It was super-weird to me how (almost) everyone here claimed Djokovic's group was harder. Schwartzman was a walking bye in Novak's group. Medvedev and Zverev are tough players....
....but they are not better than Thiem on hardcourts at this stage of their careers. Tsitsipas was the DEFENDING WTF CHAMPION. And Rublev the form player on the ATP, who lost to Rafa, had an incredibly close match with Tsitsipas and beat Thiem. Everyone in Rafa's group was capable of making the Semis.
So what kind of TT Djokovic delusion had so many people claiming Novak had the harder group (he may get eliminated, but that is because his form has been questionable since Nadal killed him at the French Open).
....but they are not better than Thiem on hardcourts at this stage of their careers. Tsitsipas was the DEFENDING WTF CHAMPION. And Rublev the form player on the ATP, who lost to Rafa, had an incredibly close match with Tsitsipas and beat Thiem. Everyone in Rafa's group was capable of making the Semis.
So what kind of TT Djokovic delusion had so many people claiming Novak had the harder group (he may get eliminated, but that is because his form has been questionable since Nadal killed him at the French Open).