2014 Roland Garros (French Open) May 25 - June 8, 2014: (Main Draw in Post #1)

[masterclass]

Live Draw Ceremony at 11:30 AM (CEST) Today
[video=youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I0R9a49qSQE[/video]

Right click on the image and view image.

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[Kieran]

RE: 2014 Roland Garros (French Open) May 25 - June 8, 2014: (Draw info in Post #1)

Bring it on! :clap :clap

 

[masterclass]

RE: 2014 Roland Garros (French Open) May 25 - June 8, 2014: (Draw info in Post #1)

T - 40 minutes. :clap

Get your popcorn at the counter...

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[Kieran]

RE: 2014 Roland Garros (French Open) May 25 - June 8, 2014: (Draw info in Post #1)

T - 40 minutes. :clap

Get your popcorn at the counter...

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masterclass

Ah you ruined it! :lolz:

I have every last post on the page until you popped in. It's known as the Calendar Page Grand Slam. But I'm glad you stopped me, I'm like the villain who's been nabbed, the megalomaniac who's been rumbled.

Who's doing the draw? Anybody famous? (This might just tilt me over the edge...)

 

[masterclass]

RE: 2014 Roland Garros (French Open) May 25 - June 8, 2014: (Draw info in Post #1)

Live Ceremony started. Serena and Rafa scheduled to be there.

Right now French federation president talking while he is waiting for the players.
Guy Forget somewhere there as well.

Draw will begin shortly.

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[tented]

RE: 2014 Roland Garros (French Open) May 25 - June 8, 2014: (Draw info in Post #1)

Rafa and Stan in the top half; Novak and Roger in the bottom.

 

[masterclass]

Men's Main draw image in post #1. Right click on the image and View Image to enlarge it.

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[TennisFanatic7]

Djokovic has the toughest route, Nadal and Federer can't really complain. Murray has a fairly nice draw, Stan's is alright too although very tricky opener against Garcia-Lopez. Tough one for Ferrer.

 

[TsarMatt]

Tomic has Gasquet...

Oh well, start looking to Wimbledon.

 

[Kieran]

Thanks masterclass.

Roger looks like he has the toughest draw, with Berdych in his quarter, then Novak in the semi. A thicket of Spaniards before then, and Gulbis.

Nole could face Cilic, then Tsonga, then Kei, Raonic or Dolgo in the QF. None of that is super-scary but it's a draw that can work in his favour.

Stan could face Murray, but earlier than this, Murray may meet his Waterloo against Kohl.

Rafa seems to have a decent run, with a chance to settle scores with Almagro and Daveed before the semi...

 

[masterclass]

Poll added - you have 2 days to vote if interested.

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[TsarMatt]

I'm still going with Nadal. His record at Roland Garros is simply too freakish to discount, even if his form has been slightly erratic over the last few months.

 

[El Dude]

I forgot about Robby Ginepri.

 

[tented]

Full draw:

http://www.tennisfrontier.com/news/atp-tennis/2014-french-open-roland-garros-mens-draw/

 

[TsarMatt]

Pretty tough first round match for Wawrinka. Even though García-López is way past his best, he still capable of whipping up some pretty decent tennis on the dirt. Stan needs to be focused right from the start.

I don't know, I'm nervous about this one. :S

 

[El Dude]

Some interesting/difficult possible matches for the top 8 players in the first week:

NADAL
2R -Thiem (I don't think Dominic has much of a chance, but he's starting to get dangerous and shouldn't be underestimated)
3R - Pospisil
4R - Almagro,Haas

FERRER
3R - Pouille (another young player worth keeping an eye on)
4R - Anderson, Dimitrov

WARWRINKA
4R - Monfils, Fognini

MURRAY
3R - Kohlschreiber
4R - Verdasco, Gasquet, Hewitt

BERDYCH
3R - Paire, Bautista Agut
4R - Isner, Robredo

FEDERER
3R - Querrey (what happened to him?)
4R - Gulbis, Benneteau, Carreno Busta, Youzhny

RAONIC
1R - Kyrgios
2R - Vesely
3R - Simon
4R - Nishikori, Dolgopolov

DJOKOVIC
2R - Chardy
3R - Cilic
4R - Janowicz, Tsonga

 

[Murat Baslamisli]

Once again they rigged the draw man...just to protect Kolya's H2H again Rafa. They might as well play in different tournaments...

I think it is fairly balanced. Up until quarters, nobody should struggle, but that's the fun of it, someone might step up and that would actually be good.

 

[TennisFanatic7]

Here's my full analysis of the draw (bit of a plug, sorry )

Roland Garros - Analysing the Draw

 

[Front242]

Doubt Berdych makes it far enough to play Federer so that's good at least.

 

[isabelle]

Tsonga and Ferrer (with a new haircut..) could lose a lot of pts...Hope Stan and Manacor's bull'll meet in semi, I 'ld be disappointed if it didn't happen. This RG's more interesting than previous years, more suspens, more young guns (Nishi, Grigor). Can't wait