I'm worried it could be after this year's. At 39 to come back from double surgeries as a top player looks highly unlikely and I doubt Federer will want to just be another player on tour.
Quite the contrary, it's a brilliant decision. He needs to be at his best to win another huge title. That's all that is relevant for him right now.
Wimbledon honestly feels like a more attainable target given how bad the next gen is on grass. At USO he'll once again be fighting both Fed and Novak as well as the likes of Tsitsipas, Medvedev and Zverev. At Wimbledon, if he could have avoided being in the same half as Fed/Djoko, there was a good chance of going deep.
He feels strongly that the sacrifice is necessary i guess, the chance of going far on his weaker surface isn’t worth the longevity of playing elsewhere where he’s strongest
You're probably right but he played a lot of clay court events in the build up to RG that he's probably not in a place where he can realistically win it.
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Schwartzman is up there
Good shout. But I think he has a few more shots than Norrie, from what I’ve seen.
Genuinely had to Google who that is. The theme has been discussed on the Tennis Podcast, which I listen to.Been listening to my boy Gil Gross have you?
He's a pretty good tennis analyst on youtube. And he just named Norrie as the best maximizer as well in a recent video. I guess it's a pretty common opinion amongst tennis fans. Anyways he just came out with his wimbledon power rankings, a decent listen at the gym or during a commute.
Good stuff. I’ll give that a listen.
I'm not suggesting that that's not true, but my gut instinct watching Thiem the last few months, allied with the fact he pulled out of the Olympics well in advance the other week, is that he's really struggling mentally or emotioanlly in some way. Of course, I could be reading far too much into things but he hasn't looked right to me.
Youtube recommended Federer vs Berretini 2019 to me today - his last match at Wimbledon was 1-6 2-6 2-6. I think he can beat this version of Fed, but is he even a slight problem for Djokovic?
Struff vs Medvedev could be interesting. Struff beat him in Halle last week. Evans vs Lopez as well.
Kevin Anderson the 2018 finalist is no longer in ATP top 100
Isn't there a roof on center court?
Court 1 has a roof too I think.
Ah Djoko is first? Excellent hopefully catch Murray later on.
Yeah it does. They should be able to get plenty of matches played even if the weather is shite all day.
He did well recently at Queens a couple of weeks ago, beating Sinner in his first match. Believe he was fairly highly rated as a junior (may have won Wimbledon?) but hasn't really transferred that into the men's game since turning pro a few years ago.
