Djokovic quarter hard to pull 2nd favorite, chose Garin over RBA and Berry. Wawrinka and Medvedev not in poll due to form on clay and lack of play. Shapo and Tsits from bottom of Medly quarter. Rublev in place of Medly from the top though Lajovic’s form and power might be real asset fot the likely slow condition. Sorry @James P for the disrespect; Medly has the draw to prove me a fool.
Not only a roof this year, but lights on many courts.
Covid-19 seems out of control. Some ticket sales allowed for three main stadiums with higher percentages of seats taken than in Rome or Hamburg, but now 5000 per stadium dropped to 1000 and not a good trendline for Fraudget and Company; any wonder who those new ballls are for?
Djokovic and Nadal go for slams 18 and 20 respectively. Their form at Rome today was not the best leaving open a lot of possibilities perhaps like 2016 US Open. Thiem also a strong favorite.
Dangerous fasterer ball, no? (under contract the next five years)
In 2011, the French Open switched to Babolat from Dunlop, and players claimed that the balls bounced higher and played faster. Babolat, in the ball business since only 2001, blamed a lack of rain for creating hard, fast courts. Nole.
They've been chosen, but one wild card actually qualified for the Qually tournament on his own accord, so I believe there is still a floating wild card available. They almost always use it on Frenchies though.
Danger scenarios for top seeds:
1. Thiem - Coric, Ruud, or Krajinovic R32
2. Nadal - Khach or Diego R16, Coric or Ruud R32
3. Nole - Krajinovic or Ruud R32, Wawrinka or Khach R16
4. Tsits - Sinner, Wawrinka or Shapo R16, Coric R32
5. Zverev - Murray, Coric R32
Ruud is a legit dark horse to win this event:
1. Excellent stamina at Rome where he had to qualify
2. Strong clay serve game
3. Nadal rpm forehand that is relentless when on.
Only other is Shapo or maybe Medly if others pick off the top players.
Not only a roof this year, but lights on many courts.
Covid-19 looming large as 2nd wave of cases and increased mortality rates happening with Qualifiers starting Monday. Rome will allow spectators for SFs and Finals the next two days. Roland Garros scaling back tickets and could well be on the way to perhaps the first few rounds without fans. At the moment they plan to only sell tickets for 30% of the new Chatrier stadium with no other ticket sales.
Djokovic and Nadal go for slams 18 and 20 respectively. Their form at Rome today was not the best leaving open a lot of possibilities perhaps like 2016 US Open. Thiem also a strong favorite.
Fognini, Schwartzman, Khachanov, & Wawrinka loom for the top 4 seeds in the Round of 16 (all proficient at RG and Schwartzman still playing in Rome so Rublev could drop down into this group which is no better for the top seeds)
Coric, Ruud, and Krajinovic notable in the 25-32 group (Ruud still playing in Rome) and prospective Round of 32 opponents for the top 8 seeds.
Dangerous unseeded players; Cilic, Nishikori, Murray, & Mikael Ymer (stamina/grinder)
If I remember correctly, 2016 French Open was won by Djokovic over Andy Murray in the final. Also, Rafa Nadal withdrew early because of an injury that year. I seem to recall he withdrew prior to his 3rd round match. Kind of feel like the only possibilities that the Nadal withdrawal really opened up was for Novak to win his first French or Stan Wawrinka to repeat from 2015.
Not sure how much of a threat I'd consider Wawa and Nishikori considering they were both taken out by the 18 year old kid Musetti in Rome. And Stan got bageled in the first set too... They don't look in good form at all for a run at RG.
Danger scenarios for top seeds:
1. Thiem - Coric, Ruud, or Krajinovic R32
2. Nadal - Khach or Diego R16, Coric or Ruud R32
3. Nole - Krajinovic or Ruud R32, Wawrinka or Khach R16
4. Tsits - Sinner, Wawrinka or Shapo R16, Coric R32
5. Zverev - Murray, Coric R32
Ruud is a legit dark horse to win this event:
1. Excellent stamina at Rome where he had to qualify
2. Strong clay serve game
3. Nadal rpm forehand that is relentless when on.
Only other is Shapo or maybe Medly if others pick off the top players.
Not only a roof this year, but lights on many courts.
Covid-19 looming large as 2nd wave of cases and increased mortality rates happening with Qualifiers starting Monday. Rome will allow spectators for SFs and Finals the next two days. Roland Garros scaling back tickets and could well be on the way to perhaps the first few rounds without fans. At the moment they plan to only sell tickets for 30% of the new Chatrier stadium with no other ticket sales.
Djokovic and Nadal go for slams 18 and 20 respectively. Their form at Rome today was not the best leaving open a lot of possibilities perhaps like 2016 US Open. Thiem also a strong favorite.
Fognini, Schwartzman, Khachanov, & Wawrinka loom for the top 4 seeds in the Round of 16 (all proficient at RG and Schwartzman still playing in Rome so Rublev could drop down into this group which is no better for the top seeds)
Coric, Ruud, and Krajinovic notable in the 25-32 group (Ruud still playing in Rome) and prospective Round of 32 opponents for the top 8 seeds.
Dangerous unseeded players; Cilic, Nishikori, Murray, & Mikael Ymer (stamina/grinder)
(Murray only non-French player with main draw wildcard)
MAIN DRAW SINGLES (Thursday September 24th)
1 DJOKOVIC, Novak SRB 1
2 NADAL, Rafael ESP 2
3 THIEM, Dominic AUT 3
4 MEDVEDEV, Daniil RUS 5
5 TSITSIPAS, Stefanos GRE 6
6 ZVEREV, Alexander GER 7
7 BERRETTINI, Matteo ITA 8
8 MONFILS, Gael FRA 9
9 GOFFIN, David BEL 10
10 BAUTISTA AGUT, Roberto ESP 11
11 FOGNINI, Fabio ITA 12
12 SCHWARTZMAN, Diego ARG 13
13 RUBLEV, Andrey RUS 14
14 ANDERSON, Kevin RSA @14
15 WAWRINKA, Stan SUI 15
16 KHACHANOV, Karen RUS 16
17 SHAPOVALOV, Denis CAN 17
18 RAONIC, Milos CAN 18
19 GARIN, Cristian CHI 19
20 DIMITROV, Grigor BUL 20
21 AUGER-ALIASSIME, Felix CAN 21
22 ISNER, John USA 22
23 PAIRE, Benoit FRA 23
24 LAJOVIC, Dusan SRB 24
25 FRITZ, Taylor USA 25
26 KRAJINOVIC, Filip SRB 26
27 CARRENO BUSTA, Pablo ESP 27
28 DE MINAUR, Alex AUS 28
29 STRUFF, Jan-Lennard GER 29
30 BASILASHVILI, Nikoloz GEO 30
31 EVANS, Daniel GBR 31
32 CORIC, Borna CRO 32
33 HURKACZ, Hubert POL 33
34 NISHIKORI, Kei JPN 34
35 OPELKA, Reilly USA 35
36 PELLA, Guido ARG 36
37 RUUD, Casper NOR 37
38 CILIC, Marin CRO 38
39 MANNARINO, Adrian FRA 39
40 RAMOS-VINOLAS, Albert ESP 41
41 HUMBERT, Ugo FRA 42
42 MILLMAN, John AUS 43
43 EDMUND, Kyle GBR 44
44 QUERREY, Sam USA 45
45 SONEGO, Lorenzo ITA 46
46 KECMANOVIC, Miomir SRB 47
47 SANDGREN, Tennys USA 48
48 NISHIOKA, Yoshihito JPN 49 49 TSONGA, Jo-Wilfried FRA 50 OUT
50 GASQUET, Richard FRA 51
51 SIMON, Gilles FRA 52
52 BEDENE, Aljaz SLO 53
53 BUBLIK, Alexander KAZ 54
54 VERDASCO, Fernando ESP 55
55 ANDUJAR, Pablo ESP 56
56 LOPEZ, Feliciano ESP 57
57 PAUL, Tommy USA 58 58 POUILLE, Lucas FRA 59 OUT
59 CHARDY, Jeremy FRA 60
60 CUEVAS, Pablo URU 61
61 LONDERO, Juan Ignacio ARG 62
62 THOMPSON, Jordan AUS 63
63 JOHNSON, Steve USA 64
64 BERANKIS, Ricardas LTU 65
65 FUCSOVICS, Marton HUN 66
66 VESELY, Jiri CZE 67
67 SOUSA, Joao POR 68
68 HERBERT, Pierre-Hugues FRA 69
69 ALBOT, Radu MDA 70
70 YMER, Mikael SWE 71
71 GERASIMOV, Egor BLR 72
72 KWON, Soonwoo KOR 73
73 SINNER, Jannik ITA 74
74 KOHLSCHREIBER, Philipp GER 75
75 NORRIE, Cameron GBR 76
76 MOUTET, Corentin FRA 77
77 BALAZS, Attila HUN 78
78 DELBONIS, Federico ARG 79
79 MAGER, Gianluca ITA 80
80 DJERE, Laslo SRB 81
81 TIAFOE, Frances USA 82
82 MONTEIRO, Thiago BRA 83
83 MCDONALD, Mackenzie USA @83
84 DUCKWORTH, James AUS 84
85 NOVAK, Dennis AUT 85
86 UCHIYAMA, Yasutaka JPN 86
87 TRAVAGLIA, Stefano ITA 87
88 SUGITA, Yuichi JPN 88
89 SEPPI, Andreas ITA 89
90 KUKUSHKIN, Mikhail KAZ 90
91 KOEPFER, Dominik GER 91
92 RUUSUVUORI, Emil FIN 92
93 BARRERE, Gregoire FRA 93
94 POSPISIL, Vasek CAN 94
95 HARRIS, Lloyd RSA 95
96 GIRON, Marcos USA 96
97 DELLIEN, Hugo BOL 97
98 MARTIN, Andrej SVK 98
99 DAVIDOVICH FOKINA, Alejandro ESP 99
100 CARUSO, Salvatore ITA 100
101 CARBALLES BAENA, Roberto ESP 101
102 POPYRIN, Alexei AUS 102
103 CORIA, Federico ARG 103
104 GOMBOS, Norbert SVK 104
105 [WC] BENCHETRIT, Elliot FRA 214
106 [WC] GASTON, Hugo FRA 236
107 [WC] HALYS, Quentin FRA 200
108 [WC] HOANG, Antoine FRA 126
109 [WC] JANVIER, Maxime FRA 203
110 [WC] MAYOT, Harold FRA 411
111 [WC] MURRAY, Andy GBR 110
112 [WC] RINDERKNECH, Arthur FRA 163
113 [Q]
MAIN DRAW ALTERNATES MUNAR, Jaume ESP 105 MAJCHRZAK, Kamil POL @105
MARTINEZ, Pedro ESP 106
CECCHINATO, Marco ITA 108
DZUMHUR, Damir BIH 109
SOUSA, Pedro POR 110
KUDLA, Denis USA 111
DANIEL, Taro ESP 112
SEYBOTH WILD, Thiago BRA 113
DONSKOY, Evgeny RUS 114 MURRAY, Andy GBR 115 WC TO MD
O'CONNELL, Christopher AUS 116
HANFMANN, Yannick GER 118
SOEDA, Go JPN 119
SOCK, Jack USA @119
There will be full qualifiers starting in a few days. Alcaraz qualifying, Musetti not.
Will he take out the neck or eye of an umpire ?? i tweeted french federation that all linesmen and umpires wear motorcycle helmets for all of Djokovic matches
Will he take out the neck or eye of an umpire ?? i tweeted french federation that all linesmen and umpires wear motorcycle helmets for all of Djokovic matches
Not only a roof this year, but lights on many courts.
Covid-19 looming large as 2nd wave of cases and increased mortality rates happening with Qualifiers starting Monday. Rome will allow spectators for SFs and Finals the next two days. Roland Garros scaling back tickets and could well be on the way to perhaps the first few rounds without fans. At the moment they plan to only sell tickets for 30% of the new Chatrier stadium with no other ticket sales.
Djokovic and Nadal go for slams 18 and 20 respectively. Their form at Rome today was not the best leaving open a lot of possibilities perhaps like 2016 US Open. Thiem also a strong favorite.
Fognini, Schwartzman, Khachanov, & Wawrinka loom for the top 4 seeds in the Round of 16 (all proficient at RG and Schwartzman still playing in Rome so Rublev could drop down into this group which is no better for the top seeds)
Coric, Ruud, and Krajinovic notable in the 25-32 group (Ruud still playing in Rome) and prospective Round of 32 opponents for the top 8 seeds.
Dangerous unseeded players; Cilic, Nishikori, Murray, & Mikael Ymer (stamina/grinder)
(Murray only non-French player with main draw wildcard)
MAIN DRAW SINGLES (Thursday September 24th)
1 DJOKOVIC, Novak SRB 1
2 NADAL, Rafael ESP 2
3 THIEM, Dominic AUT 3
4 MEDVEDEV, Daniil RUS 5
5 TSITSIPAS, Stefanos GRE 6
6 ZVEREV, Alexander GER 7
7 BERRETTINI, Matteo ITA 8
8 MONFILS, Gael FRA 9
9 GOFFIN, David BEL 10
10 BAUTISTA AGUT, Roberto ESP 11
11 FOGNINI, Fabio ITA 12
12 SCHWARTZMAN, Diego ARG 13
13 RUBLEV, Andrey RUS 14
14 ANDERSON, Kevin RSA @14
15 WAWRINKA, Stan SUI 15
16 KHACHANOV, Karen RUS 16
17 SHAPOVALOV, Denis CAN 17
18 RAONIC, Milos CAN 18
19 GARIN, Cristian CHI 19
20 DIMITROV, Grigor BUL 20
21 AUGER-ALIASSIME, Felix CAN 21
22 ISNER, John USA 22
23 PAIRE, Benoit FRA 23
24 LAJOVIC, Dusan SRB 24
25 FRITZ, Taylor USA 25
26 KRAJINOVIC, Filip SRB 26
27 CARRENO BUSTA, Pablo ESP 27
28 DE MINAUR, Alex AUS 28
29 STRUFF, Jan-Lennard GER 29
30 BASILASHVILI, Nikoloz GEO 30
31 EVANS, Daniel GBR 31
32 CORIC, Borna CRO 32
33 HURKACZ, Hubert POL 33
34 NISHIKORI, Kei JPN 34
35 OPELKA, Reilly USA 35
36 PELLA, Guido ARG 36
37 RUUD, Casper NOR 37
38 CILIC, Marin CRO 38
39 MANNARINO, Adrian FRA 39
40 RAMOS-VINOLAS, Albert ESP 41
41 HUMBERT, Ugo FRA 42
42 MILLMAN, John AUS 43
43 EDMUND, Kyle GBR 44
44 QUERREY, Sam USA 45
45 SONEGO, Lorenzo ITA 46
46 KECMANOVIC, Miomir SRB 47
47 SANDGREN, Tennys USA 48
48 NISHIOKA, Yoshihito JPN 49 49 TSONGA, Jo-Wilfried FRA 50 OUT
50 GASQUET, Richard FRA 51
51 SIMON, Gilles FRA 52
52 BEDENE, Aljaz SLO 53
53 BUBLIK, Alexander KAZ 54
54 VERDASCO, Fernando ESP 55
55 ANDUJAR, Pablo ESP 56
56 LOPEZ, Feliciano ESP 57
57 PAUL, Tommy USA 58 58 POUILLE, Lucas FRA 59 OUT
59 CHARDY, Jeremy FRA 60
60 CUEVAS, Pablo URU 61
61 LONDERO, Juan Ignacio ARG 62
62 THOMPSON, Jordan AUS 63
63 JOHNSON, Steve USA 64
64 BERANKIS, Ricardas LTU 65
65 FUCSOVICS, Marton HUN 66
66 VESELY, Jiri CZE 67
67 SOUSA, Joao POR 68
68 HERBERT, Pierre-Hugues FRA 69
69 ALBOT, Radu MDA 70
70 YMER, Mikael SWE 71
71 GERASIMOV, Egor BLR 72
72 KWON, Soonwoo KOR 73
73 SINNER, Jannik ITA 74
74 KOHLSCHREIBER, Philipp GER 75
75 NORRIE, Cameron GBR 76
76 MOUTET, Corentin FRA 77
77 BALAZS, Attila HUN 78
78 DELBONIS, Federico ARG 79
79 MAGER, Gianluca ITA 80
80 DJERE, Laslo SRB 81
81 TIAFOE, Frances USA 82
82 MONTEIRO, Thiago BRA 83
83 MCDONALD, Mackenzie USA @83
84 DUCKWORTH, James AUS 84
85 NOVAK, Dennis AUT 85
86 UCHIYAMA, Yasutaka JPN 86
87 TRAVAGLIA, Stefano ITA 87
88 SUGITA, Yuichi JPN 88
89 SEPPI, Andreas ITA 89
90 KUKUSHKIN, Mikhail KAZ 90
91 KOEPFER, Dominik GER 91
92 RUUSUVUORI, Emil FIN 92
93 BARRERE, Gregoire FRA 93
94 POSPISIL, Vasek CAN 94
95 HARRIS, Lloyd RSA 95
96 GIRON, Marcos USA 96
97 DELLIEN, Hugo BOL 97
98 MARTIN, Andrej SVK 98
99 DAVIDOVICH FOKINA, Alejandro ESP 99
100 CARUSO, Salvatore ITA 100
101 CARBALLES BAENA, Roberto ESP 101
102 POPYRIN, Alexei AUS 102
103 CORIA, Federico ARG 103
104 GOMBOS, Norbert SVK 104
105 [WC] BENCHETRIT, Elliot FRA 214
106 [WC] GASTON, Hugo FRA 236
107 [WC] HALYS, Quentin FRA 200
108 [WC] HOANG, Antoine FRA 126
109 [WC] JANVIER, Maxime FRA 203
110 [WC] MAYOT, Harold FRA 411
111 [WC] MURRAY, Andy GBR 110
112 [WC] RINDERKNECH, Arthur FRA 163
113 [Q]
MAIN DRAW ALTERNATES MUNAR, Jaume ESP 105 MAJCHRZAK, Kamil POL @105
MARTINEZ, Pedro ESP 106
CECCHINATO, Marco ITA 108
DZUMHUR, Damir BIH 109
SOUSA, Pedro POR 110
KUDLA, Denis USA 111
DANIEL, Taro ESP 112
SEYBOTH WILD, Thiago BRA 113
DONSKOY, Evgeny RUS 114 MURRAY, Andy GBR 115 WC TO MD
O'CONNELL, Christopher AUS 116
HANFMANN, Yannick GER 118
SOEDA, Go JPN 119
SOCK, Jack USA @119
There will be full qualifiers starting in a few days. Alcaraz qualifying, Musetti not.
