Friday, 25 May 2007

Roland Garros

Roland Garros is drawing near and finally the draws have been decided for Men's and Women's single. Though British no.1 Andy Murray isn't able to make Britain proud there still is an action packed line up for the Britains and hopefully Tim Henman won't leave in Round 1.
In the first eigtht of the draw we have Roger Federer, who we all know is no.1. Though Rafael Nadal is hotly considered to be the winner we must recognize that Federer did beat him on clay a week or so ago so there is chance for him to win. I am guessing by now everyone would believe that the potential finalists are Federer and Nadal.
Federer would have an easy start with only Julien Benneteau as the seed there. He will then face a probablity of Ferrero or Youzhny which he should be able to defeat. I would rather Mikhail goes through though!
In the second eigtht I see the probability of Tommy Robredo being the Quatre Finalist as quite high, though I would like to Marat Safin will I think the chances for Marat Safin to win depends on his fitness and currently it hasn't been that well. Ivan Ljubicic should be the eventual opponent for him or a possible upset from the other 7 is possible.
The third eighth includes Nikolay Davydenko who I believe has quite an easy draw. Though he will have the possibilty of playing Nalbandian who could cause an upset. Though my favourite here is Gael Monfils.
Gasquet has potentially a very difficult draw as he has some common strong unseeded players in his draw as well as Guillermo Canas who beat Roger Federer twice in a fortnight. Kristof Vliegen and Nicolas Mahut could also cause problems whilst the probablity of Fernando Gonzalez through to the Quarters is high.
Novak Djokovic one of my favourite players now is in the fifth eigtht. He may face another favourite player of mine Dmitry Tursunov or face an onslaught from David Ferrer. Though is he is on form I believe he will make easy pickings of them.
Marcos Baghdatis one of my most hated players in in the sixth eighth with Andy Roddick. Hopefully Roddick will be the Quarter finalist but he has tough competition from Nicolas Massu, Gilles Simon or the posibilty of Dominik Hrbaty or Marcos Baghdatis.
In the seventh eighth we have James Blake who currently isn't on his best form. He should be able to get through the first few stahes but the possible Fourth round opponent could be a difficult clay court player which I am not sure that James may be able to cope with.
In the final eigtht it is impossible to say Nadal would not be Quatre Finalist though there could be an upset from previous winner Gaston Gaudio or former no. 1 Lleyton Hewitt who pushed Nadal to three sets on clay. Tim Henman also features in this dangerous eighth.

Fourth Round (What I want to happen):
Roger Federer Vs. Juan Carlos Ferrero
Tommy Robredo Vs. Ivan Ljubicic
Nikolay Davydenko Vs. David Nalbandian
Guillermo Canas Vs. Fernando Gonzalez
Novak Djokovic Vs. David Ferrer
Dominik Hrbaty Vs. Andy Roddick
James Blake Vs. Tomas Berdych
Lleyton Hewitt Vs. Rafael Nadal

Quatre Finals:
Roger Federer Vs. Tommy Robredo
Nikolay Davydenko Vs. Fernando Gonzalez
Novak Djokovic Vs. Dominik Hrbaty
Tomas Berdych Vs. Rafael Nadal

Semi Finals:
Roger Federer Vs. Nikolay Davydenko
Novak Djokovic Vs. Rafael Nadal

On the WTA Roland Garros we have Justine Henin as the no.1 seed
Justine should be able to breeze through to the Fourth Round with little to no competition. She should then have little effort in trying to dispatch Sybille or Li as they are both unfamiliar with Roland Garros fourth Round.
In the second eigtht Serena and Dinara should face each toher off in the Fourth Round with no significant drawback though Serena hasn't played in Roland Garros for a few years so this maybe the drawback for her though her form is good.
Though without much success before Jelena Jankovic is in form this year so will be one to watch though Venus Williams is also in this group. Though with recent early departures as well as varying success in the Roland Garros she should be able to stop Jankovic's onslaught. Elena Dementieva should be on the other side waiting for them.
On the fourth eighth Nadia Petrova and Nicole Vaidisova are definitely the ones to look out for but Nadia Petrova has had varying success in Roland Garros and seems to be at the bottom of her form it seems to be safer to go with last years Semifinalist Nicole Vaidisova instead.
The fifth eighth is the easiest group to go through in because only one of the seeds have been to he Quatres which was Ivanovic in 2005. Also the top seeds are not really clay court players so the Quater finalist here must go to seventh seed Ana Ivanovic.
In the sixth eighth Shahar Peer and Svetlana Kuznetsova look the dominant candidates, both hated players of mine. Though it does seem that Svetlana Kuznetsova last years finalist will achieve success here.
Though Amelie Mauresmo's top form has well gone she does seem to have the upper edge in her eighth with only Ai Sugiyama and Flavia Pennetta being a threat, she should therefore make the Quatre's with ease.
In the last eighth Patty Schnyder and Maria Sharapova will take the lead though both not having much success in Roland garros as the other tournaments. Though Gisela Dulko maybe a threat if Maria isn't on top form a she hasn't played in a while

Fourth Round:
Justine Henin Vs. Na Li
Dinara Safina Vs. Serena Williams
Venus Williams Vs. Elena Dementieva
Nadia Petrova Vs. Nicole Vaidisova
Ana Ivanovic Vs. Daniela Hantuchova
Shahar Peer Vs. Svetlana Kuznetsova
Amelie Mauresmo Vs. Ai Sugiyama
Patty Schnyder Vs. Maria Sharapova

Quatre Finalist
Justine Henin Vs. Serena Williams
Venus Williams Vs. Nicole Vaidisova
Ana Ivanovic Vs. Svetlana Kuznetsova
Amelie Mauresmo Vs. Maria Sharapova

Semi Finalist
Justine Henin Vs. Nicole Vaidisova
Svetlana Kuznetsova Vs. Amelie Mauresmo

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