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Novak Djokovic has withdrawn from Boodles with wrist bothering him again. Not sure how will affect his Wimbledon effort.

Boris Becker is on top of the situation.


I imagine that Nole and Jelena's marriage and honeymoon very soon should fix that wrist.
He'll be able to rest that hand.


Respectfully,
masterclass

Novak Djokovic has withdrawn from Boodles with wrist bothering him again. Not sure how will affect his Wimbledon effort.

Boris Becker is on top of the situation.


I imagine that Nole and Jelena's marriage and honeymoon very soon should fix that wrist.
He'll be able to rest that hand.


Respectfully,
masterclass

thanks for the latest update general masterclass.


tough break for Nole. wrist injuries can be serious so its good that he has decided to take this precaution.


lets hope for the best for Nole and for his camp.

Fascinating draw.


Looks like federer vs nadal rivalry is back in business.




I am out on the road today. Will take a closer look at the draw when I get home.

Great to see you baron britbox.



I am out on the road right now.


It will be an honor to join your google community.



I will do it when I get home.

2nd round could be very interesting.  Nadal/Rosol rematch.

By the way, join our new Google+ community

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No worries on letting people know what Camelot has to offer.

It's a moderation-free community BTW.

its done baron.


I joined your tennis community.

que pasa baron.


seems like I have had much better luck with RG and the U.S. Open.


in fact I want to go on record right now and pick Rafa for the title at flushing meadows.


wimby has become more tricky for Rafa.

Rafa lost early the last 2 years.

he has not returning well enough by his own standards even on clay this year. that is going to take its toll on grass.

he has to find a way to return well on grass if he is to advance deep into the event.


I think rafa wants to do really well this year and looks motivated. part of that motivation is that he is trying to hang on to his top rank.


so obviously I wish rafa the best there. one big positive for him this year is that his knee is not as bad as it was last year.


my pick for the title is Andy. I think he will be in the final and should be able to take it home from there.


I hear nole continues to have some wrist issues so that may affect his chances there.



at any rate how are you seeing this unfold?

that is excellent analysis baron.



here is how one writer sees this. I just found this at yahoo:


Third-round predictions:

[1] Novak Djokovic vs. [31] Vasek Pospisil
 [14] Jo-Wilfried Tsonga vs. [17] Mikhail Youzhny
 [12] Ernests Gulbis vs. [18] Fernando Verdasco
 [6] Tomas Berdych vs. [26] Marin Cilic

[3] Andy Murray vs. [27] Roberto Bautista-Agut
 [16] Fabio Fognini vs. [20] Kevin Anderson
 [11] Grigor Dimitrov vs. [21] Alexandr Dolgopolov
 [7] David Ferrer vs. [25] Andreas Seppi

[5] Stan Wawrinka vs. [32] Dmitry Tursunov
 [9] John Isner vs. [19] Feliciano Lopez
 [15] Jerzy Janowicz vs. [23] Tommy Robredo
 [4] Roger Federer vs. [30] Marcel Granollers

[8] Milos Raonic vs. [28] Guillermo Garcia-Lopez
 [10] Kei Nishikori vs. [22] Philipp Kohlchreiber
 [13] Richard Gasquet vs. [24] Gaël Monfils
 [2] Rafael Nadal vs. [29] Ivo Karlovic

Round of 16 predictions:

[1] Novak Djokovic vs, [14] Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
 [6] Tomas Berdych vs. [12] Ernests Gulbis
 [3] Andy Murray vs. [20] Kevin Anderson
 [7] David Ferrer vs. [11] Grigor Dimitrov

[5] Stan Wawrinka vs. [19] Feliciano Lopez
 [4] Roger Federer vs. [15] Jerzy Janowicz
 [8] Milos Raonic vs. [10] Kei Nishikori
 [2] Rafael Nadal vs. [13] Richard Gasquet

Quarter-final predictions:

[1] Novak Djokovic vs. [12] Ernests Gulbis
 [3] Andy Murray vs. [11] Grigor Dimitrov
 [4] Roger Federer vs [5] Stan Wawrinka
 [2] Rafael Nadal vs. [10] Kei Nishikori



Nadal vs Andy final is probably a tough call. Andy tends to do quite well on grass. what happened in queens is bit of an outlier for Andy. I expected Andy to snatch that title but it was just not meant to be. he had a rough day at the office and could not quite get untracked.

he is far better in the best of 5 sets formats on grass. I think he will progress and improve with each match at Wimbledon.


only question is this: who will be the man across the net from Andy in the final?

if it is Rafa then its a close call. but if it is roger then I have to say Andy.

Roger is not young anymore so the long grind of 7 best of 5 sets matches could start to take its toll. Andy will make it a very physical match.


I am starting to feel a little better about Rafa simply because he looks motivated and the knee is better. after the way it has gone for him the last 2 years I have been a bit reluctant to make any predictions for him.

lets just say that things may be looking up for Rafa but we will have to see.


nole has suddenly become suspect in best of 5 sets formats against the top guns. it wont get any easier if the wrist issue is compounded.

I do expect Roger to gun down Stan in the quarters but he may start to tire a little bit after that. again we will just have to see. he has been working hard on his fitness so he could surprise.