Who are the dark horses for Wimbledon

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srinrajesh

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There are going to be some dangerous unseeded players for Wimbledon--

If he slips from current ranking of 32 Roddick could be the biggest unseeded player because of his past performance but poor current form means he could be unseeded
Who are the dark horses and dangerous floaters ?

Raonic, Isner could be dark horses who could go deep along with Gasquet

Other floaters could be Nicolas Mahut, Nalbandian, Goffin, Haase, Dodig
 
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srinrajesh

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Some of the experienced floaters could be Baghdatis, Hewitt, Haas and Querrey
Anyone know if Fish will be playing at Wimby?
 

SStrikerR

Hall of Fame
Raonic is a dangerous floater. If he puts a great 2 weeks together, he has the game to win it all.

You read it here first folks! ;)

No we didn't, people have said this many, many times. A lot of people playing at their absolute best could win it all.

However, THERE ARE NO DARK HORSES. Nobody that people wouldn't expect to win will win.
 
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srinrajesh

Guest
Other big servers could be Lopez, Gilles Muller and Anderson
 

kishnabe

Talk Tennis Guru
Raonic, Jamie Baker, Nicolaus Mahut, Tommy Haas, Richard Gasquet, Former Champions: Roddick and Hewitt.
 
Dark Horse is typically a person that could come out of nowhere and win. I think there's exactly a 0% chance of this happening.

A person who could shock someone and make a QF/SF? Raonic.
 
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srinrajesh

Guest
Usually Dark horses could be someone outside Top 10 .. Isner is just back at 10 so maybe Raonic
 

doctor dennis

Semi-Pro
There are going to be some dangerous unseeded players for Wimbledon--

If he slips from current ranking of 32 Roddick could be the biggest unseeded player because of his past performance but poor current form means he could be unseeded
Who are the dark horses and dangerous floaters ?

Raonic, Isner could be dark horses who could go deep along with Gasquet

Other floaters could be Nicolas Mahut, Nalbandian, Goffin, Haase, Dodig

Tsonga!

10allez
 

papertank

Hall of Fame
Raonic I think is the biggest dark horse. We have hardly see what he can do on grass yet, and it suits his game well.

Isner and Tomic would be my two other choices. Can't really think of anyone else. Berdych and Tsonga I don't think would be considered dark horses as they gone far before.
 

cc0509

Talk Tennis Guru
No dark horses are going to win this tournament. It will be Nadal or Djokovic with a slight chance for Federer if he can be consistent for two weeks and raise his game when he needs to.

That is it.
 

boredone3456

G.O.A.T.
Roddick has had a horrible year thus far and just lost to Roger-Vasselin so I doubt he will be much of a threat. His serve has stunk, his groundies are erratic, his return is a mess. It would take a miracle for him to go deep. He is not a dark horse.

Haas seems to be doing well but outside of German tournaments he has only done well at RG. I personally want him to do well but I am holding back on the Dark horse label.

People I would watch for:
Isner
Gasquet
Kohly

Among unseeded:
Malisse
Querrey
Nalbandian (altho if he really goes deep in Queens might he get seeded?)
 

Cormorant

Professional
Haase and Dolgopolov could bowl over some big names, but they've both lost to Youzhny this week so perhaps I should go for him(the Russian made a great start to his match with Fed in London last year, after all).

And I'm tempted to tip Kubot too, but he seems incapable of maintaining momentum in recent matches where he's taken the first set.
 
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