Congrats to Andy and his fans for taking the Abu Dhabi title.
it is a good start for him.
hopefully he can take back his Wimbledon crown this year.
good morning everybody.
we are finally here: the first slam of 2015
key matches for tomorrow:
KEY MATCHES - TUESDAY, 20 JANUARY 2015
Singles – First Round
[1] Novak Djokovic (SRB) vs. Aljaz Bedene (SLO)
[4] Stan Wawrinka (SUI) vs. Marsel Ilhan (TUR)
Nicolas Almagro (ESP) vs. [5] Kei Nishikori (JPN)
Illya Marchenko (UKR) vs. [8] Milos Raonic (CAN)
[9] David Ferrer (ESP) vs. Thomaz Bellucci (BRA)
[12] Feliciano Lopez (ESP) vs. Denis Kudla (USA)
Dominic Thiem (AUT) vs. [13] Roberto Bautista Agut (ESP)
Alejandro Gonzalez (COL) vs. [16] Fabio Fognini (ITA)
Lucas Pouille (FRA) vs. [17] Gael Monfils (FRA)
Robin Haase (NED) vs. [18] Gilles Simon (FRA)
[19] John Isner (USA) vs. Jimmy Wang (TPE)
[21] Alexandr Dolgopolov (UKR) vs. Paolo Lorenzi (ITA)
[25] Julien Benneteau (FRA) vs. Benjamin Becker (GER)
Matthias Bachinger (GER) vs. [27] Pablo Cuevas (URU)
[30] Santiago Giraldo (COL) vs. Jan Hernych (CZE)
Andy marches on in straights at the Australian open.
I think he may have a shot at this title.
key matches for Saturday:
KEY MATCHES - SATURDAY, 24 JANUARY 2015
Singles - Third Round
[1] Novak Djokovic (SRB) vs. [31] Fernando Verdasco (ESP)
[4] Stan Wawrinka (SUI) vs. Jarkko Nieminen (FIN)
[5] Kei Nishikori (JPN) vs. Steve Johnson (USA)
[8] Milos Raonic (CAN) vs. Benjamin Becker (GER)
[9] David Ferrer (ESP) vs. [18] Gilles Simon (FRA)
[12] Feliciano Lopez (ESP) vs. Jerzy Janowicz (POL)
[19] John Isner (USA) vs. Gilles Muller (LUX)
Doubles - Second Round
[1] Bob Bryan (USA) / Mike Bryan (USA) vs. Carlos Berlocq (ARG) / Leonardo Mayer (ARG)
[2] Julien Benneteau (FRA) / Edouard Roger-Vasselin (FRA) vs. Santiago Giraldo (COL) / Joao Sousa (POR)
[4] Ivan Dodig (CRO) / Marcelo Melo (BRA) vs. Andrey Golubev (KAZ) / Denis Istomin (UZB)
[5] Alexander Peya (AUT) / Bruno Soares (BRA) vs. Oliver Marach (AUT) / Michael Venus (NZL)
[9] Robert Lindstedt (SWE) / Marcin Matkowski (POL) vs. Jonathan Erlich (ISR) / Treat Huey (PHI)
[11] Juan Sebastian Cabal (COL) / Robert Farah (COL) vs. Pierre-Hugues Herbert (FRA) / Nicolas Mahut (FRA)
[12] Eric Butorac (USA) / Sam Groth (AUS) vs. Pablo Andujar (ESP) / Dustin Brown (GER)
I think this is where andy sends nick home.
I predicted that andy would win in 4 and he did.
and now for the title.