![]() Radwanska is only about 123 pounds and 5'8", according to her WTA biography, but she has wonderful control of her shots. If you’ve never seen Poland’s Radwanska play tennis, do yourself a favor and prepare to enjoy one of the most creative shotmakers in tennis. He needs more match play, and we don’t know if he will have confidence to play with his previously injured wrist or if he can recover with plenty of rest and rejuvenation between matches. Nadal won the 2008 Olympics gold medal when he was the best player in tennis, but tennis years are dog years, which means about 56 years in measuring his career.īest-case scenario for Nadal is the bronze medal, but we’re picking him to lose before the quarterfinals. Djokovic has owned Nadal for seven straight victories and 11 of 12 dating back nearly three years. But there’s simply no way he defeats world No. Maybe Nadal finds momentum and crushes David Goffin in the quarterfinals. Then it would be a tennis fan’s dream to see Nadal match up against 19-year-old Croatian Borna Coric in the third round, a rising talent who defeated Nadal nearly two years ago. ![]() If he survives Delbonis, Nadal could have an easier matchup in the second round against a softer hitter in Andreas Seppi. Nadal has also been a great player on hard courts, not just clay, so the difference is not so pronounced. Oddly, it might be better for Nadal that this match is on hard courts because Delbonis drops his level of play a lot more on the surface (31 percent winning percentage) than his favored clay (59 percent). Nadal might only be a 50-50 bet to get through strong Argentine Federico Delbonis in the first round. Will he have the timing and conditioning to make a run? The King of Clay will have to come back to competitive tennis on hard courts after more than two months on the sideline. Spaniard Rafael Nadal is once again a tennis dog, not really expected to win the big prize and coming off an injured wrist. She presses too much too often, and the unforced errors will be her undoing on the Olympic stage.īut mark Keys down for a gold or silver medal in the 2020 Olympics. There’s less than half a chance that she gets through Radwanska in the quarterfinals and more likely that Keys will fall in Round 2 or 3 against underrated, tough opponents. We like Keys a lot, but brackets rarely hold true to form, and her variety of dangerous opponents will be too much to get a medal. Then it could be a quarterfinals duel against the savvy talents of Agnieszka Radwanska and a semifinal encounter versus world No. 38 Kristina Mladenovic and either Ana Ivanovic or Carla Suarez Navarro in the third round. ![]() ![]() Her draw gives her an easy first-round match against Danka Kovinic, but then the challenges would likely see her vie against athletic world No. She’s a newly minted member of the top 10 with a big serve, thundering groundstrokes and the talent to be the future of tennis. Tennis fans have been waiting for 21-year-old Madison Keys to break into the upper echelon of superstars. Madison Keys is very talented but can be erratic. ![]()
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