Wimbledon 2010 Men's Draw!!

[GasquetGOAT]

Federer - Falla
Bozoljac - Massu
Tipsarevic - Clement
Luczak - Robredo

Lopez - Levine
Berankis - Ball
Kunitsyn - Troicki
Brown - Melzer

Berdych - Golubev
Sweeting - Becker
Tursunov - Schuettler
Istomin - Wawrinka

Hanescu - Kusnetsov
Ilhan - Daniel
Andreev - Brands
Anderson - Davydenko

Djokovic - O. Rochus
Chela - Dent
Evans - Huta Galong
Lorenzi - Montanes

Monfils - Mayer
Beck - Petzschner
Schwank - Korolev
Gonzalez - Hewitt

Cilic - Mayer
Fish - Tomic
Zeballos - Lu
Pryziezny - Ljubicic

Kohlschreiber - Starace
Delgado - Gabashvili
Llodra - Witten
Ram - Roddick

Verdasco - Fognini
Russell - Riba
A Beck - Baker
Vliegen - Benneteau

Almagro - Seppi
Kamke - Garcia-Lopez
Chuidinelli - Dolgopolov
Kendrick - Tsonga

Ferrero - Malisse
Reister - De Voest
Hernandez - Dodig
Stakhovsky - Querrey

Simon - Alcaide
Marchenko - Berrer
Nieminen - Koubek
Hajek - Murray

Soderling - Ginepri
Gil - Granollers
Soeda - Fischer
Mello - Bellucci

Baghdatis - Lacko
Chardy - Gimeno-Traver
Greul - Serra
Kiefer - Ferrer

Youzhny - Sela
Gicquel - Mathieu
De Bakker - Giraldo
Mahut - Isner

Gulbis - Robert
Kavcic - Kubot
Haase - Blake
Nishikori - Nadal

 

[Messarger]

Roddick in Fed's half.

 

[Lassana Diarra]

Gulbis-Nadal in 3rd round!!

 

[Augustus]

Nadal has a monster draw!

 

[Messarger]

Nadal has a monster draw!

Our fellow poster OddJack says: amen.

 

[Rhino]

Nadal looks like he has a bit of a tough draw really:

Nishikori - Blake - Gulbis - Isner/Youzhny - Soderling/Baghdatis - Murray - Federer/Hewitt/Roddick

 

[CanadianChic]

Roddick and Djokovic look to be Fed's only competition for the first part. Mind you, he's been a crap shoot lately so who knows?

 

[vortex1]

A challenger, an old man Blake, choking Gulbis, Youzhny who sucks on grass...not too hard for King Rafa

 

[Sentinel]

^ Yup, WO is in Rafa's pocket already !!!

 

[eowyn]

Falla should get a price for the most unfortunate man in history of tennis

 

[West Coast Ace]

Pretty even draw IHMO. Won't be surprised if Soderling upsets Rafa in the quarters. The Joker/Roddick quarter is the strong; also has Hewitt, Cilic, and Ljubicic.

 

[adimax8]

Hewitt for the dark horse quarters IMO.

 

[statto]

Toughest quarter - Federer's, because Federer is in it. Also Berdych, Istomin and Wawrinka.

Second toughest - Nadal's, because Nadal is in it. Also Soderling, Bhagdhatis, Isner and Gulbis.

Third toughest - Djokovic's, because Roddick is in it. Also Hewitt, Cilic and Fish.

Easiest - Murray's, with only Tsonga and Querrey as threats to Murray here.

 

[iriraz]

Falla should get a price for the most unfortunate man in history of tennis

Third tournament in a row he has to play Federer.At Roland Garros he played decent but he got beaten up badly at Halle.
I don`t expect Djokovic to come through his quarter.I would take a Hewitt-Roddick match which could be a 50-50 match

 

[roddickslover]

Roddick in Fed's half.

its ok, beat him be4 the finals

 

[rovex]

Easiest - Murray's, with only Tsonga and Querrey as threats to Murray here.

And Verdasco.

 

[PSNELKE]

Oh I see a 2nd round loss for Cilic to Fish and a 1st roudn loss for Minfils agsinst Mayer

 

[KingOfTennis]

i hope nishikori causes a massive upset!

 

[Commando Tennis Shorts]

Of the top 4, it looks like Nadal might have the toughest draw, followed by Djokovic. Then Fed, then Murray.

Of the 5-8 players, Roddick easily has the tougest draw, although I'm sure he's ok with that, since it's on grass---Rajeev Ram followed possibly by Jesse Witten. It's always tough when Roddick has to play other Americans. Then the possibility of meeting such old foes as Kohlschreiber, Ljubicic and Cilic. Then if he gets through that, he'll take on either Hewitt or Djokovic. And then, if he gets through that, he gets Federer in the semis.

Tough indeed for Andy, but hey, he knew he'd have to take on the best to win a Wimbledon anyway, so he shouldn't be discouraged.

Next toughest draw 5-8 goes to Davydenko, simply because he has to deal with Federer in that quarter. Possibly also Berdych, who is not to be counted out on grass.

Soderling has a fairly easy draw. In fact, he should be ashamed of himself if he doesn't make the quarters. Baghdatis, Ferrer and Belucci are the only threats there. What a draw for the Sod man.

If it were anyone else, Verdasco's draw would be the easiest, cakewalkiest of them all. No top 30 players until the 4th Round? Are you kidding me with this draw? Then Tsonga or Almagro? Goodness, what an unstacked quarter. Murray should shoot himself in the face if he can't make it to the semis.

In fact, I'm going to go ahead and pick Murray's quarter as where the surprise semi-finalist will come from. I'm going to pick Sam Querrey as the semi-finalist coming out of Murray's quarter. Will it happen? Probably not, but Querrey's got a nice little draw here. We'll see if Murray can take care of business routinely here.

 

[batz]

Of the top 4, it looks like Nadal might have the toughest draw, followed by Djokovic. Then Fed, then Murray.

Of the 5-8 players, Roddick easily has the tougest draw, although I'm sure he's ok with that, since it's on grass---Rajeev Ram followed possibly by Jesse Witten. It's always tough when Roddick has to play other Americans. Then the possibility of meeting such old foes as Kohlschreiber, Ljubicic and Cilic. Then if he gets through that, he'll take on either Hewitt or Djokovic. And then, if he gets through that, he gets Federer in the semis.

Tough indeed for Andy, but hey, he knew he'd have to take on the best to win a Wimbledon anyway, so he shouldn't be discouraged.

Next toughest draw 5-8 goes to Davydenko, simply because he has to deal with Federer in that quarter. Possibly also Berdych, who is not to be counted out on grass.

Soderling has a fairly easy draw. In fact, he should be ashamed of himself if he doesn't make the quarters. Baghdatis, Ferrer and Belucci are the only threats there. What a draw for the Sod man.

If it were anyone else, Verdasco's draw would be the easiest, cakewalkiest of them all. No top 30 players until the 4th Round? Are you kidding me with this draw? Then Tsonga or Almagro? Goodness, what an unstacked quarter. Murray should shoot himself in the face if he can't make it to the semis.

In fact, I'm going to go ahead and pick Murray's quarter as where the surprise semi-finalist will come from. I'm going to pick Sam Querrey as the semi-finalist coming out of Murray's quarter. Will it happen? Probably not, but Querrey's got a nice little draw here. We'll see if Murray can take care of business routinely here.

I see my wish for you didn't come to pass CTS - ARod has a stinker. Can see why you might pick Big Sam - but think Murray will come through - I couldn't have picked a better draw for him if I'm honest.

 

[Deleted member 21996]

Nadal better hope Mahut doesnt go further than 2nd round!

 

[Anaconda]

Why are Nadal fans annoyed at his supposedly 'moster draw'? How many proven slam champions are there in his half. Sorry but the other half with Federer (proven champion), Roddick (proven champion), Hewitt (proven champion) and Djokovic (proven champion) is a lot harder. Nadal's half is tough but it's not littered with slam champions and guys who can play really well on grass. He's got some hard hitters in there, however they are as inconsistent as they come.


I think the draw is fair, but there are definately better players in Federer's half.

 

[reversef]

This draw is a nightmare!

 

[Deleted member 21996]

^^ not just that! as far as grass court habilities (using the RG argument that Nadal's draw was composed of better clay courters even though overall inferior players) i dont see where it can se said that Nadal's half is worse.

 

[reversef]

Why are Nadal fans annoyed at his supposedly 'moster draw'? How many proven slam champions are there in his half. Sorry but the other half with Federer (proven champion), Roddick (proven champion), Hewitt (proven champion) and Djokovic (proven champion) is a lot harder. Nadal's half is tough but it's not littered with slam champions and guys who can play really well on grass. He's got some hard hitters in there, however they are as inconsistent as they come.
I think the draw is fair, but there are definately better players in Federer's half.

Look at the opponents. Each match is tricky.

 

[Anaconda]

Look at the opponents.

What about them? All i see if Federer in the same half as Roddick/Hewitt/Djokovic. I see Nadal has pulled Gulbis, Blake, Soderling. Yep, tough matches for Nadal.

 

[reversef]

^^ not just that! as far as grass court habilities (using the RG argument that Nadal's draw was composed of better clay courters even though overall inferior players) i dont see where it can se said that Nadal's half is worse.

Big hitters, ballbashers, big servers on a fast surface, but where is the problem?

 

[reversef]

What about them? All i see if Federer in the same half as Roddick/Hewitt/Djokovic. I see Nadal has pulled Gulbis, Blake, Soderling. Yep, tough matches for Nadal.

I think that you forget some opponents. The draw is much more dense. And the problems start much earlier in the tournament in Rafa's case.

 

[Anaconda]

^^ not just that! as far as grass court habilities (using the RG argument that Nadal's draw was composed of better clay courters even though overall inferior players) i dont see where it can se said that Nadal's half is worse.

Nadal gets p!ss draws at US Open too. Somehow he evades the slam champions on hard and all of the other good hard court players, still doesn't get further than the SF's anyway. His FO draw was weak as ****, Almagro and Bellucci were his hardest opponents.

 

[Anaconda]

I think that you forget some opponents. The draw is much more dense. And the problems start much earlier in the tournament in Rafa's case.

I don't think i did. Kei Nishikori isn't even a top 50 player, neither is Mahut, Blake was never a great player and is worse than ever, Gulbis is inconsistent, Soderling probably won't get to Nadal, Murray is the only person that can beat Nadal but that is eons down the road in the SF's.

 

[Deleted member 21996]

Big hitters, ballbashers, big servers on a fast surface, but where is the problem?

none of them Grass court proven... you cant have it both ways!

 

[Anaconda]

Big hitters, ballbashers, big servers on a fast surface, but where is the problem?

Yeah because Blake, Gulbis and Soderling have really done well on the faster surfaces haven't they. :roll: If i'm not mistaken, the last 4 or 5 finals finals have never featured ball bashers. In fact, i can't remember the last time a ball basher made the Qf's.

 

[dmt]

Why are Nadal fans annoyed at his supposedly 'moster draw'? How many proven slam champions are there in his half. Sorry but the other half with Federer (proven champion), Roddick (proven champion), Hewitt (proven champion) and Djokovic (proven champion) is a lot harder. Nadal's half is tough but it's not littered with slam champions and guys who can play really well on grass. He's got some hard hitters in there, however they are as inconsistent as they come.


I think the draw is fair, but there are definately better players in Federer's half.

well the "nadal has a monster draw" thread was not started by a nadal fan.

 

[Anaconda]

well the "nadal has a monster draw" thread was not started by a nadal fan.

Nadal fans like Cyan are raving about how Nadal's draw is fully of grass court greats like Blake and Gulbis. You know, the guys who rarely win sets in slam matches, especially at Wimbledon.

 

[reversef]

I don't think i did. Kei Nishikori isn't even a top 50 player, neither is Mahut, Blake was never a great player and is worse than ever, Gulbis is inconsistent, Soderling probably won't get to Nadal, Murray is the only person that can beat Nadal but that is eons down the road in the SF's.

Nishikori is not the easiest first round opponent one can draw, but it's ok. You never know with Blake. Gulbis is a terrible threat for everyone. Inconsistent maybe, but if he's in a good day, he's lethal. Soderling? Who could beat him before the Quarters? Bellucci? Ferrer? Wake up, the clay season is over.

 

[Deleted member 21996]

well the "nadal has a monster draw" thread was not started by a nadal fan.

Yes. it was started by WASTA. long term TW poster with full proven credits on tennis knowledge!

Wasta= great threads?

wat u think?

 

[Anaconda]

Yes. it was started by WASTA. long term TW poster with full proven credits on tennis knowledge!

Wasta= great threads?

wat u think?

Na, Wasta's good, but not in the same league as Cesc, Halba or the guy who made the Cincy thread. LOL.

 

[Commando Tennis Shorts]

I see my wish for you didn't come to pass CTS - ARod has a stinker. Can see why you might pick Big Sam - but think Murray will come through - I couldn't have picked a better draw for him if I'm honest.

I'm honestly not tooooo ticked off about Roddick's draw. They're all guys he should take care of if he wants a Wimbledon title. If he beats who he should beat, he'll clash up with Fed in the semis, which will be fine. He'd have to go through Federer anyway.

All in all, yeah, it's not the best draw for Roddick, but at least he's in Djokovic's quarter, which is optimal.

 

[TMF]

It's a ashame that we might never get a chance to see Nadal play Roddick. We never know who would win.

 

[Berundi]

The draw makers must really love Nadal. It's like they want to hand him the title. WTF with these easy draws for Nadal? No Roddick, no Djokovic, or even Hewitt.

 

[batz]

I'm honestly not tooooo ticked off about Roddick's draw. They're all guys he should take care of if he wants a Wimbledon title. If he beats who he should beat, he'll clash up with Fed in the semis, which will be fine. He'd have to go through Federer anyway.

All in all, yeah, it's not the best draw for Roddick, but at least he's in Djokovic's quarter, which is optimal.[/QUOTE]

Yep agreee with this. Murray has had a bad few months, but Novak has had a bad couple of years.

 

[gold soundz]

Federer's draw is ridiculously easy. BTW where's Gasquet?

 

[NolemurraY]

Federer's draw is ridiculously easy. BTW where's Gasquet?

Gasquets withdrawn due to a rib injury

 

[gold soundz]

Gasquets withdrawn due to a rib injury

I think I can safely say Gasquet will not reach the top 10 again in his career or reach a slam semi or even quater final again.

 

[Commando Tennis Shorts]

I don't understand all these predictions about Hewitt.

Yeah, he has a favorable draw, and yes, he is very good on grass. I really don't see him making it past the fourth round/quarterfinals, though.

Hewitt over Djokovic is far from a certainty, and even if it did happen, there's no way, repeat, NO WAY that Hewitt takes out Djokovic and Roddick back-to-back. It just won't happen.

I like Hewitt as much as anyone, but let's not read too much into Halle.

 

[swordtennis]

Holy Moly! been perusing the draw and almost all the players in Nadal's half are injured and are not fit and healthy.

 

[MichaelNadal]

Hmm, could be very interesting for Rafa.

 

[namelessone]

This draw could actually be a blessing in disguise for Rafa. He must elevate his game quickly against the ballbashers like blake,gulbis or go home and he must also do the same for the big servers in case of a isner or soderling match. He won't be able to sleepwalk like in FO early rounds which is great. Rafa needs to be on his toes all the time this WB.

Rafa's toughest customer will be murray should they both get to SF cause it will be tough to play a good player and bad match-up like murray in front of his home crowd.

 

[TMF]

Federer's draw is ridiculously easy. BTW where's Gasquet?

Don't be so silly. Roddick gave Roger a scared in the final last year. And lately Hewitt beat Roger in Halle.

 

[Maestro Nalbandian]

I would like to see Murray have a rematch against Nadal (for the AO injury), so don't lose early Rafa!