Weeks 26 & 27 - Wimbledon 2016 (incl. Andy) (grass)

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Weeks 26 & 27 - Wimbledon 2016 (incl. Andy) (grass)

Jimmy09 · Intermediate Club Player

Evo with a great chance to progress, i would say Kyle has a pretty good chance to, although its a pretty big task for anyone else. Could maybe see Alex sneaking a set

christ · Futures level

Mr Djokovic is always vulnerable early in a Grand Slam. Mr Ward (J) must be licking his lips.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Maybe Djoko has a twinge? Maybe he'll 'do a Ferrer' ????

Jimmy09 · Intermediate Club Player

lol theres wishful thinking then theres this. I do feel sorry for him though what a rotton draw :(

TMH · Futures qualifying

Seeing as no-one's mentioned it, Andy's route is as follows:

R1: Broady
R2: Lu / Q
R3: (26) Paire / Millman
R4: (15) Kyrgios / (22) Lopez
QF: (7) Gasquet / (12) Tsonga / (18) Isner
SF: (4) Wawrinka / (8) Thiem / (10) Berdych

Bloody good draw that, Kyrgios aside. Avoided Federer, Raonic, Nishikori, Cilic, Dimitrov to name but a few.

theemptyvessel · Club Coach

TMH wrote:
Seeing as no-one's mentioned it, Broady's route is as follows:

R1: Andy
R2: Lu / Q
R3: (26) Paire / Millman
R4: (15) Kyrgios / (22) Lopez
QF: (7) Gasquet / (12) Tsonga / (18) Isner
SF: (4) Wawrinka / (8) Thiem / (10) Berdych

Bloody good draw that, Kyrgios aside. Avoided Federer, Raonic, Nishikori, Cilic, Dimitrov to name but a few.

Corrected biggrin

indiana · Tennis legend

Rustie · Junior player

Avoided Dimitrov evileye

As I stated in the qualifying thread, I think that's a great draw for Evo.

Its difficult to know what's going to happen in the Edmund-Mannarino match, I get the sense that mannarino will just be too solid.

Impossible for Broady but he'll be better for he experience. Awful for J. Ward, what's his ranking going to go to?

Can't see A. Ward or Klein threatening.

Lots of decent Q Spots if Willis makes it through, Elias most notably.

thejester · Satellite level

Rustie wrote:
Avoided Dimitrov
As I stated in the qualifying thread, I think that's a great draw for Evo.
Its difficult to know what's going to happen in the Edmund-Mannarino match, I get the sense that mannarino will just be too solid.
Impossible for Broady but he'll be better for he experience. Awful for J. Ward, what's his ranking going to go to?
Can't see A. Ward or Klein threatening.
Lots of decent Q Spots if Willis makes it through, Elias most notably.

By my rough reckoning James will drop 60+ places to around WR240... Assuming of course he loses to Djoko

This would put James a fair bit closer to his current race ranking in the 270s.

Another way of looking at it is that a R1 loss at Wimby will see James drop as many points in a week as he has earned in 6 months. I feel bad for him, he's had a very difficult year on and off court and this is without question the worst possible draw he could have got.

Priesty · Challenger level

Liam will be cursing those darn Brits by the end of this grass court season wink

Seriously though very unlucky draws for him and James.

wolf · Tennis legend

L128: (Q) Marcus Willis WR 775 v Ricardas Berankis (LTU) WR 53

verveandsolley · Junior player

Berankis... not the best but could be worse. Definitely got a chance, and 3 rounds of quals will only help

Rustie · Junior player

He's definitely got a shot... and a certain Federer should he win.

GBJ · Club Coach

I wish so much that I could watch Willis play his first Wimbledon but I am yet to work out how. Anyone know if a stream is likely to be available online? My parents in law no longer have the required cable channel which probably would not have showed him anyway unless he get through to play Fed. Does anyone know whether radio wimbledon online can be listened to in Portugal. Do they tend to cover the lower ranked brits in the early rounds?