2008 Australian Open

[VANFLAMESFAN]

Amen to that, although, Maria Kirilenko would be in my all hot final.

[Mango]

Two can play at this game:



Mr. Blake...so handsome!

Nadal was asleep during the semis. I guess he thought it would be a cake walk...not so much.

[OILFAN #81]

I watched the Tsonga/Nadal match live this morning and Tsonga is such a crowd favorite! He's an amazing player to watch and pumps the crowd up. They love him. He's only 20 years old and will be around for a long time. He has a great serve and loves coming into the net. I don't think it was Nadal choking as much as Tsonga just being on fire. Pure domination. I hope Federer wins the tournament for his 13th grand slam title but Tsonga would be my 2nd choice of the 3 remaining. Such a great tennis personality.

Go Sharapova and Federer!

[ricoFlame]

Tsonga was unreal in that match. wow, impressive stuff. i agree, Tsonga was really on fire.

[albertGQ]

When is the Federer semi-final on?

[Mango]

Here's the broadcast schedule: http://tsn.ca/tennis/on_tsn/?show=TENNIS

Jan 25th 2008 Australian Open Tennis: Men's Semifinal #2 3:30 AM

Jan 25th 2008 Australian Open Tennis: Men's Semifinal #2 3:00 PM


(Eastern Times)

[OILFAN #81]

Originally Posted by albertGQ

When is the Federer semi-final on?

As Pru Train already said, it's on at 1:30 AM (90 minutes after midnight).

[Bertuzzied]

Originally Posted by ricoFlame

Tsonga was unreal in that match. wow, impressive stuff. i agree, Tsonga was really on fire.

Hey guys, if Iginla played tennis.... hehehe

Definitely the hottest 2 chicks in the final.

Federer has to be one of my favorite athletes in any sport.

[OILFAN #81]

Federer/Djokovic semifinal is on now!

In the spirit of Kobatuzzied, good thing I have tomorrow off, hehe.

[OILFAN #81]

Wow, Federer was up 5-3 but Djokovic won 4 straight games and won the 1st set 7-5. Djokovic leads 1 set to 0.

[OILFAN #81]

Federer is getting owned. 7-5, 4-1 Djokovic leads.

If Djokovic wins this match, I hope Tsonga pulls off a miracle. I'm not a Djokovic fan at all. He's a great player though, good to see people challenge Federer.

[OILFAN #81]

Djokovic up 2 sets to 0. 7-5, 6-3.

[icarus]

Djokovic vs. Tsonga in the final. Two pompous c**ks it seems to me, Djokovic being the worse of the two. So, go Tsonga I guess. Federer just wasn't on his game. BTW, what was with Djokovic telling Jim Courier after the match that the crowd wasn't on his side? There were way more people cheering for him, half the crowd was Serbian.

Tsonga played better than Djokovic IMO, if he keeps it up he'll win.

[VANFLAMESFAN]

Atta boy NOVAK!!......I like Fed, but I really wanted to see Novak win this match, gonna watch the replay later this afternoon, but since I work at a sports station, it was pretty much impossible to avoid the score all day long.

[Bertuzzied]

Wow impresseive display by Novak. Ugh. can't believe i stayed up till 430am to watch it. Good thing it was only a 3 setter.

I have a feeling Iginla... ummm Tsonga will win on Sunday though.

Is Federer the ultimate professional? Not once did he scream at himself or smash his racquet even after all those unforced errors. My racquet would have been in 20 pieces. hehe

[albertGQ]

I wish I could say it was a shock. Dissapionted yes, but nowhere near a shock. Ever since the Rogers' Cup final Novak's been impressing me. I would normally say Novak in straight sets in the finals but after Tsonga dominated Nadal, this is going to be a good match.

Man, it must be tough to be the Fed. He has created a monster by dominating everyone (except Nadal) for years that now when he doesn't win, he'll be facing tons of questions as to what's wrong with him.

Even #2 Nadal makes it to the semi's and although his lost to Tsonga was an upset, it is still a great accomplishment for him to make it to the final four. Can't beleive his streak of consecutive grand slam finals appearances is over

I wonder if he was well enough to play a warm up tournament before hand (like everyone else did) if he would've been sharper for the Aussie Open. Oh well, he better win the French! I wanna see a career grandslam from the Fed!

[Regorium]

Damn I'm really disappointed for Federer. He didn't play terrible, but his angles were slightly off, which allowed Djokovic to play defence.

That sucks, I really hope this is the season he wins the French. Time is running out for him.

[Mango]

Wow! Maria really is going to be a force to be reckoned with on this year's tour. She was spectacular today versus Ivanovic. Every aspect of her game was on throughout the entire Open.

It was a strong match. Ivanovic played well, but Sharapova played better. Congrats to her!

[ricoFlame]

yeah, sharapova looked solid. could really be rounding into form.

[Mango]

Great match! Tsonga made shots he had no right making in the first two sets. I'm shocked Djokovic came back, especially with the distraction of what was going on in the crowd.

Great day for tennis!