Possible opponents for top 4 seeds at USO

[batz]

They will be drawn against one of the following in R3:

26 Verdasco, Fernando (ESP)
27 Seppi, Andreas (ITA)
28 Querrey, Sam (USA)
29 Youzhny, Mikhail (RUS)
30 Troicki, Viktor (SRB)
31 Lopez, Feliciano (ESP)
32 Benneteau, Julien (FRA)
33 Chardy, Jeremy (FRA)

One of the following in R4:

14 Gasquet, Richard (FRA)
15 Dolgopolov, Alexandr (UKR)
16 Raonic, Milos (CAN)
17 Simon, Gilles (FRA)

One of the following in QFS:

6 Tsonga, Jo-Wilfried (FRA)
7 Berdych, Tomas (CZE)
8 Del Potro, Juan Martin (ARG)
9 Tipsarevic, Janko (SRB)

 

[tennis_pro]

I take Chardy, Dolgopolov and Tipsarevic (and Ferrer in the semis) for Federer, thank you very much.

 

[batz]

I take Chardy, Dolgopolov and Tipsarevic (and Ferrer in the semis) for Federer, thank you very much.

You can have Chardy and Dolgo - but I'm keeping Tipsy for Murray

 

[Prisoner of Birth]

To echo everyone else, I think an awful lot will depend on whose side of the draw Murray and Del Potro fall in, Federer's or Djokovic's. I can't see anyone outside these 4 winning, honestly.

 

[Hawkeye7]

I'd also take Tsonga over Berdych and del Potro (better match-up), unless of course Berdych decides to lose in R1 again.

 

[tennis_pro]

You can have Chardy and Dolgo - but I'm keeping Tipsy for Murray

We can trade for Berdych, then. It's not like he's going to reach the quarters of the Open, anyway.

 

[batz]

To echo everyone else, I think an awful lot will depend on whose side of the draw Murray and Del Potro fall in, Federer's or Djokovic's. I can't see anyone outside these 4 winning, honestly.

Murray and Delpo could be in the same or opposite halves. Delpo in the QFS, Murray in the semis would be a sore on for one of the top 2.

 

[spiderman123]

You can have Chardy and Dolgo - but I'm keeping Tipsy for Murray

Ok don't forget that Lopez is available for free use after Nadal's withdrawal. He is not reserved anymore.

 

[batz]

We can trade for Berdych, then. It's not like he's going to reach the quarters of the Open, anyway.

No way mate - Berdych is Murray kryptonite! I'd rather he drew Tsonga or Delpo ; he's 11-2 against those guys.

 

[batz]

Ok don't forget that Lopez is available for free use after Nadal's withdrawal. He is not reserved anymore.

Good point, well made. He'd be a nice R3 draw for some lucky top 4 seed.

 

[Prisoner of Birth]

Murray and Delpo could be in the same or opposite halves. Delpo in the QFS, Murray in the semis would be a sore on for one of the top 2.

I just can't see Federer beating Djokovic in the finals if he gets Murray in the semifinal, assuming he gets through that. Djokovic won't have the odds in his favor but I can see him beating Murray and Federer back to back. I'd need to see where Del Potro is before I can begin to talk about how he can affect the tournament. If he's lucky he might have to face Ferrer in the quarters.

 

[The Meat]

I'd also take Tsonga over Berdych and del Potro (better match-up), unless of course Berdych decides to lose in R1 again.

Berdych coming back full force, might make it to the third round

 

[tennis_pro]

I just can't see Federer beating Djokovic in the finals if he gets Murray in the semifinal, assuming he gets through that. Djokovic won't have the odds in his favor but I can see him beating Murray and Federer back to back. I'd need to see where Del Potro is before I can begin to talk about how he can affect the tournament. If he's lucky he might have to face Ferrer in the quarters.

Screw the draw, Federer hasn't lost before the semis of a hard court slam in 9 years and for a reason. As long as Murray is in Djokovic's half, I'm happy. Raonic, Isner, Del Potro, Tsonga - Federer will inhale them all with his nose if he has to.

 

[RogerRacket111]

Forget draws in the end Murray and Djoko are going to beat each other up in semi and Roger is going to easily beat Ferrer in semi and be fresh to beat one of them. Roger wins USO

 

[Hawkeye7]

No way mate - Berdych is Murray kryptonite! I'd rather he drew Tsonga or Delpo ; he's 11-2 against those guys.

I think they meant that they want Berdych for Fed then, since he won't make it far.

But yes, Berdych is the Murray-Killer. I'm more scared when he plays Andy than when Nadal plays Andy... At least we are not in pigeon territory yet (with the former).

 

[Faster]

Draws would be so much more fun and interesting if, instead of actually drawing them, they would first let the nr. 1 ranked player chose his semi-final opponent, than the nr.2 his semi-fnal opponent. The (potential) semi-finalists their QF opponents, the (potential) QF players their 4rd round opponents etc.

 

[kaku]

For Murray I'd take Lopez, the Dog and Tipsy

 

[SStrikerR]

Would suck if one were to get querrey, raonic, then delpo.

 

[boredone3456]

The way Benneteau and Lopez have been lately I doubt they will live up to their seedings (depends on the draw). Troicki is a giant question mark/troll as well.
The only really aggravating third round opponents would be Querrey, Youz (unless its Fed then its a beatdown) and maybe Seppi....maybe

In the fourth round Gasquet is the dangerous one, especially for Murray. Raonic is a mild annoyance (I could see him beating Ferrer). Dolgo I doubt makes the 2nd week, same with Simon (depends on the draw)

Berdy is lately in LALA land, Tipsy will be good for the QF but would likely lose there (maybe a slight chance against Ferrer). Tsonga and Delpo...I say watch for them.