Without Rafael Nadal in competition, Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic are the great candidates to stay with Wimbledon this season. The first for being the top winner of the contest, the second for his conquests at the Australian Open and Roland Garros, as well as being the defending champion and the current number one in the world.
Contrary to what happened in Paris, where the top three tennis referents were on the same side of the main draw, this time both have been in opposite places, so the only way they will face each other is if the 2019 final is repeated, for which a series of conditions must be met.
At the top of the first quadrant, the Serbian will start the search for his longed-for twentieth Grand Slam against local Jack Draper, who obtained a wild card to participate, while in the second round his rival would be Kevin Andersson. In his entire career, the one has never faced either of these two opponents.
He could just meet a couple of familiar faces in what follows, with a possible cross with Alejandro Dadidovich Fokina (series in favor 1-0) in the third phase and against Cristian Garín (1-0) in the round of 16. The road seems pretty straightforward up to this point, but things could get complicated in the quarters and semis.
To enter the top four, “Nole” must face Diego Schwartzman or Andrey Rublev, unless some surprise leaves them out of Wimbledon ahead of schedule. Against the Argentine, the record is in favor 6-0, while there is no record against the Russian, one of the best of the moment. Regarding the passage to the final, the favorite to debate that place is Stéfanos Tsitsipás, who was close to winning the Musketeers Cup a few weeks ago.
Source: (Wimbledon).
On the Swiss side, the path is more complex, in part because he is not at his best yet. His debut will be against the Frenchman Adrian Mannarino and his next opponent could be another Frenchman, the experienced Richard Gasquet, who has the honor of stating that he was able to beat the Helvetian twice, although none on grass.
For the third round, the favorite is Cameron Norrie -finalist in the ATP 500 in Queens- and, in case of surpassing it, Lorenzo Sonego will try to surprise in the second round. The biggest challenge would come in the quarterfinals against Daniil Medvedev, current number two in the ranking and who this Sunday will play the final of the ATP 250 in Mallorca in search of his first title on this surface.
Despite the difficulty of the painting, His Majesty only has a negative balance against one of his possible rivals for the final and this is Alexander Zverev, with whom he could meet in the semifinals and has a record of one win per side on grass. Among the 4-3 in favor of the German are the semis of Halle 2016, a match that meant the second confrontation between the two.
Therefore, Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic, protagonists of the definition of the last edition of Wimbledon, They would only be found in case of surpassing the mentioned rivals, which can change if they were to surprise each other in the course of the next two weeks.
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