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Wimbledon 2021 Monday, June 28 - Sunday, July 11 2021

Hector Savage

The only slam that we skipped due to the pandemic, makes the wait even better ...

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Slashermcguirk

Nasty first round draw for Medvedev, Struff is a very tricky opponent and he beat Medvedev just two weeks ago on the grass in Halle. Two of their other meetings also went the distance late into a deciding set. That is a definite potential banana skin.

I don't see Mannarino challenging Federer too much. Anderson a tricky 2nd round for Novak, not the player he was but a big server like that always tricky in the early rounds. I think its a tricky enough draw for Novak if he has to play Rublev in QF and Tsitsipas in SF, both of them have been very consistently good this year.

Murray has pulled a very good draw all things considered as he is a non seed. His highest rank opponent up to the 4th round would be Shapovalov.

Federer also has a nice draw as far as round 4 with the highest ranked player carreno busta and he is not a grass court player.

klr87

whiterebel wrote: »

Tough opener.

I checked, and Mannarino has a 0-6 record against The Fed, and equally bad against some of the other top players. I'd like for it to be competitive, as too often Federer just waltzes through the early rounds of slams without so much as breaking sweat (is that enough cliches?)

whiterebel

klr87 wrote: »

Yep, he won his 3rd grass title only two weeks ago.

I forgot to say: Federer plays Mannarino in R1. Maarino won his only title on grass, and two of his (many) final defeats were also on grass. And he's in the semi-finals at Mallorca, playing Sam Querrey later today. But I doubt he will seriously trouble His Royal Swissness (as one of my work colleagues like to refer to Federer as).

Tough opener.

klr87

whiterebel wrote: »

Cilic seems to be playing well on grass too.

Yep, he won his 3rd grass title only two weeks ago.

I forgot to say: Federer plays Mannarino in R1. Maarino won his only title on grass, and two of his (many) final defeats were also on grass. And he's in the semi-finals at Mallorca, playing Sam Querrey later today. But I doubt he will seriously trouble His Royal Swissness (as one of my work colleagues like to refer to Federer as).

whiterebel

Cilic seems to be playing well on grass too.

klr87

Halep out.

The draws have been made, but the qualifiers have not yet finished for the women, so they have yet to be placed in the draw.

Djokovic and Federer are on opposite sides of the men's draw. Djokovic could play Kevin Anderson in R2, but Anderson is nowhere near the player he once was. Tsitsipas (potential SF with Dkokovic) could play Vasek Pospisil in R2, another potential banana skin.

EDIT: Medvedev (#2 seed) could play Ciic in R3.

klr87

Big (and not so big) names missing:

Men: Nadal, Thiem, Raonic, Wawrinka, Coric, Goffin, Gasquet, Edmund (not going to include del Potro, as his injury is yet another long-term affair)

Women: Osaka (can't play, won't play), Brady, Yastremska (not eligible, despite just having somehow escaped a four-year doping ban). The top Chinese players basically have to stay at home to prepare for the Olympics, or something like that,

There are also fitness/injury concerns over the likes of Halep, Barty & Muguruza. There are 8 women in the draw courtesy of their protected ranking (after a long-term absence, usually due to injury), which is a very high number. All of those would have fitness and/or form concerns. There are just 2 men entered on a protected ranking.

EDIT: Wild cards of note:

Men: Sir Andy (of course), Carlos Alcaraz (new Spanish sensation)

Women: Liudmila Samsonova, who amazingly won Berlin last week as a qualifier.

The singles draw this morning should make things clearer. There are lots of potential banana skins (as in dangerous unseeded players), particularly amongst the women.