2017 Australian Open

[bksballer89]

Venus serve is miserable this game. About to give this break right back

 

[bksballer89]

Great job to hold serve there

 

[cezero]

venus just punishing coco's backhand

 

[bksballer89]

Amazing. Venus Williams is in the finals of a Grand Slam. Never thought I would see this day again.

 

[cezero]

probably going to be a serena/venus final

yuck

in all the major finals they've played, there's only been 1 decent match

not how serena was hoping to break steffi's record, i'm certain

 

[bksballer89]

Just shy of 8 years since Venus last GS finals.

 

[nuraman00]

Venus wins the match.

I didn't think she served that great. Missed too many first serves. She'll have to serve better in the Finals IMO.

 

[nuraman00]

probably going to be a serena/venus final

yuck

in all the major finals they've played, there's only been 1 decent match

not how serena was hoping to break steffi's record, i'm certain

Which one did you think was decent?

Where would you rank the 2008, 2009 Wimbledon ones?

 

[bksballer89]

You guys think Venus would be around 15 majors if she didn't have to deal with Serena?

She is 2-6 in Grand Slam finals against Serena.

 

[cezero]

Which one did you think was decent?

Where would you rank the 2008, 2009 Wimbledon ones?

it was one of those that was okay for sure. i don't remember which. it was the one that venus won.

they had a great USO match at one point, but it wasn't a final.

 

[bksballer89]

There's a few times where Serena eliminated her from the Quarters in the US Open. Could have gone on to win those as well.

 

[nuraman00]

Women's Draw:


Kerber's Quarter:



Kerber vs. Muguruza QF: I'll pick Muguruza because it's hard to find consistency in the WTA. Rooting for Kerber though. Muguruza in 2.





Halep's Quarter:



This doesn't look too scary, maybe Venus can get to the QF.


Pliskova's Quarter:



Her or Bacsinszky would be my picks to win the quarter. I'll go with Pliskova because of the USO.



Serena's Quarter:



Saforova might be dangerous in the 2nd round.



If Wozniacki faces Serena in the QF, I'll pick Wozniacki this time. Wozniacki has only beaten Serena once. Wozniacki in 3.




Muguruza - Venus SF:



Muguruza is still not consistent. Venus has a shot. Although just making it this far will be a great effort. If Venus wins, it has to be in 2 sets. Venus in 2.



Pliskova vs. Wozniacki SF:





Not sure, I'll take Wozniacki's solid game in 3.





Venus vs. Wozniacki Finals: We will have a first time AO champion if this is the matchup. I'll take Wozniacki as she makes less errors.



Wozniacki in 2.





Sure, I made a few BOLD picks on the Women's side, and was less BOLD on the Men's side.

This pre-tourney pick of Venus in the Finals was decent.

 

[cezero]

You guys think Venus would be around 15 majors if she didn't have to deal with Serena?

She is 2-6 in Grand Slam finals against Serena.

She'd probably be higher than that for her total, IMO.

 

[nuraman00]

it was one of those that was okay for sure. i don't remember which. it was the one that venus won.

they had a great USO match at one point, but it wasn't a final.

Yeah. I liked the 2008 USO one. Two tiebreakers.

2008 US Open – Women's Singles - Wikipedia

Venus won the 2008 Wimbedon one.

 

[bksballer89]

it was one of those that was okay for sure. i don't remember which. it was the one that venus won.

they had a great USO match at one point, but it wasn't a final.

I'm here looking at their H2H matches and in GS events, it seems like these were their best matches.

2003 Aussie Open Finals- Serena won 7-6 3-6 6-4.
2003 Wimbledon Finals- Serena Won 4-6 6-4 6-2
The US Open match I think you're referring to may be the 2008 Quarters. Serena won in straights but it was tight. 7-6 7-6.
They also had a 3 set quarter finals match at the US open in 2015.

 

[cezero]

I'm here looking at their H2H matches and in GS events, it seems like these were their best matches.

2003 Aussie Open Finals- Serena won 7-6 3-6 6-4.
2003 Wimbledon Finals- Serena Won 4-6 6-4 6-2

the score lines for those are deceiving

very poor quality matches

it was the last to limp to the finish line in both, and it had nothing to do with the physical aspects of the matches

 

[nuraman00]

I'm here looking at their H2H matches and in GS events, it seems like these were their best matches.

2003 Aussie Open Finals- Serena won 7-6 3-6 6-4.
2003 Wimbledon Finals- Serena Won 4-6 6-4 6-2
The US Open match I think you're referring to may be the 2008 Quarters. Serena won in straights but it was tight. 7-6 7-6.
They also had a 3 set quarter finals match at the US open in 2015.

the score lines for those are deceiving

very poor quality matches

it was the last to limp to the finish line in both, and it had nothing to do with the physical aspects of the matches

Yeah. the 2003 Wimbledon one wasn't good, because Venus had a mid-match injury.

She needed a medical timeout.

 

[nuraman00]

I'm here looking at their H2H matches and in GS events, it seems like these were their best matches.

2003 Aussie Open Finals- Serena won 7-6 3-6 6-4.
2003 Wimbledon Finals- Serena Won 4-6 6-4 6-2
The US Open match I think you're referring to may be the 2008 Quarters. Serena won in straights but it was tight. 7-6 7-6.

Yeah. I liked the 2008 USO one. Two tiebreakers.

2008 US Open – Women's Singles - Wikipedia

Venus won the 2008 Wimbedon one.

Yeah, the 2008 USO one was good.

 

[nuraman00]

It's a little too much how the media keeps pining for a Nadal-Federer matchup.

Sure, that would be cool. But it might not produce the best match. It could be a comfortable win for Nadal.

One of the other combinations might produce a more exciting match.

 

[nuraman00]

Match is starting soon.

I don't want either player to lose.