Australian Open 2015 (19th Jan - 1 Feb).

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Starts on Monday. :dance:

Will post the opening schedule tomorrow.

Federer, Nadal and Muzza all on the same side of the draw. :haha:

Muzza would face Dimitrov in the Fourth round, Fed in QF, Nadal in SF, so a bit tough in fairness.

Nadal has Youzhny up first.

Federer has Yen-Hsun Lu.

Muzza has Bhambri of India. :bow:

Del Potro is back! He unfortunately has Janowicz and a mindless ballbasher isn't really what you want to face when your wrist isn't great.

He is on Djokovic and Wawrinka's side of the draw.

Tsonga is out injured.

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Del Potro has pulled out. The Argentine Diaby :bow:.


Quite tough first rounds for Feed and Nadal.


Predictions for the title: Djokovic and Halep.

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Juan Martin. :(

Hard to see him ever returning to play if he can't hit his backhand.

Old Man Feed and Bouchard. :bow:

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Order of play:

http://www.ausopen.com/en_AU/scores/schedule/index.html

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Muzza beat Bhambri 6-3 6-4 7-6 (7-3). Bhambri gave him some problems and was up 4-1 in the third set.

Nadal beat Youzhny 6-3 6-2 6-2.

Feederer beat Lu 6-4 6-2 7-5.


Halep, Sugarpova and Bouchard easily through.

Ivanovic, Kerber and Lisicki all out in the first round. Eight ladies seeds in all knocked out.

Women :haha:.

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Day two order of play:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/tennis/22713811


Hev, Wardy and Edmundy all in action.

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Djokovic beat Bedene 6-3 6-2 6-4.

Old Man Feed just beat Bolelli 3-6 6-2 6-2 6-2. Sleepy Fed. :bow:

Chardy or Seppi next for him. Seppi took the first set 7-5.

Muzza gave Matosevic a good hammering. 6-1 6-3 6-2. Sousa next for him.

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Nadal beat Smyczek 6-2 3-6 6-7 (2-7) 6-3 7-5. Over four hours.

:wacko:

Sela next for him.

Seppi next for Federer.

Muzza has Sousa next.

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Djokovic hammered Kuznetsov 6-0 6-1 6-4.

Soeda or Verdasco next for him.

Stan beat Copil 7-6 (7-4) 7-6 (7-4) 6-3. Nieminen next for him.

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Fed loses in four to Seppi.

:doh:

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Federer :haha: :haha:.

Bye.

Seppi :bow:.


Muzza and Nadal gave Sousa and Sela a good kicking, respectively.

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Old Man Feed should just focus on Wimbledon and the Masters these days.

Djokovic is up 2-0 and a break on Arteta.

Wallovic. :bow:

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Djokovic beats Verdasco 7-6 (10-8) 6-3 6-4.

Muller next for him.

Muzza - Dimitrov tomorrow. :popcorn:

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Stan beat Nieminen 6-4 6-2 6-4.

Nishikori beat Johnson 6-7 (7-9) 6-1 6-2 6-3.


Serena and Venus through in 3 sets against Svitolina and Giorgi.

Azarenka and Radwanska through in straight sets against Strycova and Lepchenko.

Ronaldinho's daughter, Madison Keys hauled Kvitova out of the tournament 6-4 7-5. Keys is probably going to be a great player, but Kvitova is still just stupidly inconsistent.

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Dimitrov a break up against Muzza.

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Muzza takes the first set 6-4 though.

BabyFed. :lol:

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Kyrgios beats Seppi 5-7 4-6 6-3 7-6 (7-5) 8-6. :bow:

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Muzza takes the break so is serving for the second set.

0-30. :doh:

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Two break points for Dimitrov.

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Deuce. Piss poor crosscourt forehand.

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Adv. Dimitov.

Very good net coverage.

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Muzza double faults to give it up!

Tie-break time. :doh:

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What a backhand down the line from Dimitrov!

He has the mini-break.

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Feditrov has risen. :bow:

5-2 he leads.

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Three set points for Dimitrov!

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One set point remaining but on Dimitrov's serve.

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Dimitrov takes the second set 7-6 (7-5)!

Muzza threw it away. Again.

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Kyrgios :bow:.


Murray a break up twice, serving for the set, up in the tie-break and then unleashes some unnecessary Muzza tippy-tappy and hands the set to Dimitrov. Utter idiocy.

Federer, Nadal and Djokovic at their best would never do that. He should have sorted out his concentration and focus deficiencies by now.

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Two break points for Muzza now.

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Two break points come and go. The Muzza second serve collapse is coming.

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Adv. Muzza. Dimitrov had Adv. but decided to double fault in homage to his opponent.

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Muzza breaks and will serve for the third set!

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Murray converts his 56th break point.

Another chance to fuck up while serving for the set.

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Two set points! I don't think he will balls this up.

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Muzza avoids pubbing it up this time.

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Murray takes the third set 6-3!

2-1.

Grand Slam Muzza of 2014 would somehow find a way of taking this in to a fifth.

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Dimitrov doing the splits. :sick:

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Break point for Dimitrov.

Murray can't help himself.

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And Dimitov gets the break, 2-0 in the fourth set!

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What a point.

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Muzza finally hits a successful lob.

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Muzza serving to stay in the fourth set at 2-5.

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Set point Dimitrov!

Dominating the rallies.

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Deuce.

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Muzza holds, Dimitrov to serve it out.

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Two break points from Murray. Brainfarts from Dimitrov.

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Murray breaks back!

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Dimitrov went to the bottle bank........

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Dimitrov went to the bottle bank........

............and realised he had no bottle.

And also got beaten by Muzza while he was there.


Murray wins 6-4 6-7 (5-7) 6-3 7-5.

Grigor Sugarpov :lol:.

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Goran Ivanisevic, 2001 Wimbledon champion on BBC Radio 5 live sports extra:



"Yes, that is how to break a racquet! Come on, I love it. I'm much happier by the smashed racquet than the clean Murray backhand winner. Wow, that was good racquet smashing. That was art. There is a divot on court where he threw it."


:haha:

Goran :bow:.

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I fell asleep. :haha:

Well done Muzza.

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Berdych shat on Nadal 6-2 6-0 7-6 (7-5). :blink:

Muzza vs Kyrgios is on now.

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Murray wins 6-3 7-6 6-3

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Sugarpova dumped out Bouchard 6-3 6-2.

Semi-finals:

Serena v Keys
Makarova v Sharapova.

Stan beat Nishikori 6-3 6-4 7-6 (8-6).

Djokovic up against Raonic soon.

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Not surprised. Bouchard had a stinker against some Romanian on Sat night / Sun morning and was very lucky to get through.

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And on the Canada theme, Djokovic took Raonic out in straight sets. 7-6 (7-5) 6-4 6-3.

Berdych vs Muzza on soon.

Serena - Sugarpova final.

Serena beat Keys 7-6 (7-5) 6-2.

Sharapova beating Makarova 6-3 6-2.

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Still on serve, 3-3.

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Two break points for Berdych!

Muzza's second serve. :lol:

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Berdych breaks and will serve for the first set!

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Muzza breaks straight back!

Berdych. :doh:

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Muzza blows two break points. Serving now to stay in the first set.

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It's tie-break time.

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What a forehand to the line from Berdych to save set point.

Risky but worked.

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Set point Berdych!

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Muzza finds the net!

Berdych takes the first set 7-6 (8-6)!

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Murray up 5-0 in the second set.

Berdych. :haha:

Set point now in fact.

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Muzza takes the second set 6-0!

:haha:

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Murray beats Berdych 6-7 (6-8) 6-0 6-3 7-5 and will face either the 2013 or 2014 Aussie open winner in Sundays final

Here's hoping for fourth time lucky.

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Well done Muzza.

Berdych just seizes up, 29 now so probably too late to change his ways.

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Djojovic v Wawrinka currently underway.

Djokovic took the first set 7-6 (7-1).

Stan breaks to go 4-2 up in the second.

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Stan takes the second set 6-3.

It's on!

Again!

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Stan with some awlful errors and hands the break to Djokovic.

2-0 Djokovic in the third set.

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Wawrinka breaks back to love!

3-2.

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Djokovic takes the third set 6-4.

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Stan is broken at the start of the fourth set. :doh:

2-0 Djokovic.

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Djokovic pubs it up and hands the break back.

2-1.

Not the highest quality match.

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Wawrinka breaks to love and now leads 4-3 in the fourth!

Slightly odd match. Both players up and down. Djokovic seemingly half asleep at times.

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Stan takes the fourth set 6-3!

Djokovic didn't even hit one winner in that set.

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another five setter between these two

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Djokovic broke and now leads 3-0 in the fifth.

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Double break for Djokovic.

4-0.

Stan :doh:.

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5-0.

Wawrinka serving to avoid being bageled.

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Djokovic wins 7-6 (7-1) 3-6 6-4 4-6 6-0.

What a weird match.

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Murray allowed to be English for another day.....

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Serena beat Sugarpova 6-3 7-6 (7-5) to win her 19th slam.

:lol:

Somebody end this reign of terror FFS.

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Sugarpova :haha:.

16th straight kicking she's had from Serena. And Serena was suffering from flu, whooping cough and a poorly tummy as well.

I'd like Graf to keep the record. Too many inconsistent pub-teamers out there to stop Serena at the moment. Henin was the only one that could have curbed her domination.

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BBC's programme is on now.

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Three break points for Muzza!

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Just one remaining.

Great point.

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Djokovic holds on, Muzza trails 1-2 and to serve.

Muzza. :doh:

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Great forehand down the line from Djokovic.

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What is Muzza doing with the dropshot from there?

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Three break points for Nole!

What a forehand and again down the line!

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Absolutely ridiciulous return on the second of them. Djokovic breaks and leads 3-1 in the first set!

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Two break points for Muzza.

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Both of them saved by Wallovic.

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Adv. Murray.

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Muzza breaks back, it's 3-4! And to serve.

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The net intervenes, break point for Djokovic.

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Dreadful return on a second serve. Deuce.

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Adv. Djokovic.

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Muzza chucks it away. Djokovic to serve for the first set.

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What a backhand down the line. Two break points for Muzza.

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Murray breaks back, still needs to serve to stay in the first set.

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Djokovic has a problem with his thumb.

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Muzza serving to stay in the first set and force a tie-break.

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Muzza double faults whilst up a mini-break.

Dear me.

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4-5 Djokovic, Muzza to serve.

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How has Murray missed that?!

Set point for Djokovic.

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Dreadful second serve return.

Djokovic takes the first set 7-6 (7-5).

Murray. :doh:

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Andrew Castle:

"Do you remember Feathergate from their final in 2003"?

:haha:

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Drunkovic. :bow:

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Murray breaks and leads 2-0 in the second set.

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Break point Djokovic.

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Djokovic breaks back, 1-2.

So low quality at times.

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I don't remember Castle and Lloyd pointing out this pointing to an injury when losing points when Murray does exactly the same thing.

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Although in fairness Lloyd just did it in then.

Me. :haha:

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Djokovic breaks to love and leads 3-2 in the second set.

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Murray breaks back, it's 4-4.

What a stupid match. :lol:

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Djokovic serving to stay in the second set. :wacko:

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Set point for Muzza!

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Tame backhand in to the net, Deuce.

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What a point!

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Djokovic holds on, 5-5.

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Great movement and forehand down the line from Djokovic.

Break point.

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Deuce.

Matchplayer to get the first serve in apparently. :sarcy:

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Adv. Djokovic.

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Deuce again. Djokovic putting it wide.

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Adv. Wallovic.

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Ace gets Deuce.

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Adv. Muzza.

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Muzza holds on, Djokovic serving to force a second set tie-break.

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It's tie-break time again!

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Four set points for Muzza!

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OMG What a miss!

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Three set points remaining.

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A great return means he takes the second set 7-6 (7-4) though.

Another two sets guaranteed. :haha:

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Djokovic slips and Muzza breaks in the third set.

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2-2. :lol:

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Djokovic breaks to serve for the third set.

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Djokovic has two set points!

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And Djokovic takes the third set 6-3.

Leads 2-1.

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Djokovic breaks at the start of the fourth.

:rose:

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Game well and truly over and I hate sayin' that.

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This could become a bust of a fourth. 15-30 on Muzza's serve.

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Two break points for Djokovic.

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Djokovic with the return winner in to the corner.

Up a double break!

No.8 is on its way.

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0-4.

Muzza. :rose:

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FFS Murray :banghead:

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6-0 what a fucking collapse.

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Djokovic serving for the bagel to win it.

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Two Championship points!

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Djokovic wins the Australian Open 7-6 (7-5) 6-7 (4-7) 6-3 6-0!

His fifth overall - a record.

And eighth slam in total.

Muzza let it collapse.

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Fuck off murray

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Muzza :bow:.

Realised he would miss the Arsenal game, so started playing and acting like a clown to finish in time. True fan.


You can't play so well for two sets and match your opponent blow for blow and then just completely wilt like that. He still can't get a grip of the big moments and master his concentration and focus. He's so far mentally behind Djokovic, Nadal and Federer. The game or fitness has never been his problem.


Djokovic :bow: :bow:.

What a player. If Nadal continues to be intermittently dead, he can win so many more Slams.


And why the fuck hasn't Castle been put down yet?