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Friday, June 22, 2012

Wimbledon 2012: Tough Draw for the Top 8 Men

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga during his semi-final with ...
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga during his semi-final with Novak Djokovic . Djokovic won this 7-6, 6-2, 6-7, 6-3. Day 11 of Wimbledon 2011. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
 
This year's Wimbledon men's draw is the strangest I've ever seen in a long time.  Six of the top 8 seeds are facing very tough opponents in the first round.  Four of them are facing former Top 5 players.  The first two days of the tournament should be pretty interesting viewing.

Here's the list from #1 to #8

#1 Novak Djokovic vs. Juan Carlos Ferrero - Ferrero is a former French Open champion and world #1

#2 Rafael Nadal vs. Thomaz Bellucci - Bellucci reached as high as #21 two years ago and has two ATP titles

#4 Andy Murray vs. Nikolay Davydenko - Davydenko reached as high as #3 in the world

#5 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga vs. Lleyton Hewitt - Hewitt is a former Wimbledon champion

#6 Tomas Berdych vs. Ernests Gulbis - Gulbis is a talented underachiever

#8 Janko Tipsarevic vs. David Nalbandian - Nalbandian reached the finals of this year's Aegon Championships and was a semifinalist here in Wimbledon.

As for David Ferrer, he's slated to meet Dustin Brown of Jamaica while Roger Federer will meet unheralded Albert Ramos of Spain.


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