The Wimbledon Draw
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people are underestimating murray's drawn opponents.
each of Gulbis, Safin and Gonzalez are capable of playing lights-out tennis. Gulbis has the tools and just needs a big scalp (at wimbledon 2009?), Safin shocked Djokovic last year then beat some tough players- sure, this year's been terrible, but who knows?- and Gonzo knocked Andy out of the French less than a month ago.
all of them might be brilliant against him, or none of them.
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That was a good match at the Australian Open. Verdasco was great and drove Tsonga crazy with his big swinging lefty serve. Tsonga could hardly get a clean hit on it. He finished loads of points off at net in that match too.
forehand_dude
Rookie
Good draw for Roddick. With Nadal hurt, Roddick should make the semis. They who knows? Murray buckles under the pressure, and we could have an American back in the finals.
BigServer1
Legend
Huh. It's an interesting draw...I'd say Nadal has the tougher road than Federer, just because he has hewitt in the second round, possibly Roddick in the Quarters and he's going to have to go through Murray in the Semis (and Murray has a pretty favorable draw so he could get there).
Djokovic has a much tougher road than Murray from the 3-4 perspective, mainly because Djokovic/Del Potro in the QF is hands down the toughest matchup.
Should be interesting.
Djokovic has a much tougher road than Murray from the 3-4 perspective, mainly because Djokovic/Del Potro in the QF is hands down the toughest matchup.
Should be interesting.
egn
Hall of Fame
Tsonga played 1 wimbledon and made it to the 4th round pre prime and 3 of his 4 titles come on the fast indoor hard court surfaces, it is is safe to say he will do fine on grass and pose way more of a threat than on clay.
Soderling's worst surface is definitely not grass, Soderling likes the fast surfaces his titles are all on carpet and he himself likes the faster surfaces and says it himself.
Federer also will probably have to tackle Kohl on grass who was of the past two years has been making good runs in grass tournaments outside of Wimbledon, it would be interesting to see if he can carry it over into Wimbledon.
Verdasco actually has done more than you give him credit for on grass he has been runner up and lost a tight match to Ivo Karlovic and in his last 3 GS he lost to strong grass court players in 2006 he took Stepanek to 5 sets, 2007 he got killed by Roddick but he himself was playing quite rusty and in 2008 it took Ancic 15-13 in the 5th set to take down Verdasco and Ancic is known for his strong grass court play. Verdasco with a higher seed can easily get to the quarters to line up with Federer requiring he can handle Tsonga.
Not to mention if Fed does not get Soderling he will probably get Feliciano Lopez who is a half decent serve and volley guy.
And even if Djokovic does not make the semis the possibility of facing a guy like Cillic could be trouble.
Murray hands down has the easiest draw if you really disect it.
Also mark my words I think Cillic does some major damage either here or at the US Open but I am feeling it coming here.
Nadal in theory should not struggle to 4th Round against Stepanek or Ferrer depending on who makes it but Stepanek is looking like the hopeful and would be tough but he has been inconsistent as of late and Ferrer is okay on grass but he is streaky but he won a grass court title and he always seems to be able to do damage to Nadal so Nadal should probably hope for Stepanek if he is really badly injuried as Ferrer has been able to take Nadal out on the big stage before.
Oh yea Roddick actually is looking good, if Nadal's knees are awful all Roddick has to do is keep serving big to the corners and keep him moving to win the match. However it will be more clear of Nadal's form soon but if Nadal pulls out and Del Potro takes his spot Roddick should cruise right through to the semis and if he does not he better work up some really damn good excuse or pray the only way he doesn't get there is if his ankle explodes on centre court.
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Parabolica
Semi-Pro
I dont understand how they make these draws. How is it that the #1 seed has the potential of playing the #6 seed while Murray (#3) has the lowest seed for QF play (# 8 ) ?? Shouldnt Nadal have Simon on his quarter??
jamesblakefan#1
G.O.A.T.
Why is it so wrong to think Djokovic has a good draw? Del Pot isn't great on grass, Cilic is good, but beatable. Fish? Robredo? Benneteau? Are those supposed to be the tough guys? I'm pretty sure if Gulbis was in this section, there'd be talk of how Djokovic got screwed.
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jamesblakefan#1
G.O.A.T.
So do the seeds just change, or the match-ups? Is it Del Potro vs Clement or DelPotro vs Seppi? And so on..
slicekick95
Semi-Pro
Idk, I think Murray's draw is pretty tough the first three rounds.
Kendrick and Gulbis can be absolute hell if they're on, and with Gulbis, thats a legit upset alert there. And posters seem to think that Dent can win some matches at Wimbledon. Its not a tough draw, but it looks pretty tricky in the early rounds.
Kendrick and Gulbis can be absolute hell if they're on, and with Gulbis, thats a legit upset alert there. And posters seem to think that Dent can win some matches at Wimbledon. Its not a tough draw, but it looks pretty tricky in the early rounds.
federerdomination
Semi-Pro
So is Federer promoted to the #1 Seed (not that it really matters)
malakas
Banned
only the seeds of course.del potro takes the place of nadal in the draw.
jamesblakefan#1
G.O.A.T.
The draw on pg 1 has been updated, w/ DelPot, Blake, & Kiefer in their respective slots, and Thiago Alves and Karol Beck in as lucky losers, replacing Rafa Nadal and Marcos Baghdatis.
PREDICTIONS:
Hewitt beats Del Potro in 2nd round, loses to Roddick in QF
JUSTIFICATION: Hewitt is a much better grass court player than sluggish DelPo, who has never made it past rd. 2 of Wimb.
Tsonga beats Verdasco in 4th round, loses to Federer in QF
JUSTIFICATION: This match is gonna be a slugfest, and Tsonga is more powerful and a better defender, giving him the edge.
Michael Llodra beats Sam Querrey in 3rd Round, loses to Djokovic in QF
JUSTIFICATION: Again Llodra is a better grass courter in my opinion, than Querrey.
FINAL - Roger Federer beats Andy Roddick
JUSTIFICATION: If anyone really needs a justification for this, please ask. After I finish laughing, I will say something along the lines of how Fed is 18-1 against A-Rod, how his return of serve neutralizes Roddick's biggest weapon, and Roddick being 0-2 against Fed in Wimbledon finals.
Hewitt beats Del Potro in 2nd round, loses to Roddick in QF
JUSTIFICATION: Hewitt is a much better grass court player than sluggish DelPo, who has never made it past rd. 2 of Wimb.
Tsonga beats Verdasco in 4th round, loses to Federer in QF
JUSTIFICATION: This match is gonna be a slugfest, and Tsonga is more powerful and a better defender, giving him the edge.
Michael Llodra beats Sam Querrey in 3rd Round, loses to Djokovic in QF
JUSTIFICATION: Again Llodra is a better grass courter in my opinion, than Querrey.
FINAL - Roger Federer beats Andy Roddick
JUSTIFICATION: If anyone really needs a justification for this, please ask. After I finish laughing, I will say something along the lines of how Fed is 18-1 against A-Rod, how his return of serve neutralizes Roddick's biggest weapon, and Roddick being 0-2 against Fed in Wimbledon finals.
Fedace
Banned
LOL,,,Llodra beating Querry,,,,LOL,,, Querry is going to win Wimbledon within next 3 years.
jamesblakefan#1
G.O.A.T.
Sam Querrey? Of USA? The big tall guy who loses all the time. I'd put money on Isner before Querrey to win Wimby.
Roddick's brother gave him pity and dumb advice like "drink tons of water" and said the genius words"I don't know why he can't hit the low ball over the net". He got fat but his coach lost weight. Then he bowed down to Federer, Nadal and Murray. Clowns...
I wonder why he was extinguished from the coaching team.
CountryHillbilly
Banned
Now that DelPo has gone to Nadal's place, Djokovic's draw is officially easy.
Telepatic
Legend
It got easier but not easy, just like Murrays. He still got Cilic,Blake(Blake can play stunning tennis when hes on) and of course main favourite in SF -Federer cant be easy draw right? (In comparison to Del Potro lets say?)
CountryHillbilly
Banned
His QF got easier at least, before Fed in semis.
Except there is still Tommy Haas ...:evil:
The first one is a bold prediction, but possible
The second one can happen as well, though I'm not sure whether Verdasco makes it and you shouldn't count out Dancevic or Karlovic
The third one is really weird. How is Llodra gonna beat Haas and Querrey gonna beat Cilic?
The final needs a lot more justification. Not about Federer winning it but about Roddick making the final.
jackson vile
G.O.A.T.
What is up with people thinking Soderling is of any kind of challenge to Roger at all. Are you all so stupid you can't even see the win to loss ratio?????
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