2017 ATP TRS1000 Cincinnati - Draw, general discussion & withdrawal watch

Who will win The Real Slam?


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Bionic Poster
*cough* *cough*

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I wonder if that was one of the first ones Roddick threw out when he did his recent springclean? ;)
 

The Green Mile

Bionic Poster
Man, so many problems with the top of Men's tennis these days.

Djokovic, Wawrinka, Murray and Cilic all struggling with injury. Nishikori, Raonic and Dimitrov continue to disappoint, even then they've also struggled with injury. Still #9, #10 and #11 in the world.

Fed, Nadal, Thiem and Zverev. Is that it for fit and healthy players at the top of the rankings?
 

stringertom

Bionic Poster
Escobedo suffers the first upset of the qualies, losing to Ante Pavic.

My happy/sad match is about an hour away...Gulbis vs Rublev. So torn!
 
Alright, comparing Fed and Nadal draw.

R2 - Schwartz or Khachanov is a pretty tough first match, particularly considering the Schwartz run this week.

I don't think Gasquet holds any threat for Nadal, but he's higher ranked then Fed's possible opponents and did play well this week, so it's not an easy first match to draw either.

R3 - Sock for Fed, Muller for Rafa. On ranking and recent form, Sock is probably the better player at the moment, but with the history at Wimbledon it's an intriguing early match for Rafa.

QF - For Nadal, this section is stacked with big servers - Tsonga, Kyrgios, Anderson, Karlovic (I don't think Goffin will make it). One of them can easily go on a run. Fed has Dimitrov & Berdych who are good players but rarely trouble him.

SF - Thiem/Nishikori and Zverev/Raonic are probably about equal.

F - much tougher draw for Nadal. (J/K).

So all in all I think it's fairly balanced.

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merwy

G.O.A.T.
Chung Hyeon faces Feli in the first round, same first round opponent as in Montreal. This probably doesn't happen often..
 

Freddy Cat

Professional
Poor Tsonga's being sent home packing early again this tournament. Never plays well in Cincinnati, and will for sure not fare well against Ivo in round 2 -- should he end his losing streak.
 

duaneeo

Legend
Let's not get paranoid too. He had 3,5 weeks after Wimbledon, he's in the middle of Canada and people are talking about fatigue. Come on now, he'll be fine.

Exactly, and having skipped the entire clay season as well, fatigue shouldn't be an issue.

Doesn't matter. We all know what happened the last 2 times he went deep in both Canada and Cincy. His USO campaign ended up being a disaster.

The last 4 times he didn't go deep in both Canada and Cincy (or skipped one) didn't go so well at the USO either.
 

stringertom

Bionic Poster
The Ernests looses to The Colonel, crashing to Earth after a first set lead, 6-4 1-6 4-6. When will The Gulbinator fly again???:(
 

Nostradamus

Bionic Poster
OH DEAR,,,,,for all of us and you guys that was hoping to see Federer in Cinci,,, he is pulling out with Back injury............. Just hope he can play the US open. This sucks though for people who bought tickets to Federer in Cinci...
 
OH DEAR,,,,,for all of us and you guys that was hoping to see Federer in Cinci,,, he is pulling out with Back injury............. Just hope he can play the US open. This sucks though for people who bought tickets to Federer in Cinci...
do you have sources or are just posting because of how the Zverev match ended? Like they are still on the court, how would you know?
 

Nostradamus

Bionic Poster
do you have sources or are just posting because of how the Zverev match ended? Like they are still on the court, how would you know?
I just know cause I know how Roger looked last time he injured his back. He will have to take off 2 weeks and do some serious Rehab if he is to compete in the US open. Roger will NOT play Cinci. Plus roger doesnt' need any more tennis to be ready for the Open. Only issue is If roger can play best of 5 sets for 2 weeks with this bad back. LOOKS like Opportunity for RAFA............. if RAFA wins,,,,who is #1 ????????????????????????
 

Aussie Darcy

Bionic Poster
No Tomic.. @Meles

Was a QFist last year. Going to lose 180 points so he'll drop to about #140 in the world. He still has direct entry into the USO as the cutoff was a few weeks back but looks like it's qualifying and challengers for him!

He's on the entry list for Winston and Salem Open Qualifying next week.. but he withdrew from Montreal and Cincy so who knows what's going on..
 
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