Seems everyone does. 
Well the guy is doing his job. Which is play tennis.
Sorry what?
Enjoying the Australian Open lead-up tournaments. Bring back the Brisbane and Sydney Internationals and return the Hopman Cup to Perth
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Brisbane and Sydney most likely wont return while the United Cup gets played in those cities.
AO main draw held tomorrow 5:30pm, on 9Gem.
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I think it’s feasible for Brisbane to host two tournaments in a row - group stages of United Cup, then Brisbane International. You can’t just leave the Queensland Tennis Centre dormant outside Summer of Tennis and the occasional Davis Cup and Billie Jean King Cup qualifiers.
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All the remaining Aussie girls in the AO qualifiers have been eliminated.
So the Aussies in the main draw for the women’s are: Olivia Gadecki, Jaimee Fourlis, Kimberly Birrell, Talia Gibson, Storm Hunter and Aija Tomijanovic
Final chance at qualifying today:
Max Purcell v Matteo Arnaldi (ITA)
Aleksander Vukic v Michael Mmoh (USA)
Tristan Schoolkate v Jan-Lennard Struff (GER)
She withdrew from AO because she is pregnant.
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The AO qualifying has rapped up with Aussies Max Purcell and Aleksander Vukic going through to the main draw.
Aussie games on Day 1:
Mens -
Jason Kubler v Sebastian Baez (ARG)
Jordan Thompson v J.J Wolf (USA)
Chris O’Connell v Jenson Brooksby (USA)
Thanasi Kokkinakis v Fabio Fognini (ITA)
Nick Kyrgios v Roman Saifullin
John Millman v Marc-Andrea Huesler (SUI)
Alexei Popyrin v Tseng Chun-Hsin (TWN)
Womens -
Storm Hunter v Wang Xinyu (CHN)
Jaimee Fourlis v Linda Fruhvirtova (CZE)
Kimberly Birrell v Kaia Kanepi (EST)
Aija Tomljanovic v Nadia Podoroska (ARG)
The Australian Open draw has been described as a “horror” for the Australians.
On the same side of the draw Nick Kyrgios and Novak Djokovic could meet in the quarter finals.
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I mean, really, is anyone expecting anything even close to as good as last year? Aussie winning for the first time in 40+ years in one final and the other final one of the ‘GOATS’ in Nadal making and winning in a 5 setter over 5.5 hours…
Always wishful thinking though, so fingers crossed 
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Day 1 of play at the AO has been announced - matches on main courts are as followed:
All courts start at 11am AEST
Rod Laver Arena
Katerina Siniakova (CZE) v Coco Gauff [7] (USA)
Yue Yuan (CHN) v Maria Sakkari [6] (GRE)
Rafael Nadal [1] (ESP) v Jack Draper (GBR)
Iga Swiatek [1] (POL) v Jule Niemeier (GER)
Marcos Giron (USA) v Danill Medvevdev [7]
Margaret Court Arena
Jessica Pegula [3] (USA) v Jaqueline Cristian (ROU)
Hubert Hurkacz [10] (POL) v Pedro Martinez [ESP]
Sofia Kenin (USA) v Victoria Azarenka [24]
Stefanos Tsitsipas [3] (GRE) v Quentin Halys (FRA)
Madison Keys [10] (USA) v Anna Blinkova
John Cain Arena
Kyle Edmund (GBR) v Jannik Sinner [15] (ITA)
Alison van Uytvanck (BEL) v Petra Kvitova [15] (CZE)
Sebastien Baez (ARG) v Jason Kubler (AUS)
Aija Tomijanovic (AUS) v Nadia Podoroska (ARG)
Kia Arena
Anna Kalinskaya v Danielle Collins [13] (USA)
Daniel Altmaier (GER) v Frances Tiafoe [16] (USA)
Paula Badosa [11] (ESP) v Caty McNally [USA)
Vasek Pospisil (CAN) v Felix Auger-Aliassime [6] (CAN)
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Both Tomijanovic and Badosa have withdrawn from the Australian Open due to injuries.
Craig Tiley clarified his comments on telling fans to behave themselves, during an interview with ABC Grandstand this afternoon.
https://twitter.com/abcsport/status/1614125251889172481
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What a huge loss for this Aus Open, I mean she’s not at Barty-level (yet), but she did very well at was it Wimbledon and the US Open last year and looks like she could truly become something one day.
With the United Cup staying put, i do wish they bring back both the Brisbane International and the Sydney International back as well - at some capacity.
The use of the outdoor courts at Sydney’s Tennis Park at Olympic Park dont get used professionally now since the ATP Cup began un 2020, and now with the United Cup in 2023. Sydney gets less tennis now these days
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