Winning matches in the qualifying rounds of a Slam is inherently difficult. Everybody is playing at their best, and all players are of broadly similar ability, which is why they are there.sameerph wrote: ↑Mon Jun 25, 2018 4:41 am Bolleli qualified into Wimbledon last year and won a main draw match too. So, it is not at all an easy match for RamK. So, is Prajnesh's match against experience Kamke who is good on grass. In fact Sumit's opponent is the weakest in terms of grass experience and results but Sumit himself has not played on grass at all and is in bad form.
So, I would all 3 matches in tough category and will be happy if we get 2 out of 3 wins.
Bolelli has made R3 at Wimbledon 3 times (including in 2014), and made R2 last year too, so he can certainly play on grass. He was ranked as high as 36 in singles. But he is now 32+ (turning 33 in October), so he is clearly on the wane -- which is why his singles ranking is down to 151. RamK has to be the favourite to win this match today.
Similarly, Kamke made R3 at Wimbledon in 2010, and he did beat Prajnesh at the AO this January. But Kamke too turned 32 last month. Prajnesh is, as we know, a completely different player since that epic Davis Cup triumph; he won the Anning (Kunming) Challenger, he basically qualified into the FO, he has beaten Denis Shapovalov on grass just a couple of weeks ago. Prajnesh, to my mind, is the hot favourite to win against Kamke today.
