2017 Wimbledon Championships - Men

[Denis]

Apart from the serve, Muller has nothing else. His lateral movement looks bad from the little I saw, and Nadal can exploit that. His serve is amazing. There is one service game where he served aces only.

This is true, his volleys are decent too, but yeah there is a reason why he spent almost his entire career on the challenger tour. I just like him for cracking the top 20 at age 34 or something, it shows persistance and a good attitude.

 

[herios]

In fact, he is not (we were discussing it the other day). His stats are actually better on HC than on clay.

RBA is definitely not a clay courter, he hits a very flat ball in his ground shots, well suited to fast surface.

 

[Shivashish Sarkar]

So Nishikori is gone. One more contender everyone can stop worrying about.

 

[the AntiPusher]

So Nishikori is gone. One more contender everyone can stop worrying about.

The so called Samurai is no contender in my book, probably not in KS's book either..RBA got game..

 

[herios]

Kei has not been playing well lately

 

[GameSetAndMath]

The bookis are giving Rafa 90% chance to win this match and Khachanov 10% chance.

 

[herios]

Marin defeats Johnson

 

[herios]

This is true, his volleys are decent too, but yeah there is a reason why he spent almost his entire career on the challenger tour. I just like him for cracking the top 20 at age 34 or something, it shows persistance and a good attitude.

Where did you get that Müller has spent most of his career on the challenger tour?
That is not true.

 

[kskate2]

The so called Samurai is no contender in my book, probably not in KS's book either..RBA got game..

I loved his offensive game. You know he was the Samurai up until 2015. Now he's just glass.

 

[DarthFed]

Rafa's draw looks hard on paper but this is a medium-paced hard court this year. I think Cilic is the only threat in his half and I have a bad feeling RBA may upset him.

 

[Denis]

Where did you get that Müller has spent most of his career on the challenger tour?
That is not true.

It is actually. He has 11 challenger titles alone. Look up his rankings history. It's always been around 250-50 max. It is only this year that he has really started moving up. Sure he participated in ATP events, but look at his slam results for instance, always around 1R or 2R and qualifications, with exceptions here and there.

He is a late bloomer.

 

[DarthFed]

The bookis are giving Rafa 90% chance to win this match and Khachanov 10% chance.

Too bad, on Halle grass this may be close to a tossup.

 

[atttomole]

Khachanaov is spraying unforced errors. I think its his first time on center court.

 

[DarthFed]

He has to go for it early on these medium-paced hard courts. I like the kid though, and he's shown the past month decent play on clay, real grass, and whatever you call this Wimbledon.

 

[atttomole]

I remember at Halle he was hitting so many aces, and he can't get a first serve here. He is shanking a lot of easy balls from mid court.

 

[herios]

It is actually. He has 11 challenger titles alone. Look up his rankings history. It's always been around 250-50 max. It is only this year that he has really started moving up. Sure he participated in ATP events, but look at his slam results for instance, always around 1R or 2R and qualifications, with exceptions here and there.

He is a late bloomer.

He is a late bloomer all right but he had many injuries that is why he got relegated to the challenger tour several times.

Edit: He also his ranking is now steady and moving up not just this rear but rather the last 3 years and a half. He is a legit top 50 and this year a steady top 30.

 

[mrzz]

Kachanov is a good player but hell he cannot put a ball in today.

About the slowness of the court, a commentator here in Brazil is putting the whole blame on heavier balls.

 

[Denis]

He is a late bloomer all right but he had many injuries that is why he got relegated to the challenger tour several times.

Yeah that's true, without that he would have been a regular on the tour perhaps.

 

[Shivashish Sarkar]

Return of serve. Serve. Volleys. Baseline shots. Forehead. Backhand. Movement and racket head speed. Nadal looks scary. Omg. Khacha Nov is overwhelmed and cannot play his game.

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[DarthFed]

Kachanov is a good player but hell he cannot put a ball in today.

About the slowness of the court, a commentator here in Brazil is putting the whole blame on heavier balls.

I think the tournament director is a Nadal fan. They've made Wimbledon into a joke IMO. Might as well have played the tourney at Miami. It will take an inspired performance for Fed to beat him if he makes the final. It will be tough to beat Djoker on the medium hard court too if that's the matchup.