Is it possible to know when Djokovic- Paul plays on friday? I still haven't figured out how to get the times right lol. Nole's game against de Minaur was scheduled 01.00 central European time, and I waited up only to see it was moved to 9 in the morning. And I don't really want to wake up at 4.30 only to see the match is moved 8 hours again lol

really? it's very simple just type "tennis matches today" into google search pick mens' singles for Jan 27 on the result and it will give your local time start 0930 CET

Because often the games don't start the time it's said.

I remember the match with Demon was scheduled at 1900 Australia local time, so it probably was around 9am your time...? It hadnt been moved

I don't know, I followed the info on sofascore. Maybe the app is just shit for tennis lol. But that was the case there

You're just going to have to check the Australian Open website until they update it. I'm guessing it will be the second match though.

In the live rankings right now, only 75 points separate the men's #2, 3, and 4. Then there's a 1500-point gap with #5.

So with 2000 Wimbledon points Djokovic would be clear World Number 1 already by over 1000 points and could not be overtaken even if Tsits won the AO But he's likely to be there on Sunday in any case which is insane considering the events not played in and the Wimby points

Wimbledon no points messed up the rankings

TIL Bencic is half Slovakian

I've just seen that the two singles matches tomorrow are the night matches (not sure why I thought it would be anything else lol). So yasss to a whole night's uninterrupted sleep tonight!! ETA: Pmsl @ the downvoter, why you mad cause I get to sleep - I'm weak! 😆😂

The [Luca battle right now](https://www.atptour.com/en/atp-challenger-tour/challenger-tv/challenger-tv-search-results/2023-6239-ms024-quimper-luca-van-assche-vs-luca-nardi/2023/6239/all) in Quimper Challenger between Luca Van Assche (18yo, #143) and Luca Nardi (19yo, #162).

It's rare when both the Ymer brothers wins their game at same event, isn't it? I want to see them play against each other once :(.

I mean they usually just play at different levels - Mikael is mostly on tour while Elias spends most his time in challengers.

What tournament do you think Nadal and Djokovic will retire at, when they end up retiring? I think Nadal is likely to retire after a RG or some other major clay tournament, whereas with Djokovic I’m very unsure.

Olympics 2024.

Depends where his hunger level is at (and if his body doesn't break obviously) I think that the Australian saga last years added a couple of years of suffering for the other tour guys onto what might have been the case otherwise He's not leaving until he's ahead of Nadal in slam numbers and either Nadal is retired or no threat to winning another slam He might try for 10 at Wimbledon also if he keeps winning there - 2025 Wimbledon last match

Nadal at RG Novak as Wimbledon most likely Hopefully they retire on their own terms.

Belgrade

It’s gotta be AO right?

I was thinking so, but from the way he talks about Wimbledon every time he’s there it feels up in the air to me.

Or maybe a Serbian tennis 250 tournament

I’m so tired of commentators analyzing player emotions. Rublev literally played ONE GAME and the commentator already was like “I don’t like Rublev’s body language here”

That was partly because of Rublev’s interview post-4R match about facing Novak

Anyone else sensing a massive upset from Tommy Paul?

No

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Rublev got spanked no doubt but he also mind gamed himself before the match even started

I feel bad for him. Has a great game to be perennial Top 5 for the next 5-10 years. Need one more step up in game to cover up sone weaknesses. Just can’t win until Joker and Rafa retire, bcoz they can beat him just by their experience.

Tennis fell off so hard, good lord

Wait is it a google mistake or are the mens semis gonna be played simultaneously? Don’t think that’s supposed to happen

they will be one after another usually, I guess the order of play (who is first) is not known yet. Wait til tomorrow.

Google mistake for sure, the exact timing of the semis haven’t been worked out yet. They’ll likely be one after the other

Deepika vs. Shakira vs. Gwen poll: https://reddit.com/r/big3tennis/comments/10l1e78/hottest_one/

Ugh we’re to that part of the tournament where there’s no more live tennis on during my waking hours. 💔

I need the djokovic azarenka happy birthday mashup, with clips of Bianca crying 😭

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How do you know the mods didn't remove it and it was reported by Djokovic fans

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Didn't know there was that notification on reddit. Can't the mods approve it?

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The post is still up? And there's a similar post from over an hour ago which hasn't been removed? Not sure what you're on about.

No it isn't.

if djokovic wins AO, he will have an active streak of 4 AO and 4WB in a row. The most in a row that nadal or federer won of one slam was 5 (RG and USO)

In a row, asterisk 2022?

Well he didn’t play in 2022 AO and there was no 2020 WB

It may not be fair, but I don't think the streak for AO counts, technically speaking.

Hard agree

It’s the streak of when the player is playing that is being counted in this case

An evil genie has offered you $10 billion/year for the rest of your life if you can help Tommy Paul win against Thanovic (without cheating). What's your game plan for Tommy MF Paul?Q?Q?

pay djokovic $5B to lose and he can use the money to fund his charitable causes

Pull a Tonya Harding

too soon

what does Bouchard have to do with this /s

Have Djoke’s funny juice switched out for real juice.

Pay off Djokovic’s cab driver, have the driver take novak the wrong way. Make sure they lock the doors and pretend not to speak english, serbian, french, italian or any other language novak might know. Have another cab following Djokovic, if he fights his way out, have that second cab lead him another wrong direction.

He doesn’t have to win I just need to help him, I’m going to trick that genie.

lol

I wonder which tennis players are on here and haven’t revealed themselves.

Probably more than we think but they obviously use burner accounts

There are some here; remember someone had played mixed with Anna Kalinskaya.

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So Djokovic-Paul is definitely going to be the second match for Friday right?

Yup

This is Novak at his peak fitness, peak health, and peak motivation. If you think anyone gets close to taking a set from him rn, you are sorely mistaken

Wait I thought he had a serious hip injury. Wonder how that disappeared overnight.

He has lost a set once though

Never won a slam without dropping 1

I got a napkin for you. Entire point is to get entertained. It hasn't been entertaining at all in any of his matches. Do you really want to see a straight set win again? Not only that it goes down in the early morning here in America.

No thats why i am not gonna watch

At the very least, Tsitsipas will come close to taking a set off Djokovic.

Lol

Did Andy Roddick first make that “First he takes your legs, then he takes your soul” comment?

Yes on Twitter.

That sounds like something out of MMA or some ancient text.

Havent watched any djokovic games, anyone who watches him regularly can tell if he looks a step slower or something because of the injury? Not trying to feed the fake injury drama, just wondering if he looks slower and still crushes opponents.

to me, it looks like his motion isn’t as fluid. he also hasn’t been tested physically bc none of his opponents made him run and hit the balls straight at him.

I think Karen is going to take out Stefanos. He’s been playing so well and he has a real backhand.

Doubt it

0-5 h2h

Yeah not a chance in Stefs home tourney

Just woke up. Djokovic is absurd man. Also yay for Sania Mirza and Rohan Bopanna!!!

Why does this sub get so much worse when the slams are on

Casuals, big 3 trolls, the increased stakes increasing toxicity, more posts inevitably meaning more crap

I mean is this really that much worse than the ReaL dEaL memes that were 80% of the sub last year whenever Alcaraz won a match?

Imo, yes. Both annoy me, but I’ll take annoying and repetitive over annoying, repetitive and toxic.

Casuals

Will Alcaraz be back for the sunshine double or clay season?

He will debut in Argentina Open

Oh that's why he's training on mud, I was worried he wasn't coming back until Euro clay season. Brainfart by me.

Read that he’s been playing in clay and getting ready for the little Latin American clay swing Dominga up next month. So quite soon he should be back

How good were Tsitsipas's serves yesterday compared to Djokovic's? I know Tsi has more power and speed but Djokvoic has better placement, right? Does Tsi have variety of slice serves and kick serves or does he usually hit speedy flat serves?

I think you pretty much nailed it. Stefanos has a bit more power in his serve , but I would take Novak’s serve any day. He has good power , good variety and excellent placement. In the last few years the Novak serve has improved greatly and is one of the best on tour now.

Ugh I put my tokens on the Aussies

Gadecki is so hot

Haven’t seen a lot of Tommy Paul admittedly until this week, but from what I have seen he has plays with more variety than De Minaur and Rublev which could test out the hamstrings of Djokovic by way of movement and creating angles on top of his powerful baseline game. Takes a lot of risks in addition. Nothing to lose and on paper he could trouble Djokovic, but way harder to execute in practice as evidence by the past 2 matches.

Lol. “Test out the hamstrings” are you actually watching the tennis?

He will lose in straight sets

Oh some of you Novak fans are so arrogant and mean. Y’all will be dealt with in due time the way annoying Fed fans like my dad were dealt with by Hubert. Trust 🔪 praying for the spirit of prime Stan to possess one of these ATP men soon 🙏

Fed's knee dealt with him, not Hurkacz.

honestly it’s exhausting how condescending they are

Stefani is great!

Do you think Tommy, Karen, or Stef could put up a fight against Novak? Tbh these Djokovic three set beatdowns are getting a bit boring to watch

If they play in the final Tsitsipas will definitely win 1 set. More than that? Depends on how Djokovic is playing; it's honestly a great matchup for him.

I guess things will be fun once Alcaritos comes back

Joker is making up for last year. I don't think any of those guys will stop him from winning it. He was preparing from the jump. The way he played at Adelaide you could tell he meant business.

Kind of says it all about the state of the ATP tour that this slam will be remembered in large part for the 35 year old world number 66 reaching the third round. These Djokovic Vs whomever of the next-next-next gen actually shows up slams are boring as hell.

As an Aussie, finding myself yearning for the day Djokovic retires, as bad as that sounds just want some excitement at the AO

Same. It’s how I’ve felt since Serena went on maternity leave. I love her and she was incredible, but a wide open field is way more exciting to watch.

Well, the other players should just get better then, right?

How boring you ask? So boring the guy doesn’t even remember comeback finals results.

It’s boring as fuck watching injured Djokovic still be able to saunter through a laughable draw that still managed to fall apart. He isn’t trying as much as he can because he doesn’t need to. Meanwhile the WTA is full of upsets and narratives and opportunities. The tours have been like this for four and a half years now.

[how the fuck is this being allowed](https://twitter.com/tumcarayol/status/1618211398177423360?s=46&t=nSuL1G7ihjHvvXaaafbn_Q) and what rhe fuck are serbian fans doing associating with this

Cry more.

Best to just not give these people attention imo, just like English football hooligans there will always be a tiny minority who are out to cause trouble

Is it too late to ban all Serbians from the tournament?

Least fascist comment

are u joking?

That would be wrong to do

Eastern Europe has a complex relationship with Russia but it’s overlooked how lots of them h-a-t-e Western Europe and the EU, NATO etc.

Big part of Serbians support Russia and are considering them as brothers

Wait really. 🙄

Did novak say anything about the hamstring after the match?

He did mention trying every bio-feedback machine in existence

Hope we get Rafa, Alcaraz, Zverev, Thiem, Wawrinka back in shape for next Grandslam.

Not zverev

There’s a good chance only one of those are truly fit and firing for it 😔😔😔

Alcaraz sure will be. Zverev quite probably will be. The rest are irrevocably compromised in one way or another either by age or injury or both.

Well I guess that Murray/Kokkinakis match is going to end up being the most exciting one this tournament.

You’re not an Rublev fan if you don’t cry at least once a month because of the devastating ways in which he loses his matches. I just woke up to a tragic score line and clips of Andrey crying on the recovery bike all over twitter. Tennis is truly the most brutal sport there is

This 😭 And you’re not a Rublev fan if you don’t have the highest of highs (Rune match) to the lowest of lows (this match)

As a Sinner and Rublev fan....I get double the rollercoaster. Not great for the nervous system lol

So true…his wins are almost euphoric and his losses completely tragic, all within the span of a few hours. Straight out of a novel…Let’s see what the future holds ❤️‍🩹

Just watching mixed doubles and first time seeing that someone decided that WTA player serves first in set. Isnt that a disadvantage? edit: Stefani serving to stay in set at 5 4 got them to lose set, just weird decision to make her serve first

Maybe wind related?

Stefani has been the stronger player; they just picked her to receive for "deciding" point.

There is no picking in mixed doubles. Same gender receives deciding point

If Djokovic takes the 1st set against Paul i think he’ll win in 4 but i think even though he’ll win Paul will make him fight and sweat for all those points almost even if he wins it in 4 IMO and i think if it ends in 4 i think this will go on for around 4 hours until Djokovic finishes it off

I doubt paul wins 4 games

I’ve averaged all the stats on the 4 players that are now in the semifinals and honestly Paul is ranked almost 1st on everyone of those stats compared to Djokovic,Stefanos and Khachanov and then Djokovic is a clear 2nd and then Khachanov and Stefanos are equal for 3rd place

Destiny arrives all the same

Lots of players look good on paper until they play a Djokovic performing near his best level. Paul has a solid game that I've watched before but he's never been past a 4th round before in a slam and getting a first slam SF at 25 is going to faze anyone to some extent It is an advantage for Paul that Djokovic has never played him before I will say that. Djokovic likes to work out a tailored game plan for playing an opponent and it's obviously harder to do that if they have never had the experience of playing against them. Although Djokovic had never player De Minaur either and look how that turned out Nevertheless it's unlikely that he will do well against Djokovic's consistency. Djokovic has to drop down a big level and Paul has to get a big lead to have a chance.

Have they both practiced together?

I think Paul takes a set from that unfamiliarity alone. He's better at setting up a point then hammering oppose to Rublev. He has more of a tennis mind. It's always the same m.o. with Rublev. Paul had those injuries and its nice to see him finally perform well.

Well as I said that unfamiliarity didn't work out great for De Minaur. Then again Djokovic did have the big extra motivation of De Minaur being in a press conference last year when the news came through about Djokovic being finally deported and De Minaur laughed. Won't have that fuelling him against Paul, luckily for Paul.

Anything is better than what we saw from him and Rublev. Need some great tennis. Possibly Rybakina and Azarenka will put on a show.

Rublev is not a bad player. Djokovic is just too motivated for this tournament. He's on a complete mission. He's making his opponents look like players from the challenger tour. Blame the Australian gov last year for ruining not just that one but this one also!

Paul is playing and serving great. But he he is yet to face a returner like ND.

Huh. Tommy Paul and Novak Djokovic have no head to head record. Tommy needs to play the match of his life and hope for the best.

Tommy Paul will put up a better fight than Rublev and ADM I am sure of it

Probably

Agree imo even if Djokovic wins the 1st set i still believe Paul will win a set as well from him but i think this could still go on for 4 hours because i believe that Djokovic will take it in 4 but Paul is gonna make him fight and battle for every point for every set they have.

I take back what I said earlier today. This is Novak Djokovic's game. It just happened to be invented 100 years before he was born

Tommy Paul is no joke he’s been on absolute fire so far in this tournament and he’s gonna give Djokovic absolute hell on Friday IMO so i think if Paul takes the 1st set this could end in around 5 hours in a 5 set thriller

Rublev during cooldown exercise: Sadly go-karts

Djokovic is winning in straight sets bcoz he is injured. If not, he would have lost 1st set, gave hope to players they can win and then crash it completely

So very very injured. Gonna need surgery I am sure

Stay mad

If you don’t think players like Novak and Rafa exaggerate injuries to give themselves extra motivation and crowd support you incredibly naive

Lemme borrow that tinfoil hat fam. Maybe I'll see it then

Oh My God rhis happens in every sport. Look at what fritzy said the other day

Demon and Rublev could've played 2v1 against Novak and still lost

Not sure, Novak lost in the first round of doubles in adelaide

Paul is definitely not beating this Novak but hopefully we have a good match at least. Players like Rublev simply defeat themselves when playing Novak probably due to all the beatdowns Novak's given them before. They're just so mentally fickle. Paul and Djokovic have never played so it will take Novak a bit to figure him out probably. Paul also strikes me as a guy who gives zero fucks. Hopefully he at least snatches a set (Narrator: *he didn't*).

Hopefully it's an entertaining match. But what I'm also hoping for is that Jokervich steals Tommy's soul forever.

The man is so dominant he even had time to bring flowers to Barbara. <33

Honestly, does Paul have a chance? I really haven't watched any of his matches

If he takes the 1st set then i can see a 5 setter but u still think Djokovic takes it

There's a 99% chance Djokovic but anyone reaching the semis of a grand slam have something thag brought them to that level. Does Paul have something that can trouble Djokovic?

No.

Djokovic post match content is always class

Brilliant advice from Djokovic to Barbara Schett "Just hit the lines and win"

why are tennis fans so soft

Because we don't have that legendary /r/soccer copypasta.

every time I post an opinon on one of these threads that the majority disagree with I get downvoted to shit lol.

I also get downvoted to shit sometimes. We must start a religion to deal with this.

okay, what shall we call it

I only managed to see the last game. Was Andrey that bad for the whole match?

Nah he tried his best but nole was just too good for him. Bweh needs variety in his game. Too one dimensional for top players in my opinion

Thank you. I hoped he wasn’t.

That was unreal from nole. Feel bad for rublev but he couldn't find a way through.

The arc where Mufasa wins

Mufassaaaaa

I am your father

I dunno about you guys but my bracket had Khachanov vs. Paul in the finals. Obviously

Lol I really hope and pray you are not a betting guy

Mine had FAA and Ruud so

Rublev cam again on eurosport lol