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[cicciobtc]

Here are the official Australian Open semi-finals:

Cilic vs Edmund and Federer vs Chung.

-If Federer wins the tournament he will have a gap by Nadal of only 155 points! Federer is the only player who has not lost 1 set in this tournament.
-If Cilic reaches the final he will improve his best ranking going up to third place in the atp ranking.
-Obviously best ranking also for Chung and Edmund, currently they are both in the top 30 for the first time in their career.

Atp rankings projections:

1)Nadal     9760
2)Federer  8325 if he loses in the semifinal, 8805 if he loses in final, 9605 if he wins the tournament.
3)Dimitrov 4630 (4th if Cilic reaches the final)
4)A.Zverev 4610 (5th if Cilic reaches the final)
5)Cilic        4480 if he loses in the semifinal, 3) 4960 if he loses in final, 3)5760 if he wins the tournament
6)Thiem     4060
7)Goffin      3460
8)Sock        2880
9)Del Potro  2815
10)Carreno-Busta 2705

*if Edmund wins the tournament  he is 8th with 2947 points!

[bratko99]

I have some kind of a feeling that Cilic might win this years Australian Open.
He's playing pretty well.
Best year of his career for sure!

[miha8]

I have some kind of a feeling that Cilic might win this years Australian Open.
He's playing pretty well.
Best year of his career for sure!

Best year for him was when he won US Open against Nishikori, yes definitely Cilic play very well at AO but I think he will be hard to beat Roger who is tennis legend. It will be a reprise of Wimbledon final 2017.

[vella85]

That was some great tennis by Federer to come back in the first set being down and then winning the set. It just goes to show how good of a player Federer really is even at his age, he is still able to play at the top of his game. I don't think we'll ever see another player like him in our lifetime and now I really hope he goes onto winning this years Australia Open and make it Grand Slam number 20 which is amazing!

[yoseph]

Here are the official Australian Open semi-finals:

Cilic vs Edmund and Federer vs Chung.

-If Federer wins the tournament he will have a gap by Nadal of only 155 points! Federer is the only player who has not lost 1 set in this tournament.
-If Cilic reaches the final he will improve his best ranking going up to third place in the atp ranking.
-Obviously best ranking also for Chung and Edmund, currently they are both in the top 30 for the first time in their career.

Atp rankings projections:

1)Nadal     9760
2)Federer  8325 if he loses in the semifinal, 8805 if he loses in final, 9605 if he wins the tournament.
3)Dimitrov 4630 (4th if Cilic reaches the final)
4)A.Zverev 4610 (5th if Cilic reaches the final)
5)Cilic        4480 if he loses in the semifinal, 3) 4960 if he loses in final, 3)5760 if he wins the tournament
6)Thiem     4060
7)Goffin      3460
8)Sock        2880
9)Del Potro  2815
10)Carreno-Busta 2705

*if Edmund wins the tournament  he is 8th with 2947 points!

I am having this feeling that the South Korean is going to beat Roger Federer during the semi finals and though i am all for Federer, it is really dawning on me that he might lose and even if Federer wins the competition, there is no way that he is going to take over the World No. 1 position.

[Baofeng]

I have some kind of a feeling that Cilic might win this years Australian Open.
He's playing pretty well.
Best year of his career for sure!

Trophy is still up for grabs but I must say that Roger Federer is the favorite and its really hard to beat him right now. Although  Chung has been performing above expectations, he will face a wall against Roger.

Cilic is also showing exceptionally well in the tournament. I bet he can beat Edmund, but then again a final match up with Roger is a different story. I feel that Roger is not even exerting much effort on his win and have a lot of gas in his tank if push comes to shove.

[babygun]

Here are the official Australian Open semi-finals:

Cilic vs Edmund and Federer vs Chung.

-If Federer wins the tournament he will have a gap by Nadal of only 155 points! Federer is the only player who has not lost 1 set in this tournament.
-If Cilic reaches the final he will improve his best ranking going up to third place in the atp ranking.
-Obviously best ranking also for Chung and Edmund, currently they are both in the top 30 for the first time in their career.

Atp rankings projections:

1)Nadal     9760
2)Federer  8325 if he loses in the semifinal, 8805 if he loses in final, 9605 if he wins the tournament.
3)Dimitrov 4630 (4th if Cilic reaches the final)
4)A.Zverev 4610 (5th if Cilic reaches the final)
5)Cilic        4480 if he loses in the semifinal, 3) 4960 if he loses in final, 3)5760 if he wins the tournament
6)Thiem     4060
7)Goffin      3460
8)Sock        2880
9)Del Potro  2815
10)Carreno-Busta 2705

*if Edmund wins the tournament  he is 8th with 2947 points!

I am having this feeling that the South Korean is going to beat Roger Federer during the semi finals and though i am all for Federer, it is really dawning on me that he might lose and even if Federer wins the competition, there is no way that he is going to take over the World No. 1 position.

Why would Chung win from Federer ? Chung is playing very well and defeated Djokovic, but Federer is a different level. It is also the first semi final for the Korean, so stress may kick in.
Too bad Elise Mertens lost from Wozniacki, but she had a great tournament and hopefully she keep this momentum going.

[Trofo]

I have some kind of a feeling that Cilic might win this years Australian Open.
He's playing pretty well.
Best year of his career for sure!

Trophy is still up for grabs but I must say that Roger Federer is the favorite and its really hard to beat him right now. Although  Chung has been performing above expectations, he will face a wall against Roger.

Cilic is also showing exceptionally well in the tournament. I bet he can beat Edmund, but then again a final match up with Roger is a different story. I feel that Roger is not even exerting much effort on his win and have a lot of gas in his tank if push comes to shove.

Cilic has started very well. Won first set 6:2. Too bad I have to work for living so I only get a glimpse of the match here and there, but so far it looks that Cilic managed to continue in same way he finished against Nadal.

[jassanpary]

I have some kind of a feeling that Cilic might win this years Australian Open.
He's playing pretty well.
Best year of his career for sure!

Trophy is still up for grabs but I must say that Roger Federer is the favorite and its really hard to beat him right now. Although  Chung has been performing above expectations, he will face a wall against Roger.

Cilic is also showing exceptionally well in the tournament. I bet he can beat Edmund, but then again a final match up with Roger is a different story. I feel that Roger is not even exerting much effort on his win and have a lot of gas in his tank if push comes to shove.

Cilic has started very well. Won first set 6:2. Too bad I have to work for living so I only get a glimpse of the match here and there, but so far it looks that Cilic managed to continue in same way he finished against Nadal.

I think Roger Federer has the great chance to win the Australian open again as already Nadal, Djokovic knocked out. Only competition Federer will get from Cilic but Federer in great form he can overcome Cilic if he manages to win the Australian open means that would be the 20th Grandslam for him.

[absy]

I have some kind of a feeling that Cilic might win this years Australian Open.
He's playing pretty well.
Best year of his career for sure!

Trophy is still up for grabs but I must say that Roger Federer is the favorite and its really hard to beat him right now. Although  Chung has been performing above expectations, he will face a wall against Roger.

Cilic is also showing exceptionally well in the tournament. I bet he can beat Edmund, but then again a final match up with Roger is a different story. I feel that Roger is not even exerting much effort on his win and have a lot of gas in his tank if push comes to shove.

Cilic has started very well. Won first set 6:2. Too bad I have to work for living so I only get a glimpse of the match here and there, but so far it looks that Cilic managed to continue in same way he finished against Nadal.

I think Roger Federer has the great chance to win the Australian open again as already Nadal, Djokovic knocked out. Only competition Federer will get from Cilic but Federer in great form he can overcome Cilic if he manages to win the Australian open means that would be the 20th Grandslam for him.

Don't even try to ignore Chung , more than his game his mentality is rock solid so even he has a great chance against Federer in Semis and yeah if Federer does win I don't think this time Cilic will throw this opportunity away , according to me Cilic will win the title.

[cicciobtc]

I have some kind of a feeling that Cilic might win this years Australian Open.
He's playing pretty well.
Best year of his career for sure!

Trophy is still up for grabs but I must say that Roger Federer is the favorite and its really hard to beat him right now. Although  Chung has been performing above expectations, he will face a wall against Roger.

Cilic is also showing exceptionally well in the tournament. I bet he can beat Edmund, but then again a final match up with Roger is a different story. I feel that Roger is not even exerting much effort on his win and have a lot of gas in his tank if push comes to shove.

Cilic has started very well. Won first set 6:2. Too bad I have to work for living so I only get a glimpse of the match here and there, but so far it looks that Cilic managed to continue in same way he finished against Nadal.

I think Roger Federer has the great chance to win the Australian open again as already Nadal, Djokovic knocked out. Only competition Federer will get from Cilic but Federer in great form he can overcome Cilic if he manages to win the Australian open means that would be the 20th Grandslam for him.

Don't even try to ignore Chung , more than his game his mentality is rock solid so even he has a great chance against Federer in Semis and yeah if Federer does win I don't think this time Cilic will throw this opportunity away , according to me Cilic will win the title.

Congratulations to Cilic for the third final in career, in slam tournaments (after Wimbledon and Us Open).
Cilic will therefore be officially 3rd in the ranking atp (best ranking).
Federer remains the big favorite also because until now he has won all the matches 3-0 saving a lot of energy.

[Manchumichael]

Congratulations to Cilic for the third final in career, in slam tournaments (after Wimbledon and Us Open).
Cilic will therefore be officially 3rd in the ranking atp (best ranking).
Federer remains the big favorite also because until now he has won all the matches 3-0 saving a lot of energy.

I was expected Cilic will go finals and he reached congrats. He gets one an opertunity to win this tournament, but its depend on tomorrow match. If Chung wins, then it will be little comfort for Cilic to win finals. But my expectation is Federer will come finals.

[joebrook]

I have some kind of a feeling that Cilic might win this years Australian Open.
He's playing pretty well.
Best year of his career for sure!

Trophy is still up for grabs but I must say that Roger Federer is the favorite and its really hard to beat him right now. Although  Chung has been performing above expectations, he will face a wall against Roger.

Cilic is also showing exceptionally well in the tournament. I bet he can beat Edmund, but then again a final match up with Roger is a different story. I feel that Roger is not even exerting much effort on his win and have a lot of gas in his tank if push comes to shove.

Cilic has started very well. Won first set 6:2. Too bad I have to work for living so I only get a glimpse of the match here and there, but so far it looks that Cilic managed to continue in same way he finished against Nadal.

I think Roger Federer has the great chance to win the Australian open again as already Nadal, Djokovic knocked out. Only competition Federer will get from Cilic but Federer in great form he can overcome Cilic if he manages to win the Australian open means that would be the 20th Grandslam for him.

Don't even try to ignore Chung , more than his game his mentality is rock solid so even he has a great chance against Federer in Semis and yeah if Federer does win I don't think this time Cilic will throw this opportunity away , according to me Cilic will win the title.

Congratulations to Cilic for the third final in career, in slam tournaments (after Wimbledon and Us Open).
Cilic will therefore be officially 3rd in the ranking atp (best ranking).
Federer remains the big favorite also because until now he has won all the matches 3-0 saving a lot of energy.

The South Korean are going to prove very problematic for Federer in the game tomorrow but I am sure that he is going to prevail in the end. It’s a shame Nadal retired due to his injury because it would have made the finals very entertaining.

[Lionidas]

I have some kind of a feeling that Cilic might win this years Australian Open.
He's playing pretty well.
Best year of his career for sure!

Trophy is still up for grabs but I must say that Roger Federer is the favorite and its really hard to beat him right now. Although  Chung has been performing above expectations, he will face a wall against Roger.

Cilic is also showing exceptionally well in the tournament. I bet he can beat Edmund, but then again a final match up with Roger is a different story. I feel that Roger is not even exerting much effort on his win and have a lot of gas in his tank if push comes to shove.

Cilic has started very well. Won first set 6:2. Too bad I have to work for living so I only get a glimpse of the match here and there, but so far it looks that Cilic managed to continue in same way he finished against Nadal.

I think Roger Federer has the great chance to win the Australian open again as already Nadal, Djokovic knocked out. Only competition Federer will get from Cilic but Federer in great form he can overcome Cilic if he manages to win the Australian open means that would be the 20th Grandslam for him.

Don't even try to ignore Chung , more than his game his mentality is rock solid so even he has a great chance against Federer in Semis and yeah if Federer does win I don't think this time Cilic will throw this opportunity away , according to me Cilic will win the title.

I am actually surprised that Chung has gotten this far in the Australian Open since he is not a really well known player to most.
I remember seeing him winning a tournament late last year against Rubelev. Or another Russian player that had red hair, there aren't too many on the ATP circuit so you can probably figure out who that would be who lost to him in the finals for that Open.
But to get to to the semis and go up against Federer at such a young age is quite the accomplishment and I think Alexander Zverev did it some time last year but lost against Roger in that finals match.
I had Zverev to beat Chung during their last match but lost because I underestimated Chung and so did he apparently.

[vella85]

I know everyone is talking about Cilic making the final of the Men's grand slam but what a great match between Halep and Kerber, that match was an epic battle between two great players. If anyone was deserving to win the Australian Open this year, it would have to be Halep as she has gone through some very tough matches and she now has made the Women's final where she must play Wozniacki. The final is going to be one of the great finals at the Australian Open. I'm really looking forward to tonight's Men's semi final between Federer and Chung, this is going to be a great match as its young V old. Will we see the young Chung beat the great Federer? I can't wait for this match.

[Lionidas]

Here are the official Australian Open semi-finals:

Cilic vs Edmund and Federer vs Chung.

-If Federer wins the tournament he will have a gap by Nadal of only 155 points! Federer is the only player who has not lost 1 set in this tournament.
-If Cilic reaches the final he will improve his best ranking going up to third place in the atp ranking.
-Obviously best ranking also for Chung and Edmund, currently they are both in the top 30 for the first time in their career.

Atp rankings projections:

1)Nadal     9760
2)Federer  8325 if he loses in the semifinal, 8805 if he loses in final, 9605 if he wins the tournament.
3)Dimitrov 4630 (4th if Cilic reaches the final)
4)A.Zverev 4610 (5th if Cilic reaches the final)
5)Cilic        4480 if he loses in the semifinal, 3) 4960 if he loses in final, 3)5760 if he wins the tournament
6)Thiem     4060
7)Goffin      3460
8)Sock        2880
9)Del Potro  2815
10)Carreno-Busta 2705

*if Edmund wins the tournament  he is 8th with 2947 points!

I am having this feeling that the South Korean is going to beat Roger Federer during the semi finals and though i am all for Federer, it is really dawning on me that he might lose and even if Federer wins the competition, there is no way that he is going to take over the World No. 1 position.

Why would Chung win from Federer ? Chung is playing very well and defeated Djokovic, but Federer is a different level. It is also the first semi final for the Korean, so stress may kick in.
Too bad Elise Mertens lost from Wozniacki, but she had a great tournament and hopefully she keep this momentum going.

I watched that Elise Mertens and Caroline Wozniacki match last night and it was an easy first set for Wozniacki but then in the second she lost 4 games in a row and was looking as if she was going to lose the second set but came out of it even with 12 unforced errors just in that set.It was Mertens first appearance in the semis at this level as well. But did quite well actually because of Caroline's absence in brain function that always seem to happen when she is under pressure. Double fault after double fault didn't make her look like a champion going into the finals next match. And I would be safe to say that Simona Halep will win this thing from what she did last night against Kerber by destroying last years champion of this Open.
So with Chung's first appearance as well in a finals.
I can just imagine him being crushed by the pressure and Federer will just see it as another day at the office in a finals.
He will just play it cool I would imagine.

[cicciobtc]

Federer just won the semi-final against Chung who retired due to physical problems.
Federer seemed significantly stronger than Chung.
King Roger Federer now can win his 20th title slam in career!

[grermezter]

BVc

Federer just won the semi-final against Chung who retired due to physical problems.
Federer seemed significantly stronger than Chung.
King Roger Federer now can win his 20th title slam in career!

He would won the game regardless because he was already leading the second set by 5-2 before Chung retired due to the injury.Federer is indeed going to win Title once again and I do hope he doesn’t have an injury because that seems to be the latest trend now.

[cicciobtc]

BVc

Federer just won the semi-final against Chung who retired due to physical problems.
Federer seemed significantly stronger than Chung.
King Roger Federer now can win his 20th title slam in career!

He would won the game regardless because he was already leading the second set by 5-2 before Chung retired due to the injury.Federer is indeed going to win Title once again and I do hope he doesn’t have an injury because that seems to be the latest trend now.

I see Federer in great physical shape, and during the tournament he has always improved reaching the final to the maximum of his power.
I am convinced that he will easily win 3-0 or 3-1.
So, Federer will win his 20th title slam and will reduce his gap by Nadal to 155 points!

[Trofo]

BVc

Federer just won the semi-final against Chung who retired due to physical problems.
Federer seemed significantly stronger than Chung.
King Roger Federer now can win his 20th title slam in career!

He would won the game regardless because he was already leading the second set by 5-2 before Chung retired due to the injury.Federer is indeed going to win Title once again and I do hope he doesn’t have an injury because that seems to be the latest trend now.

I see Federer in great physical shape, and during the tournament he has always improved reaching the final to the maximum of his power.
I am convinced that he will easily win 3-0 or 3-1.
So, Federer will win his 20th title slam and will reduce his gap by Nadal to 155 points!

Federer is the favorite in the final but this time I am expecting Cilic to give a good fight. He is in great physical shape and has had a day more for resting and preparing. Cilic has also come out this season with more aggressive mindset and he already has experience of beating Federer 3:0 in US Open semi finals.

I will wait for Sunday to see the odds the bookies will offer but I believe I will take some handicap on Cilic. He has the power to take 2 sets if not the match.

Anyway we should have a good match this time, I was really disappointed with Wimbeldon final when Cilic played injured and Federer breezed trough.