Weeks 26 & 27: Wimbledon men's main draw (grass)

Josh · Challenger level

Weeks 26 & 27: Wimbledon men's main draw (grass)

Spectator · All-time great

Weeks 26 & 27: Wimbledon (grass)

Madeline · Admin:Moderator + Tennis Legend

Damn, that's a tough task for Kyle.

Jack Buxton · Club Coach

Aye Jerzy came through qualis last year and went on to beat fellow qualifier Bolelli in round 1 before beating Gulbis in round2. However he did go out in Round 1 of Halle last week to WR240 Basic.

RJA · Hall of fame

For some reason Janowicz doesn't like playing on grass, even though his game should be well suited to it. Still a very tough draw for Kyle.

Pretty good draw for James though and a chance to defend his R2 points.

steven · Tennis legend

With a bit more info:

L128: (2) Andy Murray WR 2 v Benjamin Becker (GER) WR 95 (CH 38 in 2007) - H2H 1-0, 4&6, Queen's QF this year

L128: (WC) James Ward WR 216 v Lu Yen-Hsun (TPE) WR 74 (CH 33 in 2010, when he reached the Wimbledon QFs)

L128: (WC) Kyle Edmund WR 442 v (24) Jerzy Janowicz (POL) WR 22 (= CH, R3 last year)

All due to be played on Monday.

Murray's 'route': Becker - Ward/Lu - (32) Robredo - (14) Tipsy / (20) Youzhny - (6) Tsonga / (10) Cilic - (3) Fed / (5) Rafa - (1) Djokovic

To use the same terms as on a previous thread - Andy got a 'normal' draw, Nole a 'dream' draw, Fed & Rafa a 'nightmare draw'.

bookerman · Social player

Weeks 26 & 27: Wimbledon men's main draw (grass)

thegingerlightbulb · Intermediate Club Player

I may be wrong but Murray's biggest threat will be Djokovic. Should he play Federer, I fancy him to win in 3 or 4 sets. Rafa will be trickier but I think he will beat him. It will be tough to win against Djokovic when he has had a fairly straight forward path to the final.

spud · Challenger qualifying

Never underestimate Federer at Wimbledon, he looked very impressive in Halle last week. In my opinion, the best in the top 4 at mixing up the play which makes him very suited to grass.

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

I agree that it is a very tough draw for Kyle. If he is going to win this thing, his likely route will be

R1 : Janowicz
R2 : Stepanek
R3 : Almagro
L16 : Federer
QF : Nadal
SF : Murray
F : Djokovic

He is going to have to put ALL the "big boys" in their place wink

RJA · Hall of fame

denver23 wrote:
SMC1809 wrote:
Denver, I'm getting the impression that you're not keen on wildcards. Now sure why I get this feeling, it's just a hunch.
HA HA HA - like that SMC - GETTING THINGS OFF MY CHEST - WILDCARDS INTO ROOM 101!!! ONLY GS EVENTS THOUGH - NOT OPPOSED TO NORMAL TOUR EVENTS.

Well you have just destroyed your own position far better than anyone else ever could. If it so unfair that Kyle gets a Wimbledon wild card why is it okay for a couple of Canadians to get a wild card for the Rogers Cup or for a couple of Americans in Cincinnati?

-- Edited by RJA on Friday 21st of June 2013 06:29:39 PM

Ratty · County player

Yes, doesn't Federer look unbeatable on grass - when he's not playing Djokovic, Murray or Nadal.

I give him a 10% chance of winning Wimbledon, Nadal 15%, Murray 30%, Djokovic 40%, AN Other 5%. I'd guess we all agree on these odds, with a variance of up to 10% here and there. This does of course mean that Andy is over twice as likely NOT to win as he is to win. Sorry ...

korriban · Challenger level

Bob in Spain wrote:
I agree that it is a very tough draw for Kyle. If he is going to win this thing, his likely route will be

R1 : Janowicz
R2 : Stepanek
R3 : Almagro
L16 : Federer
QF : Nadal
SF : Murray
F : Djokovic

He is going to have to put ALL the "big boys" in their place

I think he's fine until the QF, but I fancy Nadal to take him out in 4 wink

steven · Tennis legend

korriban wrote:
Bob in Spain wrote:
I agree that it is a very tough draw for Kyle. If he is going to win this thing, his likely route will be

R1 : Janowicz
R2 : Stepanek
R3 : Almagro
L16 : Federer
QF : Nadal
SF : Murray
F : Djokovic

He is going to have to put ALL the "big boys" in their place
I think he's fine until the QF, but I fancy Nadal to take him out in 4

Even more intriguing is the potential R2 match-up - 8 years ago, an 18-year-old Brit ranked in the 300s (as Kyle will be on Monday) and playing in his first Wimbledon played (and beat) Radek in R2.

AlleR · Improver

RJA wrote:
For some reason Janowicz doesn't like playing on grass, even though his game should be well suited to it. Still a very tough draw for Kyle.

Pretty good draw for James though and a chance to defend his R2 points.

Its probably because he had just not played very much on the surface before. Plenty of players have struggled to adapt to grass at first and then gone on to be very good players on it.