Tennis ITF Australian Open 2024

[Rafa Maciel 1,594]

New Brit Oliver Crawford has just won his first match in  colours after switching allegiance from .

 

He won his first round of qualifying against  Ilya Ivashka 6-3. 3-6, 6-1

[rafalgorka 1,517]

Draws are out!!!

 

My predictions

 

How it's gonna be:

 

M

 

N Djkokovic SRB - S Tsitsipas GRE

J Sinner ITA - A de Minaur AUS

H Hurkacz POL - D Medvedev BLRUS

A Zverev GER - C Alcaraz ESP

 

N Djokovic SRB - J Sinner ITA

D Medvedev BLRUS - C Alcaraz ESP

 

N Djokovic SRB - D Medvedev BLRUS

 

N Djokovic SRB

 

W

 

I Świątek POL - V Azarenka BLRUS

E Rybakina KAZ - J Pegula USA

M Sakkari GRE - C Gauff USA

M Andreeva BLRUS - A Sabalenka BLRUS

 

I Świątek POL - E Rybakina KAZ

C Gauff USA - A Sabalenka BLRUS

 

E Rybakina KAZ - A Sabalenka BLRUS

 

A Sabalenka BLRUS

 

How i'd like it to happen:

 

M

 

N Djokovic SRB - S Tsitsipas GRE

J Sinner ITA - A de Minaur AUS

H Hurkacz POL - D Medvedev BLRUS

A Zverev GER - C Alcaraz ESP

 

N Djokovic SRB - J Sinner ITA

H Hurkacz POL - C Alcaraz ESP

 

J Sinner ITA - C Alcaraz ESP

 

C Alcaraz ESP

W

 

I Świątek POL - M Vondrousova CZE

E Rybakina KAZ - J Pegula USA

C Wozniacki DEN - C Gauff USA

M Andreeva BLRUS - A Sabalenka BLRUS

 

I Świątek POL - E Rybakina KAZ

C Gauff USA - M Andreeva BLRUS

 

I Świątek POL - M Andreeva BLRUS

 

I Świątek POL

[rafalgorka 1,517]

Anyway,

 

Iga Świątek route

 

1. Sofia Kenin USA - it may be much harder match than many expect

2. Diane Collins USA - this one may be tough as well, but in the end Collins may be very tired because her 1st round match vs Kerber may be long and close

3. Linda Noskova CZE - hopefully a bit easier win in 2 sets

4. Elena Svitolina UKR - here i expect 3 sets

QF Victoria Azarenka BLRUS - 2 sets win i hope, but defenitely Azarenka will show her behaviour on court

SF Elena Rybakina KAZ - I'm afraid Iga may lose this one

But if not - F Aryna Sabalenka BLRUS - and she can lose this one, but if she is in the final indeed... anything can happen

 

She can obviously lose against Kenin in Rd 1 as well, that's life

 

 

Hubert Hurkacz route

 

1. Q/LL - ??? but i hope a win in 3 sets, from all the possible names i would like to see him play vs Flavio Cobolli ITA - it could be really interesting game, i hope he draws an easier opponent though

2. Denis Shapovalov CAN - this one can turn into 5 sets battle

3. Zhang Zhizhen CHN - i still feel Chinese will make breakthrough this season. But Hurkacz in four

4. Arthur Fils FRA - Hurkacz in three, Fils will be extremely tired after 3 early matches

QF Daniil Medvedev BLRUS - that's probably the end of the story, I'm afraid Hubert may even have a matchball in thid match but as usual he blows the deciding points

but if he wins somehow SF - Carlos Alcaraz ESP - I don't see a win for Hubert here, not yet. Only chance is if Carloz has some health issues

And if Hubert is in the final somehow - Novak Djokovic SRB - Novak wins but Hubert shows some strength and wins one set

 

Let's see...

Edited January 11 by rafalgorka

[dullard 699]

41 minutes ago, rafalgorka said:

Draws are out!!!

 

My predictions

 

How it's gonna be:

 

M

 

N Djkokovic SRB - S Tsitsipas GRE

J Sinner ITA - A de Minaur AUS

H Hurkacz POL - D Medvedev BLRUS

A Zverev GER - C Alcaraz ESP

 

N Djokovic SRB - J Sinner ITA

D Medvedev BLRUS - C Alcaraz ESP

 

N Djokovic SRB - D Medvedev BLRUS

 

N Djokovic SRB

 

W

 

I Świątek POL - V Azarenka BLRUS

E Rybakina KAZ - J Pegula USA

M Sakkari GRE - C Gauff USA

M Andreeva BLRUS - A Sabalenka BLRUS

 

I Świątek POL - E Rybakina KAZ

C Gauff USA - A Sabalenka BLRUS

 

E Rybakina KAZ - A Sabalenka BLRUS

 

A Sabalenka BLRUS

 

How i'd like it to happen:

 

M

 

N Djokovic SRB - S Tsitsipas GRE

J Sinner ITA - A de Minaur AUS

H Hurkacz POL - D Medvedev BLRUS

A Zverev GER - C Alcaraz ESP

 

N Djokovic SRB - J Sinner ITA

H Hurkacz POL - C Alcaraz ESP

 

J Sinner ITA - C Alcaraz ESP

 

C Alcaraz ESP

W

 

I Świątek POL - M Vondrousova CZE

E Rybakina KAZ - J Pegula USA

C Wozniacki DEN - C Gauff USA

M Andreeva BLRUS - A Sabalenka BLRUS

 

I Świątek POL - E Rybakina KAZ

C Gauff USA - M Andreeva BLRUS

 

I Świątek POL - M Andreeva BLRUS

 

I Świątek POL

I'd happily take your "How i'd like it to happen" picks 

[thepharoah 2,405]

WOW ! Abdallah Shelbayh from Jordan defeated Next GEN Champion last year Hamad Medjedovic from Serbia in 3 sets and qualifies to final Rd of qualifiers 

Edited January 11 by thepharoah

[rafalgorka 1,517]

Go Jordan 💪😎💪💪

[rafalgorka 1,517]

But he plays against AUS WC guy O Jasika so it may be difficult match 

 

but I would really love to see Jordan player in Grand Slam main draw

 

i am not sure here but I think it would be first Jordan player in main draw in singles event grand slams

[Dragon 1,844]

20 minutes ago, rafalgorka said:

But he plays against AUS WC guy O Jasika so it may be difficult match 

 

but I would really love to see Jordan player in Grand Slam main draw

 

i am not sure here but I think it would be first Jordan player in main draw in singles event grand slams

I've seen an article that claims he's the first player from Jordan to have any world ranking.

[Federer91 2,793]

Some very intriguing clashes on the women's side. The men's draw is much more balanced. Let's see what the schedule looks like for day 1 and who gets the heat sessions. 

[thepharoah 2,405]

10 hours ago, rafalgorka said:

But he plays against AUS WC guy O Jasika so it may be difficult match 

 

but I would really love to see Jordan player in Grand Slam main draw

 

i am not sure here but I think it would be first Jordan player in main draw in singles event grand slams

Hamad is definitely better than Omar Jasika and younger , I thought he would be one to follow here in Australian Open , but not very surprising that Shelbayh defeated him also , they are from the same age category and played sometimes before , Abdallah is absolutely a very good talent as far as I remember he reached final of Wimbeldon Junior doubles in 2021 or 2022 , so he has some very big potential to make some noise in the very near future 

Edited January 11 by thepharoah