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

gazzpash · Club Coach

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

LouieG · County player

RE: Wimbledon

Jeff Stelling · Club Coach

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

RJA · Hall of fame

I would say that is a good draw for Bedene and a decent draw for Broady.

Jaffa · Challenger level

He got to the final of Halle the other week Jeff, I bet they'd rather have had qualifiers!

RJA · Hall of fame

Jeff Stelling wrote:
Is seppi that bad a draw?

Made the final of Halle where he lost to Fed in two close sets. Lost his first match at Nottingham but it has been described by those who watched it as a pretty obvious tank. So while not the worse draw possible it certainly isn't a good one.

Jeff Stelling · Club Coach

Broady has to be delighted with his draw. One of the few men in the draw rivalling him for poor form.

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

I'll leave Andy's draw to his dedicated forum.

L128: (WC) Liam Broady WR 181 vs Marinko Matosevic (AUS) WR 138 (CH = 39 in February 2013)

L128: (LL) Luca Vanni (ITA) WR 113 (CH = 100 last month) vs (WC) James Ward WR 110

L128: Radek Stepanek (CZE) WR 202 (CH = 4 in November 2012) vs Aljaz Bedene WR 74

L128: (25) Andreas Seppi (ITA) WR 27 (CH = 18 in January 2013) vs (WC) Brydan Klein WR 177

L128: Aleksandr Dolgopolov (UKR) WR 75 (CH = 13 in January 2012) vs (WC) Kyle Edmund WR 101

All but Liam in the bottom half of the draw. I'm not sure that's as good a draw as it looks on paper for Aljaz: grass is not his favourite surface & "Ugly Mug", though he may be 36, can still play a bit on it... hmm

Edited to reflect Ferrer's withdrawal, as per recent posts.

-- Edited by Stircrazy on Sunday 28th of June 2015 12:32:17 PM

Rich · Lower Club Player

Terrible 1st match for James. Was praying he would get a winnable match to start as he badly needs the points but be surprised if he were to upset Ferrer. We can always hope James thinks it is the Davis Cup and brings the match play he usually performs at that event.

Chance for Kyle against Dolgopolov. It's a grand slam so never easy matches in reality. A win here should cement Kyles place in the top 100 if I am correct. So no pressure then Kyle. Just win please :)

indiana · Tennis legend

I would doubt Kyle feels any particular pressure at all about the top 100 ( unlike possibly another Brit ! ), it will come soon enough and much more I would hope, so he will indeed just be looking for the win, and it could be a lot worse than the unpredictable soul that is Dolgopolov. I would certainly have been saving one of the "disbelief"s

Overall it's probably fairly balanced with James getting it tough and Seppi also likely to be a very tough one.

The Knight · Challenger qualifying

thinking about it you're right Kyle's draw might not be so bad...really depends on which Dolgo turns up!

Sim · County player

The Knight wrote:
thinking about it you're right Kyle's draw might not be so bad...really depends on which Dolgo turns up!

The one who is currently enjoying the grass at Nottingham with 3 wins so far this week including 2 against top 40 player I assume........

paulisi · Tennis legend

The Skupskis and Bambo and Broady got stinkers of draws in the doubles, but the rest must be reasonably happy.

Madeline · Admin:Moderator + Tennis Legend

Sim wrote:
The Knight wrote:
thinking about it you're right Kyle's draw might not be so bad...really depends on which Dolgo turns up!
The one who is currently enjoying the grass at Nottingham with 3 wins so far this week including 2 against top 40 player I assume........

. . . and put Wawrinka out of Queens. . .

goldenboy · Club Coach

Rotten draw for james