re: Unofficial 2017 Australian Open Thread.

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Djokovic's dominance seems to be fading,

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from where it was, sure. But he's still pretty dominant. 65-9 last year, 7 titles, 2 grand slams.

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tricky first opener for Djokovic, verdasco had him dead to rights with 5 match points at Doha last week.

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Yeah definitely tricky for a first round, but I don't see verdasco outlasting him in a best of 5 on HC.