Talk About Tennis 2.0

TOP HALF

SINNER, Jannik ITA [1] vs MCDONALD, Mackenzie USA
QUALIFIER (Q) vs MICHELSEN, Alex USA
QUALIFIER (Q) vs WAWRINKA, Stan SUI (W)
O'CONNELL, Christopher AUS vs JARRY, Nicolas CHI [26]

FILS, Arthur FRA [24] vs TIEN, Learner USA (W)
MUNAR, Jaume ESP vs QUALIFIER (Q)
PURCELL, Max AUS vs VUKIC, Aleksandar AUS
SONEGO, Lorenzo ITA vs PAUL, Tommy USA [14]

TSITSIPAS, Stefanos GRE [11] vs KOKKINAKIS, Thanasi AUS
BORGES, Nuno POR vs CORIA, Federico ARG
SCHOOLKATE, Tristan AUS (W) vs DANIEL, Taro JPN
MENSIK, Jakub CZE vs AUGER-ALIASSIME, Felix CAN [19]

COBOLLI, Flavio ITA [31] vs DUCKWORTH, James AUS
BERGS, Zizou BEL vs KOTOV, Pavel
MAROZSAN, Fabian HUN vs QUALIFIER (Q)
LAJOVIC, Dusan SRB vs MEDVEDEV, Daniil [5]


ALCARAZ, Carlos ESP [3] vs QUALIFIER (Q)
SHAPOVALOV, Denis CAN vs VAN DE ZANDSCHULP, Botic NED
DIAZ ACOSTA, Facundo ARG vs GASTON, Hugo FRA
ZHANG, Zhizhen CHN vs DRAPER, Jack GBR [25]

TABILO, Alejandro CHI [22] vs GOFFIN, David BEL
CORIC, Borna CRO vs MANNARINO, Adrian FRA
FOGNINI, Fabio ITA vs MACHAC, Tomas CZE
MOUTET, Corentin FRA vs KORDA, Sebastian USA [16]

DE MINAUR, Alex AUS [10] vs GIRON, Marcos USA
QUALIFIER (Q) vs QUALIFIER (Q)
NAVONE, Mariano ARG vs ALTMAIER, Daniel GER
EVANS, Daniel GBR vs KHACHANOV, Karen [23]

ARNALDI, Matteo ITA [30] vs SVAJDA, Zachary USA (W)
FORBES, Matthew USA (W) vs SAFIULLIN, Roman
LESTIENNE, Constant FRA vs THOMPSON, Jordan AUS
QUALIFIER (Q) vs HURKACZ, Hubert POL [7]

BOTTOM HALF

RUUD, Casper NOR [8] vs QUALIFIER (Q)
MONFILS, Gael FRA vs QUALIFIER (Q)
QUALIFIER (Q) vs CARBALLES BAENA, Roberto ESP
SHANG, Juncheng CHN vs BUBLIK, Alexander KAZ [27]

HUMBERT, Ugo FRA [17] vs MONTEIRO, Thiago BRA
STRICKER, Dominic SUI vs COMESANA, Francisco ARG
RAMOS-VINOLAS, Albert ESP vs BERRETTINI, Matteo ITA
UGO CARABELLI, Camilo ARG vs FRITZ, Taylor USA [12]

RUNE, Holger DEN [15] vs NAKASHIMA, Brandon USA
CAZAUX, Arthur FRA vs CARRENO BUSTA, Pablo ESP
NISHIOKA, Yoshihito JPN vs KECMANOVIC, Miomir SRB
OPELKA, Reilly USA vs MUSETTI, Lorenzo ITA [18]

CERUNDOLO, Francisco ARG [29] vs OFNER, Sebastian AUT
MPETSHI PERRICARD, Giovanni FRA vs ETCHEVERRY, Tomas Martin ARG
MULLER, Alexandre FRA (W) vs WALTON, Adam AUS
RUUSUVUORI, Emil FIN vs ZVEREV, Alexander GER [4]


RUBLEV, Andrey [6] vs SEYBOTH WILD, Thiago BRA
EUBANKS, Christopher USA (W) vs RINDERKNECH, Arthur FRA
QUALIFIER (Q) vs QUALIFIER (Q)
FUCSOVICS, Marton HUN vs LEHECKA, Jiri CZE [32]

BAEZ, Sebastian ARG [21] vs DARDERI, Luciano ITA
NAGAL, Sumit IND vs GRIEKSPOOR, Tallon NED
HIJIKATA, Rinky AUS vs DAVIDOVICH FOKINA, Alejandro ESP
QUALIFIER (Q) vs DIMITROV, Grigor BUL [9]

SHELTON, Ben USA [13] vs THIEM, Dominic AUT (W)
NARDI, Luca ITA vs BAUTISTA AGUT, Roberto ESP
SHEVCHENKO, Alexander KAZ vs KOEPFER, Dominik GER
KOVACEVIC, Aleksandar USA vs TIAFOE, Frances USA [20]

POPYRIN, Alexei AUS [28] vs KWON, Soonwoo KOR
MARTINEZ, Pedro ESP vs QUALIFIER (Q)
DJERE, Laslo SRB vs STRUFF, Jan-Lennard GER
QUALIFIER (Q) vs DJOKOVIC, Novak SRB [2]

You have Sinner, Medvedev and Alcaraz all in the top half of the draw.

Meanwhile Djokovic gets his usual cake walk.

First Grand Slam Tournament
Eliot Spizzirri 22 United States of America
Tristan Schoolkate 23 Australia
Matthew Forbs 18 United States of America
Bu Yunchaokete 22 People's Republic of China
Kyrian Jacquet 23 France
Maks Kasnikowski 21 Poland

First US Open Tourament
Mattia Bellucci 23 Italy
Gabriel Diallo 22 Canada
Flavio Cobolli 22 Italy
Zizou Bergs 25 Belgium
Hamad Medjedovic 21 Serbia
Li Tu 28 Australia
Mariano Navoe 23 Argentina
Jan Choinski 28 Great Britain
Juncheng Shang 19 People's Republic of China
Francisco Comesana 23 Argentina
Camilo Ugo Carabelli 25 Argentina
Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard 21 France
Adam Walton 25 Australia
Luciano Darderi 22 Italy
Luca Nardi 21 Italy
Aleksander Kovacevic 25 United States of America

ti-amie wrote: ↑Thu Aug 22, 2024 11:30 pm You have Sinner, Medvedev and Alcaraz all in the top half of the draw.

Meanwhile Djokovic gets his usual cake walk.

Because, you know, the draw is rigged.
Against him .
(Just being a jerk, sorry).

Potential Shelton vs Tiafoe then potential Shelton-Djokovic rematch. That will be fun.

Shelton is exactly the kind of opponent Djokovic needs. Monster shots, impatient, prone to errors. A very good training session.

ti-amie wrote: ↑Thu Aug 22, 2024 11:30 pm You have Sinner, Medvedev and Alcaraz all in the top half of the draw.

Meanwhile Djokovic gets his usual cake walk.

Sadly Medvedev slips into irrelevance

Here is the draw with qualifiers placed, as of 3:00 p.m. Friday, US eastern time.

Top Half

SINNER, Jannik ITA [1] vs MCDONALD, Mackenzie USA
SPIZZIRRI, Eliot USA (Q) vs MICHELSEN, Alex USA
BELLUCCI, Mattia ITA (Q) vs WAWRINKA, Stan SUI (W)
O'CONNELL, Christopher AUS vs JARRY, Nicolas CHI [26]

FILS, Arthur FRA [24] vs TIEN, Learner USA (W)
MUNAR, Jaume ESP vs DIALLO, Gabriel CAN (Q)
PURCELL, Max AUS vs VUKIC, Aleksandar AUS
SONEGO, Lorenzo ITA vs PAUL, Tommy USA [14]

TSITSIPAS, Stefanos GRE [11] vs KOKKINAKIS, Thanasi AUS
BORGES, Nuno POR vs CORIA, Federico ARG
SCHOOLKATE, Tristan AUS (W) vs DANIEL, Taro JPN
MENSIK, Jakub CZE vs AUGER-ALIASSIME, Felix CAN [19]

COBOLLI, Flavio ITA [31] vs DUCKWORTH, James AUS
BERGS, Zizou BEL vs KOTOV, Pavel
MAROZSAN, Fabian HUN vs MEDJEDOVIC, Hamad SRB (Q)
LAJOVIC, Dusan SRB vs MEDVEDEV, Daniil [5]


ALCARAZ, Carlos ESP [3] vs TU, Li AUS (Q)
SHAPOVALOV, Denis CAN vs VAN DE ZANDSCHULP, Botic NED
DIAZ ACOSTA, Facundo ARG vs GASTON, Hugo FRA
ZHANG, Zhizhen CHN vs DRAPER, Jack GBR [25]

TABILO, Alejandro CHI [22] vs GOFFIN, David BEL
CORIC, Borna CRO vs MANNARINO, Adrian FRA
FOGNINI, Fabio ITA vs MACHAC, Tomas CZE
MOUTET, Corentin FRA vs KORDA, Sebastian USA [16]

DE MINAUR, Alex AUS [10] vs GIRON, Marcos USA
VIRTANEN, Otto FIN (Q) vs HALYS, Quentin FRA (Q)
NAVONE, Mariano ARG vs ALTMAIER, Daniel GER
EVANS, Daniel GBR vs KHACHANOV, Karen [23]

ARNALDI, Matteo ITA [30] vs SVAJDA, Zachary USA (W)
FORBES, Matthew USA (W) vs SAFIULLIN, Roman
LESTIENNE, Constant FRA vs THOMPSON, Jordan AUS
SKATOV, Timofey KAZ (Q) vs HURKACZ, Hubert POL [7]

Bottom Half

RUUD, Casper NOR [8] vs BU, Yunchaokete CHN (Q)
MONFILS, Gael FRA vs SCHWARTZMAN, Diego ARG (Q)
CHOINSKI, Jan GBR (Q) vs CARBALLES BAENA, Roberto ESP
SHANG, Juncheng CHN vs BUBLIK, Alexander KAZ [27]

HUMBERT, Ugo FRA [17] vs MONTEIRO, Thiago BRA
STRICKER, Dominic SUI vs COMESANA, Francisco ARG
RAMOS-VINOLAS, Albert ESP vs BERRETTINI, Matteo ITA
UGO CARABELLI, Camilo ARG vs FRITZ, Taylor USA [12]

RUNE, Holger DEN [15] vs NAKASHIMA, Brandon USA
CAZAUX, Arthur FRA vs CARRENO BUSTA, Pablo ESP
NISHIOKA, Yoshihito JPN vs KECMANOVIC, Miomir SRB
OPELKA, Reilly USA vs MUSETTI, Lorenzo ITA [18]

CERUNDOLO, Francisco ARG [29] vs OFNER, Sebastian AUT
MPETSHI PERRICARD, Giovanni FRA vs ETCHEVERRY, Tomas Martin ARG
MULLER, Alexandre FRA (W) vs WALTON, Adam AUS
RUUSUVUORI, Emil FIN vs ZVEREV, Alexander GER [4]


RUBLEV, Andrey [6] vs SEYBOTH WILD, Thiago BRA
EUBANKS, Christopher USA (W) vs RINDERKNECH, Arthur FRA
GRENIER, Hugo FRA (Q) vs KRUEGER, Mitchell USA (Q)
FUCSOVICS, Marton HUN vs LEHECKA, Jiri CZE [32]

BAEZ, Sebastian ARG [21] vs DARDERI, Luciano ITA
NAGAL, Sumit IND vs GRIEKSPOOR, Tallon NED
HIJIKATA, Rinky AUS vs DAVIDOVICH FOKINA, Alejandro ESP
JACQUET, Kyrian FRA (Q) vs DIMITROV, Grigor BUL [9]

SHELTON, Ben USA [13] vs THIEM, Dominic AUT (W)
NARDI, Luca ITA vs BAUTISTA AGUT, Roberto ESP
SHEVCHENKO, Alexander KAZ vs KOEPFER, Dominik GER
KOVACEVIC, Aleksandar USA vs TIAFOE, Frances USA [20]

POPYRIN, Alexei AUS [28] vs KWON, Soonwoo KOR
MARTINEZ, Pedro ESP vs KASNIKOWSKI, Maks POL (Q)
DJERE, Laslo SRB vs STRUFF, Jan-Lennard GER
ALBOT, Radu MDA (Q) vs DJOKOVIC, Novak SRB [2]

Has anyone stepped up to fill the "Murray" spot at the top of the game? The ones that could've/should've - Rublev, Ruud for example - seem to freeze at the prospect of going deep in Slams for the most part. There's a lot of young talent in the 18 - 22 age range but their games are immature and need more time to develop.

What say you all?

Medvedev? A slam winner (USO too) that has reached multiple finals and seems unable to win another one.
Top 4 all the time, but there is something there that is not clicking completely.

Rublev and Ruud simply aren't good enough, both are a bit over-rated even now ..Medvedev will always be lurking up there and I do think he is good enough to win another major or two...but really it is going to be all Sinner and Alcaraz until someone from the next crop comes up ..no way to tell who that could be, since the big 2 are so young... I like Michelsen but not sure he is ever going to be a complete enough player..