Comments on: Roddick serves his way out of trouble

By: BW

BW — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 07:34:47 +0000

KT has no respect and has bad sportmanship, i am an aussie and its good to see Luczak representing us. But A-Rod is simply the best… and its a well deserved Win..!!

By: Ging

Ging — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 03:30:45 +0000

I'm glad it wasn't just me, Paul! I think it's great to build atmosphere, encourage an underdog and make a few funny comments – I thought the “Use the force, Luczak” was pretty funny, though that came from a different corner, not the clowns up the back… but going on for so long the players have to stop to serve and attempting to taunt Roddick, etc, was just stupid… I was surprised the ump didn't tell them to calm down more often? I noticed they did shut up for a bit when the boys in blue made an appearance, so perhaps they did realise how unwelcome their behaviour was… but suspect it won't change it…

By: Paul

Paul — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 19:10:00 +0000

Absolutely agree. A bit of that stuff is fine and adds to the atmosphere. But the relentless and moronic chants started to wear very thin. Everyone sitting around us was cringing and moaning about it – why on earth don't the staff do something about it. Just a tap on the shoulder and a suggestion to tone it down a bit – no harm done. The boneheads possibly didn't realise just how annoying and unfunny they were.

By: rungnapa

rungnapa — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 17:38:38 +0000

Nice to read good news about Andy again after a few months because of his knee injury.Good win Andy.

By: Felipe

Felipe — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 16:24:56 +0000

Roddick on track to the semi finals against Thomaz Bellucci! It will be a showdown match, the present against the future! For sure they will reach the semis! Thomaz will be seeded at AO!

By: reneedent

reneedent — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 15:44:38 +0000

Great game from both players. Easy to see why Peter is a davis cup regular. He let his tenis do the talking and justified Hewitt's comments about his position in the Davis Cup team. Well done Peter!

By: MM

MM — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 14:54:26 +0000

Of course Andy deserved to win. It doesn't mean the opponent played badly. Amazes me when people say things like KT. The reason why the top 10 are in the top 10 is because they have developed a shot, or shots, that are weapons (be it a serve/return/forehand/backhand…) which they can count on.

By: Ging

Ging — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 14:22:25 +0000

Couldn't agree more poldenus – those idiots in the crowd were embarrasing to Australia and to tennis at this very important tournament trying to raise its profile/attract top-ranked international players. It's one thing to cheer on your favourite player or even a player 'just because they're aussie', but to applaud unforced errors and sing stupid songs is disrespectful to both players… This also happened in Sunday's matches… I am a tennis junkie, but am sick of attending matches that are turned into a country-v-country chant-fest. The AO is just as bad for this kind of behaviour… and only getting worse each year…

As for the match, Luczak should be incredibly pleased with himself – despite struggling to retrun ARod's boomers, he managed to win his serve pretty easily (in the first set) and had he not tightened up in the tiebreak, the match would've got even more interesting… and he came back strong in the second, almost breaking twice…

Great match; shame about the bogans…

By: Kunal

Kunal — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 12:06:02 +0000

Good Win Andy! Just 4 more to go.

By: Diana

Diana — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 11:14:32 +0000

Nice to read good news about A-Rodd again after a few months because of his knee injury. I have to follow this tournament in this website, because there's a big time difference from my country to Brisbane, and the tournament is not broadcasted here, neither.