'23 RG Men's Singles Draw & Discussion

[ti-amie]

Men's Qualifiers Placed

[Q] Cobolli v [1] Alcaraz
[Q] Pouille v [LL] Rodionov
[LL] Diaz Acosta v Kubler
[Q] Ofner v Cressy
[Q] Nava v Carballes Baena
[Q] Shang v Varillas
[Q] Martinez v Griekspoor
[Q] Albot v [WC] Kypson
[Q] Olivieri v [WC] Mpetshi Perricard
[Q] Vavassori v [31] Kecmanovic
[LL] Stricker v [16] Paul
[Q] Medjedovic v Giron
[Q] Tirante v [25] Van de Zandschulp
[Q] Zeppieri v Bublik
[Q] Ymer v [4] Ruud
[Q] Skatov v [28] Dimitrov
[Q] Karatsev v Popyrin
[Q] Seyboth Wild v [2] Medvedev

Hanfmann and Bagnis were in LL draw but thus far not in unless more drop out

[skatingfan]

Hopefully I haven't missed anyone.

1st Major (11)
Flavio Cobolli, Italy (21)
Matteo Arnaldi, Italy (22)
Alexander Shevchenko (22)
Facundo Diaz Acosta, Argentina (22)
Aleksandar Kovadevic, United States of America (24)
Arthur Fils, France (18)
Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard, France (19)
Genaro Alberto Olivieri, Argentina (24)
Dominic Stricker, Switzerland (20)
Hamad Mededovic, Serbia (19)
Thiago Agustin Tirante, Argentina (22)

1st Roland Garros (17)
Emilio Nava, United States of America (21)
Hugo Grenier, France (27)
Luca Van Asshe, France (19)
Wu Yibing, People’s Republic of China (23)
Shang Juncheng, People’s Republic of China (18)
Constant Lestienne, France (31)
Patrick Kypson, United States of America (23)
Ben Shelton, United States of America (20)
Christopher Eubanks, United States of America (27)
Andrea Vavassori, Italy (28)
Zhang Zhizhen, People’s Republic of China (26)
Marc-Andrea Husler, Switzerland (26)
Timofey Skatov, Kazakhstan (22)
Jack Draper, United Kingdom (21)
J.J. Wolf, United States of America (24)
Max Purcell, Australia (25)
Thiago Seyboth Wild, Brazil (23)

[ponchi101]

The players over 25. I gather that's a dream come true. Good for them.

[ti-amie]

[ti-amie]

[martini4me]

Lajovic

[ti-amie]

I am trying to learn Reddit.

[ti-amie]

I also really, really like his kit. One of the better efforts by Nike in recent years.

[ti-amie]

All Cobolli could do was stare because who does that?

The third set was an almost continuous highlight reel from Carlitos.

[ponchi101]

I will give Cobolli credit too. He hit some very nice FH's.
And about Carlitos' shorts: I don't get the airplane flaps. Like... exhaust afterburners?
(Sinner also has them).

[ti-amie]

I will give Cobolli credit too. He hit some very nice FH's.
And about Carlitos' shorts: I don't get the airplane flaps. Like... exhaust afterburners?
(Sinner also has them).

That's my only criticism of the kit. When I first saw it I thought the design went around the bottom of the shorts but like you said they're like flaps on a plane. Maybe they're designed that way to give the thigh more room and allow for less restriction in movement? Just a guess.

[skatingfan]

Lajovic

I'm assuming this was a Suicide Pick. Unfortunately it still wouldn't have done any good in the correct thread.

[ti-amie]

CRO B.Coric (15) vs ARG F.Coria
AUT D.Thiem vs ARG P.Cachin
GBR J.Draper vs ARG TM.Etcheverry
--- I.Ivashka vs AUS A.De Minaur (18)

JPN Y.Nishioka (27) vs USA JJ.Wolf
AUS M.Purcell vs AUS J.Thompson
FRA Q.Halys vs ARG G.Pella
Qualifié/lucky Loser vs --- D.Medvedev (2)

CRO B.Coric (15) vs ARG P.Cachin

ARG TM.Etcheverry vs AUS A.De Minaur (18)

JPN Y.Nishioka (27) vs AUS M.Purcell

ARG G.Pella vs BRA T.Seyboth Wild


This will sound harsh but this section was made to order for Medvedev. With him out while there are still three seeds in the mix it's wide open.

[ponchi101]

Coric could be the one coming out of this section. DeMinaur has the wheels but on clay, I would not chose him over Borna.

[ti-amie]

I would love to see Coric come through but he loses the plot sometimes and the pressure on him as the highest remaining seed could get to him.