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As the hard court action takes place in New-York, Nadal and Wawrinka remain the only two Slam-winning material players (sorry, Monfils), who preferred to focus completely on clay. This, in theory, should give them benefits against the field in the Fall.
Nadal is Nadal, and him being one of the two finalists at RG is expected by everyone. Wawrinka, on the other hand, even though his latest success on the 2nd week of Slams was... modest, remains highly competitive and capable of taking out not only NextGens in brilliant form (Tsitsipas at RG, Medvedev at AO), but also Djokovic, the guy for whom Stan’s been pain in the arse for years now. The only 2 players who I won’t trust Wawrinka to beat are Nadal himself and Federer, his master (and Raonic, rofl). The latter is out and the former can end up on the other side of the draw.
If so, do you think we’re in for a possible rematch of 2017 final?
Nadal is Nadal, and him being one of the two finalists at RG is expected by everyone. Wawrinka, on the other hand, even though his latest success on the 2nd week of Slams was... modest, remains highly competitive and capable of taking out not only NextGens in brilliant form (Tsitsipas at RG, Medvedev at AO), but also Djokovic, the guy for whom Stan’s been pain in the arse for years now. The only 2 players who I won’t trust Wawrinka to beat are Nadal himself and Federer, his master (and Raonic, rofl). The latter is out and the former can end up on the other side of the draw.
If so, do you think we’re in for a possible rematch of 2017 final?
