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I will comment on my thoughts from R1 to QF, I will not predict who wins the tournament.
Djoko path
R1: Klizan
R2: Pavlesek/Escobedo
R3: Del Potro
R4: Lopez
QF: Thiem
SF : Federer
F: Murray/Nadal
Out of the big 4, Djokovic got the toughest first week of them all. Klizan is always dangerous, although Djokovic will probably do enough to advance pretty easily. But the real test starts in R3 where Del Potro will probably show up. Surprised many last year when he knocked out Wawrinka, when I say surprised I say mainly cause Del Potro didn't have many tournaments or playing time at all to be expected to beat Wawrinka. Del Potro is proven to be a very solid grass courter and with his FH anything could happen here. Pluss since he can't hit a proper BH anymore and has worked on his slice for a while, grass will fit his game even more. He can use that slice to bother Djokovic and combinate it with his ATG FH.
Lopez another big threat if Djokovic goes through R3. Out of the 2 grass tournaments he has played, he reached a final in Stuttgart and won Queens. Always been a good player on grass. But he has to up his return game to have a chance here against Djokovic.
Regarding Thiem, I don't expect him to reach a QF here. So if Djokovic passes the test in the 1st week, we may very well have us another Fedole clash at Wimbledon.
Andys path
R1 Q/lucky loser
R2 Brown
R3 Fognini
R4 Pouille/Kyrgios
QF Wawrinka
SF Nadal/Cilic
F Djokovic/Fed
Murray has a tricky draw tbh, a circusman like Brown should be no problem for Andy but Brown is very dangerous on grass and with Murrays form Brown could make a contest out of this, although I expect Andy will sort this out. Fognini is also a circusman but compared to brown he doesn't have the weapons on grass that will hurt Andy, andy is better at every department. In R4, it could get dangerous for Andy, if one of the opponents that is listed in R4 are there, I think it would be more dangerous for Andy to play them rather than Wawrinka. And here I wouldn't be surprised if he goes out considering the doubts on his form. If Andy passes the test in R4, I think he goes all the way to the SF.
Nadals path
1R Millman
2R Young/Istomin
3R Khachanov
4R Muller
QF Cilic
SF Murray/Kyrgios/Pouille
F Federer
Nadal got a dream draw the first 4 rounds but it gets tricky for him from QF onwards. I wanna comment about one possible match up though in the first week and that is Khachanov. This could get ugly for Nadal, we know his history the past 5 years and Khachanov can be the Rosol for Nadal. Great upcoming young player with some breaktrough results this year with a very powerful game of both wings and moves well for his height. I would put a question mark on this match and something people should watch, but Nadal has improved some elements in his game so my thought is he will sort Khachanov out in the end, and end the first week ghost at wimbledon, but that is just my thought, watch out for Khachanov. Muller in the 4th round will be no problem for Nadal, he is also a dangerous player on grass, but his game suits Nadal better. He has a serve and net game but that is easy pickings for Nadal. Muller has no groundgame that could hurt Nadal.
Nadal v Cilic in the QF should that happen will be a cracker, and if Nadal manages to arrive to a QF here, then that means he is playing well. Same for Cilic. This match could go either way, and should Cilic win I don't think people will be suprised at all.
Federer path
R1 Dolgopolov
R2 Lajovic
R3 Mischa
R4 Dimitrov
QF Raonic
SF Djokovic
F Nadal/Murray
I hear people having some doubts about his first round match wich is Dolgopolov but I believe this will be no problem at all for Federer. Federer will stroll through the first three rounds, but if Dimitrov gets to R4, THAT could get dangerous for Federer.Not Dolgopolov. But I expect Fed to sort it out to advance to another Raonic clash on the green heavens. Here, federer better watch out if the real Raonic shows up at Wimbledon. He may very well go out here.
Djokovic got the toughest 1st week of the big 4, but got the easiest QF.
Nadal got the easiest first week, but the toughest QF of the big 4.
Federer also up there with Nadal for the easiest first week, but gets tough in the QF.
BUT, anything can happen, and all these projected draws are uncertain, it can change very quickly this and draws can open up. So this is just my thought on the big 4 and how it looks for them going into wimbledon.
Thanks.
Djoko path
R1: Klizan
R2: Pavlesek/Escobedo
R3: Del Potro
R4: Lopez
QF: Thiem
SF : Federer
F: Murray/Nadal
Out of the big 4, Djokovic got the toughest first week of them all. Klizan is always dangerous, although Djokovic will probably do enough to advance pretty easily. But the real test starts in R3 where Del Potro will probably show up. Surprised many last year when he knocked out Wawrinka, when I say surprised I say mainly cause Del Potro didn't have many tournaments or playing time at all to be expected to beat Wawrinka. Del Potro is proven to be a very solid grass courter and with his FH anything could happen here. Pluss since he can't hit a proper BH anymore and has worked on his slice for a while, grass will fit his game even more. He can use that slice to bother Djokovic and combinate it with his ATG FH.
Lopez another big threat if Djokovic goes through R3. Out of the 2 grass tournaments he has played, he reached a final in Stuttgart and won Queens. Always been a good player on grass. But he has to up his return game to have a chance here against Djokovic.
Regarding Thiem, I don't expect him to reach a QF here. So if Djokovic passes the test in the 1st week, we may very well have us another Fedole clash at Wimbledon.
Andys path
R1 Q/lucky loser
R2 Brown
R3 Fognini
R4 Pouille/Kyrgios
QF Wawrinka
SF Nadal/Cilic
F Djokovic/Fed
Murray has a tricky draw tbh, a circusman like Brown should be no problem for Andy but Brown is very dangerous on grass and with Murrays form Brown could make a contest out of this, although I expect Andy will sort this out. Fognini is also a circusman but compared to brown he doesn't have the weapons on grass that will hurt Andy, andy is better at every department. In R4, it could get dangerous for Andy, if one of the opponents that is listed in R4 are there, I think it would be more dangerous for Andy to play them rather than Wawrinka. And here I wouldn't be surprised if he goes out considering the doubts on his form. If Andy passes the test in R4, I think he goes all the way to the SF.
Nadals path
1R Millman
2R Young/Istomin
3R Khachanov
4R Muller
QF Cilic
SF Murray/Kyrgios/Pouille
F Federer
Nadal got a dream draw the first 4 rounds but it gets tricky for him from QF onwards. I wanna comment about one possible match up though in the first week and that is Khachanov. This could get ugly for Nadal, we know his history the past 5 years and Khachanov can be the Rosol for Nadal. Great upcoming young player with some breaktrough results this year with a very powerful game of both wings and moves well for his height. I would put a question mark on this match and something people should watch, but Nadal has improved some elements in his game so my thought is he will sort Khachanov out in the end, and end the first week ghost at wimbledon, but that is just my thought, watch out for Khachanov. Muller in the 4th round will be no problem for Nadal, he is also a dangerous player on grass, but his game suits Nadal better. He has a serve and net game but that is easy pickings for Nadal. Muller has no groundgame that could hurt Nadal.
Nadal v Cilic in the QF should that happen will be a cracker, and if Nadal manages to arrive to a QF here, then that means he is playing well. Same for Cilic. This match could go either way, and should Cilic win I don't think people will be suprised at all.
Federer path
R1 Dolgopolov
R2 Lajovic
R3 Mischa
R4 Dimitrov
QF Raonic
SF Djokovic
F Nadal/Murray
I hear people having some doubts about his first round match wich is Dolgopolov but I believe this will be no problem at all for Federer. Federer will stroll through the first three rounds, but if Dimitrov gets to R4, THAT could get dangerous for Federer.Not Dolgopolov. But I expect Fed to sort it out to advance to another Raonic clash on the green heavens. Here, federer better watch out if the real Raonic shows up at Wimbledon. He may very well go out here.
Djokovic got the toughest 1st week of the big 4, but got the easiest QF.
Nadal got the easiest first week, but the toughest QF of the big 4.
Federer also up there with Nadal for the easiest first week, but gets tough in the QF.
BUT, anything can happen, and all these projected draws are uncertain, it can change very quickly this and draws can open up. So this is just my thought on the big 4 and how it looks for them going into wimbledon.
Thanks.
