With the little help of great weather we have had since the weekend, these few weeks of waiting seem to have finally come to an end!
For the Olympics Opening ceremony is on Friday and tennis draw is TOMORROW !!! (12 BST)
So far, we do not need to worry about the fact that Rosol has not qualified for the Czech Republic team, because Nadal, the gold medalist from Beijing, has pulled out of the Olympics due to not being ready for competition.
We have a draw of 64 players, 6 rounds of elimination.
All matches are the best of three sets except for the men's singles final which are the best of five sets. The tie break will operate in every set except the fifth set in the men's singles
final and the third set in the other matches ,
when an advantage set will be played.
Men's seeds:
1 Federer 9 Monaco
2 Djokovic 10 Isner
3 Murray 11 Almagro
4 Ferrer 12 Simon
5 Tsonga 13 Cilic
6 Berdych 14 Verdasco
7 Tipsarevic 15 Nishiori
8 Del Potro 16 Verdasco
Wild card entries: Hewitt, Bellucci, Posipisil, Devvarman, Ungur, Kavcic, Jaziri, Strakhovski.
The tournament starts on Saturday, 28th of July at 11.30. The final is on Sunday, last match of the day.
Ranking points for The Olympics:
750 Gold medal
450 Silver medal
340 Bronze medal
270 Fourth place
135 Quarterfinals
70 Third round
35 Second round
5 First round
There is only one question remaining now, whose half will Murray be in after tomorrow's draw Wink ? (after all, Nole had Fed all the time while they were ranked as number one and number three.....)
The Draw
http://2012.itftennis.com/olympics/results/men%27s-singles.aspx
London Olympics 2012: The Draw
posted on 26/7/12
stinker of a draw for djokovic and murray :/
feds first round against falla :P and potentially benneteau in round 2.
http://2012.itftennis.com/olympics/results/men%27s-singles.aspx
posted on 26/7/12
The draw looks good,especially for Federer,seems like he has a clear path all the way to the final
posted on 26/7/12
I realy can't wait for it all to start!
I think it's absolutely brilliant to have two Wimbledons in a year!!!!!
should make it a habit
posted on 26/7/12
We are being really spoiled in London this year,3 of the sports biggest tournaments hosed here
posted on 26/7/12
I'm not complaining!
will try and see at lest 3-4 matches at the WTF this year.
posted on 28/7/12
By my reckoning, out of the 5 best grass players, 4 are in the bottom half. That is what I call a balanced draw .
The organizers may have felt that Federer was so great that he singlehandedly (how else?) balanced out Nole, Andy, Tsonga and Berdych, so this way the draw was nicely balanced.
posted on 28/7/12
Ok scratch that. What I was trying to say was: out of the four best grass court players, three are in the bottom half.
posted on 28/7/12
You mean the draw was rigged....