Roger Federer’s Return Headlines Day 1 At The Australian Open; No. 1s Murray, Kerber On Court

Just a few hours left tobenter the racket bracket! Entries close at 7pm U.S. Eastern Time. Don’t be a slacker like me!
http://www.tourneytopia.com/RacquetBracketAussieOpenATP/
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January 15th, 2017 at 4:00 am

Fed’s presence is always big news, no matter what his ranking. GOAT!

January 15th, 2017 at 10:36 am

GIG analytics making the rounds: here’s the AO’s

http://www.ausopen.com/en_AU/news/articles/2017-01-13/gig_murrays_mountain_of_work.html

January 15th, 2017 at 3:09 pm

And my first reach for the mute button to drown out Patrick McEnroe! The Australian Open has officially begun.

January 15th, 2017 at 7:05 pm

@M…I hope you’re not passed out when our Andy squandered an early lead but thank God,he’s not squandered the set..

PS…You must be glad to see his ‘another’ conservative outfit…white/black/blue black/blue/grey/dull green?

PS2]…Well,what can i expect as long as YOU’RE the UA fashion designer!..

January 16th, 2017 at 12:23 am

The 2017 Aussie Open is only a few hours old and I already seem to be relegated to last place in both the ATP and WTA brackets.

January 16th, 2017 at 2:00 am

@RZ…really RZ?OBVIOUSLY I’M VERY VERY SORRY..

PS..YAY!!!Andy is through to 2nd round!

January 16th, 2017 at 2:07 am

RZ,

For the first time I am leading in the ATP bracket ;)…let’s see how long it will last :D
BTW, I am Ariadna.

January 16th, 2017 at 2:19 am

D@#$ Pouille!He played like an alien when he defeat Rafa at USO last year,but when i picked him for my bracket,he has the nerve to lose early!Well,i never!!

January 16th, 2017 at 3:54 am

Its great to have Federer back, not so great listening to the over the top fawning from Annabelle Croft everytime before he plays ….

January 16th, 2017 at 5:55 am

Fed gets through the first rd, good on him. I laugh at the mocking attempt by the Church who says Fed gets coddled by playing qualies this year. Jealosy continues. Jurgen was a former #8 in the world and a seasoned vet. Great start Maestro!

January 16th, 2017 at 10:29 am

Melzer was a tough draw and not your average qualifier. Siegemund drew Jankovic – ouch.

January 16th, 2017 at 10:45 am

@Van Persie – thanks for playing again and good luck to you! Even though you are in the lead and I am tied for last place, we have a lot of the same picks for later rounds. I just hope we are both wrong in picking Novak to beat Andy in the final. :-)

January 16th, 2017 at 10:58 am

Jane @ 3.09pm

GIG analytics – Thanks Jane – Is it a mixed blessing re. Andy being the “hardest workhorse”? While Novak is the 2nd….he wins the most but doesn’t have to work as hard. Still very thought provoking.

January 16th, 2017 at 11:05 am

RZ,

Haha. I still consider Andy the favourite, but…I just could not pick him. Would have felt very guilty :D. also hope, it was the good choice.;)

P.S. Am sure that everything will be back to normal tomorrow and I will lose the Nr. 1 ranking :)

January 16th, 2017 at 11:49 am

Happy. Happy. Happy.

Great news Roger! So is Steve Tignor

http://www.tennis.com/pro-game/2017/01/roger-federer-jurgen-melter-2017-australian-open-steve-tignor/63378/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+concrete-elbow-tignor+(Concrete+Elbow+by+Steve+Tignor)

January 16th, 2017 at 2:47 pm

BBB Says:
Melzer was a tough draw and not your average qualifier. Siegemund drew Jankovic – ouch.

January 16th, 2017 at 10:45 am

BBB not sure whether you are being sarcastic or not…but you speak the truth. Firstly, a lefty (say no more), he was ranked number 8 less than 5 years ago and is always a contender. I have seen him play too and on court, he is fabulous to watch.

Pleased that Roger found his footing and his incredible talent failed him not.

Allez Roger!

January 16th, 2017 at 2:50 pm

@AM – Obviously I am disappointed too. It is obviously frustrating. I mean, obviously I would like to do better with my picks but obviously I made some bad choices in the first round. :-)

January 16th, 2017 at 5:30 pm

@RZ…What are you talking about girl??…coz OBVIOUSLY your position is in the middle of the Bracket and not at the 2nd from bottom like AM17…OBVIOUSLY i have to go to WTA school to learn more about the art of ‘picking’…OBVIOUSLY….I’M BAD!!!

PS…#AM17clearlyasillyorcrazywomenyounameit!Hahaha..

January 16th, 2017 at 6:07 pm

Not being sarcastic at all. Melzer is serious, and I wouldn’t want to meet him in the first round if I were a top-tier player.

I don’t like Federer, but I do try to call it like I see it and not view everything through a biased prism….

January 16th, 2017 at 8:10 pm

Couldn’t watch Fed’s return, glad he won. Hope the Berdych contest third round happens. Therese can truly gauge how his game is at, specially since Berdych also seems on a way down.

Will catch some highlights.

January 16th, 2017 at 9:02 pm

Was a tough encounter for Roger, definitely not an unheralded qualifier. Given that fact that it was Roger’s first real match in a while, it’s commendable how he took care of Melzer, a crafty veteran with a solid game + a lefty is always tricky to play against.
Watched only parts of the game but it was typical comeback match for Federer, I thought. A lot of misses from base line, especially the BH side was sailing long too often. Not sure, if it’s going to be his general strategy throughout the tournament but I though he was playing a lot of slices that in the recent past. To me, that’s definitely a good strategy even with the top guys, hit short, low slices and draw to the net. That was not happening a lot last night though.

January 16th, 2017 at 11:51 pm

“The 64 players contesting second-round matches at the Australian Open on Wednesday have won a total of 36 Grand Slam singles titles. One guy, however, has nearly half of them.”

http://www.tennis.com/pro-game/2017/01/federers-17-majors-stack-up-nicely-against-everyone-else/63405/

January 17th, 2017 at 12:22 pm

I know! And five of those 17 came when the Big Four had matured!

January 17th, 2017 at 12:50 pm

Great great comments here from Agassi, for the federer fans:

http://www.news18.com/news/sports/australian-open-2017-roger-federer-makes-it-so-easy-it-pisses-me-off-1337741.html

January 19th, 2017 at 3:11 am