Early Wimbledon Talk

[Shivashish Sarkar]

The draw will be here soon. This is very interesting and consequential.

 

[El Dude]

Draw is happening right now. Andy and Rafa in same half, Roger and Novak in the other half.

 

[atttomole]

Federer plays against Dolgopolov and Nadal faces John Milman in the first round.

 

[atttomole]

Djokovic vs Del Potro is a potential 3rd round.

 

[Denis]

Looks like Fed could have a heavy early second week. Dolgo is not the easiest of opponents but should be okay.

Apart from Del Potro, Djokovic's draw looks okay to me. Thiem is probably the best potential QF opponent, and he avoids dangerous floaters such as Kyrgios, Dimitrov, Raonic.

Nadal has some good servers in his section, so that's good news for most of us!

 

[El Dude]

Rafa fans should breathe a sigh of relief - he looks like he has a pretty easy section. He could face Khachanov in the 3rd round, the maybe either Karlovic or Muller in the 4R, then Cilic/Nishikori in the QF. But no Dimitrov, Zverev, Kyrgios, etc, until the SF or later.

 

[El Dude]

Roger looks like he has a very easy first few rounds. A 4R vs. Dimitrov could be dicey, then Zverev/Raonic in QF.

 

[atttomole]

Roger looks like he has a very easy first few rounds. A 4R vs. Dimitrov could be dicey, then Zverev/Raonic in QF.

Dolgopolov does not look like an easy opponent for a first round match, even though Federer has had some warm up.

 

[atttomole]

Does anyone have a link to the full draw?

 

[Denis]

Rafa fans should breathe a sigh of relief - he looks like he has a pretty easy section. He could face Khachanov in the 3rd round, the maybe either Karlovic or Muller in the 4R, then Cilic/Nishikori in the QF. But no Dimitrov, Zverev, Kyrgios, etc, until the SF or later.

Meh. Yeah he avoided those guys. But he's had difficulties with the likes of Darcis, Muller, and Rosol. I'm looking forward to his matches against Millman, and potentially Khachanov, and especially Muller/Dr Ivo. Muller would be my pick to take Nadal out.

 

[Denis]

Does anyone have a link to the full draw?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2017_Wimbledon_Championships_–_Men's_Singles

almost complete

 

[atttomole]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2017_Wimbledon_Championships_–_Men's_Singles

almost complete

Many thanks. It looks like Cilic has the easiest section, apart from Kohlschreiber.

 

[Denis]

Many thanks. It looks like Cilic has the easiest section, apart from Kohlschreiber.

Mayer is a good grass player. Would not count him out.

 

[Shivashish Sarkar]

Starting from round 3, it's a tricky path for Roger:

R3: M. Zverev
R4: Dimitrov/Isner
QF: Raonic
SF: Djokovic
F: Murray

I expect Roger to be able to handle Raonic this time. I don't know why Raonic has been so lacklustre but if he plays his best game, it can get a little close you never know. Roger should be able to handle Dimitrov but again it's not too straightforward. I am confident he can handle Mischa though. He will then have a good chance against Djokovic.

Roger's draw is not particularly easy. It's his form that makes it look doable.

 

[Jelenafan]

I don't think any of the top seeds have a particularly torturous draw. The question, as always, is guessing which players will be dangerously "hot" come Wimbledon.

 

[sid]

Projected men's quarter-finals
Andy Murray v Stan Wawrinka, Roger Federer v Milos Raonic, Rafael Nadal v Marin Cilic, Novak Djokovic v Domnic Thiem

 

[Denis]

Lopez is also in Djokovic' section (R4) btw. Dangerous grasscourt player.

 

[the AntiPusher]

Rafa fans should breathe a sigh of relief - he looks like he has a pretty easy section. He could face Khachanov in the 3rd round, the maybe either Karlovic or Muller in the 4R, then Cilic/Nishikori in the QF. But no Dimitrov, Zverev, Kyrgios, etc, until the SF or later.

DYJr maybe the 2nd round , that will be a fun match

 

[the AntiPusher]

Djokovic/Agassi will have their work to do, tough draw but Novak can handle those players

 

[the AntiPusher]

Rafa has been practicing with Sasha, that's the perfect hitting partner if not the big 4 plus Stan