Fed for Wimbledon

[Halba]

With Novak likely being drained from that marathon effort Federer has a great chance for a Wimbledon title. Short and sharp points mainly dictated by his serve. He’s looking in good form if his rg form holds which is his worst surface. He’s always the man to beat at Wimbledon bar Novak and always comes in with a Halle win. I am predicting an early exit for a drained Novak. And also Nadal I don’t think will even play Wimbledon or might skip it . Only other threats are tsitsipas whose game could translate well to grass .

 

[tonylg]

With Novak likely being drained from that marathon effort Federer has a great chance for a Wimbledon title. Short and sharp points mainly dictated by his serve. He’s looking in good form if his rg form holds which is his worst surface. He’s always the man to beat at Wimbledon bar Novak and always comes in with a Halle win. I am predicting an early exit for a drained Novak. And also Nadal I don’t think will even play Wimbledon or might skip it . Only other threats are tsitsipas whose game could translate well to grass .

You do realise Wimbledon doesn't start for 2 weeks?

 

[TheNachoMan]

If Fed wins a ATP 250 again I’ll be shocked honestly

 

[Chanwan]

With Novak likely being drained.....

Have you learned nothing about Djokovic yet? Fatigue/stamina isn't an issue for the guy. He's always the last man standing

 

[Chanwan]

Only other threats are tsitsipas whose game could translate well to grass .

You do realize that so far, grass is by far Tsitsipas' worst surface? 8-7 for his career so far. His groundstrokes don't translate that well and like Wawrinka, he needs a far amount of time to hit them on grass, which he doesn't have.
His return suffers too, he won a staggering 11,8 % of his grass return games in 2019 (18,8 in 2018 though, which is still very low, but more acceptable):

Return Games Won | ATP Tour | Tennis

Return games won leaders and stats by career, year, surface and country from men's professional tennis on the ATP Tour.

www.atptour.com

Stefanos Tsitsipas | FedEx ATP Win/Loss | ATP Tour | Tennis

Official tennis win-loss records of Stefanos Tsitsipas including by surface, Grand Slams, ATP Tour, Challenger and ITF Futures.

www.atptour.com

 

[NAS]

Have you learned nothing about Djokovic yet? Fatigue/stamina isn't an issue for the guy. He's always the last man standing

I agree with op, Novak may be tired and completely drained and with no grass warmup , he can loose early

 

[Chanwan]

I agree with op, Novak may be tired and completely drained and with no grass warmup , he can loose early

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Novak won Wimbledon beating Rafa (2011) or Fed (2014-2015 & 2019) in the final without playing a warm-up on grass and after going deep at the French (semi or final).
His sole Wimbledon-victory with a grass warm-up was in 2018, where he was refinding his form (and lost early at the FO).

Of course he can lose early. Everyone can. But based on past history, there's nothing to suggest he will.
The "hope" could be him feeling so accomplished that's he's not quite in it mentally - as in the last time he won the French (2016), where he went out to Querrey. But with the CYGS and 20-20-20 on the line, I seriously doubt that's the case.

 

[yokied]

If anyone’s going to go MIA after RG for a while, it’ll be literally the other three RG semi-finalists, not Novak.

Fed will be lucky to make the quarters. You know who will be waiting at the end of his line.

 

[ACE of Hearts]

Federer blew his chances to grab some GSs but on grass anything is possible.

 

[-NN-]

Federer blew his chances to grab some GSs but on grass anything is possible.

Full Kevin Garnett.

 

[Halba]

based on the halle performance i'd say fed is now a long shot. just doesnt look match tough and that was a 3 setter. Wimbledon going to be really tough, early exit on the cards for Fed as theres much better players than Auger Aliassime. going to be novak again unless someone can upset him

 

[NedStark]

based on the halle performance i'd say fed is now a long shot. just doesnt look match tough and that was a 3 setter. Wimbledon going to be really tough, early exit on the cards for Fed as theres much better players than Auger Aliassime. going to be novak again unless someone can upset him

Unless he goes back to 2014/15 net rushing playing style, he will have no chance. It is no longer feasible to stick to the baseline all the time when your lateral movement have deteriorated so much.

 

[BGod]

0% for SF or above now
25% for QF just because of how draws are made
50% still for R16 again just because of how draws are made

 

[Terry Tibbs]

With Novak likely being drained from that marathon effort Federer has a great chance for a Wimbledon title. Short and sharp points mainly dictated by his serve. He’s looking in good form if his rg form holds which is his worst surface. He’s always the man to beat at Wimbledon bar Novak and always comes in with a Halle win. I am predicting an early exit for a drained Novak. And also Nadal I don’t think will even play Wimbledon or might skip it . Only other threats are tsitsipas whose game could translate well to grass .

Yeah because Novak will be drained after 2 weeks rest!

 

[Mike Sams]

Yeah because Novak will be drained after 2 weeks rest!

He's 34 now so it might be possible that there could be some mental and physical fatigue after a pretty rough Roland Garros event. But Djokovic obviously would still be the favourite.

 

[Mike Sams]

It's interesting that out of 3 Wimbledon meetings, Berdych was 2-1 against Djokovic. The big hitters and shot makers are the ones who are a danger to Djokovic on grass.

 

[pj80]

It's interesting that out of 3 Wimbledon meetings, Berdych was 2-1 against Djokovic. The big hitters and shot makers are the ones who are a danger to Djokovic on grass.

Well Djoker retired in 1 and took off rest of the year....

 

[Mike Sams]

Well Djoker retired in 1 and took off rest of the year....

Well Djokovic reached the QF without dropping a set so he must've been doing pretty well up till then.

 

[pj80]

Well Djokovic reached the QF without dropping a set so he must've been doing pretty well up till then.

Up until then...yeah

 

[Deleted member 771911]

Nole was just getting warmed up at RG. No fatigue for him after some time in the sun in Mallorca, some light doubles and some letting off steam.

 

[pj80]

Well Djokovic reached the QF without dropping a set so he must've been doing pretty well up till then.

Let.me guess he faked an injury being 2 sets down to Berdych....but not when he did vs Anderson or Tsitsipas

 

[Djokovic_is_the_best#1]

He's 34 now so it might be possible that there could be some mental and physical fatigue after a pretty rough Roland Garros event. But Djokovic obviously would still be the favourite.

It could happen but Novak is physically and mentally very strong right now. The fact he’s also motivated to tie the slam record gives him extra energy too.

I’m more worried about the early rounds. If he gets a decent draw and starts off strong he will only get better.

It’s not ideal there is only 2 weeks but Novak even at 34 is arguably the fittest player on tour. His stamina is unreal and provided he doesn’t have any injury or niggle concerns I think he will be fine.

In a way playing again not long after might not be a bad thing. He has all the momentum and edge over the tour that now could be the perfect time to strike again while the iron is hot.

 

[AM75]

Nope Nole will most likely win a calendar Grand Slam this year.

 

[Terry Tibbs]

He's 34 now so it might be possible that there could be some mental and physical fatigue after a pretty rough Roland Garros event. But Djokovic obviously would still be the favourite.

After a 2 week break no that won't be possible at all.

 

[albertobra]

The only acceptable threat for Novak not to win Wimbledon is that line judges will be used.

 

[jstr]

Djoko is an anomaly. If he plays as well as Fed played when he was 37, then there are sure to be a few more ( at this point, Wimbledon 2021 being a high probability win ) grand slam wins ahead.

 

[Rosstour]

He's 34 now so it might be possible that there could be some mental and physical fatigue after a pretty rough Roland Garros event. But Djokovic obviously would still be the favourite.

A bigger obstacle will be the massive ego and entitlement that comes with the success he's having...combined with the immense pressure to tie the record.

We saw Federer and Nadal both falter when they had chances to equal or surpass huge records (W08 would have broken the record for consecutive Wimbledon wins I believe, as well as Pete's record for consecutive weeks at #1, and I think Rafa was going to tie Borg for consecutive RG wins when he lost to Sod)

 

[NedStark]

0% for SF or above now
25% for QF just because of how draws are made
50% still for R16 again just because of how draws are made

More than 0%. Don't forget that RBA made SF and Pella made QF back in 2019. If Fed have a draw similar to Novak in 2018 but without Nadal a.k.a running into those guys (Nishikori, RBA, Pella...), he can definitely reach final.

 

[Omega Mouse]

If Fed wins a ATP 250 again I’ll be shocked honestly

Why? Federer is old, but he can easily string together a good week of matches.