Well it's the "Fifth Grand Slam" this week and the draws being compulsory are really strong.
Federer headlines Section 1, this event will be his saving grace as if he doesn't win this one I don't see him improving on his current performance. His half of the section is generally OK but seeing how Fish put him aside so easily I think I'll have to look at any possibilites. Gael Monfils or John Isner should be OK seeing one has doesn't so well this year and one is still largelya youngster in the senior tour. I don't see a threat from any of the possible third round opponents either. Lleyton Hewitt and Tommy Robredo should be able to meet each other in the third round. At that point I think Hewitt would win and if he does I think he'll pose as a greater challenge to Federer than Robredo will.
Tsonga and Roddick then fire up the bottom half of section 1. If Tsonga can keep on his form being only beaten by Rafael Nadal in Indian Wells then he should be fine if not he may find Michael Llodra an unpleasant suprise to his campaign. Unless their are any amazing qualifiers to be drawn in this section I think Roddick should be fine, the next seed their is Chela but Roddick has a strong 6-2 record against him having beaten him 6 times on Hard courts already.
The second section is headed by Nikolay Davydenko. I do not know whether Nikolay Davydenko will make this easy for himself as he is quite unpredictable for me, I can see the threat from Kohlschreiber as he has lost to him twice though he did beat him on their only hard court meeting. To put salt into the wound Davydenko's Masters record is not great and the Miami Masters are one on his worst achieveing ones, having played six times and not got further than the 4th round. As well as that Kohlschreiber hasn't been doing that badly. If he does survive Murray may be a possible opponent which could be difficult seeing their all time head to head is 3-3 all on hard courts. Seeing Davydenko's bad record and Murray's determination I think Davydenko has a tough job on his hands. Murray however does have to go through some possibly difficult matches. Juan Monaco, Mario Ancic or Gilles Simon could be a test, hopefully Murray could do well in these matches as his Masters Series records are not great.
The bottom half of section 2 hopefully should be a nice comeback for Marat Safin seeing that he has a qualifier to beat. I really hope Safin gets back to his best form, if this is possible he will meet Youzhny which he has never lost to (But if his form continues to drop he may be a nemesis seeing Youzhny has been doing quite well this year). From his inspired run in Indian Wells Fish may also pose a threat unless Clement has anything to say about that. Other than that Ferrer should cope well with his opponents unles Tipsaveric also has an inspired run. Overall this should be a good draw for Murray as there isn't anyone too strong in his group unless he does face one of his nemesis - quoted by Murray as Arnaud Clement, however that looks unlikely.
Section 3 includes two of my favourite players Novak Djokovic and Richard Gasquet. Gasquet is slightly unpredictable so if Feliciano Lopez does well he could be a threat. Hopefully Dmitry Tursunov can do well as well. Kei Nishikori the wonder kid is also in this draw however I don't think that would continue, but he has a chance to get to the fourth round as his draw is not threatening with Ferrero and Berdych who both aren't doing too well.
Canas and Gonzalez then continue on the draw though I don't think they will make it any further with Djokovic on the other side. Djokovic should find it easy to get to the Quaters seeing Canas as his strongest opponent.
Nalbandian should be able to get to his fourth round match unless Kuerten and Grosjean can do some damage. The other side will see Ljubicic and Blake try to get to the fourth round, Blake is the stronger player but both are slightly unpredictable.
Then we have Mathieu which I don't know what to think about especially when he's ranked in the top 16 with Moya as his other opponent. Cilic or Vliegen may be a test for Mathieu but I think Moya will succeed here.
Then we have Nieminen and Nadal with Kiefer and Haas lurking beneath. Nieminen could see his Miami Masters shattered if either one of them can perform well, hopefully they will form as good opposition to Rafael Nadal.
So to summarize
Federer Vs. Hewitt
Tsonga (if good form) Vs. Roddick
Davydenko/Kohlschreiber Vs. Murray (Ancic or Monaco may be difficult)
Youzhny (unless Fish can perform) Vs. Ferrer
Gasquet (Feliciano) Vs. Berdych/Ferrero
Canas Vs. Djokovic
Nalbandian Vs. Blake/Ljubicic
Moya (Unless any others can perform) Vs. Nadal
of course this being ATP means that a few more seeds will probably drop.
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