Talk About Tennis 2.0

TOP HALF

SRB N. DJOKOVIC 1 vs KOR S. KWON
AUS T. KOKKINAKIS vs POL K. MAJCHRZAK
CHI A. TABILO vs SRB L. DJERE
AUS J. MILLMAN vs SRB M. KECMANOVIC 25

GEO N. BASILASHVILI 22 vs CZE L. ROSOL Q
FRA B. PAIRE vs FRA Q. HALYS
NED T. VAN RIJTHOVEN WC vs ARG F. DELBONIS
ESP C. TABERNER vs USA R. OPELKA 15

ITA J. SINNER 10 vs SUI S. WAWRINKA WC
GER D. ALTMAIER vs SWE M. YMER
GBR A. MURRAY vs AUS J. DUCKWORTH
FRA E. COUACAUD Q vs USA J. ISNER 20

GER O. OTTE 32 vs GER P. GOJOWCZYK
GBR J. CLARKE WC vs USA C. HARRISON Q
NED T. GRIEKSPOOR vs ITA F. FOGNINI
GER J. STRUFF vs ESP C. ALCARAZ 5


NOR C. RUUD 3 vs ESP A. RAMOS-VINOLAS
ARG T. ETCHEVERRY vs FRA U. HUMBERT
BEL D. GOFFIN vs MDA R. ALBOT Q
JPN T. DANIEL vs ARG S. BAEZ 31

USA F. TIAFOE 23 vs ITA A. VAVASSORI Q
GER M. MARTERER Q vs SLO A. BEDENE
KAZ A. BUBLIK vs HUN M. FUCSOVICS
SRB D. LAJOVIC vs ESP P. CARRENO BUSTA 16

GBR C. NORRIE 9 vs ESP P. ANDUJAR
BRA T. MONTEIRO vs ESP J. MUNAR
GBR R. PENISTON WC vs SUI H. LAAKSONEN
USA S. JOHNSON vs BUL G. DIMITROV 18

USA T. PAUL 30 vs ESP F. VERDASCO
FRA A. MANNARINO vs AUS M. PURCELL Q
ARG F. CORIA vs CZE J. VESELY
ESP A. DAVIDOVICH FOKINA vs POL H. HURKACZ 7

BOTTOM HALF

ITA M. BERRETTINI 8 vs CHI C. GARIN
SUI M. HUESLER Q vs FRA H. GRENIER LL
CZE Z. KOLAR LL vs FRA B. BONZI
KAZ M. KUKUSHKIN Q vs USA J. BROOKSBY 29

AUS A. DE MINAUR 19 vs BOL H. DELLIEN
BEL Z. BERGS WC vs GBR J. DRAPER
GBR L. BROADY WC vs SVK L. KLEIN Q
CRO B. CORIC vs ARG D. SCHWARTZMAN 12

CAN D. SHAPOVALOV 13 vs FRA A. RINDERKNECH
USA B. NAKASHIMA vs GER N. KUHN Q
COL D. GALAN vs GER D. KOEPFER
HUN A. BALAZS vs ESP R. BAUTISTA AGUT 17

SRB F. KRAJINOVIC 26 vs CZE J. LEHECKA
GBR P. JUBB WC vs AUS N. KYRGIOS
ESP R. CARBALLES BAENA vs AUS J. THOMPSON
SUI A. RITSCHARD Q vs GRE S. TSITSIPAS 4


CAN F. AUGER-ALIASSIME 6 vs USA M. CRESSY
ESP B. ZAPATA MIRALLES Q vs USA J. SOCK Q
AUT D. NOVAK Q vs ARG F. BAGNIS
AUS J. KUBLER Q vs GBR D. EVANS 28

DEN H. RUNE 24 vs USA M. GIRON
ESP P. MARTINEZ vs SVK A. MOLCAN
GBR A. GRAY WC vs TPE C. TSENG
ITA L. MUSETTI vs USA T. FRITZ 11

CRO M. CILIC 14 vs USA M. MCDONALD
POR J. SOUSA vs FRA R. GASQUET
FIN E. RUUSUVUORI vs JPN Y. NISHIOKA
ESP F. LOPEZ vs NED B. VAN DE ZANDSCHULP 21

ITA L. SONEGO 27 vs USA D. KUDLA
AUS A. POPYRIN vs FRA H. GASTON
USA S. QUERREY vs LTU R. BERANKIS
ARG F. CERUNDOLO vs ESP R. NADAL 2

FAA -Cressy is the only one that jumps out at me as a potential first round upset..

Alcaraz didn't play a grass-court tune-up, did he? Faces a big server out of the gate.

Murray, Djokovic and Wawrinka in the same section - the 2016 Special. Murray-Isner R2...

So great to see a seed next to Botic's name.

Very curious to see if Beethoven Van Rijthoven can keep his level from s'Hertogenbosch.

Tricky for Alcaraz because Struff has a huge serve.
Ruud will make it to R2 because he faces another clay courter in R1, then he could be out.
Cressy/FAA. Best of 5, FAA will get used to the serve. I hope not because I have Cressy in my GA team, but over 5 sets, I think Felix will prevail.
Rafa/Matteo in the SF. I say Matteo. If Rafa keeps his return position for the tournament, Matteo's serve will be too much.

Alcaraz played a grass exho with his right arm heavily taped. I meant to post the picture. I'll see if I can find it now.

In this draw there are 3 players that I could choose from. One that I hope will win, one that I think will have a chance to win, and one that will probably win. The player that I hope wins and has the most outside chance to win is Félix Auger-Aliassime. The player that I think really has that chance to win and I will be cheering for to really pull it off is Matteo Berrettini. Then there is the obvious choice that is probably going to win it all and that is Novak Djokovic.

But if you are rooting for FAA, why aren't you cheering for him as opposed to Berrettini? Felix made the semis last year, losing precisely to Berrettini, and now has one more year of experience and training. Sure, he starts with Cressy (that's a tough one) but I say he does not have way more less of a chance than Matteo. A say a little less, but sure, I can see him in the conversation of 2nd tier contenders.

ponchi101 wrote: ↑Sun Jun 26, 2022 8:31 pm But if you are rooting for FAA, why aren't you cheering for him as opposed to Berrettini? Felix made the semis last year, losing precisely to Berrettini, and now has one more year of experience and training. Sure, he starts with Cressy (that's a tough one) but I say he does not have way more less of a chance than Matteo. A say a little less, but sure, I can see him in the conversation of 2nd tier contenders.

I think if it did come down to a match between FAA and Berrettini, I would be cheering for FAA. I would see him as a slight underdog to Berrettini so it is also always fun to root for the underdog. I still think he would struggle in that match, but if it came down to that I would cheer for him. I would much rather see FAA or Berrettini than Djokovic or Nadal in the Final.

Well Berrettini also coming down with Covid will throw a wrench in the draw

Fastbackss wrote: ↑Tue Jun 28, 2022 10:26 am Well Berrettini also coming down with Covid will throw a wrench in the draw

Excellent for Rafa. And Berrettini might not be the last one to get Covid here.

While I understand what Fastbackss says, I would put it the other way around: it takes a wrench out of the draw. The sole way Novak loses this thing is coming down with C19 himself.

Novak is the clear favorite like Iga is on the women's side, but I hope a wrench is thrown into both sides of the draw and I don't mean that either one of these players come down with Covid of course, but I mean that some younger up and coming player upsets and wins the tournament like FAA and Coco Gauff.

Hard to get younger than Iga on WTA tour. She's only 21

Suliso wrote: ↑Tue Jun 28, 2022 12:40 pm Hard to get younger than Iga on WTA tour. She's only 21

Coco is younger though. I mean more of a surprise winner of the championship.