AUSTRALIAN OPEN 2015

tamely into the net, 5-2...this is bizarre, that came out of almost nowhere.

Serving for the set.

6-3. Easy. Another tame one in the net in the first point of that.

Just bizarre how he sorta dropped midway through the set, like he sleepwalked into it - knew Becker was adding nothing to his game.

o.m.g stan had him..

Djoko had still to do a shit load of work to hang on.

Now two BPs Djoko..

Great defense Djoko and then Stan pulls long - he gets the break.

Djoko has no plan and he is clearly working things out in some kind of psychotic fashion.

Stan just holds, then breaks to love in the next with some brilliant tennis actually.

What a BH, smack in the corner..

40-30 then returns a 2nd serve in the net.

bah Stan could've had him in more trouble I think, so now he has to serve to stay in the set.

what a fkn rally - great get and angle at the net stan

Staggering FH from D at the net.

stupid DF and now another point later we are in deuce

Djoko taking his op - SP

wow at the net stan :-( Djoko 2-1 sets

Seems like a hq match every time I poke my head round to the big screen, happy Nole is taking care of business!

BPs djoko

going for way too much there, epic game, if Djoko takes it he wins the match i think.

Does it with some great counterpunching.

er...15-40 Djoko allowing Stan back in.

omg...crazy awful game from D

this is such a pain to watch: 0-40 with anemic play.

and then goes to play awesome shots for game point.

2-2. The circus is in town.

Stan now up a level. 3 awesome winners, now he has 3 BPs on Djokovic's serve.

Incredible, someone flicked a switch. Breaks.

Stan to serve for the set.

this is even worse than yesterday's match

2x SPs Stan

Totally unsurprised this is going five

Why is Nole netting everything

Into a 5th we go, really Stan played a flawless 10 mins to get us into that.

Not only is Djoko breaking down but then there are all weird looks between him and his box. Becker is wrecking it.

omg, that was huge

BP

And stan finally hits one long: back to deuce

All chaos with the line judges.

Djoko just hangs on but I can't see Stan keeping this up

2 DFs Stan - and so its two BPs

a break it is, but hey it was like this in the 4th.

Holds himself well: 3-0

0-30, v close to being over..

another BP, surely MP D

4-0, bollocks.

right I'm off - Murray is favourite if D turns up like this.

Well that fifth set wasn't like their others here

At the other end of the scale to all this, Michelle Larcher de Brito skipped AO qualifying to be top seed in three US 25Ks. She went R1, R1, R2, losing to #279 Samantha Crawford, #246 Elise Mertens and #303 Ipek Soylu, all in straight sets. Silver lining, she did beat unranked WC Sofia Kenin at the last of those.

wait Martina Hingis won mixed doubles?

in the final against Mladenovic/Nestor

Yeah they're having fun

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2FGhr_FFPGQ