French Open Men's Draw

viduka0101 said:
you'll have to boycott the french because Federer and Nadal have the easiest(out of all possible) draws?:-?
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i don't really like nadal or federer and them having an easy draw is the first big step towards them getting to the finals, not guaranteed, but a big chance that they will meet. I didn't watch much of wimbledon last year too, thought whats the point? fed's most likely going to win it anyway.

Tennis needs new guys stepping up and winning sh*t. Del potro winning US open last year was excellent, but he's out as of injury. I just hope gulbis and djokovic can do some damage.
 
P_Agony said:
Great, Nadal gets the clowns Almagro and Verdasco who are in for yet another beating on clay (didn't they win like 2 games combined from Nadal in RG 08?) while Federer gets Gulbis and Soderling, both are tricky opponents. Those are probably the two players other than Djokovic who can trouble Nadal, yet they won't meet him until the final (assuming they beat Fed).
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Seriously? Sod is Fed's whipping boy, and Gulbis could be a tough match but realistically has no shot at beating Fed in a best of 5 match. That match in Rome was the perfect example of the kind of match Fed would've pulled out in 5 sets in a slam. Also I think Fed has enough of a handle on Gulbis' game that he can easily take him out if they meet here.
 
jamesblakefan#1 said:
Seriously? Sod is Fed's whipping boy, and Gulbis could be a tough match but realistically has no shot at beating Fed in a best of 5 match. That match in Rome was the perfect example of the kind of match Fed would've pulled out in 5 sets in a slam. Also I think Fed has enough of a handle on Gulbis' game that he can easily take him out if they meet here.
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Gulbis needs to be top 5/10 before he has a shot at someone like fed. in the near future. Soderling has a better shot at federer than gulbis right now.
 
bolo said:
Gulbis needs to be top 5/10 before he has a shot at someone like fed. in the near future. Soderling has a better shot at federer than gulbis right now.
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agree with you. ernie is in top 3 at my favorite players but cmon, the guy is soo overhyped in this forum with 2-3 decent tournaments.
 
Tomatoes are a good nutritious source of lutein.
Good for the prostate & balls.
Federer, in contrast, has a lemon-sucking face.
After last year's nightmarish Borefest, it's a gift to give Nadal another trophy.
No one else has a brain cell to win without receiving charity & special treatment.
 
AndyArodRoddick said:
yeah, right. losing 8:6 in madrid, at andys worst form ever does not mean anything ?
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And Roddick's in great form now? With a grand total of 0 CC warmup matches, and losing to unheralded Ouanna in an exho?

Contrast that w/ Ferrer who leads the ATP in CC wins this season...yeah, Rod has no chance of beating him. None.

Hell he should just save himself the trouble, win 1-2 matches (if he can), then go straight away to England to start preparing for Wimby. Pull out w/ another 'illness' if he can. :)
 
jamesblakefan#1 said:
And Roddick's in great form now? With a grand total of 0 CC warmup matches, and losing to unheralded Ouanna in an exho?

Contrast that w/ Ferrer who leads the ATP in CC wins this season...yeah, Rod has no chance of beating him. None.

Hell he should just save himself the trouble, win 1-2 matches (if he can), then go straight away to England to start preparing for Wimby. Pull out w/ another 'illness' if he can. :)
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Andy just beat Youzhny 6:3, 6:2, who is OK CC player..
I read that Andy played very good against Ouanna..just didnt took it seriously, tried everything etc...If Roddick beat Youzhny 3 and 2, than he couldve beat this ouanna guy 1 and 2. We'll see.

//PS: Last year he also had 2 matches before FO so he's in exact same spot basically.
 
I would be surprised if Roddick even reaches the round of 16 to get spanked by Ferrer. Niemienen, Schwank, and Monaco are all tricky opponents on clay for someone like Roddick. I would be especialy surprised if he beats Monaco if they play.
 
davey25 said:
I would be surprised if Roddick even reaches the round of 16 to get spanked by Ferrer. Niemienen, Schwank, and Monaco are all tricky opponents on clay for someone like Roddick. I would be especialy surprised if he beats Monaco if they play.
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Well, OK.

Monaco isnt nowhere near his 08-09 level. His form is terrible. Losing to Hanescu, DGT and Berrer does not say anything good about him.

Its just my opinion that we all will be surprised with Andys CC game. Great topspin FH, can hit flat FH with huge pace, solid bh, movement is kind a bad but improved + top 3 serve.
 
AndyArodRoddick said:
Andy just beat Youzhny 6:3, 6:2, who is OK CC player..
I read that Andy played very good against Ouanna..just didnt took it seriously, tried everything etc...If Roddick beat Youzhny 3 and 2, than he couldve beat this ouanna guy 1 and 2. We'll see.

//PS: Last year he also had 2 matches before FO so he's in exact same spot basically.
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And last year he had a joke of a draw and got beat by the first good CCer he faced. I'd expect the same this year - he's not getting past Ferrer. Just not a good matchup, as Ferrer's strength is returning, which neutralizes Roddick's serve even more than it already is on clay. Ferrer will win in 3 sets if they play. Not even worth debating.
 
jamesblakefan#1 said:
And last year he had a joke of a draw and got beat by the first good CCer he faced. I'd expect the same this year - he's not getting past Ferrer. Just not a good matchup, as Ferrer's strength is returning, which neutralizes Roddick's serve even more than it already is on clay. Ferrer will win in 3 sets if they play. Not even worth debating.
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Lets just wait and see. I dont know why i am so confident, but lets see..
 
AndyArodRoddick said:
Well, OK.

Monaco isnt nowhere near his 08-09 level. His form is terrible. Losing to Hanescu, DGT and Berrer does not say anything good about him.

Its just my opinion that we all will be surprised with Andys CC game. Great topspin FH, can hit flat FH with huge pace, solid bh, movement is kind a bad but improved + top 3 serve.
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at least superficially roddick's should be a good clay courter now. :) But he doesn't have a good way to end points on the surface. Even when he was going big versus nadal, I saw some cracks begin to appear in the FH and the best of 5 situation is bad for that. What are nieminen's results this year?
 
Yep, Nadal will take out the people Fed would have had trouble with and vice versa... although I think Fed vs. Gulbis or Soderling will be a closer match than Nadal vs. Verdasco or Almagro.

This year, I'm just feeling like there will be an upset, even though I'd like to see a Federer vs. Nadal final
 
bolo said:
at least superficially roddick's should be a good clay courter now. :) But he doesn't have a good way to end points on the surface. Even when he was going big versus nadal, I saw some cracks begin to appear in the FH and the best of 5 situation is bad for that. What are nieminen's results this year?
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Nieminen should go down in straights for sure. No results this year basically to show off.
 
ruerooo said:
I can hardly believe they're against each other in 1R.
I remember Richard got Feña Gonzalez in the first round at - was it the AO, or the USO last year? He can't catch a break.
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Yeah, Richard always gets tough 1st rounds, usually delivers a great match, but losses at the end.
 
Federer was wearing a blue polo shirt during his practice to-day. (eurosport.co.uk) and talking about how much he would like to meet Rafa in the final.

Funny thing, he was wearing a blue polo shirt when he lost to Nadal in 5 sets in 2006.


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Chadwixx said:
Did you watch the french last year?
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Uh, did you?

R.1: Spaniard Martin
R.2: Argentinian Acasuso
R.3: Frenchman Mathieu
R.4: German Haas
QF: Frenchman Monfils
SF: Argentinian Del Potro
F: Swede Soderling

Out of all those players, only Soderling, Haas, and Del Potro aren't considered clay courters. Also, Del Potro, at that point in time, was thought of to be about as good on clay as on a hard court. It wasn't until he won the U.S. Open that he sorta shed that title.

Pretty much all those guys, except for maybe Soderling and maybe Haas were raised on clay courts.
 
jamesblakefan#1 said:
Tsonga? The French is still on clay right?
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I always have a long shot. The only real immediate competition I see for him are the Spaniards. Fed won't make it to the finals (nerves), neither will Djokovic (illness) or Roddick (fast food the night before), etc., and the others have more stiff competition in the early rounds to tire them out. Mark my words, Tsonga will make his mark...mind you I think Nadal will obliterate him in the final.
 
CanadianChic said:
I always have a long shot. The only real immediate competition I see for him are the Spaniards. Fed won't make it to the finals (nerves), neither will Djokovic (illness) or Roddick (fast food the night before), etc., and the others have more stiff competition in the early rounds to tire them out. Mark my words, Tsonga will make his mark...mind you I think Nadal will obliterate him in the final.
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Really Fed's nerves? The guy has made it to the finals of every slam the last two years, I don't think his nerves are going to be a problem.
 
Big_Dangerous said:
Really Fed's nerves? The guy has made it to the finals of every slam the last two years, I don't think his nerves are going to be a problem.
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I disagree my friend. I believe the crowd will be behind Nadal and as hard as he tries to hide it, Nadal is his Achilles Heel. He hasn't overcome his mental block yet in this area (where it used to be confined to clay, it appears to affect him on all surfaces). My opinion. :)
 
CanadianChic said:
I disagree my friend. I believe the crowd will be behind Nadal and as hard as he tries to hide it, Nadal is his Achilles Heel. He hasn't overcome his mental block yet in this area (where it used to be confined to clay, it appears to affect him on all surfaces). My opinion. :)
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Yeah but you do realize Nadal can not possible play Federer until the Finals... That's not a compelling reason why Federer will go out before the finals. There's plenty of Fed fans out there that will root for him. They want to see Fed v Nadal, so there's no way in any match that the crowd is rooting against Federer save for maybe Tsonga, and even then I doubt it will have much effect. He's made the finals there the last what 5 years? I think he knows how hostile the crowd might be.
 
Big_Dangerous said:
Yeah but you do realize Nadal can not possible play Federer until the Finals... That's not a compelling reason why Federer will go out before the finals. There's plenty of Fed fans out there that will root for him. They want to see Fed v Nadal, so there's no way in any match that the crowd is rooting against Federer save for maybe Tsonga, and even then I doubt it will have much effect. He's made the finals there the last what 5 years? I think he knows how hostile the crowd might be.
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I don't disagree with you in theory. But...there have been far lesser players than whom he may potentially face in the later rounds who have taken him out early in recent tournaments. Although he wouldn't face Nadal until the final I still believe his nerves will get the better of him. I believe I have him going to the quarters in this site's draw though. I just have a 'gut' feeling he won't go farther and cannot foresee illness or injury being the cause of his demise. Sometimes Fed's own worst enemy out there is Fed.
 
CanadianChic said:
I don't disagree with you in theory. But...there have been far lesser players than whom he may potentially face in the later rounds who have taken him out early in recent tournaments. Although he wouldn't face Nadal until the final I still believe his nerves will get the better of him. I believe I have him going to the quarters in this site's draw though. I just have a 'gut' feeling he won't go farther and cannot foresee illness or injury being the cause of his demise. Sometimes Fed's own worst enemy out there is Fed.
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Yeah but there's a lot of guys out there who can say that they've beaten him in lesser tournaments but there's not many that can say they took him down in a major. It's been a long time since he didn't make the finals at a major, and I'm not so sure I see that happening. He gears up for these slams in a huge way. I just can't see him not making the finals at least.
 
Big_Dangerous said:
Yeah but there's a lot of guys out there who can say that they've beaten him in lesser tournaments but there's not many that can say they took him down in a major. It's been a long time since he didn't make the finals at a major, and I'm not so sure I see that happening. He gears up for these slams in a huge way. I just can't see him not making the finals at least.
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He may very well do just that. My intuition tells me it won't happen though. It will be interesting to see it play out for sure.
 
Wow, Fed should make at least semis pretty easily, clinch the weeks at number one record. I can't see anyone beating Nadal, though. He's just playing too well atm. Djoker and Murray are a toss up. Roddick should get to at least the 4R, but imo his run stops there with David Ferrer.
 
Sandwichman said:
Wow, Fed should make at least semis pretty easily, clinch the weeks at number one record. I can't see anyone beating Nadal, though. He's just playing too well atm. Djoker and Murray are a toss up. Roddick should get to at least the 4R, but imo his run stops there with David Ferrer.
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Yeah I agree with that. I really like David Ferrer to make a nice run in this tourney as well.
 
djokovicgonzalez2010 said:
True, but you could say the same of Gulbis
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No no, Gulbis is on the rise, no matter the surface.

He started in the last months by winning his first tournament on hard courts.
Gulbis has just started playing tennis, his tennis. With new coach, and him getting fit and all. He's in the bussiness so to speak. He showed some glimpses of what he might do but this is the real start.
 
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