Upset Corner - Wimbledon 2017 Edition

[Busted]

Kyrgios gone. First big upset.

I was actually surprised he even bothered to enter the draw.

 

[El Dude]

Tomorrow has some nice possible upsets, with all of the following being good candidates:
Pospisil vs. Thiem
Kokkinakis vs. Del Potro
Chardy vs. Berdych
Fritz vs. Isner
Brands vs. Monfils

Actually, I was surprised to see that Brands is 3-1 vs. Monfils, although they've never played on grass.

None of the above scream "this one, this one!" but I could see one or two of them happening.

 

[Moxie]

Tomorrow has some nice possible upsets, with all of the following being good candidates:
Pospisil vs. Thiem
Kokkinakis vs. Del Potro
Chardy vs. Berdych
Fritz vs. Isner
Brands vs. Monfils

Actually, I was surprised to see that Brands is 3-1 vs. Monfils, although they've never played on grass.

None of the above scream "this one, this one!" but I could see one or two of them happening.

Everyone thinks Thiem is vulnerable and Pospisil is a good doubles player, which means he's good at the net. Still Pospisil hasn't been inspiring in singles for some time, and Dominic will probably survive this round. Del Potro: it doesn't sound like he's in perfect shape, and if the much-injured Kokkinakis is, it could be an upset. Both are players I think we'd all like to see back to winning form. Interesting call on Chardy v. Berdych. The Frenchman is so unpredictable, and the Birdman has slipped a lot this year.

 

[Carol]

Dolgo could make it :bat:

 

[GameSetAndMath]

Couple of upsets that people did not note: Karlovic fell to Bedene. Verdasco fell to Anderson.

While not an upset, I was hoping Tommy Haas would win at least one match, but didn't work out that way.

 

[Moxie]

Couple of upsets that people did not note: Karlovic fell to Bedene. Verdasco fell to Anderson.

While not an upset, I was hoping Tommy Haas would win at least one match, but didn't work out that way.

Karlovic lost the way that big servers lose in a Major to a more dimensional player: No TB in the 5th. I did mention on the other thread that I thought Verdasco v. Anderson was one to watch. Not a shock. And everyone is sorry that Tommy didn't go at least another round. Good they gave him the WC, though. We'll miss you, Tommy.

 

[El Dude]

Everyone thinks Thiem is vulnerable and Pospisil is a good doubles player, which means he's good at the net. Still Pospisil hasn't been inspiring in singles for some time, and Dominic will probably survive this round. Del Potro: it doesn't sound like he's in perfect shape, and if the much-injured Kokkinakis is, it could be an upset. Both are players I think we'd all like to see back to winning form. Interesting call on Chardy v. Berdych. The Frenchman is so unpredictable, and the Birdman has slipped a lot this year.

Yeah, Dominic will probably survive, but the nature of an "upset" is an upsetting of the odds...so all of the possible upsets are just that: they aren't likely to happen, but I think have a greater chance than the odds would normally dictate, for a variety of reasons.

Hopefully the big Kokk will rise again

 

[GameSetAndMath]

Four seeds were upset today. Murray is the lucky one with three of them being in his quarter ( Stan, Kyrgios and Verdasco).

 

[Moxie]

Four seeds were upset today. Murray is the lucky one with three of them being in his quarter ( Stan, Kyrgios and Verdasco).

Seems like an advantage on paper, but, especially with his hip, he's not out of the woods. And, for various reasons, it's unlikely he'd have seen Stan or Nick, anyway. He's got Dustin Brown next round. Already, that could be complicated.

 

[mrzz]

In my draw a have Wawrinka losing on R1. Should have put some money on it...

I spent to whole clay season saying Kyrgios would lose first or second round (and was right in all of them) so this time for a change I had him going as far as R3... too optimistic.

 

[Moxie]

Bad knee? Yeah, right. When was the knee relocated above the shoulders? I must have missed that CNN update...

It's possible to have a bad knee AND be a headcase. Personally, I think Stan's weird career trajectory has run its course.

 

[El Dude]

It's possible to have a bad knee AND be a headcase. Personally, I think Stan's weird career trajectory has run its course.

He's got one of the most unusual career trajectories in tennis history, and gives (probably false) hope to players like Glassikori, Milos, and Dimitrov. But I tend to agree with you, as he seems to have dropped a notch this year more into the Berdych/Tsonga range. I could see him dropping off a cliff over the next year or two. Similarly with Monfils, just as we're seemingly seeing with Berdych, and of course Ferrer. Tsonga seems to be hanging on a bit better, but also seems to be slipping a bit.

 

[isabelle]

great win for Medvedev even if Stan's bad on grass

 

[GameSetAndMath]

The clay court specialist and unseeded Ferrer took out grass court aficionado Gasquet.

 

[GameSetAndMath]

Dolgo could make it :bat:

:lulz2::lulz2::lulz2:

 

[Carol]

:lulz2::lulz2::lulz2:

I see that you got the joke knowing that he has retired 5 times in a row.
Very difficult the Roger's draw..

 

[GameSetAndMath]

I see that you got the joke knowing that he has retired 5 times in a row.
Very difficult the Roger's draw......:lulz2::lulz2::lulz2::lulz2::lulz2::lulz2::lulz2::lulz2::lulz2::lulz2::lulz2:

Good attempt in saving face.

 

[Moxie]

Feli Lopez seems to be in trouble v. Mannarino.

 

[GameSetAndMath]

Thanks for the update, will tune in (for those who are not aware, using watch espn, you can watch any match that you like from the 16 or so feeds as opposed to whatever they show in ESPN tv channel).

Deliciano has eaten two breadsticks and so he is actually in serious trouble.

 

[Moxie]

The scoreline after he won the first had the look on injury and he did retire out. Too bad for him. He's not very often injured, so hoping it's not serious.