What have the hardcourts at Flushing Meadows to do with the lush green grass of the Championship? Iâm just applying your criteria and pointing out your flip flopping, hypocrisy and double standards. Youâve spent months bigging up 6ft 6 giraffe/dinosaurs as the prototype grass court specialists. This morning when Federerâs draw got stacked with these type of players, you do a complete flip flop and say that Federer has an easy draw and these type of players are actually not very good.
Ah here, @Cicero_Dandi has been on here the last couple of weeks banging on about how you only need to be a 6ft 6in giraffe/Dinosaur with a big serve to win Wimbledon, Now that the draw has been made he flip flopping. Make up your mind will ya?
Federer vs Coric will be interesting especially after Coricâs result in Halle. As for Anderson well I see him the same way I see Isner, they have good first serves but nothing to back this up and this is the reason that they have never won a slam. Unlike @Cicero_Dandi assertion that all you need a big serve and you will win, to win a slam or ATP regularly you need to also have the game to back up the big serve. This is what Sampras, Federer, Nadal, Murray, Djokovic have/had that the likes of Andersson and Isner donât have.
It could be awkward enough for Federer. Borna Coric is one of the most talented youngster on tour, beat the Great Man in Halle last week and would be a very tricky last 16 opponent if it comes to pass. He wouldnât be lacking in confidence beating the Great Man in Halle last week. I donât expect Kevin Anderson to play to his seed and make the quarter final and the likes of Gael Monfils a more likely quarter final opponent. What is difficult for Federer though is that he is seeded for the more difficult semi final opponent - 3rd seed Cilic and not 4th seed Zverev. Zverev has never made it past the fourth round at the Championship and Iâd be sceptical as to whether heâs recovered from his injury at the French Open. Cilic is my tournament favourite. Heâs been very good over the last twelve months - beaten finalist at the Championship last year, finalist at the Australian (pushing the Great Man to 5 sets), even made the quarters on his least favourite surface at Roland Garros and is the in form player after winning Queens last week.
Sir Andy and Djokovic are both on the bottom half, but its difficult to see either of them raising a gallop. Sir Andy has been out for 12 months and like just about any player, heâs struggling to find form after such a long absence - lost first round at Queenâs and to Kyle Edmund in the last 16 at Eastbourne this week.
Djokovic hasnât made it past a Grand Slam quarter final since 2016 and has been below his best for a long time from a combination of loss of form, injury problems and loss of appetite. At 31, his best days might just be behind him for good.
This @Cicero_Dandi is evidently a huge grass court tennis fan. He was on this morning, following the draw live and providing live updates and commentary. The All England Lawn Tennis Championships are box office.
They are Geoffrey. There are sporting events we look forward to every year and I have always loved The Championship. It is the pinnacle of a sport I love. It saddens me that discussion of it on this board is sabotaged by this uncouth compare and contrast with muck tennis.
I expressed my views on the merits of Kevin Anderson as a tennis player during last yearâs US Open. I appreciate that was in or around six months before you started posting here. I see you were at your creepy stalking routine again this morning pulling up posts I made about Kevin Anderson some six months before you starting posting here. Very odd behaviour.
Rather than try and talking about me, can you address whether you still think the highest seeded player Federer will meet before the SF is still a âbumâ ?
Itâs a fairly straight question you seem reluctant to answer. Cat got your tongue?
You really struggle with the English language. Iâve expressed my views on the merits of Kevin Anderson as a tennis player any number of times. What part of the post that you pulled up this morning did you not understand?
So you think Kevin Anderson is a bum yet you think Federer has a tough draw despite the fact you rate the highest seed he meets before the SF as a bum.
Federer is seeded to meet one of the best young prospects in the game, Borna Coric (height 6 ft 1) in Round 4. Coric beat Federer five days ago in the Gerry Weber final in Halle. Federer is seeded to meet my tournament favourite, the recently crowned Queens champion and last years beaten finalist Marin Cilic in the semi finals. Theyâd be two very tough matches if they materialised. Federer could also meet Ivo Karlovic in Round 3. I think Karlovic is stone useless myself, but I know you rate him one of the best grass court players in the sport.
Kevin Anderson has never made the quarter final at the Championship. Iâd be amazed if he breaks that habit of a lifetime over the next two weeks and I would rate prospects of a Federer v Anderson head to head in the quarter final as slim to none.
If Federer was to make it to a final and have to go through say Youzhny in Round 3, Coric in Round 4, Monfils or Gilles Muller in a quarter final and Cilic in a semi final - thatâs a tough draw.