.  

2nd Quarter
Naomi Osaka
Osaka[3] v Strycova[32]
Stephens[24] v Kenin[14]
Also in here Venus v Gauff and Stosur.  

Konta[12] v Yastremska[23] Jabeur
Wang(Q)[27] v Serena[8]
Garcia, Wozniacki and AVU are in here too.   

3rd Quarter
Simona Halep
Bencic[6] v Kontaveit[28]  
Vekic[19] v Sabalenka[11]
Other notables: Ostapenko, Sharapova, Swiatek.

Mertens[16] v Muchova[20]
Collins[26] v Halep[4]
Also in here Watson, Bellis, Putintseva.


4th Quarter
Karolina Pliskova
Svitolina[5] v Sevastova[31]
Anisimova[21] v Bertens[9]
Davis, Muguruza, Tomljanovic are in here too

Vondrousova[15] v Kerber[17]
Pavlyuchenkova[30] v Pliskova[2]
Others in here: Kuznetsova, Townsend, Mladenovic, Giorgi.

Sofia (AKA Sonya, AKA Peter) Kenin - her maiden GS trophy.
Timea Babos/Kristina Mladenovic (AKA Babenovic) - their 2nd AO Trophy.

The Men

1st Quarter
Rafael Nadal
Nadal[1] v PCB[27]
Kyrgios[23] v Khachanov[16]
Also in here Cuevas v Simon.

Monfils[10] v FAA[20]
Fritz[29] v Thiem[5]
Other names: Pospisil, ARV, Anderson.

2nd Quarter
Daniil Medvedev
Medvedev[4] v Tsonga[28]
Isner[19] v Wawrinka[15]
Also here: Tiafoe, Seppi. 

Goffin[11] v Rublev[17]
Basilashvili[26] v Zverev[7]
Other notables: Herbert, Norrie, Verdasco, Ruud.

3rd Quarter
Roger Federer
Berrettini[8] v Coric[26] Sandgren
Pella[22] v Fognini[12]
Querrey, Thompson and Opelka are in here too

Shapovalov[13] v Dimitrov[18] Fucsovics
Hurkacz[31] v Federer[3]
Also here Humbert, Krajinovic, Sinner. 

4th Quarter
Novak Djokovic
Tsitsipas[6] v Raonic[32]
Paire[21] v RBA[9]
Also in here Kohlschreiber, Cilic, Lopez.

Schwartzman[14] v Lajovic[24]
Evans[30] v Djokovic[2]
Others in this section: Kukushkin, Nishioka, Djere.

Novak Djokovic and his 8th AO trophy. Greedy bastard!

Rajeev Ram/Joe Salisbury - 1st GS for both in men's doubles. He's no longer a regular Joe, I would say.
Barbora Krejcikova/Nikola Mektic - you guessed it, mixed doubles champs.

WOMEN'S SINGLES DRAW, PDF

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