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Hot off the heels of an amazing French Open, the men and women now turn to the grass courts of Wimbledon. Can Rafa continue with his momentum, or can Novak wrestle it back? Can Federer rise up and collect another slam? Can Murray get a breakthrough slam in front of his home crowd? Will there be a darkhorse shocker like Tomic :side: to come through and take the world by storm?

I'm thoroughly looking forward to this event, it's my favourite slam and I'm really hoping to see some great tennis on display. As far as the ladies go, you'd have to think Sharapova, Kvitova, Serena, Azarenka etc will all be in the mix, Stosur a slight chance provided she doesn't choke it up in monumental fashion, and well, who knows with the women, Wozniacki might even break through and break her duck.

June 25th, can't come soon enough.
 
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#6,087 ·
Nadal is the favourite based on current form i reckon. The last person to win the Montreal/Cincy double was Roddick in 2003 & he went on to win the US Open. Interesting

Also with the US Open around the corner, maybe it's time to change the thread title to something relating to The US Open.
 
#6,088 ·
I hope not, well not with Federer in this form.

I really hope Federer is in Ferrer's quarters, yeah I know even he draws against Ferrer, he could still get eliminated before the quarters/semis but he will have a much better chance. It would be much better than drawing Nadal or Murray/Djokovic. But it will probably be Nadal/Federer in the quarters again...
 
#6,089 ·
Tsonga being out also opens the draw up for players ranked 9 & below too.

Djokovic-Berdych
Ferrer-Federer
Murray-Del Potro
Nadal-Gasquet

Would be good projected QF's imo.
 
#6,091 ·
Federer will not lose to Ferrer if they meet in the Quarters. It's just a horrible match-up for Ferrer as he thrives off consistent rythm from the baseline. Federer doesn't give him that due to his variety.

If Federer draws Ferrer in his Quarter & they both end up meeting at that stage, then Federer will win barring some miracle. Federer has a higher chance of losing to an unseeded player or lower seeded player before the Quarters.
 
#6,096 ·
Bombshell!!!

Another golden set has happened on the ATP tour. Resiter def. Puetz 6-7 (3), 6-4, 6-0 with the 3rd set being a Golden one. If true, that is pretty incredible

Now seen as though it was qualies for the US Open, there is no video evidence of this Golden set, so Slava's still remains the proper golden set :D
 
#6,098 ·
^ Yeah, most likely :lol

She's down to 82 in the rankings now because she had injury problems during the best part of her season which is unfortunate for her really, but i guess it serves her right for sucking when she had zero points to defend.

In the mens game the Golden set would be much harder because of the serve, so that is a good accomplishment for Julian.
 
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DJOKOVIC, Novak SRB [1] - BERANKIS, Ricardas LTU
BECKER, Benjamin GER - ROSOL, Lukas CZE
KUBOT, Lukasz POL - NIEMINEN, Jarkko FIN
SOUSA, Joao POR - DIMITROV, Grigor BUL [25]

PAIRE, Benoit FRA [24] - BOGOMOLOV JR., Alex RUS
SMYCZEK, Tim USA (W) - DUCKWORTH, James AUS (W)
ZOPP, Jurgen EST - GRANOLLERS, Marcel ESP
RAM, Rajeev USA - FOGNINI, Fabio ITA [16]

HAAS, Tommy GER [12] - MATHIEU, Paul-Henri FRA
LU, Yen-Hsun TPE - GIMENO-TRAVER, Daniel ESP
GOFFIN, David BEL - DOLGOPOLOV, Alexandr UKR
MAHUT, Nicolas FRA - YOUZHNY, Mikhail RUS [21]

MELZER, Jurgen AUT [29] - DONSKOY, Evgeny RUS
SIJSLING, Igor NED - Qualifier (Q)
HEWITT, Lleyton AUS - BAKER, Brian USA (W)
GARCIA-LOPEZ, Guillermo ESP - DEL POTRO, Juan Martin ARG [6]

MURRAY, Andy GBR [3] - LLODRA, Michael FRA
HANESCU, Victor ROU - MAYER, Leonardo ARG
Qualifier (Q) - KLIZAN, Martin SVK
MAYER, Florian GER - MONACO, Juan ARG [28]

SEPPI, Andreas ITA [20] - MALISSE, Xavier BEL
LACKO, Lukas SVK - Qualifier (Q)
KAMKE, Tobias GER - JOHNSON, Steve USA
ISTOMIN, Denis UZB - ALMAGRO, Nicolas ESP [15]

WAWRINKA, Stanislas SUI [9] - STEPANEK, Radek CZE
BLAKE, James USA - Qualifier (Q)
BAGHDATIS, Marcos CYP - Qualifier (Q)
BRANDS, Daniel GER - ANDERSON, Kevin RSA [17]

BENNETEAU, Julien FRA [31] - PRZYSIEZNY, Michal POL
STAKHOVSKY, Sergiy UKR - CHARDY, Jeremy FRA
VESELY, Jiri CZE - KUDLA, Denis USA
LORENZI, Paolo ITA - BERDYCH, Tomas CZE [5]
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
GASQUET, Richard FRA [8] - RUSSELL, Michael USA
Qualifier (Q) - Qualifier (Q)
STRUFF, Jan-Lennard GER - RUFIN, Guillaume FRA (W)
BEDENE, Aljaz SLO - TURSUNOV, Dmitry RUS [32]

LOPEZ, Feliciano ESP [23] - Qualifier (Q)
DE SCHEPPER, Kenny FRA - KLAHN, Bradley USA (W)
ANDUJAR, Pablo ESP - DE BAKKER, Thiemo NED
Qualifier (Q) - RAONIC, Milos CAN [10]

JANOWICZ, Jerzy POL [14] - , Qualifier (Q)
SOCK, Jack USA - , Qualifier (Q)
KUZNETSOV, Andrey RUS - SELA, Dudi ISR
CUEVAS, Pablo URU - TIPSAREVIC, Janko SRB [18]

GULBIS, Ernests LAT [30] - HAIDER-MAURER, Andreas AUT
Qualifier (Q) - Qualifier (Q)
BAUTISTA AGUT, Roberto ESP - BELLUCCI, Thomaz BRA
Qualifier (Q) - FERRER, David ESP [4]

FEDERER, Roger SUI [7] - ZEMLJA, Grega SLO
GIRALDO, Santiago COL - BERLOCQ, Carlos ARG
ZEBALLOS, Horacio ARG - MANNARINO, Adrian FRA
PELLA, Guido ARG - QUERREY, Sam USA [26]

ROBREDO, Tommy ESP [19] - MATOSEVIC, Marinko AUS
HAASE, Robin NED - , Qualifier (Q)
RAMOS, Albert ESP - TOMIC, Bernard AUS
Qualifier (Q) - NISHIKORI, Kei JPN [11]

ISNER, John USA [13] - VOLANDRI, Filippo ITA
UNGUR, Adrian ROU - MONFILS, Gael FRA
MONTANES, Albert ESP - ROGER-VASSELIN, Edouard FRA
ALTAMIRANO, Collin USA (W) - KOHLSCHREIBER, Philipp GER [22]

VERDASCO, Fernando ESP [27] - DODIG, Ivan CRO
WILLIAMS, Rhyne USA (W) - DAVYDENKO, Nikolay RUS
Qualifier (Q) - POSPISIL, Vasek CAN
HARRISON, Ryan USA (W) - NADAL, Rafael ESP [2]
 
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WILLIAMS, Serena USA [1] - SCHIAVONE, Francesca ITA
VOSKOBOEVA, Galina KAZ - NICULESCU, Monica ROU
SHVEDOVA, Yaroslava KAZ - PUCHKOVA, Olga RUS
Qualifier (Q) - RYBARIKOVA, Magdalena SVK [29]

HAMPTON, Jamie USA [23] - ARRUABARRENA, Lara ESP
MLADENOVIC, Kristina FRA - MEDINA GARRIGUES, Anabel ESP
BEGU, Irina-Camelia ROU - RADWANSKA, Urszula POL
MINELLA, Mandy LUX - STEPHENS, Sloane USA [15]

FLIPKENS, Kirsten BEL [12] - WILLIAMS, Venus USA
BERTENS, Kiki NED - ZHENG, Jie CHN
Qualifier (Q) - Qualifier (Q)
DAVIS, Lauren USA - SUAREZ NAVARRO, Carla ESP [18]

KANEPI, Kaia EST [25] - KING, Vania USA (W)
VOEGELE, Stefanie SUI - SCHMIEDLOVA, Anna SVK
PLISKOVA, Karolina CZE - BOUCHARD, Eugenie CAN
HRADECKA, Lucie CZE - KERBER, Angelique GER [8]

RADWANSKA, Agnieszka POL [3] - SOLER-ESPINOSA, Silvia ESP
TORRO-FLOR, Maria-Teresa ESP - ERAKOVIC, Marina NZL
CABEZA CANDELA, Estrella ESP - BARTY, Ashleigh AUS (W)
RAZZANO, Virginie FRA (W) - PAVLYUCHENKOVA, Anastasia RUS [32]

MAKAROVA, Ekaterina RUS [24] - HERCOG, Polona SLO
JOHANSSON, Mathilde FRA - MATTEK-SANDS, Bethanie USA
ORMAECHEA, Paula ARG - DATE-KRUMM, Kimiko JPN
Qualifier (Q) - LISICKI, Sabine GER [16]

JANKOVIC, Jelena SRB [9] - KEYS, Madison USA
PUIG, Monica PUR - KLEYBANOVA, Alisa RUS
Qualifier (Q) - CADANTU, Alexandra ROU
Qualifier (Q) - CIRSTEA, Sorana ROU [19]

ROBSON, Laura GBR [30] - DOMINGUEZ LINO, Lourdes ESP
GARCIA, Caroline FRA - ROGERS, Shelby USA (W)
CETKOVSKA, Petra CZE - ARVIDSSON, Sofia SWE
GOVORTSOVA, Olga BLR - LI, Na CHN [5]
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
WOZNIACKI, Caroline DEN [6] - Qualifier (Q)
SCHEEPERS, Chanelle RSA - Qualifier (Q)
CEPELOVA, Jana SVK - Qualifier (Q)
HSIEH, Su-Wei TPE - ZAKOPALOVA, Klara CZE [31]

VESNINA, Elena RUS [22] - BECK, Annika GER
KNAPP, Karin ITA - , Qualifier (Q)
TSURENKO, Lesia UKR - SAFAROVA, Lucie CZE
BABOS, Timea HUN - VINCI, Roberta ITA [10]

KIRILENKO, Maria RUS [14] - WICKMAYER, Yanina BEL
Qualifier (Q) - DANIILIDOU, Eleni GRE
VEKIC, Donna CRO - DUQUE-MARINO, Mariana COL
WATSON, Heather GBR - HALEP, Simona ROU [21]

KUZNETSOVA, Svetlana RUS [27] - BURDETTE, Mallory USA
PENG, Shuai CHN - MEUSBURGER, Yvonne AUT
GIBBS, Nicole USA (W) - PENNETTA, Flavia ITA
MORITA, Ayumi JPN - ERRANI, Sara ITA [4]

KVITOVA, Petra CZE [7] - DOI, Misaki JPN
JOVANOVSKI, Bojana SRB - PETKOVIC, Andrea GER
PIRONKOVA, Tsvetana BUL - RISKE, Alison USA (W)
LARSSON, Johanna SWE - BARTHEL, Mona GER [28]

PETROVA, Nadia RUS [20] - Qualifier (Q)
Qualifier (Q) - VICKERY, Sachia USA (W)
SANCHEZ, Maria USA (W) - HANTUCHOVA, Daniela SVK
Qualifier (Q) - STOSUR, Samantha AUS [11]

IVANOVIC, Ana SRB [13] - TATISHVILI, Anna GEO
LEPCHENKO, Varvara USA - DULGHERU, Alexandra ROU
GOERGES, Julia GER - MCHALE, Christina USA
SVITOLINA, Elina UKR - CIBULKOVA, Dominika SVK [17]

CORNET, Alize FRA [26] - Qualifier (Q)
Qualifier (Q) - Qualifier (Q)
WOZNIAK, Aleksandra CAN - DOLONC, Vesna SRB
PFIZENMAIER, Dinah GER - AZARENKA, Victoria BLR [2]
 
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