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| Those matches would start anywhere from 5 to (more likely) 630 pm Paris time, meaning midday in New York, mid-morning on the U.S. West Coast |
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| A Federer fan television advisory: With Fed slated to play Frenchmen, expect any of those matches to be the late ones at Chatrier. |
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| Isner's the only one other than Soderling???!!! Wow. |
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| Well, it's caveat time: I'll take Chardy over Tsonga, so Nadal over Fed in the final is the ATP pick at Roland Garros. ? |
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| . I'm giving Djokovic a strong chance (40 percent) versus Rafa, but I know which player I'd trust on RG in best-of-5 clay combat. |
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| Would you say that's a four-set match? I'd say Federer would deserve to be about a 60-percent favorite if it happens. |
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| So, who will face Nadal in the final? If Tsonga makes the QFs, I think he beats Federer. However, Tsonga could lose to Chardy or Monaco 1st. |
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| . Remember how well Tsonga played in the QFs versus Djokovic last year? If that Jo shows up vs. Fed in QFs, Jo wins, oui? Oui. |
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| About Tsonga: He surely faces some tricky matches, but he raised his game @ Roland Garros in 2012. If that "appetite for battle" is there... |
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| Yeah, probably not. It's still a chance for him, but I don't expect him to rise to the occasion. |
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| Finally got a look at Federer's draw. As told me, the French contingent is camped out here. Benneteau R-32? Tsonga QF? Thorny. |
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| Unless the Berdych-Gulbis R64 winner storms into the quarters, Ferrer should have a seat at the semifinal table for the second straight year |
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| The top section in Ferrer's quarter could create bracket chaos... and a golden opportunity for Robredo, Seppi or Almagro to make a deep run. |
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| This is different from saying that the match will be decided by the player who produces more excellence. :-) |
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| . I'd say that if Janowicz and Gasquet meet in the fourth round, the outcome will be decided by the one who does less crumbling. |
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| It could have been Djokovic-Ferrer and Federer-Nadal in the semis, but the draw broke in Fed's favor this morning. |
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| In non-Eastern time zones, American viewers will have to watch it on a computer, not a TV, on June 7. |
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| OH MAN. -- The did not help or , which makes me sad. :-((( |
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| Looking at Nadal's quarter of the draw. I'd say that with Wawrinka being less than 100 percent, Janowicz has a great shot at making the QFs. |
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