by ti-amie Tournament: Wimbledon
Location: London, Great Britain
Dates: 1 - 14 July, 2024
Level: Grand Slam
Surface: Grass
Prize: £0
Total Financial Commitment: £0
Entries
Seed* Name Current Ranking Entry Ranking
1 Novak Djokovic 1 1
2 Jannik Sinner 2 2
3 Carlos Alcaraz 3 3
4 Alexander Zverev 4 4
5 Daniil Medvedev 5 5
6 Andrey Rublev 6 6
7 Casper Ruud 7 7
8 Hubert Hurkacz 8 8
9 Stefanos Tsitsipas 9 9
10 Grigor Dimitrov 10 10
11 Alex de Minaur 11 11
12 Taylor Fritz 12 12
13 Holger Rune 13 13
14 Tommy Paul 14 14
15 Ben Shelton 15 15
16 Nicolas Jarry 16 16
17 Ugo Humbert 17 17
18 Karen Khachanov 18 18
19 Alexander Bublik 19 19
20 Sebastian Baez 20 20
21 Felix Auger-Aliassime 21 21
22 Adrian Mannarino 22 22
23 Francisco Cerundolo 23 23
24 Jiri Lehecka 24 24
25 Alejandro Tabilo 25 25
26 Frances Tiafoe 26 26
27 Tallon Griekspoor 27 27
28 Sebastian Korda 28 28
29 Tomas Martin Etcheverry 29 29
30 Arthur Fils 30 30
31 Lorenzo Musetti 31 31
32 Mariano Navone 32 32
Cameron Norrie 33 33
Alejandro Davidovich Fokina 34 34
Jack Draper 35 35
Matteo Arnaldi 36 36
Jordan Thompson 37 37
Gael Monfils 38 38
Jan-Lennard Struff 39 39
Roman Safiullin 40 40
Fabian Marozsan 41 41
Zhizhen Zhang 42 42
Christopher Eubanks 43 43
Tomas Machac 44 44
Sebastian Ofner 45 45
Nuno Borges 46 46
Luciano Darderi 47 47
Marcos Giron 48 48
Pedro Martinez 49 49
Lorenzo Sonego 50 50
Alexei Popyrin 51 51
Laslo Djere 52 52
Marton Fucsovics 53 53
Facundo Diaz Acosta 54 54
Miomir Kecmanovic 55 55
Flavio Cobolli 56 56
Pavel Kotov 57 57
Thiago Seyboth Wild 58 58
Dusan Lajovic 59 59
Daniel Evans 60 60
Alexander Shevchenko 61 61
Roberto Carballes Baena 62 62
Jaume Munar 63 63
Christopher O'Connell 64 64
Alex Michelsen 65 65
Emil Ruusuvuori 66 66
Dominik Koepfer 67 67
Brandon Nakashima 68 68
Federico Coria 69 69
Luca Nardi 70 70
Borna Coric 71 71
Yoshihito Nishioka 72 72
Arthur Rinderknech 73 73
Mackenzie McDonald 74 74
Andy Murray 75 75
Jakub Mensik 76 76
Arthur Cazaux 77 77
Rinky Hijikata 78 78
Corentin Moutet 79 79
Roberto Bautista Agut 80 80
Taro Daniel 81 81
Aslan Karatsev 82 82
Daniel Altmaier 83 83
Thiago Monteiro 84 84
Yannick Hanfmann 85 85
Constant Lestienne 86 86
Francisco Comesana 87 87
Aleksandar Kovacevic 88 88
Juncheng Shang 89 89
Alexandre Muller 90 90
Fabio Fognini 91 91
Max Purcell 92 92
Aleksandar Vukic 93 93
Sumit Nagal 94 94
Adam Walton 95 95
Matteo Berrettini 96 96
Stan Wawrinka 97 97
Thanasi Kokkinakis 98 98
Denis Shapovalov 123 27 (PR)
Dominic Stricker 144 94 (PR)
Rafael Nadal 276 9 (PR)
Kei Nishikori 350 48 (PR)
Soonwoo Kwon 491 80 (PR)
Pablo Carreno Busta 1047 18 (PR)
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Name Current Ranking Entry Ranking
1 Maximilian Marterer 99 99
2 Botic van de Zandschulp 100 100
3 Luca Van Assche 101 101
4 Zizou Bergs 102 102
5 James Duckworth 103 103
6 Hugo Gaston 104 104
7 Daniel Elahi Galan 105 105
8 Pedro Cachin 106 106
9 J.J. Wolf 107 107
10 Gregoire Barrere 108 108
11 Thiago Agustin Tirante 109 109
12 Camilo Ugo Carabelli 110 110
13 Albert Ramos-Vinolas 111 111
14 Cristian Garin 112 112
15 Juan Pablo Varillas 113 113
16 Michael Mmoh 114 114
17 David Goffin 115 115
18 Valentin Vacherot 116 116
19 Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard 117 117
20 Lukas Klein 118 118
by ti-amie Tournament: The Championships, Wimbledon
Location: Wimbledon, Great Britain
Dates: July 1 – July 14 2024
Level: Grand Slam
Surface: Grass
LADIES' SINGLES - ENTRY LIST
Rank Date: 20/05/2024THE CHAMPIONSHIPS 2024
Rank Rank# #
1 SWIATEK, Iga (POL)
2 SABALENKA, Aryna
3 GAUFF, Coco (USA)
4 RYBAKINA, Elena (KAZ)
5 PEGULA, Jessica (USA)
6 VONDROUSOVA, Marketa (CZE)
7 SAKKARI, Maria (GRE)
8 ZHENG, Qinwen (CHN)
9 JABEUR, Ons (TUN)
10 OSTAPENKO, Jelena (LAT)
11 KASATKINA, Daria
12 COLLINS, Danielle (USA)
13 PAOLINI, Jasmine (ITA)
14 HADDAD MAIA, Beatriz (BRA)
15 MUCHOVA, Karolina (CZE)
16 KEYS, Madison (USA)
17 SVITOLINA, Elina (UKR)
18 ALEXANDROVA, Ekaterina
19 SAMSONOVA, Liudmila
20 KOSTYUK, Marta (UKR)
21 AZARENKA, Victoria
22 PAVLYUCHENKOVA, Anastasia
23 GARCIA, Caroline (FRA)
24 NAVARRO, Emma (USA)
25 KALINSKAYA, Anna
26 KREJCIKOVA, Barbora (CZE)
27 MERTENS, Elise (BEL)
28 BOULTER, Katie (GBR)
29 NOSKOVA, Linda (CZE)
30 CIRSTEA, Sorana (ROU)
31 KUDERMETOVA, Veronika
32 YASTREMSKA, Dayana (UKR)
33 FERNANDEZ, Leylah (CAN)
34 TOMLJANOVIC, Ajla (AUS) SR
35 SINIAKOVA, Katerina (CZE)
36 BADOSA, Paula (ESP) SR
37 STEPHENS, Sloane (USA)
38 YUAN, Yue (CHN)
39 PUTINTSEVA, Yulia (KAZ)
40 ANDREEVA, Mirra
41 WANG, Xinyu (CHN)
42 VEKIC, Donna (CRO)
43 POTAPOVA, Anastasia
44 BOUZKOVA, Marie (CZE)
45 BUREL, Clara (FRA)
46 TSURENKO, Lesia (UKR)
47 BLINKOVA, Anna
48 SORRIBES TORMO, Sara (ESP)
49 SHNAIDER, Diana
50 BRONZETTI, Lucia (ITA)
51 ZHANG, Shuai (CHN) SR
52 RUS, Arantxa (NED)
53 BEGU, Irina-Camelia (ROU) SR
54 LINETTE, Magda (POL)
55 PLISKOVA, Karolina (CZE)
56 COCCIARETTO, Elisabetta (ITA)
57 SCHMIEDLOVA, Anna Karolina (SVK)
58 FRECH, Magdalena (POL)
59 KENIN, Sofia (USA)
60 KALININA, Anhelina (UKR)
61 ZHU, Lin (CHN)
62 PODOROSKA, Nadia (ARG)
63 DAVIS, Lauren (USA) SR
64 DOLEHIDE, Caroline (USA)
65 PARRY, Diane (FRA)
66 WANG, Xiyu (CHN)
67 BOGDAN, Ana (ROU)
68 MARIA, Tatjana (GER)
69 ANDREESCU, Bianca (CAN) SR
70 KRUEGER, Ashlyn (USA)
71 SHERIF, Mayar (EGY)
72 CRISTIAN, Jaqueline (ROU)
73 WANG, Yafan (CHN)
74 AVANESYAN, Elina
75 PERA, Bernarda (USA)
76 TAUSON, Clara (DEN)
77 BUCSA, Cristina (ESP)
78 DODIN, Oceane (FRA)
79 GOLUBIC, Viktorija (SUI)
80 TOWNSEND, Taylor (USA)
81 KORPATSCH, Tamara (GER)
82 OSORIO, Camila (COL)
83 SIEGEMUND, Laura (GER)
84 MARTIC, Petra (CRO)
85 UCHIJIMA, Moyuka (JPN)
86 STEARNS, Peyton (USA)
87 GRACHEVA, Varvara (FRA)
88 CARLE, Maria Lourdes (ARG)
89 TOMOVA, Viktoriya (BUL)
90 SAVILLE, Daria (AUS)
91 MINNEN, Greet (BEL)
92 BAINDL, Kateryna (UKR) SR
93 BOUZAS MANEIRO, Jessica (ESP)
94 TREVISAN, Martina (ITA)
95 SRAMKOVA, Rebecca (SVK)
96 FRUHVIRTOVA, Brenda (CZE)
97 DART, Harriet (GBR)
98 RIERA, Julia (ARG)
99 MASAROVA, Rebeka (ESP)
100 WANG, Qiang (CHN) SR
101 ERRANI, Sara (ITA)
102 HIBINO, Nao (JPN)
103 NIEMEIER, Jule (GER)
104 VAN UYTVANCK, Alison (BEL) SR
by ti-amie UPDATED Gentlemen's Singles Entry Lists
Entries
Seed* Name Current Ranking Entry Ranking
1 Jannik Sinner 1 2
2 Carlos Alcaraz 2 3
3 Novak Djokovic 3 1
4 Alexander Zverev 4 4
5 Daniil Medvedev 5 5
6 Andrey Rublev 6 6
7 Casper Ruud 7 7
8 Hubert Hurkacz 8 8
9 Alex de Minaur 9 11
10 Grigor Dimitrov 10 10
11 Stefanos Tsitsipas 11 9
12 Taylor Fritz 12 12
13 Tommy Paul 13 14
14 Ben Shelton 14 15
15 Holger Rune 15 13
16 Ugo Humbert 16 17
17 Alexander Bublik 17 19
18 Felix Auger-Aliassime 18 21
19 Sebastian Baez 19 20
20 Nicolas Jarry 20 16
21 Adrian Mannarino 21 22
22 Karen Khachanov 22 18
23 Tallon Griekspoor 23 27
24 Alejandro Tabilo 24 25
25 Jiri Lehecka 25 24
26 Sebastian Korda 26 28
27 Francisco Cerundolo 27 23
28 Frances Tiafoe 28 26
29 Mariano Navone 29 32
30 Lorenzo Musetti 30 31
31 Tomas Martin Etcheverry 31 29
32 Alejandro Davidovich Fokina 32 34
Tomas Machac 33 44
Matteo Arnaldi 34 36
Jan-Lennard Struff 35 39
Gael Monfils 36 38
Jordan Thompson 37 37
Arthur Fils 38 30
Cameron Norrie 39 33
Jack Draper 40 35
Luciano Darderi 41 47
Fabian Marozsan 42 41
Roman Safiullin 43 40
Zhizhen Zhang 44 42
Christopher Eubanks 45 43
Laslo Djere 46 52
Pedro Martinez 47 49
Nuno Borges 48 46
Alexei Popyrin 49 51
Flavio Cobolli 50 56
Pavel Kotov 51 57
Sebastian Ofner 52 45
Miomir Kecmanovic 53 55
Marcos Giron 54 48
Marton Fucsovics 55 53
Corentin Moutet 56 79
Dusan Lajovic 57 59
Lorenzo Sonego 58 50
Alexander Shevchenko 59 61
Jaume Munar 60 63
Alex Michelsen 61 65
Daniel Evans 62 60
Roberto Carballes Baena 63 62
Facundo Diaz Acosta 64 54
Dominik Koepfer 65 67
Arthur Rinderknech 67 73
Christopher O'Connell 68 64
Federico Coria 69 69
Brandon Nakashima 70 68
Thiago Seyboth Wild 71 58
Emil Ruusuvuori 72 66
Luca Nardi 73 70
Mackenzie McDonald 74 74
Arthur Cazaux 75 77
Thiago Monteiro 76 84
Sumit Nagal 77 94
Alexandre Muller 78 90
Jakub Mensik 79 76
Rinky Hijikata 80 78
Aleksandar Kovacevic 83 88
Taro Daniel 84 81
Roberto Bautista Agut 85 80
Maximilian Marterer 86 99
Aleksandar Vukic 87 93
Borna Coric 88 71
Daniel Altmaier 89 83
Constant Lestienne 90 86
Yannick Hanfmann 91 85
Aslan Karatsev 92 82
Stan Wawrinka 93 97
Thanasi Kokkinakis 94 98
Matteo Berrettini 95 96
Juncheng Shang 96 89
Andy Murray 97 75
Max Purcell 100 92
Fabio Fognini 102 91
Yoshihito Nishioka 104 72
Adam Walton 107 95
Denis Shapovalov 117 27 (PR)
Francisco Comesana 120 87
Dominic Stricker 144 94 (PR)
Kei Nishikori 286 48 (PR)
Soonwoo Kwon 370 80 (PR)
Pablo Carreno Busta 876 18 (PR)
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Name Current Ranking Entry Ranking
1 Botic van de Zandschulp 99 100
2 Luca Van Assche 105 101
3 Zizou Bergs 81 102
4 James Duckworth 101 103
5 Hugo Gaston 82 104
6 Daniel Elahi Galan 108 105
7 Pedro Cachin 113 106
8 J.J. Wolf 106 107
9 Gregoire Barrere 103 108
10 Thiago Agustin Tirante 124 109
11 Camilo Ugo Carabelli 114 110
12 Albert Ramos-Vinolas 110 111
13 Cristian Garin 115 112
14 Juan Pablo Varillas 169 113
15 Michael Mmoh 118 114
16 David Goffin 109 115
17 Valentin Vacherot 112 116
18 Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard 66 117
19 Lukas Klein 129 118
20 Facundo Bagnis 122 119
Withdrawals
Name Current Ranking Entry Ranking
Rafael Nadal 264 9 (PR)
by ti-amie Gentlemen's Qualifying Entry Lists
Entries
Seed* Name Current Ranking Entry Ranking
1 Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard 66 66
2 Zizou Bergs 81 104
3 Hugo Gaston 82 88
4 Lloyd Harris 98 132
5 Botic van de Zandschulp 99 102
6 James Duckworth 101 105
7 Gregoire Barrere 103 112
8 Luca Van Assche 105 103
9 Daniel Elahi Galan 108 106
10 David Goffin 109 115
11 Damir Dzumhur 111 128
12 Valentin Vacherot 112 116
13 Pedro Cachin 113 108
14 Camilo Ugo Carabelli 114 110
15 Cristian Garin 115 113
16 Richard Gasquet 116 124
17 Jozef Kovalik 119 145
18 Vit Kopriva 121 127
19 Facundo Bagnis 122 120
20 Zachary Svajda 123 123
21 Thiago Agustin Tirante 124 109
22 Stefano Napolitano 125 125
23 Terence Atmane 126 121
24 Harold Mayot 127 122
25 Felipe Meligeni Alves 128 137
26 Lukas Klein 129 119
27 Titouan Droguet 130 133
28 Hamad Medjedovic 131 135
29 Matteo Gigante 132 138
30 Francesco Passaro 133 134
31 Mikhail Kukushkin 135 136
32 Duje Ajdukovic 136 129
Emilio Nava 137 126
Leandro Riedi 138 151
Pierre-Hugues Herbert 139 142
Giulio Zeppieri 140 148
Patrick Kypson 141 150
Shintaro Mochizuki 142 162
Roman Andres Burruchaga 143 144
Liam Broady 145 147
Benjamin Hassan 146 149
Jesper de Jong 147 176
Radu Albot 148 140
Otto Virtanen 149 156
Nicolas Moreno De Alboran 150 130
Alexander Ritschard 152 184
Marco Trungelliti 153 169
Jurij Rodionov 154 139
Tomas Barrios Vera 155 157
Benoit Paire 156 155
Zsombor Piros 157 154
Oriol Roca Batalla 158 164
Gustavo Heide 159 174
Mattia Bellucci 160 173
Andrea Pellegrino 161 159
Ugo Blanchet 162 160
Diego Schwartzman 163 141
Alexis Galarneau 164 153
Gabriel Diallo 165 166
Denis Kudla 166 161
Pablo Llamas Ruiz 167 146
Coleman Wong 170 181
Denis Yevseyev 171 167
Benjamin Bonzi 172 172
Alejandro Moro Canas 174 190
Hugo Dellien 175 168
Jan Choinski 176 180
Jaime Faria 177 183
Henri Squire 178 221
Matteo Martineau 179 177
Hugo Grenier 180 185
Martin Damm 182 179
Billy Harris 183 201
Maxime Cressy 184 175
Tristan Schoolkate 185 186
Quentin Halys 186 187
Seongchan Hong 188 191
Joris De Loore 190 197
Francesco Maestrelli 191 205
Yunchaokete Bu 192 189
Beibit Zhukayev 193 171
Valentin Royer 194 198
Enzo Couacaud 195 208
Rudolf Molleker 196 163
Milos Raonic 197 196
Nerman Fatic 198 220
Henrique Rocha 199 203
Dino Prizmic 200 204
Marc-Andrea Huesler 201 194
Andrea Vavassori 202 170
Vitaliy Sachko 203 195
Yasutaka Uchiyama 204 210
Li Tu 205 211
Stefano Travaglia 206 202
Omar Jasika 207 206
Dennis Novak 208 207
Lucas Pouille 209 165
Nick Hardt 210 193
Elias Ymer 211 182
Marc Polmans 212 200
Calvin Hemery 213 214
Murkel Dellien 214 222
Sho Shimabukuro 215 223
Illya Marchenko 216 216
Manuel Guinard 217 225
Bernabe Zapata Miralles 218 219
Oliver Crawford 220 218
Maxime Janvier 222 217
Tristan Boyer 225 224
Franco Agamenone 226 227
Ryan Peniston 228 215
Juan Pablo Ficovich 230 226
Timofey Skatov 234 199
Alex Molcan 249 212
Genaro Alberto Olivieri 261 188
Dalibor Svrcina 262 192
Mark Lajal 272 213
Nicolas Kicker 1019 217 (PR)
Tim van Rijthoven - 148 (PR)
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Name Current Ranking Entry Ranking
1 Lukas Neumayer 235 228
2 Yu Hsiou Hsu 227 229
3 Joao Fonseca 224 230
4 Antoine Escoffier 252 231
5 Kyrian Jacquet 219 232
6 Aziz Dougaz 238 233
7 Clement Tabur 236 234
8 Adrian Andreev 229 235
9 Daniel Rincon 221 236
10 Dane Sweeny 233 237
11 Philip Sekulic 240 238
12 Jiri Vesely 244 239
13 Alex Bolt 241 240
14 Gijs Brouwer 232 241
15 Jules Marie 237 242
16 Filip Misolic 187 243
17 Dmitry Popko 231 244
18 Santiago Rodriguez Taverna 253 245
19 Arthur Fery 246 246
20 Bernard Tomic 245 247
Withdrawals
Name Current Ranking Entry Ranking
Maximilian Marterer 86 101
Yosuke Watanuki 151 152
by ashkor87 A bit early but ..
Probabiities:
Men -
Sinner 45%
alcaraz 40%
Djokovic 10%
Field 5%
Can't really see anyone but these three...the court probably suits Sinner a bit better than it does Alcaraz...
Women- (much harder!)
Rybakina 30%
Sabalenka 25%
Swiatek 10%
Jabeur 10%
Coco 10%
Andreeva 5%
Paolini 5%
Field 5%
Swiatek cannot be simply ruled out, she will adapt, sooner or later, just as Nadal did...overall, though, Rybakina still has the best grass court game...Sabalenka has had her chances and has not taken them..I am giving Jabeur a chance just because she keeps surprising me...Vondrousova, no, I don't think she really has a grass court game, despite winning last year . Andreeva because she is young and improving so fast we really dont know what her ceiling is...
Have I forgotten anyone ?
by Suliso Djokovic just had a surgery, I think it's physically impossible for him to be ready to play let alone win.
by
ashkor87 Suliso wrote: ↑Fri Jun 14, 2024 7:28 am
Djokovic just had a surgery, I think it's physically impossible for him to be ready to play let alone win.
Yes, you are to right. Let us say Sinner 50, Alcaraz 45 and field 5% ...
by ashkor87 In the case of the women, I would think 'field' is mainly BHM...
by
atlpam ashkor87 wrote: ↑Fri Jun 14, 2024 11:27 am
In the case of the women, I would think 'field' is mainly BHM...
Maybe Ostapenko for a deep run
by Owendonovan The winner last year doesn't have a grass game?? That's tough to qualify.
by
ashkor87 Owendonovan wrote: ↑Fri Jun 14, 2024 12:41 pm
The winner last year doesn't have a grass game?? That's tough to qualify.
I know, strange thing to say ...but I was not convinced even last year... I still can't believe Conchita won Wimbledon, for instance..!
by ponchi101 Zverev likes grass. He has the serve (his DB jips are almost gone). Dimitrov has the game and on grass he is good. Some tokens his way would not be unthinkable.
Deminaur's speed can be both and asset and a liability, because sometimes he just can't stop on time. But this is one surface on which foot work is critical, and he has it.
Paolini having the same percentage as the rest of the field is not possible. She is a clay courter. For example, Paolini Vs Raducanu, I say Emma. And she is on the field. Paolini is too high.
And as much as I love Elena, I think we are under the mirage that she is great on grass because she won it once. But then, so did Vondrousova, and you say that you are not sold. I say those two are at the same level, meaning I bring Elena down.
New year for Miss Other. And I know that @Ashkor you say that Elena was not an OTHER two years ago, but she was. This is the tournament where the surprises are the norm.
by Suliso Sabalenka might do it. If not then Jabeur or Gauff.
by meganfernandez Osaka deserves to be in the mix. She is about to lose to just pulled even with Andreescu deep in the third set, but she could be a little better by Wimbledon and her power is still devastating.
by ashkor87 Maybe it is Andreescu who should be in the mix!
by ashkor87 We need to look at the player's game, not past results...Paolini has the game, especially the defense and foot speed...as for Rybakina I consider her to be in the same class as Sabalenka and Swiatek..again, I consider just her game..nothing else
by Suliso Osaka has been weak on grass all her career. Why different now? As for Paolini R4 at absolute max. She doesn't have the serve or power. Being fast is not enough on this surface.
by
meganfernandez ashkor87 wrote: ↑Fri Jun 14, 2024 5:58 pm
Maybe it is Andreescu who should be in the mix!
Maybe, but Osaka has more match play, and obviously the Iga match was impressive.
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meganfernandez Suliso wrote: ↑Fri Jun 14, 2024 6:04 pm
Osaka has been weak on grass all her career. Why different now? As for Paolini R4 at absolute max. She doesn't have the serve or power. Being fast is not enough on this surface.
I think she's better on grass than on clay, and she played well at the French. Very possible she has improved similarly on grass. Her power ought to do damage on grass.
by ashkor87 Defence and speed are more valuable on grass than power..except for serve, which does matter, of course
by JTContinental First shot defense, maybe, but otherwise you won't return a first strike player's groundstroke on grass no matter how fast you are.
by jazzyg Defense and speed are not more valuable on grass than power. Balance and being a great athlete are important, but power beats speed on grass.
Keys is a long shot, but she is ahead of Paolini by a long way and any of the others mentioned beside the true contenders.
On the men's side, Berrettini is the No. 3 favorite if his body holds up. His game is perfect for grass and he is a winner. He supplied the 1 in Alcaraz's 12-1 record in 5th sets and always seems to come up with the goods on crucial points unless he is playing an in-form, No-1 talent.
by ponchi101 Grass will mask the weakness of Berrettini's BH. So, as JazzyG says. If the body holds up (he is the 2020's version of Richard Krajicek), he can take down anybody LEFT in this draw (I am counting Novak out and not at his best).
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ashkor87 jazzyg wrote: ↑Fri Jun 14, 2024 7:19 pm
Defense and speed are not more valuable on grass than power. Balance and being a great athlete are important, but power beats speed on grass.
Keys is a long shot, but she is ahead of Paolini by a long way and any of the others mentioned beside the true contenders.
On the men's side, Berrettini is the No. 3 favorite if his body holds up. His game is perfect for grass and he is a winner. He supplied the 1 in Alcaraz's 12-1 record in 5th sets and always seems to come up with the goods on crucial points unless he is playing an in-form, No-1 talent.
I don't agree but let us all watch and see..I still think Keys is not as good on grass as people think .her movement is not that great...
by ponchi101 Well, she should be really playing the main draw but...
It's her life, but she left at least a couple of slams on the table.
by ti-amie WED 19 JUN 2024 10:00 BST
Initial Wild Cards Announced for The Championships 2024
The referee has announced the initial wild cards for this year's Wimbledon Championships.
THE CHAMPIONSHIPS 2024
INITIAL WILD CARDS ANNOUNCEMENT
19/06/2024 - 09:29:56 - WildCardAnnouncements.rpt
GENTLEMEN'S SINGLES
1 Liam BROADY (GBR)
2 Jan CHOINSKI (GBR)
3 Jacob FEARNLEY (GBR)
4 Arthur FERY (GBR)
5 Billy HARRIS (GBR)
6 Paul JUBB (GBR)
7 Henry SEARLE (GBR)
8 To be announced
LADIES' SINGLES
1 Francesca JONES (GBR)
2 Angelique KERBER (GER)
3 Yuriko Lily MIYAZAKI (GBR)
4 Naomi OSAKA (JPN)
5 Emma RADUCANU (GBR)
6 Heather WATSON (GBR)
7 Caroline WOZNIACKI (DEN)
8 To be announced
GENTLEMEN'S DOUBLES
1 Liam BROADY (GBR) and Billy HARRIS (GBR)
2 Charles BROOM (GBR) and Arthur FERY (GBR)
3 Jay CLARKE (GBR) and Marcus WILLIS (GBR)
4 Daniel EVANS (GBR) and Henry SEARLE (GBR)
5 Jacob FEARNLEY (GBR) and Jack PINNINGTON JONES (GBR)
6 To be announced
7 To be announced
LADIES' DOUBLES
1 Emily APPLETON (GBR) and Yuriko Lily MIYAZAKI (GBR)
2 Alicia BARNETT (GBR) and Freya CHRISTIE (GBR)
3 Harriet DART (GBR) and Maia LUMSDEN (GBR)
4 To be announced
5 To be announced
6 To be announced
7 To be announced
GENTLEMEN'S QUALIFYING SINGLES
1 Oliver BONDING (GBR)
2 Charles BROOM (GBR)
3 Jay CLARKE (GBR)
4 Felix GILL (GBR)
5 George LOFFHAGEN (GBR)
6 Jack PINNINGTON JONES (GBR)
7 To be announced
8 Wild Card Play-off place
9 Wild Card Play-off place
LADIES' QUALIFYING SINGLES
1 Emily APPLETON (GBR)
2 Amarni BANKS (GBR)
3 Sonay KARTAL (GBR)
4 Hannah KLUGMAN (GBR)
5 Clervie NGOUNOUE (USA)
6 Mika STOJSAVLJEVIC (GBR)
7 Mingge XU (GBR)
8 Wild Card Play-off place
9 Wild Card Play-off place
by
meganfernandez ponchi101 wrote: ↑Wed Jun 19, 2024 11:14 pm
Well, she should be really playing the main draw but...
It's her life, but she left at least a couple of slams on the table.
I love that she realizes she could be totally fulfilled with what she already had. It's a healthy perspective.
by jazzyg Cross Osaka off.
Zheng serving 23 aces against her was insane. No anticipation or any semblance of quick reacting.
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ti-amie jazzyg wrote: ↑Thu Jun 20, 2024 1:36 am
Cross Osaka off.
Zheng serving 23 aces against her was insane. No anticipation or any semblance of quick reacting.
Keep adding to the reasons I really don't care for grass court tennis. Serve botting is not tennis in my very humble opinion.
by Suliso Better retrievers are not served off the court, though.
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ti-amie Suliso wrote: ↑Thu Jun 20, 2024 11:08 am
Better retrievers are not served off the court, though.
Boring
by Suliso More seriously why do we think Osaka is so much weaker on grass than hard? It can't be a lack of power so perhaps doesn't move well enough?
by ponchi101 (About the serving) It is also a bit of bias. When a player serves 40 aces in a match, it makes the news. When you have one of those baseline matches in which neither player served a single ace (super slow clay courts do that), that doesn't make the news.
Notice how Raonic lost his match with Fritz just after hitting that record. And that did not make the news.
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ponchi101 Suliso wrote: ↑Thu Jun 20, 2024 3:02 pm
More seriously why do we think Osaka is so much weaker on grass than hard? It can't be a lack of power so perhaps doesn't move well enough?
I say that backs MY theory. She is a great mover on hard courts, where she can stop and turn directions easily. But she is not light on her feet; she needs the traction of a hard court, and grass (and clay) does not give it to her.
And also. She lost to Zheng on a day in which Qiwen hit 23 aces. I wonder how many players would have beaten her that day. I am sure Iga, a recognized grass-phobic, would have gone down too.
by Suliso Did she hit 23 aces all on her own or Osaka "helped" by returning poorly?
by ashkor87 Saw some of them..they were genuine aces
by jazzyg We definitely disagree there. She served well but several of her aces should have been returned in play. Osaka looked frozen.
Grass court tennis is by far my favorite, but differences of opinion are what make the world go around. There is greater variety in shots now on grass than any other surface, and holding serve matters, creating more tension.
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ponchi101 Suliso wrote: ↑Thu Jun 20, 2024 3:17 pm
Did she hit 23 aces all on her own or Osaka "helped" by returning poorly?
Well, by definition, an ace is one you did not even touch. So sure, maybe Naomi was not reaching for them, but that is the point.
by Owendonovan Zheng only has 7 more aces than Coco this season, she's not a Rybakina when it comes to serving. I'm of the mind that Naomi had an off day.
by jazzyg Some players get aced a lot, and it's not just bad luck.
When Bencic was healthy, she used to give up hellacious ace totals. I remember Kristyna Pliskova (yes, that one) had like 25 aces against her in a lead-up tournament to the Australian Open one year, and then I started noticing several players notched their career high against her. I don't know whether it's guessing wrong, or in Bencic's case, getting frustrated and not contesting serves, but it's rarely accidental.
Agassi, who was the greatest returner of all time when he had a good look at a serve, gave up the career high for aces to just about every big server on tour because he stood right on the baseline and had limited reach. Every time someone got that total, the announcers would say he was doing it against the best returner in the game, clueless to the fact Agassi was easy to ace for the big servers.
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skatingfan jazzyg wrote: ↑Thu Jun 20, 2024 7:14 pm
Some players get aced a lot, and it's not just bad luck.
When Bencic was healthy, she used to give up hellacious ace totals. I remember Kristyna Pliskova (yes, that one) had like 25 aces against her in a lead-up tournament to the Australian Open one year, and then I started noticing several players notched their career high against her. I don't know whether it's guessing wrong, or in Bencic's case, getting frustrated and not contesting serves, but it's rarely accidental.
Agassi, who was the greatest returner of all time when he had a good look at a serve, gave up the career high for aces to just about every big server on tour because he stood right on the baseline and had limited reach. Every time someone got that total, the announcers would say he was doing it against the best returner in the game, clueless to the fact Agassi was easy to ace for the big servers.
Bencic does the same thing with returning which is why she gets aced so often.
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JTContinental Owendonovan wrote: ↑Thu Jun 20, 2024 7:00 pm
Zheng only has 7 more aces than Coco this season, she's not a Rybakina when it comes to serving. I'm of the mind that Naomi had an off day.
Especially since Zheng's serve sucks and has a huge technical flaw.
by ashkor87 Coco is finally hitting her stride on grass! That win over Alexandrova is a sign.. Coco could win W at this rate...revised probabilities..
Rybakina 30 %
Sabalenka 25
Coco 20
Swiatek 9%
Andreeva, Paolini, Jabeur 5% each
The field 1%
Just to add up to 100
by ponchi101 May want to check Rybakina. She retired from her match at only 1-3. I can't find any reasons but, it is already Friday 21st. She has 9-10 days until W, if this was an injury thing.
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Oploskoffie ponchi101 wrote: ↑Fri Jun 21, 2024 1:52 pm
May want to check Rybakina. She retired from her match at only 1-3. I can't find any reasons but, it is already Friday 21st. She has 9-10 days until W, if this was an injury thing.
From a British newspaper:
Having double-faulted in the fifth game of her first set against Azarenka, Rybakina let out a big breath and bent over in distress, before holding her head and walking over to the sidelines.
She was described by Sky Sports commentator Barry Cowan as "not in a good state" and needed to sit down, taking a break during the fifth match which was tied 15-15, before the umpire informed the Berlin crowd that Rybakina could not continue due to illness.
After Rybakina's 6-2, 4-6, 6-4 loss to Jasmine Paolini at the French Open, she revealed that health issues have caused her to struggle physically during matches recently.
“I think in the end my legs were not there,” the world No 4 explained. “No matter which conditions, if it’s slow or fast, I should have been moving better…. So I’m not really happy with the performance, but it is what it is. It’s tennis. Not every day you can play good.
“As I was saying, I was struggling a little bit with the health issues (in the) past few weeks — I think it’s just all together. But in the end no matter all these things, which were maybe happening outside of the court, I managed to get to the quarters. I think it’s (a) pretty good result."
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ti-amie Djokovic will travel to Wimbledon but unsure on playing
Russell Fuller
Tennis correspondent
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5 hours ago
Novak Djokovic has decided to travel to Wimbledon and is due to arrive on Monday - but the seven-time champion does not yet know if he will be able to compete after undergoing knee surgery.
Serbia's Djokovic withdrew from the French Open after his fourth-round victory over Francisco Cerundolo, in which he tore the medial meniscus in his right knee.
The 37-year-old had surgery in Paris just 17 days ago, but wants to give himself the best possible chance of playing by practising at the All England Club.
Wimbledon, which starts on 1 July, seemed a long shot at the time, and his hopes of returning to Paris to try and win a first Olympic gold medal also appeared in the balance.
But since then Djokovic has posted two upbeat videos on Instagram.
The first showed him using an exercise bike and leg weight machine in the gym, and the second - posted on Thursday - followed him running, doing lunges and hitting a tentative serve.
“We keep building day by day,” was the message to his 14.6 million followers.
https://www.bbc.com/sport/tennis/articles/cjeew1vgrpgo