Tennisdude561
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Post your favorites to win wimby this year! Add the reason for your pick, and debate if you disagree, GO!!
My Pick: RF
My Pick: RF
Wimbledon Picks who ya got
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Tennisdude561
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Even with the early (ish) exit at RG?
BeatlesFan
Bionic Poster
He won three straight slams after having won nothing for an entire year in 2017-18.
TheAssassin
G.O.A.T.
Since when is a semifinal exit early(ish)?
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Deleted member 763024
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Djokovic will regain his balls for Wimbledon.
Nadal will lose to someone that isn't afraid to kick his bottles.
Roger is happy with the applause apparently these days, win or lose, so who knows...
Nadal will lose to someone that isn't afraid to kick his bottles.
Roger is happy with the applause apparently these days, win or lose, so who knows...
Tennisdude561
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For him that's early ish lolSince when is a semifinal exit early(ish)?
GabeT
G.O.A.T.
BeatlesFan
Bionic Poster
Don't you agree he's the Wimbledon front runner? He's not as clear cut a favorite as Nadal was for the FO, but he's still the favorite for W.
Djokovic would lose to Kyrgios if Nick feels like trying.
Totally agree, I think the conditions at FO cost him more so that Thiem. If it is played in normal conditions he is favourite and I thin Rafa was not considered as big a fave for fo as he should have been
Federer and Del Potro
Bionic Poster
Berdych
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FRV
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I will not tell you my favorites!
Subway Tennis
G.O.A.T.
He's the favourite for sure.
MeatTornado
Talk Tennis Guru
World #1 and defending champ until proven otherwise.
Nostradamus
Bionic Poster
NO, Mannarino right now is the hottest player on grass courts.
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chimneysweep
Semi-Pro
An even better question than the men is the women. Who the heck is the pick? Good chance it is someone fairly random again. Although I have a gut feeling this is a good time for Serena to get #24 if she is going to.
chimneysweep
Semi-Pro
He is. Nadal hasnt won Wimbledon in 9 years. Federer is almost 38 now.
None of those 3 would be a huge surprise for me, but Djokovic definitely favorite.
A new winner would surprise me, especialy since Thiem sucks on grass. No confidence in Zverev winning a slam, maybe ever, at this point. Tsitsipas, probably still a bit too soon.
Wawrinka sucks on grass, and if Del Potro ever wins another slam it will probably be on hard courts. Cilic looks done.
chimneysweep
Semi-Pro
My favs are Djokr > Fedr > Nadl > Cilic/Delpo > Tsitsi.
My pick is Fedr (surprise!
Agree on all that except Cilic. Given his season i cant imagine him having any chance.
I might have Nadal over Federer currently in the odds order but that is a tough one to say. I am curious which the bookies have as 2nd favorite, havent checked any of the bookies odds yet. I already know they have Djokovic as favorite without even looking at them.
oldmanfan
Legend
Fair enough on Cilic. It's just that bc of Cilic's caliber on grass, even with his bad results this season, I still have to give him the benefit-of-the-doubt (he choked a winning match last year, but was QF or better since 2014).
chimneysweep
Semi-Pro
True, there arent many good grass courters these days. And he could come to lift at Wimbledon out of the blue.
Just checked a site that collects most of the betting sites and Federer is pretty consistently 2nd over Nadal. Zverev is 4th on most places (lol), and Raonic 7th (lol again) with Cilic next in 8th. Atleast nobody is taking Thiem too seriously, although he is 10th on most sites, and even 8th or 9th on a few.
Pheasant
Legend
The last time I checked, here were the odds:
1. Djoker 3/2
2. Federer 7/2
3. Nadal 13/2
4. Zverev 18/1
Djoker will likely win. But I never bet on low payouts because it’s incredibly boring to me. Prior to the clay season, I bet on Thiem when he was an 11/1 underdog. That made things quite interesting.
Tsitsipas seems like a fun bet at 20/1. That’s probably another waste of 100.00.
1. Djoker 3/2
2. Federer 7/2
3. Nadal 13/2
4. Zverev 18/1
Djoker will likely win. But I never bet on low payouts because it’s incredibly boring to me. Prior to the clay season, I bet on Thiem when he was an 11/1 underdog. That made things quite interesting.
Tsitsipas seems like a fun bet at 20/1. That’s probably another waste of 100.00.
Lleytonstation
Talk Tennis Guru
Yeah even with this year's results, Cilic is always a threat on grass. The way I see it, the Del Po's, Cilic's, Anderson's, and Isners, all have chances to upset the younger guys such as Thiem, Tsits, FAA, Zverev, and others because they all have poor ROS.
That leaves the big 3...
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What are Kyrgios' odds?
Pheasant
Legend
50/1. That sounds like a fun bet too.
chimneysweep
Semi-Pro
I think given the odds they are at now Nadal, Tsitsipas, Anderson, and I cant believe I am saying this but maybe Wawrinka (if he gets a dream draw and the odds dont change much) would be the ones I took a gander and placed money on. Del Potro maybe too, possibly Medvedeva not bad at those odds (50-1 or worse most places), I always figured one of those young Russians will win a slam, probably on faster courts, at some point.
chimneysweep
Semi-Pro
Maybe for some, I wouldnt bet on that clown even at those odds personally.
Isner has higher odds with the bookies than Kygrios, he is a much better bet IMO.
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Federer
In reality it will be Djokovic, because records and precedent and what "should" happen seem to have gone out the window years ago. We're now in a time in tennis where the records and stats and age and past results don't matter.
Should Djokovic somehow have as many Wimbledons as Borg? What does "should" even mean in this context? All there is is what "does" happen, and this is going to happen, because of course it is.
Nadal could win it, because who cares that he last won it a decade ago. Who's counting anymore? Certainly not the new guys who are supposed to be taking over. There's no one. At that final hurdle - knocking off one or more of Fedalovic in the final two rounds of a slam - they're journeymen. Anything they do outside of that is irrelevant. It barely moves the needle.
If it wasn't for Djoker himself, Nadal would have won Wimbledon last year without breaking a sweat coming off his blistering form of not even making the second week for the previous eight or so years. It just doesn't matter. This year he has every chance of doing just that. Why? Because of course he does. Because he's there, same as last year, and somebody has to show up and beat him. No further reason required. That's just tennis now. And then in last year's final, Djoker romped home like he was 23 and it was his first or second time winning it. With the lengthening of careers and complete absence of new champions these guys basically have the same bite at the cherry year in, year out. If they take even a fraction of those chances they're looking at breaking records. Fed's closing on 40 years old, which is the only reason he is only now finding himself a little less in the mix. As recently as 2017 this applied to him too.
Forget history. Djokovic and Nadal could feasibly spend the next several years just racking up slams everywhere, both of them may be nowhere close to done. The guys who have enough game to beat them outside of a fluke, like Federer, Stan, Murray and such are ageing out or otherwise sidelined, and there's just no one in the talent pool good enough to take over. Thiem on clay is by some distance the closest new thing resembling a consistent threat to the very top, and that just so happens to be the one area where Nadalovic are the strongest (Nadal on clay).
In reality it will be Djokovic, because records and precedent and what "should" happen seem to have gone out the window years ago. We're now in a time in tennis where the records and stats and age and past results don't matter.
Should Djokovic somehow have as many Wimbledons as Borg? What does "should" even mean in this context? All there is is what "does" happen, and this is going to happen, because of course it is.
Nadal could win it, because who cares that he last won it a decade ago. Who's counting anymore? Certainly not the new guys who are supposed to be taking over. There's no one. At that final hurdle - knocking off one or more of Fedalovic in the final two rounds of a slam - they're journeymen. Anything they do outside of that is irrelevant. It barely moves the needle.
If it wasn't for Djoker himself, Nadal would have won Wimbledon last year without breaking a sweat coming off his blistering form of not even making the second week for the previous eight or so years. It just doesn't matter. This year he has every chance of doing just that. Why? Because of course he does. Because he's there, same as last year, and somebody has to show up and beat him. No further reason required. That's just tennis now. And then in last year's final, Djoker romped home like he was 23 and it was his first or second time winning it. With the lengthening of careers and complete absence of new champions these guys basically have the same bite at the cherry year in, year out. If they take even a fraction of those chances they're looking at breaking records. Fed's closing on 40 years old, which is the only reason he is only now finding himself a little less in the mix. As recently as 2017 this applied to him too.
Forget history. Djokovic and Nadal could feasibly spend the next several years just racking up slams everywhere, both of them may be nowhere close to done. The guys who have enough game to beat them outside of a fluke, like Federer, Stan, Murray and such are ageing out or otherwise sidelined, and there's just no one in the talent pool good enough to take over. Thiem on clay is by some distance the closest new thing resembling a consistent threat to the very top, and that just so happens to be the one area where Nadalovic are the strongest (Nadal on clay).
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FRV
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Why would he retire if he knows he can keep winning?
Sport
G.O.A.T.
Baby, don't you remember that Djokovic lost at RG 2018 to Checcinatos (QF) and still won Wimbledon 2018? How fast they forget that clay is Joko's worst surface and that his performance at RG is not an indicative of his result at WB.
titoelcolombiano
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Nadal has got this - Bull19ve!
I Am Finnish
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Fedr
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I know what you mean, but I don't think it works like that when you are being chased in the grand slam race. Imo, he should stop only when it's for sure that he can't win the big ones anymore. Or when he just doesn't feel like playing anymore I guess.
Terenigma
G.O.A.T.
1) Djokovic
2) Federer
3) Cilic
4) Raonic
5) Nadal
6) Del Potro
Don't see anyone outside of those 6 standing a chance. Grass is completely different to clay and i feel like there are a lot more players who will scare the big names and it is for that reason that i don't put Federer as the fave. Djokovic is always consistent and i think he's in the best position to survive an in-form grass player. What i'm hoping is Raonic can be ready for Wimbledon but despite his few wins at Stuttgart, he was obviously still struggling with injury so i doubt he's gonna go far unless he finds Nadal's miracle injury cream.
2) Federer
3) Cilic
4) Raonic
5) Nadal
6) Del Potro
Don't see anyone outside of those 6 standing a chance. Grass is completely different to clay and i feel like there are a lot more players who will scare the big names and it is for that reason that i don't put Federer as the fave. Djokovic is always consistent and i think he's in the best position to survive an in-form grass player. What i'm hoping is Raonic can be ready for Wimbledon but despite his few wins at Stuttgart, he was obviously still struggling with injury so i doubt he's gonna go far unless he finds Nadal's miracle injury cream.
Tennisdude561
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Tennisdude561
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Please don't call me baby, its just strange
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Nadal
NatF
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Sport
G.O.A.T.
A troll post is a troll post. So Cilic who has 0 Wimbledon titles and lost to Paella last year is more favorite than Nadal, a 2-times Wimbledon champion who was extremelly close to win Wimbledon last year and almost defeated Djokovic. The same logic applies to Raonic with 0 Wimbledon titles.
Purplemonster
Hall of Fame
Djokovic, Nadal, Federer etc. blah blah blah.
This Wimbledon edition is for Kyrgios to lose.
Keep it real folks.
This Wimbledon edition is for Kyrgios to lose.
Keep it real folks.
StrongRule
Talk Tennis Guru
When was the last time Cilic and Raonic did something worth mentioning? I haven't seen any of them for long time as they were losing early.
Terenigma
G.O.A.T.
It's not a troll post. I have seen how Nadal has played this year on every surface but clay and i just don't think he can go deep at Wimbledon. Also Cilic and Raonic are both dependant on injury but if all 3 are 100% fit then yes. I absolutely think Cilic and Raonic can go further than Nadal. He had 1 good run in 7 years and played nobodies in the first 4 rounds last year and he took 5 sets to get past Del Potro before being beaten by a recovering Djokovic. I guess those parts of his run last year might of escaped your notice but they didn't escape mine.
