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Count Zero


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in fact Josh has bene pretty lucky with wimby draws, here are his Main draw match ups:

Alessio Di Mauro (ITA) 93
Melle Van Gemerden (NED) 106
Feliciano Lopez (ESP) 78
Michael Llodra (FRA) 137

Add in Zemlja and only 2/5 have been inside the top 100 and none top 75 (ok even if Llorda and Lopez were probably under ranked). that's got to be great odds for a slam.

 

Just to comapre to Boggo with his numerous WC's, only 1 was outside the top 75 and 3 were top 20!



-- Edited by Count Zero on Friday 22nd of June 2012 11:48:04 AM

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R1:  (WC) Grega Zemlja (SLO) WR 119 vs (WC) Josh Goodall WR 220 bleh

R1:  Igor Andreev (RUS) WR 92 vs (WC) Oli Golding WR 485 bleh

R1:  (WC) Jamie Baker WR 200 vs (30) Andy Roddick (USA)  WR 33 bleh

[R1:  Nikolay Davydenko (RUS) WR 47 vs (4) Andy Murray WR 4 smile]

R1:  (WC) James Ward WR 173 vs Pablo Andújar (ESP) WR 36 bleh



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erm why does joshs draw get a blurgh? getting a fellow WC at a slam (yes even one who won a grass challenger) is pretty sweet. Andreev for Oli not too bad either.

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Count Zero wrote:

erm why does joshs draw get a blurgh? getting a fellow WC at a slam (yes even one who won a grass challenger) is pretty sweet. Andreev for Oli not too bad either.

Because of the disparity in the rankings & my total lack of faith in our boys' ability to overcome such apparent adversity (as opposed to my fervent hope that they will somehow, against all the odds, find a way... wink ).



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I'm not sure why SC is so unhappy with 4 of those draws either, even if we can't expect them all to get through! Adding CHs and H2Hs:

L128: (WC) Josh Goodall WR 220 v (WC) Grega Zemlja (SLO) WR 119 (CH 110 in Jan)

H2H is 1-0 to Josh, who beat Zemlja 5 & 6 in Zagreb Fut. QFs in 2008

L128: (WC) Oli Golding WR 485 v Igor Andreev (RUS) WR 92 (CH 18 in 2008)

Like Andy (whose match is covered in more detail on the thread in the AM section), Oli has drawn a Russian on the wane who was never that good at Wimbledon. That doesn't mean I expect him to win, but he must have an outside chance.

L128: (WC) Jamie Baker WR 200 v (30) Andy Roddick (USA) WR 33 (CH  in 2003)

Again, a player on the wane, but definitely not a nice draw, and hard to see Jamie stopping his Wimbledon main draw record going to 0-5.

L128: (WC) James Ward WR 173 vs Pablo Andújar (ESP) WR 36 (= CH)

H2H is 0-2 but both were on clay and the last (at RG Q in 2010) went to 3 sets. Andújar last won R1 at Wimbledon in 2007.



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Hoping for the best from everyone but quietly optimistic and excited for James.

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Don't tell James but he is overwhelmimg favourite for his match, best prices per oddschecker are:

Wardy 1.5
Oli 3.94
Josh 3.25
Andy 1.06
Jamie 9.0

Anyone prepared to take that price on Wardy ? Seems very short even if his opponent can't play on grass.
Reminds me a bit of when Bloomers won his match several years ago against an Argentinian, when the disparity on rankings was again huge

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You would hope Josh could win that one

Even though Andy Roddick has done well in Eastbourne this week i think Baker can push him, never rated Roddicks groundstrokes

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Hmmm. Roddick likes Wimbledon. I watched him play last year. He is still pretty impressive. Think I saw him beat Andreas Beck (but not absolutely sure about that).

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What time will the schedule be out for tomorrow?

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I'd like to know that as well, we have tickets for Court 1. Unfortunately I have to leave home at lunchtime today to get there, and I don't think the OOP will have come out by then.



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alex03maccy wrote:

What time will the schedule be out for tomorrow?

 The full schedule normally comes out around lunchtime - earliest I can recall it (over the past decade) was around 12.30 and latest 3pm. However the Centre/Court 1 schedule may well get tweeted earlier



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Thanks David.

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The full schedule has just been published: Oli fourth on court 2 (after Stepanek) with Josh second on court 3 (after Stosur)

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Good luck to both and both have real good chance of winning so, I will be watching and supporting! :)

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