Please for the love of god let Djoker make the final so that this tourney isn't just another Globetrotters (Rafa) vs Generals (rest of the world) like the past 2 months on clay have been. I mean if you're a Nadal fan great, but if you're not, there is no more tedious, drama-less part of the ATP sched than clay season. I don't even know why anyone not from Mallorca bothers to show up.
They will play each other tomorrow for a spot in the main draw. This ensures that one of them will join Raonic and Levine. I believe also there have been 3 withdrawls so there will be 3 lucky loser spots
__________________
Watching the Oilers defend is like watching fire engines frantically rushing to the wrong fire
Hmm I wonder if we'll get to a point where Canadian mens tennis surpasses US on the tour...or has that already happened?
Nope it hasn't. Depends how we define success. Yes Raonic is ranked higher than any American, but there are 18 Americans in the top 200 compared to only 3 Canadians.
__________________
Watching the Oilers defend is like watching fire engines frantically rushing to the wrong fire
Nope it hasn't. Depends how we define success. Yes Raonic is ranked higher than any American, but there are 18 Americans in the top 200 compared to only 3 Canadians.
Don't forget the Bryans! They dominate doubles as Nestor is starting to fall off a bit
- #1 Djokovic and #3 Nadal draw in the same half
- #14 Raonic is in the #4 Ferrer Quarter
- Levine draws #13 Nishikori
- Pospisil draws Zeballos, could face #9 Wavrinka in 2nd round
The Draw
[1]Djokovic v Goffin
Dodig v Pella
Alex Kuznetsov v Pouille
Falla v [26]Dimitrov
[22]Dolgopolov v Tursunov
Tomic v Hanescu
Bolelli v Lu
[Q]Vesely v [16]Kohlschreiber
---------------------
[12]Haas v Rufin
[Q]Sock v Garcia-Lopez
Andrey Kuznetsov v Harrison
Berlocq v [19]Isner
[29]Youzhny v Andujar
Delbonis v [Q]Reister
Verdasco v Gicquel
Mahut v [8]Tipsarevic
=============
[3]Nadal v Brands
Klizan v Russell
[Q]Riba v Rosol
[Q]Beck v [27]Fognini
[24]Paire v Baghdatis
Kubot v [Q]Teixeira
Zemlja v Giraldo
Levine v [13]Nishikori
---------------------
[9]Wawrinka v De Bakker
[Q]Pospisil v Zeballos
De Schepper v Haase
Ramos v [21]Janowicz
[28]F.Mayer v Istomin
Serra v Davydenko
[Q]Przysiezny v [Q]Williams
Stakhovsky v [7]Gasquet
=============
[5]Berdych v Monfils
Gulbis v Dutra Silva
Sijsling v Melzer
Zopp v [32]Robredo
[20]Seppi v L.Mayer
Kavcic v [Q]Duckworth
Alund v Roger-Vasselin
[Q]Haider-Maurer v [11]Almagro
---------------------
[14]Raonic v Malisse
[Q]Darcis v Llodra
[Q]Struff v Donskoy
[Q]Marchenko v [23]Anderson
[31]Granollers v Lopez
Sousa v Soeda
[Q]Johnson v Montanes
Matosevic v [4]Ferrer
=============
[6]Tsonga v Bedene
Nieminen v Mathieu
Bautista-Agut v Muller
Becker v [25]Chardy
[17]Monaco v Gimeno-Traver
Troicki v Blake
Stepanek v Kyrgios
Petzschner v [10]Cilic
---------------------
[15]Simon v Hewitt
Mannarino v Cuevas
Hajek v [Q]Kudla
Lacko v [18]Querrey
[30]Benneteau v Berankis
Kamke v Lorenzi
[Q]Devvarman v [Q]Munoz-De La Nava
[Q]Carreno-Busta v [2]Federer
On the women's side only one Canadian, Eugene Bouchard draws Pironkova, would face Maria Sharapova in the 2nd round.
Anything in particular you guys will be watching?
__________________
Watching the Oilers defend is like watching fire engines frantically rushing to the wrong fire
Last edited by GirlySports; 05-24-2013 at 12:55 PM.
The Following User Says Thank You to GirlySports For This Useful Post:
I'm not really a big fan of him ditching Blanco and ending up with Ljubicic. No accomplishments as a coach, he hasn't done jack as a coach with Berdych, he was 6th before he took him on and is still 6th... also he's an ethnic Bosnian and you can bet he'll be working on winning Milos over for their national team...
edit Milos' family is from Montenegro so false alarm. That's a decade of cheering for the Canadian national soccer team paranoia right there.
Hope Milos can keep it together, on paper he should be playing Ferrer in round 4 but he seems to trip up regularly when the seas part like this for him with the draw. Llodra has never really been a great clay player and he is clearly on the decline but will be tough with the home crowd cheering for him.
Ferrer has got a dirt rat on a roll in round 2, some spanish guy who just won at Nice. Now that Berdych is out if someone can knock Ferrer off that whole quarter is wide open. Raonic, Almagro and Ferrer are the only top 20 guys in the quarter.
