#Jiri Novak

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Australian Open - Men's singles - R4

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jirination are we nervous

[rolandkaros]

went to bed at 9:00pm last night so i could wake up at like 1:00am and catch most of the matches but still have good sleep and you know what happened. i woke up at 10:00am and missed almost all of them

[candlelitutopia]

The Dubai draw 🫣😵‍💫

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I’m bored sooo here are my thoughts on today’s matches:

wta:

sabalenka vs andreeva: last time they played was just a few weeks ago in brisbane, and aryna was really dominant in her win. that being said, aryna has been oddly shaky here and even though her score lines look perfectly standard, she’s had to come back within sets a lot. I do think she’ll be especially determined to beat mirra after what happened in their rg24 qf and I think she will win, but I think mirra can make it competitive

vekic vs pavlyuchenkova: I think this one is going to be really, really good. donna and nastia are both in great form and they’re going to be hitting the ball so hard at each other. what interests me with this one is the possibility of donna winning and playing aryna in the quarterfinal, because that has the potential for a huge upset considering their h2h. I think if it goes to a third, donna will win by just outlasting nastia, but if nastia is playing at her best level she could take it in two

gauff vs bencic: coco really shouldn’t have any trouble here, but at any minute her serve could disappear so who knows. bencic has been playing well, but she hasn’t really faced top in-form players and she’s only just coming back. she definitely has the game to trouble coco, but I don’t know if she’s at that level yet

badosa vs danilovic: like donna and nastia, this is gonna be a lot of ballbashing. paula really struggled to beat marta in her last round, while olga absolutely destroyed jess. but, paula has experience at this level of a slam while olga really doesn’t. I could see this going one of two ways: olga plays like she has nothing to lose and goes for absolutely everything, or she gets nervous and locks up a bit. either way, I think both players are gonna be really frustrated at points in this match and it’s really about whoever wins the big points

atp:

djokovic vs lehecka: honestly, I give up on trying to predict novak. I thought he was gonna struggle with tomas, but he beat him easily. and yet, he dropped sets in his opening rounds. jiri has looked solid for the whole tournament, but he hasn’t played anyone near the level of novak. I think he can make it competitive, but I also thought tomas could make it competitive and we saw how that went so I really don’t know

draper vs alcaraz: this is a day match, so carlos is even more of a favorite than he already is. jack has played three consecutive five-setters, and he’s going to be in the heat of australian summer. I will be impressed if he manages to put up a fight against carlos, who has looked pretty untouchable (besides his usual third set dips of course). he seems really determined to get that career slam here, and his stamina is going to be a huge problem for jack. jack does match up well against him, but the conditions are stacked against him and I think carlos will take it

davidovich fokina vs paul: adf you have impressed me greatly. he came back from two sets to love down twice in a row. that being said, this is the same adf who hit a terrible underarm serve against rune in a five setter at wimbledon. at any given moment, he could forget how to play tennis. that being said, at any given moment tommy could also forget how to play tennis. he’s been getting consistently more dominant in his matches (five, four, then three sets), but it’s also tommy. I think this is gonna be a bit of a flop-off, and based on level of tennis, I think tommy will win it

wow crazy that the fourth match doesn’t exist :)

[cocopufffss]

aryna/mirra, coco/belinda, carlos/jack, and novak/jiri is an insane line up on rod laver arena

[muirneach]

interesting slash evil atp first round picks: mensik vs felix. jack vs zizi. moutet vs korda could be really funny. reilly vs muse. emil vs the rat noooooo. potentially struff vs novak r2 which could be interesting. jiri vs fucsovics could be one to watch

[denowylie]

Me and my partner in crime have like 30+ OC's all in all so this would take forever to finish, so I am wrapping it up for now with these dweebs all lined up.

Some fun facts!:

Sheila had a fling with Hauk back in the day, but when he introduced her to his cousin Sedek she knew Sedek was her future husband to be, because she had a dream earlier about a gorgeous, tall tree sheltering her from both rain and blistering sun, and being full of ripe apples. (Sedeks magical powers is in the earth and vegetation).

Sedek is naturally tall from the extra dragon gene in his family line, sadly being so gigantic just wrecks his knees and upper back. He also is scared of syringes/needles (trypanophobia). Demisexual.

Deno the lemur caught some green goo from a potion maker once and took a sip: that resulted in her mouth and tongue turning green, adding years to her lifespan, and more intelligence! She understands more, yet still choose to bite every buttocks she can reach and hoard everything that shines.

Ravn have a learning disability and can only read and write a little and don't understand math at all. He also don't understand metaphores. But he can kill and gut pretty much anything and makes beautiful tanning leather. (Oh and he is indeed the twink of the group, gay as fuck.)

Novak is happily married to Ravn, after accidentally having an affair with Ravn's long lost half sister Autumn, which resulted in twins. Autumn found a new mate once resolving things between Novak and Ravn and they all keep in touch to be there for the twins. Novak is 20 years younger than Ravn, but everyone thinks Ravn is the youngest because of his height.

Hauk is Novaks father and was a closet-bisexual for years, now living openly and happily with his husband Jolyn. He have food allergies against shell fish and spice, and is an recovering alcoholic with a temper.

Jolyn was best friends with Jiri in the youth and during a fight he got injured from Jiris lightning powers, giving him visible scarring down the half of his torso and arm. His leg got injured from another battle as an adult when he was struck in the back and damaged some nerves leading down to his leg. Jolyn handles wild stallions and his beefy husband with ease and is often seen smoking from a pipe. Pansexual.

Whisper is the Chieftess and when she is not busy being in charge of the clan she enjoys being a Dominatrix with her loyal husband Jiri.

Jiri is Sedeks little brother. He never was in a releationship until he met Whisper and she is the only one who can make him smile and show affection in private. Even though he is seen as cold and distant: anyone who threaten his family or friends will suffer from it.

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The ongoing Australian Open 2025 has been filled with controversies related to interviews or tennis shows conducted by broadcasters. In the most high-profile case this year, it was Novak Djokovic who made his wrath known to the season-opening Grand Slam event’s organisers. On Sunday after he defeated Jiri Lehecka in the fourth round, Djokovic controversially refused a courtside interview with tennis legend Jim Courier. Ben Shelton used an example from his match against Gael Monfils to support Novak Djokovic. During the post-match press conference, Djokovic explained his actions, blaming Nine Network reporter Tony Jones and demanding an apology for offensive, racist insults. The reason, he denied the interview, was due to Nine Network being the official broadcasters of the Grand Slam event in Melbourne. Now even American ace Ben Shelton has joined the bandwagon and decided to talk about the questions thrown at him in post-match interviews in Melbourne. After beating Gael Monfils in the fourth round, he was asked if the Frenchman was old enough to be ‘his dad’. Then after his quarter-final win vs Lorenzo Sonego, he was asked about the probability of not having any crowd if he faced Alex de Minaur in the semi-finals. Responding to those questions, and to an interview of Learner Tien after his win against Daniil Medvedev in the second round, he said, “I’ve been a little bit shocked this week with how players have been treated by the broadcasters.” “I don’t think that the guy who mocked Novak, I don’t think that was just a single event. I’ve noticed it with different people, not just myself. “I noticed it with Learner Tien in one of his matches. I think when he beat Medvedev his post-match interview, I thought it was kind of embarrassing and disrespectful that interview. “There are some comments that have been made to me in post-match interviews by a couple of different guys, whether it was: ‘Hey, Monfils is old enough to be your dad. Maybe he is your dad.’ “Or today on the court: ‘Hey, Ben, how does it feel that no matter who you play in your next match, no one is going to be cheering for you?’ I mean, [that] may be true, but I just don’t think the comment is respectful from a guy I’ve never met before in my life. “I feel like broadcasters should be helping us grow our sport and help these athletes who just won matches on the biggest stage enjoy one of their biggest moments. I feel like there’s just been a lot of negativity. I think that’s something that needs to change,” he added. After beating Sonego, Shelton is set to face World No. 1 Jannik Sinner in his semi-final fixture, on Friday. Meanwhile, in the other men’s semi-final, Novak Djokovic will face Alexander Zverev.

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Novak Djokovic: Australian broadcaster Tony Jones apologized to the 24-time Grand Slam champion and Serbian fans | Tennis News

Australian broadcaster Tony Jones has apologized to Novak Djokovic and Serbian tennis fans for comments he made on television on Friday night which the 37-year-old found “insulting and insulting”. Djokovic refused to do the usual on-court interview following his fourth-round win over Jiri Lehecko on Sunday pending a public apology from Jones and Australian broadcast rights holders Channel 9. The…

[mortiflyer]

coco all i want is for you to hold your serve. coco your SERVE

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Novak Djokovic: Australian broadcaster Tony Jones apologized to the 24-time Grand Slam champion and Serbian fans | Tennis News

Australian broadcaster Tony Jones has apologized to Novak Djokovic and Serbian tennis fans for comments he made on television on Friday night which the 37-year-old found “insulting and insulting”. Djokovic refused to do the usual on-court interview following his fourth-round win over Jiri Lehecko on Sunday pending a public apology from Jones and Australian broadcast rights holders Channel 9. The…

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the curse of ATP Madrid 2024

remember toronto's chaos? yeah this one's crazier

(shoutout @rodlaveraryna for helping me find the toronto post when I totally lost it)

first of all, the World #1 Novak Djokovic has withdrawn from the tournament, making the fairly new #2 Jannik Sinner the top seed at a Masters 1000 for the first time.

In the first round, Félix Auger-Aliassime (who, keep in mind, took Nadal to five sets at Roland Garros) loses the first set to Nishioka. However, he comes back in the second and third sets to win the match 4-6 6-1 6-4. We'll be seeing a lot of him. In a Next Gen battle, young phenomenon João Fonseca loses the first set to the clay incompetent Alex Michelsen but proceeds to bagel him in the second set and then win the third with 4-6 6-0 6-2. Fabian Marozsan (of beating Alcaraz in Rome fame) saves eleven set points against Karatsev to win the first set and goes on to win the match 7-6 7-6. Moutet and Shang play an almost four hour match in which Moutet caused a massive delay by demanding the umpire give him coffee. And, most insane of all, teenager Darwin Blanch is drawn against Rafael Nadal for his second tour match ever. The scoreline is 6-1 6-0 (at least he got a game!)

Second round - here come the seeds. Jakub Menšík, yet another Next Gen wonder, upsets Dimitrov in three intense sets 6-2 6-7 6-3. Félix bagels known clay flop Mannarino. Fonseca loses quite brutally to Norrie. The ultimate clay hater himself, Daniil Medvedev, loses the first set to Matteo Arnaldi and looks absolutely done but comes back to win 2-6 6-4 6-4. Another known clay hater, Alexander Bublik, jokes his way through a win against Carballés Baena, who was so frustrated that he hit a serve directly at Bublik. Ben Shelton bagels Machac. Rafa manages to beat de Minaur, who he just lost to in Barcelona. Stefanos Tsitsipas, fresh off of two clay finals, is beaten by qualifier Monteiro 6-4 6-4.

In the third round, our top seed Jannik Sinner starts to show sign of discomfort, and his opponent Kotov is serving for the second set after Jannik won the first. Kotov has set point... and hits a questionable underarm serve that Jannik crushes down the line. Jannik goes on to break back and win the match 6-2 7-5. In the beginning of a long line of strange occurrences, Félix's opponent Menšik retires in the second set. Daniil loses the first set to Korda, yells at everyone, accuses the umpire of working for the Illuminati, but comes back to win the match 5-7 7-6 6-3. Bublik, the other resident clay hater, beats Ben Shelton 3-6 7-6 6-4, stetting up a match against who but Daniil. Holger Rune, who made two clay masters finals, loses to Griekspoor 6-4 4-6 6-3.

We start off the fourth round with another shaky Jannik match where he barely gets past Khachanov 5-7 6-3 6-3. At the exact same time - I kid you not, the exact same time - is a rematch of last year’s final. Carlos Alcaraz has match points over Struff at the very same minute as Jannik, but loses all three of them and extends the match another half hour or so, eventually winning it 6-3 6-7 7-6. Daniil comfortably wins the clay hater battle 7-6 6-4, and Bublik seems perfectly fine with it. In a strange occurrence of two varying levels of servebots on clay, Taylor Fritz beats Hurkacz 7-6 6-4 (including a very predictable tiebreak). Perhaps the strangest of all, Félix takes out Casper Ruud, the man who would marry clay if he could, 6-4 7-5.

And now to the quarterfinals. Think these matches have predictable outcomes? Wrong! Only Taylor manages to emerge as the favorite who wins, beating Cerundolo 6-1 3-6 6-3, an American servebot into clay masters semis. Meanwhile, Jannik withdraws entirely, giving Félix yet another walkover. In what may be the calmest match of his career, Andrey Rublev beats Carlos 4-6 6-3 6-2, ending his Madrid title streak. And, Daniil retires against Jiri Lehecka.

So, the semifinals no one expected. Andrey dispatches Fritz 6-4 6-3 after they traded breaks in the opening two games. And Félix receives yet another walkover when Lehecka retires a few games into the match. Yes, he received not one, not two, but three walkovers en route to the final.

In the end, though, Andrey wins it and claims a second masters title. So, that’s the end of the story, right? No, because in his interviews afterwards, Andrey reveals that he has been extremely sick for the entirety of the tournament and that he could barely sleep or eat. A bizarre yet fitting end to this strange tournament.

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Novak Djokovic: Australian broadcaster Tony Jones apologized to the 24-time Grand Slam champion and Serbian fans | Tennis News

Australian broadcaster Tony Jones has apologized to Novak Djokovic and Serbian tennis fans for comments he made on television on Friday night which the 37-year-old found “insulting and insulting”. Djokovic refused to do the usual on-court interview following his fourth-round victory over Jiri Lehecko on Sunday pending a public apology from Jones and Australian rights holders Channel 9. The…