Official 2007 Aussie Open thread.

[MightyEagles]

Starts today with last years winners kicking things off on centre court.
Good luck to all the Aussies playing, lets hope that we get as far into the 2nd week as possible.

[TroyGFC]

Good luck to all Aussies bar Ley Ley!! Prefer to see Federer win again or maybe the Cyprian guy.

[ca]

For any tennis fans out there Big footy now has a tennis board.

http://www.bigfooty.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=171

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Wayne Arthurs through to the second round! Will be gunning for Guccione. Who cares about Ley Ley.

I don't really care who wins, but I wouldn't mind seeing Federer, Nadal, Bagdhatis or A-Rod go OK. Don't like Nalbandian and a few others though.

[JK]

Is the bad tempered Russian playing this year? If so, I hope he wins

[BenchedEagle]

Im going for whoever knocks Hewitt out!

[TroyGFC]

Im going for whoever knocks Hewitt out!

Seconded!!!

[Mr66]

Best action of the day occured OUTSIDE the courts when assorted greeks,serbs,macedonians, etc
had and all-out punch up.
Morons thought it was a soccer match as they chanted various national anthems and insults.
The downside of multiculturalism.

[MW]

Sharapova battling an unknown in the first round is currently 7-7 in the last set!

[MW]

False alarm, Sharapova won 9-7 in the third.

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Phew!

Don't want her to exit before I get a chance to check her out...I mean check out her serve

[MightyEagles]

Wayne Arthurs through to the second round! Will be gunning for Guccione.

Guccione lost in 5 sets 9-7 in the last.

[Snaggletooth Tiger]

Hewitt bashers, do you only hate Lleyton coz it's the 'Cool' thing to do?
'Tall Poppy' syndrome in most cases I reckon!
Personally I couldn't give a rat's arse!
Over the years he has (though not completely) learnt to pull his head in to some extent!

[scoob]

Hewitt bashers, do you only hate Lleyton coz it's the 'Cool' thing to do?
'Tall Poppy' syndrome in most cases I reckon!
Personally I couldn't give a rat's arse!
Over the years he has (though not completely) learnt to pull his head in to some extent!

No i just think he is the worlds biggest knob...

[Mr66]

Hewitt bashers, do you only hate Lleyton coz it's the 'Cool' thing to do?
'Tall Poppy' syndrome in most cases I reckon!
Personally I couldn't give a rat's arse!
Over the years he has (though not completely) learnt to pull his head in to some extent!

No i just think he is the worlds biggest knob...

Nobody hates Pat Rafter.

[RustyCage]

Hewitt bashers, do you only hate Lleyton coz it's the 'Cool' thing to do?
'Tall Poppy' syndrome in most cases I reckon!
Personally I couldn't give a rat's arse!
Over the years he has (though not completely) learnt to pull his head in to some extent!

No i just think he is the worlds biggest knob...

Nobody hates Pat Rafter.

Or Federer, Roddick, Nadal, Nalbandian.

People who use the "tall poppy" argument have no idea what they are talking about.

[TroyGFC]

I have always hated him from day one, even used to side with Bill "Elvis" when he was bagging Ley Ley over Pete Samprese. Also Ley Ley is a crow supporter so not much to like about him eh??

[Snaggletooth Tiger]

People who use the "tall poppy" argument have no idea what they are talking about.

"COME ONNNNNN!!!!!!!"
I'll admit he's been a goose, a spoilt brat & a dummy spitter!
But I don't see the point of people getting so worked up about it!
He ain't the first (Jimmy Connors, John McEnroe, Ilie 'Nasty' Nastase)
& he definitely won't be the last primadonna on the Grand Slam circuit!
Those who're too concerned about whether he loses, gets his arse kicked, a Crows supporter
or whatever have no idea what they're talking about!
They're just too busy focussing on the negative, clouding their brains to the spectacle of the Aussie Open!
There for if you wanna watch a good game of tennis...
So forget that clown & watch the magic of Federer & Roddick!
Bottom line is... Who gives a shit?

[ca]

No doubt all those who bag Hewitt for being a dummy spitter were outraged by Roddick's behaviour towards the umpires and Sharapova's and Safins constant c'mon's after unforced errors from their opponents. Or perhaps Vincent Spadea who last week walked off the court without shaking hands. The examples go on and on. Except it guys you can dislike him but if you watch a fair bit of tennis he does nothing you don't see every week on tournaments around the world.

Thankfully for you all even if he manages to scrape through tonight which is 50/50 he won't last long so just enjoy the tournament.

[Wedgie]

Must admit I've always been a Lle Lle fan but am getting bored of him these days.
Ive always been one of the first to jump on the "tall poppy" bandwagon when getting upset about people bagging him especially as his original tennis club was Happy Valley where I reside but he seems to get less likable the older he gets, perhaps its me, who knows.
Never liked Roddick except for when he did those American Express ads, bloody funny.
My mum who's a big tennis fan hates Sharapova but I think she's great.
Mrs Wedgie gets upset when I start daydreaming about Maria grunting with me!