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2025 Australian Open
1. Pick quarterfinalists, semifinalists and champions for both ATP and WTA draws. You will receive 7.5 points for each correct quarterfinalist, 5 points for each correct semifinalist and 20 points for each correct champion.
2. SUBSTITUTE PICK: Pick a player from each draw to replace one of your quarterfinalists. If this player makes the quarters, they will take the place of whomever you picked in that section of the draw.
3: BIGGEST LOSER: Pick the highest seed that will lose in the earliest round from each draw. The player must be a top 16 seed. You will get 5 points if your seed is the highest to lose and 2 points if your seed falls in the same round as the highest seed to lose.
Picks must be posted before the start of play or soon afterward or at least before the trophy presentations at the end of the tournament.
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Re: 2025 Australian Open
ATP
Quarterfinals:
Sinner over DiMinaur
Fritz over Medvedev
Djokovic over Alcaraz
Zverev over Mensik (Paul)
Semifinals
Sinner over Fritz
Djokovic over Zverev
Final
Sinner over Djokovic 4-6, 6-2, 7-6, 7-5
BL: Ruud
WTA
Quarterfinals
Sabalenka over Zheng
Gauff over Pegula
Keys (Rybakina) over Paolini
Swiatek over Jabeur
Semifinals
Sabalenka over Gauff
Keys over Swiatek
Final
Sabalenka over Keys 7-6, 6-2
BL: Collins
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Re: 2025 Australian Open
Thanks for getting it up!
Men
Quarterfinals
Sinner v. Tsitsipas
Fritz v. Medvedev (Rublev)
Djokovic v. Alcaraz
Auger-Aliassime v. Zverev
Semifinals
Sinner v. Medvedev
Alcaraz v. Zverev
Final
Sinner d. Zverev in 4 sets
BL: Fritz (Brooksby has some chance of confounding him in the first round)
Women
Quarterfinals
Sabalenka v. Q. Zheng
Gauff v. Pegula
Rybakina (Collins) v. Boulter
Kastakina v. Swiatek
Semifinals
Sabalenka v. Gauff
Rybakina v. Swiatek
Final
Sabalenka d. Rybakina in 3
BL: Gauff (Kenin on this court with memories could pull an upset)
I'm thinking that Boulter being DeMinaur's fiancee will give her adopted Aussie status and be good for getting the crowd to pull her a round or two beyond where she'd normally be.
I think I'm giving too much weight to the first week of results by picking FAA to make the quarters, but you're picking Keys to make the final. We'll probably both be disappointed there!
I wanted to pick DeMinaur, but I could not see him making his way out of a group that included Tsitsipas and Khachanov.
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Re: 2025 Australian Open
You were saying about Keys?
I've always felt she was the most unfairly criticized player in tennis. Yes, she's inconsistent, but much of that issue is due to injuries. When she stays healthy, she can beat anyone.I really want her to win a slam because she was the best player at the U.S.Open in 2017 but ran into a finalist in Sloane Stephens who had the perfect game to beat her, partitcularly when she was a nervous mess as the heavy favorite. She nearly beat Sabalenka in the 2023 U.S. Open semis when she had a huge lead, which would have set up a toss-up match in the final against Gauff.
I expect her to beat Swiatek if they play in the semis because Swiatek is a bully on hard courts. She crushes opponents who cannot match her power but crumbles when they stand up to her, which Keys certainly can. Beating Sabalenka in the final would be tough because Sabalenka plays the big points better than Keys and has proven her mettle in finals, but Sabalenka has not been in top form here, so it's not impossible.
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