ATP Tennis/Non-India Davis Cup

[prasen9]

[prasen9]

Nadal may potentially have to go through the young brigade if he has to reach the finals. Kyrigios, Thiem, and potentially Zverev in order. It would be interesting to see if he can and if he will have anything left on his body and his mental tank to take on whoever among Fed/Djokovic/... or may be some Intruder (na, won't happen) will come up from the other side.

[Sin Hombre]

Kind of mission impossible for Nadal on his worst GS. Djokovic and Federer have cakewalk draws in comparison.

[RohitG]

Both will run into each other in the semis. Fed however has now entered a 5 setter against Sandgren, was almost out of the match but somehow crawled back to win the 4th set tiebreaker. This has Djokovic written all over it. Chances of Raonic stretching him to a 5 setter are low.

[sameerph]

Fed wins an incredible match where he saved 7 match points in the fourth set tie break and seemed physically done but somehow came back and win in 5th set. Somehow he keeps it going till SF at least in these slams. Looking at his physical condition, I seriously doubt though if he can put up a fight in the SF.

[PKBasu]

Federer has put in a lot of effort in the tournament so far, coming from the brink of defeat to win against Millman and Sandgren. He didn't play any tournament before the AO, so I suspect these two matches have made him match-sharp like nothing else could. It should be a good SF.

Nadal does have a tough draw with Thiem and Zverev or Wawrinka to overcome in the next two rounds.

[arjun2761]

Federer has put in a lot of effort in the tournament so far, coming from the brink of defeat to win against Millman and Sandgren. He didn't play any tournament before the AO, so I suspect these two matches have made him match-sharp like nothing else could. It should be a good SF.

Nadal does have a tough draw with Thiem and Zverev or Wawrinka to overcome in the next two rounds.

I highly doubt it. It appears he has a groin injury which takes time to heal. He was almost done against Sandgren but it seems the painkillers he took kicked in just enough for him to pull it out against Sandgren in the fifth set. I really doubt if he has any chance against Djokovic unless his injury has miraculously healed.

BTW, in the 2nd-4th sets while nursing his injury, Fed's first serve speed dropped from his usual 116-122 mph to 105-113 mph range and even he had a lot of trouble holding his serves. Now, Yuki and Sumit routinely serve in that lower range, so it kinda explains how hard they have to work to hold their serves at the ATP level.

[prasen9]

BTW, can a mod move the posts above to the right thread?

So, the young brigade takes Nadal out. The final is guaranteed to be between one of the old guard and one of the new. Just like the USO. Earlier on, we used to have the big 3 in the semis and the final. Now, the new guard is breaking through to the finals with regularity. Given the probabilities, this will possibly be the year when a new guard upstart wins a grand slam. Stay tuned!

[Sin Hombre]

Djokovic vs Thiem is my guess for the finals, Djoko might be underprepared after a very easy draw.

Nadal vs Thiem at RG will be the clay match of the generation imo. Thiem is now getting to his prime, and Rafa is slowly deteriorating.

[sameerph]

French open postponed to Sept 19-Oct 4.

Will rest of the clay season will be realigned too with that. Not clear.

[sameerph]

This comes just after a week after US Open. It seems French open folks have taken this decision without consulting others. So, looks like US open and davis cup will have to adjust it's dates now. Our davis cup dates against Finaland as of now falls in same week as new French open qualifying dates.

I know all this still can change. Will Wimbledon, French open and US open be possible this year ? Lets see.

[prasen9]

They should space it so that there is a decent clay court season, grass court season, and hard court season. For example, we could have the French in July, Wimbledon in September, and U.S. in November.

[RohitG]

Or they could all behave chaotic.. simultaneous tournaments in the same 2 months clubbed with Olympics. Each tournament for itself.

[prasen9]

That would not be good. ATP should try to put in some influence with respect to granting points, etc. Olympics is perhaps going to have to fend for itself. Chaotic it may well be seeing that the French Open just uprooted itself and planted it wherever it wished without talking to the other tournaments.

If we have more top-level tournaments in a shortened time, maybe some of our players who are at the next level will get to play some higher level tournaments than they would otherwise and perhaps earn a bit more money. Although, because of the move and subsequent losses, the prize money may be cut too. Who knows?

[Sin Hombre]

The likelihood of things getting back to normal (in Europe and US) by June/July is extremely unlikely.

In the most realistic scenario, we will have 2-3 months of relative normalcy between Aug and Oct, before we bunker down again for the winter.

I think we will have Wimbledon move to Aug and US Open move to early Oct.