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general masterclass:

how do you rate andy's chances at Wimbledon?

If Mr. Murray, OBE, remains relatively healthy, he should be nearly match tough against the top players by that point.  His lack of clay season proficiency is probably a wash.  He gets a bit more rest before the grass season, as he doesn't tend to go deep in all of the clay tournaments, but then he lacks for finals type play.    He surely has confidence at Wimbledon.  It will of course, like any other player, depend on how his draw plays out, but having won a title, and another time a finalist,  he certainly is somewhere in the top 4 from the current group of players in my opinion.   Federer, Nadal (if he makes the second week), Murray, Djokovic.  If a couple of those get ousted early, then the others have even a better chance and it might give some of the other competent Wimbledon grass players like Berdych, Tsonga, and recently Del Potro a chance.

If he stays healthy, I think Andy might be in even better form by the US Open, but that event is usually more competitive as there are many more players that have good ability on hard courts than grass.

It's tough to predict results among top players on the day of a match, much less so far in advance, so who really knows?  There is such a small margin and can just depend on who has better form on the day and the particular match-up.

Based on their historical prowess, I could pick Rafa at RG (, Roger at Wimbledon (7), and Roger at the US Open (5).  But that leaves out Murray, Djokovic, Wawrinka, Del Potro, all slam winners, and all but Del Potro with fairly recent success.  In the last 2 years worth of majors, since Feb 2012, Nadal has won 3 majors, Murray 2, Federer, Djokovic, and Wawrinka 1 each.  But it still doesn't matter.  Del Potro is a slam champion. When healthy, he has a big game and can defeat any of these players.  Some other player, like Wawrinka, can come from the other group of good players.  It seems about time for that to happen.  I think we are entering a transitional cycle.

But I wish good luck and good health to all the players.

Respectfully,
masterclass