2016 Wimbledon Championships - Men (London Sidewalk Cafe Discussions II)

[ClayDeath]

London Sidewalk Cafe Discussions (continued)

 

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DATE: June 27 - July 10, 2016
SURFACE: Grass
PRIZE MONEY: £13,163,000
FIELD SIZE: 128
DEFENDING CHAMPION: Novak Djokovic

Seeds:

1 Novak Djokovic
2 Andy Murray
3 Roger Federer
4 Stan Wawrinka
5 Kei Nishikori
6 Milos Raonic
7 Richard Gasquet
8 Dominic Thiem
9 Marin Cilic
10 Tomas Berdych
11 David Goffin
12 JW Tsonga
13 David Ferrer
14 Roberto Bautista Agut
15 Nick Kyrgios
16 Gilles Simon
17 Gael Monfils
18 John Isner
19 Bernard Tomic
20 Kevin Anderson
21 Philipp Kohlschreiber
22 Feliciano Lopez
23 Ivo Karlovic
24 Alexander Zverev
25 Victor Troicki
26 Benoit Paire
27 Jack Sock
28 Sam Querrey
29 Pablo Cuevas
30 Alexandr Dolgopolov
31 Joao Sousa
32 Lucas Pouille

Photo: _JDS_/Flickr

The Tournament:

The Championships, Wimbledon, commonly known simply as Wimbledon, is the oldest tennis tournament in the world, and is considered by many to be the most prestigious.

It has been held at the All England Club in Wimbledon, London since 1877. It is one of the four Grand Slam tennis tournaments, the others being the Australian Open, the French Open and the US Open. Since the Australian Open shifted to hardcourt in 1988, Wimbledon is the only major still played on grass.

It continues to honour many long-standing traditions, including a strict dress code for competitors, the eating of strawberries and cream, and royal patronage. In 2013, Andy Murray became the first British male singles champion since Fred Perry in 1936.

The Players:

World Number One and defending champion Novak Djokovic heads the field. The Serb has won the last four Grand Slams and is aiming for a historic calendar year Grand Slam. Winning Wimbledon would give him 3/3 this year with the US Open to play.

7 time winner Roger Federer and 2013 champion Andy Murray head up the remainder of the field which features all the top names with the exception of an injured Rafael Nadal.

Dominic Thiem and Alexander Zverev headline the next generation stars looking for their first grand slam title.





About London

London is the capital and most populous city of England, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom. Standing on the River Thames in the south eastern part of the island of Great Britain it has a population of 8.5 million with a wider metro of nearly 14 million inhabitants.

London is a leading global city, with strengths in the arts, commerce, education, entertainment, fashion, finance, healthcare, media, professional services, research and development, tourism, and transport all contributing to its prominence.[It is one of the world's leading financial centres.

Photo: David Iliff

Tourism Guide:

 

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The Draw:

 

[britbox]

Fed and Djoker in the same half.

 

[britbox]

The big show is on the road...

 

[Moxie]

Fed and Djoker in the same half.

And the bottom half is a bunch of girls. (I think that was a mistake, @britbox. )

 

[britbox]

^ haha will fix

 

[DarthFed]

Aside from drawing Djokovic in the semi it is about as nice of a draw as Roger could hope for. If he is in any kind of good form he should reach that matchup but an early loss will not surprise me. He did not look good in either warmup tournament and now playing a best of 5 presents a different challenge after all the time off and possibly still having a bad back.

 

[britbox]

Tougher draw for Andy Murray this time around.

 

[Carol]

I don't put too much attention to the draw but I like to see how every player is going to play and I hope to see all of them in good form....(?)

 

[Denis]

Raonic and Federer in Djokovic half. I was hoping he would avoid those two, so that is disappointing. Pretty sure Murray will make the final and if Djokovic makes it there too, I'm not overly optimistic about the outcome. This will be Novaks toughest slam this year I expect.

 

[Murat Baslamisli]

I cannot believe Nole is losing in the quarters...

 

[Denis]

I cannot believe Nole is losing in the quarters...

I hope and think you are right Murat. But of the players ranked 5-8 I would have most preferred Djokovic to avoid Raonic. Besides I kind of like Raonic so I'd prefer him to play Novak in the final or so.

 

[Murat Baslamisli]

I hope and think you are right Murat. But of the players ranked 5-8 I would have most preferred Djokovic to avoid Raonic. Besides I kind of like Raonic so I'd prefer him to play Novak in the final or so.

Nah, Nole will be alright. I was just hoping this year Milos would make the final. Bad draw to have Nole in the quarters. But if he somehow pulls it off...

 

[Carol]

After one year married Feliciano is asking the divorce so I don't know how his mind is going through....

 

[Moxie]

Aside from drawing Djokovic in the semi it is about as nice of a draw as Roger could hope for. If he is in any kind of good form he should reach that matchup but an early loss will not surprise me. He did not look good in either warmup tournament and now playing a best of 5 presents a different challenge after all the time off and possibly still having a bad back.

I agree that his path to the semi is not at all bad. I guess we'll see how he's doing, physically. It should be up to him to get to the SF.

Djokovic doesn't have much in the way of banana peels until Raonic. Though his opening round against the Brit, James Ward, might be rowdy, with England in a nationalist mood. Maybe Kohlscreiber looming and either Goffin or Nishikori? Pretty light-weight, literally, though all tricky.

Murray, on the other hand, could get Kyrgios early (when he's most dangerous, if you ask me,) and Berdych, Wawrinka and Thiem loom in there. He does have the tougher draw, I'd say, esp. because Roger is a bit of a question mark.

Small notes. Poor Taylor Fritz gets Wawrinka as his first round, and if DelPo gets through his first round, he likely gets Stan. Not impossible, given his serve, and Stan's unreliability, but I wouldn't lay money on it. And Thiem's first round is with Florian Mayer, who just beat him in Halle. Let's see what Thiem is made of. He could be a danger, or he could go home 1st round.

 

[Carol]

We hope that this Wimbledon tournament goes without any problem or some kind of bad manifestation........

 

[Moxie]

We hope that this Wimbledon tournament goes without any problem or some kind of bad manifestation........

What the hell does that mean? You trying to put a hex on it?

 

[Billie]

Raonic and Federer in Djokovic half. I was hoping he would avoid those two, so that is disappointing. Pretty sure Murray will make the final and if Djokovic makes it there too, I'm not overly optimistic about the outcome. This will be Novaks toughest slam this year I expect.

Who knows. Sometimes things look easy but then get complicated in a hurry somewhere along the way. And sometimes draws look difficult at the start but clear out unexpectedly. At least Nole can't play both Anderson and Raonic, as they would have to square off against each other a round earlier, if all make it that far.

 

[Moxie]

Who knows. Sometimes things look easy but then get complicated in a hurry somewhere along the way. And sometimes draws look difficult at the start but clear out unexpectedly. At least Nole can't play both Anderson and Raonic, as they would have to square off against each other a round earlier, if all make it that far.

I should think you'd be more worried about Goffin than Anderson, but either way, he won't face but one of the 3.