Meles
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Betting favorites often go by popularity. Mefly wasn’t going to get far here.
ESPN Odds for RG 2020 - Djokovic heavy favorite
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Mike Sams
G.O.A.T.
I predict a world record of drop shots coming from Djokovic's racquet in this event. Plus I think we might see him loosening his shoulder and elbow by the second week as he feels the effects of the heavier balls and conditions. A guy with a history of shoulder and elbow problems probably isn't a sure bet under these conditions.
Also, I think the 2nd round could be interesting if Rikardas Berankis comes through. He pushed Djokovic pretty hard in their last match in Cincy. Plus Berankis has beaten Tsitsipas, Medvedev, Shapovalov, Raonic, Bautista Agut and other top players. He could be a tough outing in these conditions if he's in form and if Djokovic isn't in top gear.
socallefty
G.O.A.T.
The USO ended up with three of the top seeds Thiem, Zverev and Medvedev in the semifinals except for PCB who was helped by the boneheaded default by Djokovic. I wonder if after all the speculation about conditions, complaining about balls etc., we will end up with Nadal, Thiem, Djokovic and Tsitsipas in the semifinals. But, I wouldn’t be surprised if Rublev or Shapovalov replaces Tsitsipas as Novak’s opponent in the semifinal.
That guy is a joke, as evidenced by his response to the question of which woman will win the title: "Serena, because she is the greatest."ATP rules state that: Players shall not at any time physically abuse any official, opponent, spectator or other person within the precincts of the tournament site. For purposes of this rule, physical abuse is the unauthorized touching of an official, opponent, and spectator or other person.
Do you care so much what someone close to what you want to believe says or that your favorite player has been eliminated from such an important tournament in the most humiliating way possible as a disqualification for unsportsmanlike conduct that is written in a regulation?
Not even the other ESPN commentators are picking her anymore — and they continued to do so long after it became clear she was not at the top of her game, displaying the same ignominious deference shown in allowing her coach to appear on the channel. Finally someone has come to their senses as those mystifying across-the-board Serena picks have gone extinct and Mouratoglou is no longer blathering on my screen — or at least I had the extreme good fortune during the U.S. Open fortnight not to have had to bear shameful witness to his insipid word puzzles.
The fact that he's still included in the ESPN picks means that at some point I'm probably bound to listen to him once again wax poetic about Serena's attributes in a way I will no longer be able to listen to Justin Gimelstob rhapsodize about Dominic Thiem's robust posterior. The latter has been undone for his legal transgressions, whereas Mouratoglou's crimes are — presumably — mostly commentary-based.
Here he is again showing further malfeasance in the ESPN predictions, like a White House crony — his now-unremitting indentureship as blatant as that peculiar doctor who stated "unequivocally" that Trump is "the healthiest individual ever elected to the presidency." Hear, hear! And I hear he's also a great clay-court tennis artist, like Daniil Medvedev. (They have the same number of French Open match wins at the very least.)
In this alternative universe, Mr. Medvedev earns a pick but the man who convincingly beat him to break through with his first grand slam, who has been in the past two Roland Garros finals, who has had two weeks of rest and who loves these conditions (the heavy, wet play Nadal detests like a one-year ranking system or unaligned water bottles) gets not a single consideration. Yes, Domi has a dangerous draw, but that will only steel him for an eventual semifinal duel with Nadal. If he goes through tough competition like he did with Cilic — or even drops a set against dangerous Wawrinka or in-form battlers Schwartzmann or Ruud — then I give him an edge in these conditions (and without the pressure of a final) against an aging Rafa. Then he'll battle back from two sets down in the final to beat Djokovic, who finally lets his smile slip and injures the chair umpire with fragments from a thrashed racket at 8-all in the fifth set. And it will be a loss, Patrick, just as it was in New York.
Thiem not winning this French Open? FAKE NEWS!
Micheal Federer
Rookie
Yes, it doesSweet sweet revenge it was
Cliff Drysdale: Daniil Medvedev is a clay-court artist and ready to pick up the pieces if Nadal implodes.
That's the dumbest comment from a supposed expert I've ever heard, in any field! I can't believe he actually said it.
Pre-tournament, even amateur-analysts here at TTW agreed that Medvedev's game was very ill-suited to clay.
That's the dumbest comment from a supposed expert I've ever heard, in any field! I can't believe he actually said it.
Pre-tournament, even amateur-analysts here at TTW agreed that Medvedev's game was very ill-suited to clay.
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Leandro2045
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125-2 (98.4%) and 26-0 in SF & F now.
All things remain the same.
All things remain the same.
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