AUSTRALIAN OPEN 2018

As for the men's I am cheering on Cilic tomorrow...to win or just to make it a good final. All I'm seeing is how this or that person retured hurt. Game seems to be in an appalling state.

I'm cheering on the English bloke because I'm a flag-waving jingoist! Come on Tim!

Can you go have a lie down, thanks.

missed most of the third set as i had other plans but it was a pretty cracking final - at least before Woz started moonballing again. gutted for Halep, hope she gets another chance at it.

As for the men's I am cheering on Cilic tomorrow...to win or just to make it a good final.

me too. I think it'll be a lot closer this time around - he seems to be peaking at the right time, and no sign of injury as there had been during his wimbledon final against Fed.

^^clearly I have no idea what I'm talking about. This is woeful from Marin - nothing seems to be working. Meh.

Oh good, he woke up.

and fell asleep again. (or Fed upped his game a notch)

This has been a very uneven match - neither of them have been playing well at the same time.

Cilic has started to serve better but I don't even know how Fed is losing this set now?

It's like the moment someone ups their game, the other would inexplicably deflate.

Welp there it is, Slam no. 20 for Fed! To be fair, this was prob never meant to go to a fifth set so kudos Cilic, for forcing one anyway.

Couldn’t watch any of this and I was getting the Delpo ‘09 jitters from Fed’s inability to just put the match away. V pleased. Nice round number.

Would love to see him at #1, even if only for a week. I guess it’s possible if he bothers to play the 500 in Dubai and wins a couple of rounds, ahead of defending all those Miami/Indian Wells points.

I've actually no idea what Rafa/Roger's 2018 schedules are, and I expect it's not cut and dried for them either right now, given RF's cherry-picking approach and RN's injury. But assuming they both follow 2017 then they won't play again until the week of Feb 26, when Roger has 45pts to defend (Dubai, lost L16 vs Donskoy) and Nadal has 300pts to defend (Acapulco, lost final vs Querrey). Think it's a 155pt gap now?

Okay I am pretty much forced to admit that Federer is the GOAT

been pretty clear for a while iirc!

would be really nice for someone new to win one though...

Yep re someone new...