First round
Djokovic over Janowicz in 3, Myneni over Vesely in 4
Pella over Fratangelo in 5, Youzhny over Klizan in 4
Isner over Tiafoe in 3, Darcis over Thompson in 4
Lacko over Escobedo in 4, Gasquet over Edmund in 3
Tsonga over Andreozzi in 3, Haase over Duckworth in 5
Kovalik over Pospisil in 5, Anderson over Nishioka in 5
Sock over Fritz in 4, Herbert over Zverev in 5
Stakhovsky over Elias in 4, Cilic over Dutra Silva in 3
Nadal over Istomin in 3, Seppi over Robert in 5
Bellucci over Kuznetsov in 3, Ramos-Vinolas over Benneteau in 4
Pouille over Kukushkin in 3, Clezar over Chiudinelli in 4
Baker over Delbonis in 4, Bautista Agut over Garcia-Lopez in 4
Monfils over Muller in 4, Satral over McDonald in 4
Almagro over Fucsovics in 5, Cuevas over Sela in 3
Paire over Lajovic in 4, Baghdatis vs. Bagnis in 3
R. Harrison over Mannarino in 3, Raonic over Brown in 3
Thiem over Millman in 3, Jaziri over Berankis in 3
Carreno Busta over Ivashka in 3, Querrey over Tipsarevic in 3
Johnson over Donskoy in 3, Del Potro over Schwartzman in 3
Fognini over Gabashvili in 4, Ferrer over Dolgopolov in 3
Kyrgios over Bedene in 3, Zeballos over Mayer in 4
Dodig over Marchenko in 4, Tomic over Dzumhur in 3
A. Zverev over Brands in 3, Evans over Ram in 4
Giannessi over Kudla in 5, Verdasco over Wawrinka in 5
Nishikori over Becker in 3, Khachanov over Fabbiano in 3
Mathieu over C. Harrison in 4, Mahut over Kohlschreiber in 4
Karlovic over Lu in 4, Young over Struff in 4
Troicki over Albot in 3, Goffin over Donaldson in 3
Coric over Lopez in 5, Sousa over Estrella Burgos in 3
Chardy over Mmoh in 3, Dimitrov over Cervantes in 3
Stepanek over Simon in 4, Lorenzi over Berlocq in 4
Monaco over Granollers in 4, Murray over Rosol in 3
Second round
Djokovic over Myneni in 3
Youzhny over Pella in 5
Isner over Darcis in 3
Gasquet over Lacko in 3
Tsonga over Haase in 3
Anderson over Kovalik in 4
Sock over Herbert in 4
Cilic over Stakhovsky in 3
Nadal over Seppi in 3
Ramos-Vinolas over Bellucci in 3
Pouille over Clezar in 3
Bautista Agut over Baker in 3
Monfils over Satral in 3
Cuevas over Almagro in 4
Baghdatis over Paire in 4
Raonic over Harrison in 3
Thiem over Jaziri in 4
Querrey over Carreno Busta in 4
Del Potro over Johnson in 4
Fognini over Ferrer in 4
Kyrgios over Zeballos in 3
Tomic over Dodig in 4
A. Zverev over Evans in 4
Verdasco over Giannessi in 3
Nishikori over Khachanov in 3
Mahut over Mathieu in 4
Karlovic over Young in 4
Goffin over Troicki in 3
Coric over Sousa in 4
Dimitrov over Chardy in 4
Stepanek over Lorenzi in 4
Murray over Monaco in 3
Third round
Djokovic over Youzhny in 3
Isner over Gasquet in 4
Tsonga over Anderson in 3
Cilic over Sock in 3
Nadal over Ramos-Vinolas in 3
Pouille over Bautista Agut in 4
Monfils over Cuevas in 3
Raonic over Baghdatis in 3
Thiem over Querrey in 4
Del Potro over Fognini in 4
Kyrgios over Tomic in 4
Verdasco over A. Zverev in 4
Nishikori over Mahut in 3
Goffin over Karlovic in 4
Dimitrov over Coric in 5
Murray over Stepanek in 3
Fourth round
Djokovic over Isner in 5
Cilic over Tsonga in 3
Nadal over Pouille in 4
Raonic over Monfils in 4
Del Potro over Thiem in 4
Kyrgios over Verdasco in 4
Goffin over Nishikori in 5
Murray over Dimitrov in 3
Quarterfinals
Cilic over Djokovic in 4
Nadal over Raonic in 5
Kyrgios over Del Potro in 4
Murray over Goffin in 3
Semifinals
Cilic over Nadal in 4
Murray over Kyrgios in 4
Final
Murray over Cilic in 4
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I was tempted to pick Cilic over Novak in fact maybe I should’ve cuz Novak’s wrist. I definitely hope it happens. What I’m rooting for is a Cilic vs Del Po final.
I was tempted to do Isner
Why Myneni over Vesely?
Vesely is hurt
What’s wrong with Jiri?
I thought you would pick Fratangelo over Pella.
Pella converted me after his match at the French
But you were very positive about Bjorn making the R32 in the draw analysis, now you say he will lose right away.
Yes,and he took Lopez to five sets in Australia.
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Cilic over Djokovic is a GOOD pick…. don’t know how Djokovic will play here but Cilic is surely capable of storming his way to the semi…
I am not sure about Cilic over Novak. It could happen, but I don’t see Novak going out that early unless the wrist isn’t okay.
I am also not that sure about Kyrgios. He can blow hot and cold. He should do well, but one never knows for sure. I think it’s interesting that Ricky has Rafa going further than Novak.
In the earlier poll, I did vote for Delpo to get to the quarterfinals, so I agree with Ricky on that one. I don’t know that I agree about Goffin going that far.
I doubt Nick can take out Delpo. Doubt Nando will take out Stan either but bold pick.
Some very bold predictions there, I’ll give you that, it’s just your draw assertion does not match up with these actual picks.
Wait Ricky how injured is Vesely? I thought he might’ve just had minor injury against Kuznetsov and withdrew because he didn’t want to push it before the U.S. Open
First round:
Djoker over Janowicz in 3, Vesely over Myneni in 4, Fratangelo over Pella in 5,Youzhny over Klizan in 4, Isner over Tiafoe in 3, Darcis over Thompson in 3, Escobedo over Lacko in 4, Gasquet over Edmund in 4, Tsonga over Andreozzi in 3, Duckworth over Haase in 4, Pospisil over Kovalik in 4, Anderson over Nishioka in 4, Sock over Fritz in 5, Herbert over Zverev in 4, Stakhovsky over Elias in 4, Cilic over Dutra Silva in 3, Rafa over Istomin in 3, Seppi over Robert in 4, Bellucci over Kuznetsov in 4, Ramos-Vinolas over Benneteau in 4, Pouille over Kukushkin in 4, Chiudinelli over Clezar in 3, Baker over Delbonis in 4, Bautista Agut over Garcia-Lopez in 4, Monfils over Muller in 4, Satral over McDonald in 4, Almagro over Fucsovics in 4, Cuevas over Sela in 4, Paire over Lajovic in 5, Baghdatis over Bagnis in 3, R. Harrison over Mannarino in 4, Raonic over Brown in 4, Thiem over Millman in 4, Jaziri over Berankis in 4, Carreno Busta over Ivashka in 3, Querrey over Tipsarevic in 3, Johnson over Donskoy in 3, Del Po over Schwartzman in 3, Fognini over Gabashvili in 3, Dolgopolov over Ferrer in 5, Kyrgios over Bedene in 3, Mayer over Zeballos in 4, Dodig over Marchenko in 4, Tomic over Dzumhur in 4, Brands over A. Zverev in 5, Rampras over Evans in 5, Giannessi over Kudla in 4, Wawrinka over Verdasco in 4, Nishikori over Becker in 3, Khachanov over Fabbiano in 4, C. Harrison over Mathieu in 5, Mahut over Kohlschreiber in 4, Karlovic over Lu in 4, Young over Struff in 3, Troicki over Albot in 3, Goffin over Donaldson in 4, Lopez over Coric in 4, Sousa over Estrella Burgos in 3, Chardy over Mmoh in 3, Dimitrov over Cervantes in 3, Stepanek over Simon in 4, Berlocq over Lorenzi in 4, Granollers over Monaco in 4, Murray over Rosol in 3
Second round:
Djoker over Vesely in 3
Fratangelo over Youzhny in 4
Isner over Darcis in 3
Gasquet over Escobedo in 3
Tsonga over Duckworth in 3
Anderson over Pospisil in 4
Sock over Herbert in 4
Cilic over Stakhovsky in 3
Rafa over Seppi in 3
Bellucci over Ramos-Vinolas in 5
Pouille over Chiudinelli in 4
Bautista Agut over Baker in 4
Monfils over Satral in 3
Cuevas over Almagro in 4
Paire over Baghdatis in 5
Raonic over R. Harrison in 4
Thiem over Jaziri in 3
Querrey over Carreno Busta in 4
Del Po over Johnson in 4
Dolgopolov over Fognini in 4
Kyrgios over Mayer in 3
Tomic over Dodig in 4
Rampras over Brands in 4
Wawrinka over Giannessi in 3
Nishikori over Khachanov in 3
Mahut over C. Harrison in 3
Young over Karlovic in 4
Goffin over Troicki in 3
Lopez over Sousa in 4
Dimitrov over Chardy in 3
Stepanek over Berlocq in 3
Murray over Granollers in 3
Third round:
Djoker over Fratangelo in 3
Isner over Gasquet in 3
Tsonga over Anderson in 4
Cilic over Sock in 3
Rafa over Bellucci in 4
Bautista Agut over Pouille in 5
Monfils over Cuevas in 3
Raonic over Paire in 3
Thiem over Querrey in 4
Del Po over Dolgopolov in 4
Kyrgios over Tomic in 4
Wawrinka over Rampras in 4
Nishikori over Mahut in 3
Goffin over Young in 3
Dimitrov over Lopez in 4
Murray over Stepanek in 4
Fourth round:
Djokovic over Isner in 4
Cilic over Tsonga in 4
Rafa over Bautista Agut in 4
Monfils over Raonic in 5
Del Po over Thiem in 4
Kyrgios over Wawrinka in 4
Nishikori over Goffin in 4
Murray over Dimitrov in 4
QF:
Djokovic over Cilic in 5
Rafa over Monfils in 5
Del Po over Kyrgios in 5
Murray over Nishikori in 4
SF:
Djokovic over Rafa in 4
Del Po over Murray in 4
Final:
Del Potro over Djokovic in 5
I’m super tempted to go back and pick Cilic or even Isner over Novak but I don’t usually like to go back to my draw after I’ve made it. I don’t want to change my picks because if I get them wrong and Cilic beats Novak I’ll be so happy even though my pick would be wrong like even though I have him losing I’ll be hardcore rooting him on in that match if it happens. If Novak does beat him though I’ll be sad but at least I’ll have gotten the pick right. Really very sketchy about the whole draw. I love Del Po and I have a feeling he is gonna have a magical run here. Maybe I went a little too bold by having him make it all the way to the title but still I hope it happens and I think it could. I also feel that Monfils/Raonic could definitely get through the quarter as well but like I said I don’t go back and change my draw really. I did change a few minor things though. I changed my original Kovalik over Pospisil pick to Pospy for the win and I had Gabashvil in round three before realizing he’s in awful form lately. I think the most likely player by far to make semis from who I have there is Murray while Del Po Rafa and Novak could very well lose before semis. Really have a bad feeling about the Novak but like I said about my reasoning for the draw and all so I’m not gonna go back and change it. I’d freakin love it if your picks were right though Ricky. Minus Murray beating Marin in that final lol.
Also kind of regret putting Young over Karlovic but look what happened with Young last year here.
Federer will win it 🙂
probably!
Just from the 4R :
4R:
Djokovic over Isner in 3
Cilic over Tsonga in 4
Nadal over Baustista Agut in 4
Monfils over Raonic in 5
Del Potro over Thiem in 3
Kyrgios over Verdasco in 4
Nishikori over Goffin in 3
Murray over Dimitrov in 4
QFs:
Cilic over Djokovic in 4
Nadal over Monfils in 4
Del Potro over Kyrgios in 4
Murray over Nishikori in 3
SFs:
Cilic over Nadal in 4
Murray over Del Potro in 5
Final:
Cilic over Murray in 5
A hard fought victory for the Croat 🙂 He might have to beat Djoko, Nadal and Murray to win.
And some uncommon picks for the early rounds :
Verdasco over Stan in 4
Janowicz takes a set of Djoko
Dolgopolov over Ferrer in 4
Coric over Lopez in 5
sorry manwerty but i really don’t believe cilic is capable of beating nole rafa and murray back to back. everyone is getting on board the cilic train but there are a lot of question marks about him. look at how he choked up against fed at wimby!
i see a lot of people are also on the nick train but again i am a bit sceptical as he can play a gr8 match and then an abominable one and certain players like gasquet seem to know how to take him out. he doesn’t have the tenacity to go really deep yet without a lot of help from the draw.
Amy,
I agree with you and well said! There is no way that Cilic is just going to beat Novak, Rafa and Murray back-to-back. The top players do not roll over at slams. There is a reason why they have dominated in recent years. They come ready and are fit enough to handle best of five set matches. They have the mental toughness to outlast other players.
People have forgotten how Cilic let the match with Fed get away from him at Wimbledon.
I have noticed this kind of bandwagon effect in the past. I think it’s also happening with Delpo. It would be a great story to see him do well at a slam. But I don’t see it happening. Delpo did manage to beat Novak in a best of three set match at the Olympics. Then he beat a worn out Rafa to get to the final. That is where his run ended.
We have to see if Delpo can produce the king of tennis he did at the Olympics and in all best of five set matches. A slam is a whole other thing entirely.
thanks nny. i am very sceptical about the cilic bandwagon but as delpo is one of my 3 faves my heart is ruling my head and so i am backing him in a big way.
i do think his second round match with johnson is very tricky for him though.
Yeah I agree it’s probably not possible. However, I believe that one of these three (or even more) will bail out earlier – Djoko is a big question mark, same goes for Rafa, Murray is the most solid and consistent one right now but who knows, maybe Del Po throws him out?
also nole taking 5 sets to beat isner! believe that when i see it unless the wrist is bust and he is mentally shot in which case he could go out early to anyone.
Apparently his wrist is still not at 100% so that’s why I’m thinking he won’t win the tournament. It was either after the French or Wimbledon that I predicted a drop in his level during the summer because I feel like his motivation may not be fully there because he completed the career grand slam earlier this year at RG. I still don’t think he will win it especially with the wrist problems. That’s why I was thinking I maybe should’ve picked Cilic to take him out because it’s probably more likely he loses at that stage than in the finals. But I have del Po winning over djoker in the final anyways. Doing what he did to fed at U.S. open 2009. Bottom line here is I don’t think Novak will win the U.S. Open. I have made a mistake putting him in finals though cuz if the wrist thing is affecting him he could fall to Isner or more likely Cilic/Nadal. But it is Nova of course. He could find a way to go deep here even with a wrist problem.
I meant I may have made a mistake putting him in finals. Obviously he’s Djokovic and could still get there.
Also the second last sentence should say Novak lol
yeah benny i agree with a lot of what you say. this uso is impossible to pick in advance IMO because we don’t know what level nole is at right now. he’s still the best hard-courter in the world so he doesn’t have to play his best to win. but if he still has significant problems he could go out early.
obviously i want rafa to win but if he doesn’t i am really on board the delpo train in a big way.
Nah, at the USO Djoko has to play his best to win, if not he would be just the runner up. I mean how many times he had reached the USO final and how many times he won? Its 2 out of 6 finals. He was beaten there by Fed, Murray and Rafa (twice) in the finals.
With a broken wrist it would be worse for him. I think Cilic, if he plays well and gets that far, will be a big problem for Djoko.
People are questioning about what Cilic has/had achieved after winning USO but he was injured after that. He had missed some masters this year due to injury and so he needs time to get back to his normal level. He is a fast court player and had pushed Djoko to the limit on grass at Wimbledon twice; and should have beaten Fed this Wimbledon if not for his head case issue at crucial moments. When his head is properly screwed on, he can be quite a scary player (USO2014 and Cincy 2016).
I was impressed by how well he hit his FH at Cincy. In the past, his FH was his biggest problem, hitting it too flat and into the net very often but this Cincy, he hit it well, didnt mishit many or overhitting it. In fact he had hit some stunning running CC FH passing shots vs Murray.
Lucky,
I know that you like Cilic and have been a strong supporter of his. I did mean to mention that hex was injured for a time. That is part of why he could not capitalize on his 2014 win at the USO. But it was also about Novak playing well and being able to dominate win Rafa not able to get himself together last year and now still having injury problems this year.
Cilicia dangerous when he’s on his game, I am not saying that he can’t take out Novak. But I am not going to predict that before I have even seen Novak play one match.
Cilic did hit his forehand very well in the Cincy final. But he was playing a Murray who was far from his best after a great run at Rio. Cilic also needs to work on his mental strength so that he doesn’t lose a match that he should win the way he did with Fed at wimbledon.
I actually agree about Novak nit needing five sets to beat Isner! Not unless that wrist is shot!
It’s not like Isner has done anything at the USO to make one think he can take it to Novak. Again this is all speculation before the early rounds have been played.
goffin beating nishi..mmm..not sold on that one either..
Amy,
Again I agree with you when it comes to Goffin beating Nishi. I will believe it when it happens.
Goffin suffers meltdowns at times, able to lose from a winning position – Kei is too good for Goffin.
Kei will win against Goffin. Unless Kei is injured!!!
Ricky always gives Goffin too much credit.
yeah hawks he tends to big him up IMO.
goffin is one of ricky’s five faves remember!!
talking of ricky’s faves where is gulbis in the draw?
i reckon ricky is often over-optimistic about another of his faves isner as well.
Isner will make fourth round and with Novak’s wrist and Isner having multiple wins over him big john reaching the fourth round and almost beating Djoker isn’t over optimistic. I mean who knows Djoker lost to the big serving Querrey at Wimby and now Isner will have more crowd support than Querrey did and a bigger serve.
Ricky used to play up Pospisil a lot and poor Vashy has never recovered since!
Very confusing choice for me: Kei or Goffin. I’ll enjoy the match if it happens! Probably will go with Kei – he’s who I picked last yesterday. But I don’t want to underestimate Goffin 😀
I will go with Nishi against Goffin. I am also not sold on isner’s prospects at this USO.
#IsnerIsPastHisSellByDate
He should make fourth round at least. He’s got a great draw. Most likely path would be Tiafoe (wildcard), Darcis (qualifier), and Gasquet (struggling mightily). And he has taken down Novak a few times on U.S. soil before so almost beating Djoker isn’t as bold as it may seem.
Yeah, but he’s in terrible form this year. Although with that kind of player you never know, he might just have the match of his life out of nowhere.
I agree with Benny about Isner. I think those standing in his path before the fourth round are quite beatable even for a non top form Isner.
I think he can reach the fourth round; whether he can beat Djoko there we have to see how Djoko plays this USO.
Yeah… so much depends on how Djokovic plays. There are doubts which is the reason Isner and Cilic are being given realistic chances. Cilic has a really explosive game but Djokovic’s game on the day is the biggest factor.
Been watching Rafa’s practice and he is going after second serve returns so often now. He has started to get better depth on his return finally. It will take more time but but he is on the right track…esp on the deuce court.
Novak will come back with a bang. He will lift the US Open title.
Very possible!
Most likely.
Fed, Tiggy and I’ve picked him.
Here is my full draw:
R1
Djokovic
Vesely
Fratangelo
Klizan
Isner
Darcis
Lacko
Gasquet
Tsonga
Haase
Pospisil
Anderson
Sock
Herbert
Elias
Cilic
Nadal
Robert
Kuznetsov
Ramos-Vinolas
Pouille
Chiudinelli
Delbonis
Bautista Agut
Muller
Satral
Almagro
Cuevas
Paire
Baghdatis
Mannarino
Raonic
Thiem
Jaziri
Carreno Busta
Querrey
Johnson
Del Potro
Fognini
Ferrer
Kyrgios
Mayer
Marchenko
Tomic
A. Zverev
Evans
Kudla
Wawrinka
Nishikori
Fabbiano
Mathieu
Mahut
Karlovic
Young
Troicki
Goffin
Lopez
Sousa
Chardy
Dimitrov
Stepanek
Lorenzi
Granollers
Murray
R2
Djokovic
Klizan
Isner
Gasquet
Tsonga
Anderson
Sock
Cilic
Nadal
Kuznetsov
Pouille
Bautista Agut
Muller
Cuevas
Paire
Raonic
Thiem
Carreno Busta
Del Potro
Ferrer
Kyrgios
Tomic
Evans
Wawrinka
Nishikori
Mahut
Karlovic
Goffin
Lopez
Dimitrov
Stepanek
Murray
R3
Djokovic
Isner
Tsonga
Cilic
Nadal
Bautista Agut
Muller
Raonic
Thiem
Del Potro
Tomic
Wawrinka
Nishikori
Karlovic
Dimitrov
Murray
R4
Djokovic
Cilic
Nadal
Raonic
Del Potro
Wawrinka
Nishikori
Murray
QF
Djokovic
Raonic
Del Potro
Murray
SF
Djokovic
Murray
F
Murray