Hi All,
Who Will Win Australian Open (AO) 2023 Men's and Women's Singles?
I am opening the bets:
Men's Singles: Novak Djokovic (GOAT Joker will take the last year's AO revenge)
Women's Singles: Iga Swiatek (She is going to be the new woman GOAT)
Who Will Win Australian Open (AO) 2023 Men's and Women's Singles?
[Deactivated] on 07/01/2023 - 10:57
Last edited 07/01/2023 - 10:59
Last edited 07/01/2023 - 10:59
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It does for most ppl except those with short memories 😉 gen Z maybe?
Alcaraz just pulled out with an injury otherwise I'd put him just in the final against Djokovic. Medvedev and Djokovic play today in the Adelaide final so I'd think that would be a good indicator to see if Medvedev can get over Djokovic. Also can't ever discount Nadal.
Spot on with Swiatek. Just solid play other than her match with Pegula yesterday. Maybe the 2 of them in the final?
Boris Becker
Rod Laver in his day would crush them all.
Doubt it, tennis has seen so much evolution since Laver's time in terms of tactics, equipment, surfaces, training regimes…etc. that it would be practically impossible for Laver to even be in the top 100 today as the Laver that existed historically. If he was able to adapt and grew up with modern training methods and tactics, then that would be different.
If you doubt this, look at Borg's comeback - arguably a player with a similar talent and stature as Laver, came back after less than a decade out of the sport and failed to win a single match. By the time he came back, tennis had just moved on.
You probably also think Don Bradman is the greatest sportsman of all time
Luckily for Djokovic (i.e. the GOAT of anti-vaxxers) Alcaraz won't be playing, so I hope Nadal wins.
Agreed.
Need a poll
Kyrgios vs Djokovic for the lols again
Novaxx is $2 favourite for a reason. Only another Covid infection can stop him. That would be poetic justice. It becomes a lot more interesting if he loses early.
Women - raffle. Depends on how fast the courts are playing this year.
It's Korda and Jockey in the final.
wouldn't Iga be a nanny or a doe?
goat must be the stupidest acrostic in sport.
Almost every element of every sport changes dramatically at least every 10 years, so no basis for comparison.
BOOT might be better - best of our time.
Korda 5/1 on. (for non-gamblers, not likely to win).
Yep! Go Nadal in AUS open!Somebody was asking about me? 🎾
Remember when the phrase "GOAT" actually had some meaning behind it :)