Olympics Mixed Doubles - Tokyo 2021

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In a match of players who lost in singles and trying to redeem themselves here, Barty & co will face Tits & co in R2.

 

[GameSetAndMath]

Novak & Stojanovic have a winnable match against Germans in R2.

Once they win that match, they are guaranteed to play at least one match with medal implications.

 

[GameSetAndMath]

Novak is playing MD with Stojanovic. Naomi opted not to play.

Here is the complete list of 16 pairs with the seedings.


[1] Kristina Mladenovic & Nicolas Mahut (FRA)
[2] Maria Sakkari & Stefanpos Tsitsipas (GRE)
[3] Bethanie Mattek-Sands & Rajeev Ram (USA)
[4] Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova & Andrey Rublev (ROC)
Iga Swiatek & Lukasz Kubot (POL)
Ashleigh Barty & John Peers
Gabriela Dabrowski & Felix Auger-Aliassime (CAN)
Darija Jurak & Ivan Dodig (CRO)
Paula Badosa & Pablo Careno Busta (ESP)
Luisa Stefani & Marcelo Melo (BRA)
Nadia Podoroska & Horacio Zeballos (ARG)
Nina Stojanovic & Novak Djokovic (SRB)
[Host] Ena Shibarara & Ben McLachlan (JPN)
Laura Siegemund & Kevin Krawietz (GER)
Elena Vesnina & Aslan Karatsev (ROC)
Yaroslava Shvedova & Andrey Golubev (KAZ)

I would say that SRB, ROC#2, AUS and POL will be contenders apart from the four seeded teams.

Of the four seeded teams, France and USA already lost.

 

[GameSetAndMath]

We will have ROc#1 playing against ROC#2 for the gold medal. Even though Pavly & Rublev are the seeded team, I project Vesnina & Karatsev to win this match.

Novak & Stejanovic will play against Barty & Peers for the bronze medal. General theory in MD is that the pair with stronger woman will be the winning team. Going by that Australia should win this consolation match. Sorry, Novak.

 

[GameSetAndMath]

With Belinda playing so good in both singles and doubles, I can't help thinking what if Roger decided to play Olympics. I think Roger missed a great chance to grab a OGM. I know he would be toast in singles though.