Madeline wrote:

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I don't know, I think I would rather he had to play a dodgy-kneed Rafa than a fit Delpo - though i don't really think Del Boy will be much of a threat on grass, I'd rather not find out. I hope somebody takes him out earlier!

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Del Potro won't be getting to the semi final of Wimbledon so we won't be needing to find out.

For a man without any kind of track record on a grass court, he's got a horrible start with Clement, then Hewitt, then Tursunov, all of whom are arguably at their best on a grass court.

Then possibly Stepanek in round 4 whose variety should cause him a lot of problems, before Roddick in the last 8.

Can't see Del Potro on grass coming through that draw to be honest.

The people who gets most affected by this perhaps are Kiefer and Blake.

Blake goes from being in a horrible section of the draw to have a free run to the 4th round, while Kiefer goes from having a free run to round 4 to having to come through the Santoro/Ferrero/Youzhny and then Gonzo section to get there (and also means that there is a round 4 player from Hanescu/Navarro/Devilder/Lapentti/Pavel/Lucky loser/Reynolds/Simon - should be Simon but he is so out of form, so perhaps Navarro can have another good run as he had this week with his s/v play, or Lapentti can roll back the years like in 2002 and reach the last 8)