Kooyong Classic 10-12th Jan 2024

[Jane]

Andy is scheduled to play Marin Cilic at around 2.00am Wednesday, 10th January

[cazza99]

Schedule for Kooyong Classic

ht tps://www.kooyongclassic.com.au/schedule

[HoopGirl]

It seems he lost but I don’t know the score.

Cilic has been saying that since the hip op Andy has lost some of his explosive movement around the court, when he could reach balls few others could

[Jane]

Cilic won 6-3, 7-5 :sad:

Andy plays Thiem tomorrow.

[JAMES4578]

Disappointing, hopefully Andy does better with Thiem though.

[HoopGirl]

Just seen - Andy’s beaten Dom Thiem!!
Hurrah.
Tough AO draw though

[Hawkeye]

Andy gets Tomas Martin Etcheverry in the first round.

[JAMES4578]

certainly looks a positive 6-4,6-2 win over Thiem (even if not the player he was), tough AO Open draw though.

[HoopGirl]

Andy’s ahead in the head to head so that’s encouraging

[david1610]

A lot is going to depend on how consistent Andy can serve. Or, put another way, how "good" his worst service game in each set can be. If you go to the press thread I shared an article with a quote from Andy saying last year he was not serving at times as well as he could. I just hope his serving protects him in the match along with enough stamina to get the job done.

[HoopGirl]

Yes I can see he’s been working on his serve and when it works well it’s great but it isn’t consistent which it needs to be. Remember how Federer could be in trouble then he’d just fire out this serve that was unreturnable! That’s what Andy needs - lots of cheap points