This week is a difficult year in tennis as the first grand slam of the year opens at the Australian Open on Monday. They have been participating in the qualifiers of the Australian Open since yesterday. In Melbourne we already have a heat and yesterday the temperature reached 42 degrees Celsius.
On our subject now I will leave aside the Auckland tournament which is the strongest base of names and I will deal with Sydney where there are clear favorites and these are Tomic and Dimtrov.
Both had a good run in Brisbane a week ago with Dimitrov losing 2-1 to Federer in the quarter-finals while Tomic losing in the semifinals to later winner Raonic 2-0 (both sets were decided in Thai The Bulgarian wants to make a fresh start after the very bad 2015 that brought him out of the Top 20 and in Sydney he has a good chance to return to the titles. On the other hand, Tomic, who plays at home, has shown signs of improvement since last year and aims to continue its positive presence in Sydney where it counts 2 finals (2013 winner, 2014 lost to Del Potro).
I will share my bet of 2/10 steaks with everyone for a tournament winner and I think we are close enough to the box office.