2014 French Open General Discussion Thread

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Who will win Roland Garros 2014?

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Date: 25th May- 8th June
Edition: 113th
Category: Grand Slam tournament (ITF)
Surface: Clay
Location: Paris (XVIe), France
Venue: France Stade Roland Garros

Will Parera win a record 9th title?
Who are your dark horses?
If your favourite can't win, who would you like to triumph?
Can a young gun break through? Dimitrov, Raonic and Nishikori have all shown progress.
Can a French man have a fortnight of glory? It would be amazing if Tsong or Gasquet had a run at the title.

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Rafa is the favorite like always, but I'd like to see how he performs in Rome final before I pick him or someone else for the French.
 
Two things:

1. Give me Rafa and Novak and you take the field

2. No need to watch the FO until the finals if you're expecting somebody other than Rafa or/and Novak to make the finals...
 
Djokovic of course. He was he best player in RG 2012 and 2013 and barring outside factors (rain, Pascal Maria, ...) he would have won those tournaments. It is payback time now.

Nadal can't be that lucky that many times in a row.
 
Depending on the Rome final outcome, there will be 1 favorite: Rafa or 2 favorites: Rafa/Nole.
My dark horse is Wawrinka.
If the favorites cannot win, a French man would be my preference
young guns: Nishi seems to struggle in the best of 5 format and with fitness in general, Dimi is an overrated joke (on clay), Raonic: I really don't think so, he has no weapon on clay when his serve wavers and his serve will waver in a best of 5 (a bit like Isner)
 
I think I'd be stupid to bet against Nadal with his track record at RG, however, I do feel he is more vulnerable than ever this year.
Djokovic is my 2nd pick. I'd love to see him win it as I feel he is all-around a good enough player to have all 4 GS titles to his name.
Federer has a decent shot, especially if the draw is kind to him, then again I can't help but wonder how much the birth of his twin boys will affect his performance here as his build up was hampered in his 2nd round loss to Chardy in Rome.
Wawrinka has a good chance assuming he stays consistent and plays to a similar level that he did in Australia or Monte Carlo. I think a SF spot would be a great tournament for him given his inconsistency.
Murray will go in with a little more confidence than he probably expected after a good showing against Nadal. Hopefully he can learn from that and do better next time. I don't know if he is fully back to form yet, but he has experience on his side from already having 2 slams, so I doubt he'll put too much pressure on himself, especially as most people will write him off.
As for the young guns, I feel like Nishikori, Raonic and Dimitrov have a shot, especially at making the SFs, and given a good draw they could go further, but at the same time none of them have made a GS SF before, yet alone a F, so it'll be a new experience for them.

I'd personally love to see Nishikori win the FO. I feel like it'd be good for tennis, just like Li Na's FO victory was in 2011. He has been in great form and fingers crossed he'll be back at 100% come the first round. I feel like he must have a lot of confidence and he's ready to at least make it to the SFs. I'm just worried that his body won't hold up, especially if he has a couple for 4/5 set matches early on.
 
Does anyone still really thinks that Nadal will win RG this year over Djokovic. Sorry but it ain't gonna happen. Not even Pascal Maria can help it this time.
 
Djokovic has clearly been the better claycourt player this year thus-far, but there are no certainties, not even that both Djokovic and Nadal will make it to the final. They could both lose before it, be taken out by someone playing out of their minds in the first round when they weren't quite up to par. They could be taken out in the SF. Someone like Wawrinka could win the whole thing, who knows.

Sports fans tend to think in terms of black and white, but everything is a probability. Look at the betting odds -- those are your best predictor of who will win, and the probability therein.
 
I'd love to see Stan wake up again and deliver 2 weeks of "beast mode" but I'd not be surprised if Djokovic takes it after todays performance.
 
Dan Z said:
I'd love to see Stan wake up again and deliver 2 weeks of "beast mode" but I'd not be surprised if Djokovic takes it after todays performance.
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Rafa-Djoko are co-favorites. More upset-prone than last year, but still super-favorites.

Everyone else is long down the list with Wawrinka being the frontrunner and guys like Fed, Ferrer, Murray, Nishi, Birdman coming next.
Super dark horses are guys like Fog and Gulbis. Neither can presumably go all the way, but they could take someone else out.

I pick Djoko for the win.
 
Wawrinka could be dangerous. He is due for another good tourney. After he won AO, he played sh-itty in 2 tourneys (IW/Miami). Then he won MC and played 2 more sh-itty tourneys (Madrid/Rome). Now that he's gotten the 2 tournament slump out of the way, he's due for another beast mode!
 
Nadal-Djokovic history at the French:

2006 - Nadal wins in 2. Djokovic wins 0 sets.
2007 - Nadal wins in 3. Djokovic wins 0 sets.
2008 - Nadal wins in 3 but Djokovic has SP in set no 3. Djokovic wins 0 sets.
2012 - Nadal wins in 4. Djokovic wins 1 set.
2013 - Nadal wins in 5. Djokovic wins 2 sets.
2014 - Nadal wins in 6? LOL JK Djokovic wins 3 sets so he's the victor.
 
I'm excited for another Federer-Wawrinka final. I think the old man will take it this time, though, unlike at Monte-Carlo.
 
malbaker86 said:
Two things:

1. Give me Rafa and Novak and you take the field

2. No need to watch the FO until the finals if you're expecting somebody other than Rafa or/and Novak to make the finals...
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Correction:

No need to watch the FO because the they are not in the business of promoting the sport or their event. As usual, they will commence media blackout.
 
Going with Ferrer. At long last the Spanish Terrier will crown an impressive career with the ultimate achievement. After a series of shock upsets and withdrawals, Ferrer wins the final in straight sets against the home crowd favourite Jo-Wilfried Tsonga. Hip hip hurra. Hip hip hurra. Hip hip hurra.
 
For me Rafa and Djoko are the favorites.
But I'm very much hoping for stanimal to once again show up in Roland Garros.

Still hate it that Del Potro is not playing Roland Garros again. I very much like his game on clay.
 
m2nk2 said:
Definitely Djokovic's turn this year.
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Sorry, but there's no such thing as a turn. It's not a merry go round.
Djokovic will deserve RG, if he comes through winning 7 consecutive matches, no matter the situation.

-He wasn't good enough to reach the Finals in 2011.
-He was lucky, to not get straight setted in the 2012 Final. The rain saved him.
-He was lucky again in 2013 semi, when Rafa choked to serve out the match in the 4th set, after dominating through the majority of the match. Too much unnecessary drama in that match.
-Will he get lucky in 2014? Or will he earn his way to the title? We'll see.
 
By turn they means that they're predicting that Nole will show the form required to win 7 matches in a row... I thought that was obvious.
 
LazyNinja19 said:
Sorry, but there's no such thing as a turn. It's not a merry go round.
Djokovic will deserve RG, if he comes through winning 7 consecutive matches, no matter the situation.

-He wasn't good enough to reach the Finals in 2011.
-He was lucky, to not get straight setted in the 2012 Final. The rain saved him.And then later saved Nadal even more
-He was lucky again in 2013 semi, when Rafa choked to serve out the match in the 4th set, after dominating through the majority of the match. Too much unnecessary drama in that match.And Nadal was even more lucky Nole ran into the net in the fifth
-Will he get lucky in 2014? Or will he earn his way to the title? We'll see.
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Supplemented it for you.
 
I like Novak more than Rafa but Nadal is the favorite until he is knocked out early or someone else is holding that trophy. You can't go against records and history.
 
this Is pretty scary, because Rafa is saying he is not sure if he can win. this is real problem with confidence. so it will be interesting this year if it is Novak vs Rafa final

but will they meet in semis or finals ?
 
Nostradamus said:
this Is pretty scary, because Rafa is saying he is not sure if he can win. this is real problem with confidence. so it will be interesting this year if it is Novak vs Rafa final

but will they meet in semis or finals ?
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Ralph also called Fed the favourite before their RG 08 final. :lol:
 
But Nadal has the best astrology for RG this. MOTWYW....

Logic says Djokovic.

Astrology says Nadal.

Cannot decide...
 
Nostradamus said:
this Is pretty scary, because Rafa is saying he is not sure if he can win. this is real problem with confidence. so it will be interesting this year if it is Novak vs Rafa final

but will they meet in semis or finals ?
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They're seeded 1 and 2 . They CANNOT meet in semis again thank god.
 
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Nostradamus said:
this Is pretty scary, because Rafa is saying he is not sure if he can win. this is real problem with confidence. so it will be interesting this year if it is Novak vs Rafa final

but will they meet in semis or finals ?
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As the top 2 seeds they will head opposite ends of the draw so they cannot meet before the final.
 
Chico said:
Does anyone still really thinks that Nadal will win RG this year over Djokovic. Sorry but it ain't gonna happen. Not even Pascal Maria can help it this time.
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Sorry mate but Pascal Maria did his job, Novak has no one to blame but himself and his bad net approach for that one. Hopefully becker has sorted out his net game and it won't happen again..
 
What would be a hard draw for Nadal?

Warinka
Murray
Nishikori
Almagro
Raonic
Ferrer

Not really many who he would like, Bird, Haas, Youzhny, Tsonga, Isner, Federer

No such thing as a cakewalk draw now.
 
PrinceMoron said:
What would be a hard draw for Nadal?

Warinka
Murray
Nishikori
Almagro
Raonic
Ferrer

Not really many who he would like, Bird, Haas, Youzhny, Tsonga, Isner, Federer

No such thing as a cakewalk draw now.
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I just made a draw thread with potential matchups for various rounds as per the current rankings. Check out that thread, Nadal can still have a peachy draw if the stars continue to shine on him as they always do at RG :twisted:
 
Despite losing Rome final, I still think Nadal will win his 9th French Open. I not worried about his game anymore. I think it's back. It's what's between his ears that I'm worried about. He did not dare hit the ball as hard and as good against Novak as he did against Murray. In the games he did he won the points convincingly. But he seemed a bit too nervous against Novak. If he can fix his mind, I believe he'll beat everyone including Novak again.
 
Djokovic has won the last few meetings pretty easy. He is better this year than he was 2013. And Nadal is worse now than he was in 2013. And that SF last year was as close as it could be.

So definitely Djokovic if they were to meet, which isn't super likely.
 
Backspin1183 said:
Despite losing Rome final, I still think Nadal will win his 9th French Open. I not worried about his game anymore. I think it's back. It's what's between his ears that I'm worried about. He did not dare hit the ball as hard and as good against Novak as he did against Murray. In the games he did he won the points convincingly. But he seemed a bit too nervous against Novak. If he can fix his mind, I believe he'll beat everyone including Novak again.
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I think his game is back too, but I don't think Djoko's A-game allows Nadal to be on the front-foot, as Djoko's return is pushing Nadal backwards resulting in Djoko taking control of the rally from the get-go.

And I disagree somewhat with this
"In the games he did he won the points convincingly"

Many of the games he won, he won courtesy of Djoko missing too much in those games and allowing him back in. Sure, he made some great winners himself and some attacking tennis from time to time, but Djoko was the one dictating and controlling the match from 1-4 down in the first - albeit for a few games here and there. It's a testimony to how tough Nadal is to put away that the score remained somewhat close in both set 2 and 3 - Djoko played well enough to beat him more comprehensively, but Nadal managed to get out of some very, very close games time and time again, partly on his own, partly due to Djoko.
 
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Chanwan said:
Many of the games he won, he won courtesy of Djoko missing too much in those games and allowing him back in. Sure, he made some great winners himself and some attacking tennis from time to time, but Djoko was the one dictating and controlling the match from 1-4 down in the first - albeit for a few games here and there. It's a testimony to how tough Nadal is to put away that the score remained somewhat close in both set 2 and 3 - Djoko played well enough to beat him more comprehensively, but Nadal managed to get out of some very, very close games time and time again, partly on his own, partly due to Djoko.
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Nadal likes to run around his backhand which makes him vulnerable to deep, hard shots to his forehand corner. He frequently spins the ball back high and sometimes not so deep and this allows a player like Djokovic to take the initiative. Against most players this isn't a problem unless other players figure out how to do what Djokovic does. This is why I think that Djokovic has a formula for Nadal. Now Nadal has to adjust his game to counter this.
 
movdqa said:
Nadal likes to run around his backhand which makes him vulnerable to deep, hard shots to his forehand corner. He frequently spins the ball back high and sometimes not so deep and this allows a player like Djokovic to take the initiative. Against most players this isn't a problem unless other players figure out how to do what Djokovic does. This is why I think that Djokovic has a formula for Nadal. Now Nadal has to adjust his game to counter this.
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I agree + Djoko changes direction better than anyone else, which keeps Nadal guessing as to which side he'll hit to.
 
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