Australian Open: Day Four - 2014

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Kokkinakis v Nadal, with the assumption that the second AUS will put up a better match than Tomic.

JwT can get in trouble against Bellucci.

Kavcic has more experience than Duckworth and may take a set of the Old Man.

Kyrgios Sock v Monfils should be entertaining (IMO).

Paire v Krygios. Would love to see Krygios go further.

MoTD - Verdasco v Gabashvili (anyone recall his [Gabashvili, not Nando's 2009 AO] match against Nadal @ USO?)

Been a bit of a costly day at the bookie for me, what with Lu and Verdasco losing... Looking forward to the conclusion of DelPo/Agut as a neutral with no money on the line.

Can Del Potro bust Agut?

Del Potro " one of the best forehands the game has ever seen"   what absolute nonsense!

Just what IS Paire doing! hes got a cramping opponent, get up the court and move him about!

falzy21 wrote:Just what IS Paire doing! hes got a cramping opponent, get up the court and move him about!

You Des-paire.

Agut about to serve to stay in the match at 4-5. Paire right back in his match with Kyrgios as he breaks in the fourth set.

JuliusHMarx wrote:

falzy21 wrote:Just what IS Paire doing! hes got a cramping opponent, get up the court and move him about!

You Des-paire.

Or perhaps he should grow a Paire.

Bautista Agut playing the match of his life here. Holds serve playing some great stuff and we are level at 5-5.

Its like hes im-Paired...   

What a fire fight!!

Delpo going out here

Wow Agut playing some great stuff here. He breaks Del Potro to lead 6-5 and will serve for the match after 3 hours 50 minutes.

Cant even watch Paire come back from the brink and be happy because of that damn Verdasco

If delpo's out, what exactly is left to stop Nadal prior to the semis?

Paire I swear... UP... THE ... COURT!

Delpo out.

Agut stats have him at 5'11, the rise of the basketball tennis player seems to be taking a while.

Well poops, there goes my Rafa Delpo dreams

full marks to Bautista Agut who played a great match, but that is a desperately poor loss for Del Potro to take.

A fantastic match that and Agut wins in five sets. Del Potro out and that despite him playing really good stuff himself. Agut deserved that and gets through to his first Third Round of a slam. Del Potro can take comfort in the knowledge he looks a nailed on certainty to replace Murray at No.4 in the rankings after this tournament.

Jahu wrote:Delpo out.

  That can't be true!

Kyrgios cramping so bad he can hardly move. Paire breaks to lead 2-1 in the final set and the writing is on the wall.

Please excuse me as I need to correct you he would be known as Bautista.. Agut is his mother´s name such as they do here in Spain
Rafa is Nadal Perez.  So you drop the last name ...
No Im not a billy know all its that I think you will be seeing a lot more of that young man so better get it right to start with eh ???

Purely went for Agut because it is a heck of a lot quicker to type in.

Perhaps HM Murdoch could call him BA?

Yeah I know Craig he chooses it as a hyphenated name but most Spaniards drop it when they use their name.. I actually find it very endearing that they carry their mother´s name through life.
Its funny when we get called at an appointment they Spanish use our first and second Christian Names they never use our surname..

Paire wins in five sets against Kyrgios and so ends over 14 and a half hours of tennis spanning two days at the Australian Open.

CaledonianCraig wrote:I think it was this. He got a twinge/pain in his back which put him into his shell.  He tried to win conservatively without stressing his back and lethargy set in. He finally clicked into gear when fired up by Millot's antics and this in turn upped his level.

Agreed. Andy was bad enough before his back, but now any twinge is going to mentally take him away. So lots of fun, until he can trust it!!

Paire does it. Brave resistance from Kyrgios but in the end he wasn't quite up for a five-setter physically. He'll improve that aspect though, he's only 18.

Paire plays Bautista next round, wonder how much both of them have left after today's exertions.

Agut to play Paire and Dimi to play Raonic. A great opportunity for these 4 to reach unchartered QF territory. I think only Raonic has reached round 4 of a slam. Allez Paire, Come on Dimi!

looking at tomorrow's matches, Mayer vs Janowicz has the potential to be interesting. Mayer has been in some decent form of late, and his all-sorts style could cause Janowicz some problems.

We also have Robredo vs Gasquet (battle of the single handers), Chardy vs Ferrer (you never know, if Chardy gets his serving boots on), Ivanovic vs Stosur (is it harsh to label this once as Beauty & the Beast )

In Taiwan, they often choose an English name as their first name. But they don't really differentiate between our first and last names, so you'd get Jones Chen and Johnson Chang etc.

JuliusHMarx wrote:In Taiwan, they often choose an English name as their first name. But they don't really differentiate between our first and last names, so you'd get Jones Chen and Johnson Chang etc.

They also do that in Kenya

JuliusHMarx wrote:Perhaps HM Murdoch could call him BA?

I believe his coach had to spike his milk to get him on the plane to Australia.

As for JMDP... I pity the fool!

in south Africa, kids are given Christian names, and then native names, and then clan names, and then names given by a witchdoctor, and finally boys get a name after they undergo the snip at 16-18. it's a wildly convoluted affair, as you then get a praise song in your honor once you're born, which evolves as you grow older.

In my house I play by my rules. Rogue house!

The Spanish women here cannot believe that we English women drop our maiden name and take our husbands name for the rest of our lives.. they think that is soooooooooooo wrong.

kingraf wrote:in south Africa, kids are given Christian names, and then native names, and then clan names, and then names given by a witchdoctor, and finally boys get a name after they undergo the snip at 16-18. it's a wildly convoluted affair, as you then get a praise song in your honor once you're born, which evolves as you grow older.

  "Timothy Zulu MacDonald Inyanga Cromwell is a fine fellow"  

It (almost) never gets that bad. Generally only two names appear on the birth certificate (in my case three, as my parents are from different cultures - initials TRF, hence "Mr.T" and "kingRaF')... Sometimes there isn't enough space on application forms tks enter my whole name
#AfricanProblems

Zimbabweans/Zambians have the coolest Anglican names... Revival, Ladder, Tekesure, Renovate, Elevate, Karma... Quite cool.

I wish you'd chosen 'Mr T' as you forum name!

Extensive names are not solely an African thing, however. Just ask Kiefer William Frederick Dempsey George Rufus Sutherland!

HM Murdoch wrote:I wish you'd chosen 'Mr T' as you forum name!

Extensive names are not solely an African thing, however. Just ask Kiefer William Frederick Dempsey George Rufus Sutherland!

Don't ask Li Na though.

Gerrmans too
I was at college with a chap called Lambert Joseph Albert Ignaz Koenig

But speaking of names would you believe me if I told you in my first job I was working with a Mr. Long a Mr. Short and a Mr. Shorter....truly..  

Haddie-nuff wrote:Gerrmans too
I was at college with a chap called Lambert Joseph Albert Ignaz Koenig

I like how that name becomes progressively more German with each instalment!

His Dad was a doctor and had oooooooooooodles of Dosh lived in a huge house by the Thames

Haddie-nuff wrote:The Spanish women here cannot believe that we English women drop our maiden name and take our husbands name for the rest of our lives.. they think that is soooooooooooo wrong.

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Thats why the Spanish Economy is dead, because of stubborn women, unyielding to men   

CaledonianCraig wrote:Of those you list laver fan I think Nadal will win in straight sets for the loss of no more than seven games.

Tsonga to win in four sets against Bellucci.

Federer to beat Kavcic in straight sets for the loss of no more than 10 games.

Monfils to win in four sets.

Verdasco to win in five sets.

Pretty good effort on the predictions! I'm surprised that the Verdasco match even went to five, that was a good call even though he wasn't the winner. Fed lost ten games exactly, Tsonga was pushed hard in the first set and could've easily gone to 4. Cheers once again for the updates, Craig!

Great day of tennis today, all in all. Shame about JMDP, but an excellent win for Bautista.

Haddie-nuff wrote:But speaking of names would you believe me if I told you in my first job I was working with a Mr. Long a Mr. Short and a Mr. Shorter....truly..  

Were you a hairdresser?

Or something to do with Karlovic, Ferrer and Rochus?

  

HM Murdoch wrote:

Haddie-nuff wrote:But speaking of names would you believe me if I told you in my first job I was working with a Mr. Long a Mr. Short and a Mr. Shorter....truly..  

Were you a hairdresser?

Or something to do with Karlovic, Ferrer and Rochus?