2015 Wimbledon draw analysis

The Grandstand

Lopsided Grand Slam draws appear to be the norm now on the men’s side after Friday’s ceremony took place at the All-England Club. Andy Murray, David Ferrer, Rafael Nadal, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, and Ivo Karlovic are all in the same quarter of the bracket and they are also in the same half as Roger Federer.

That is not to say Novak Djokovic has it easy at the top of the draw. The world No. 1 has to open against Philipp Kohlschreiber and he is on a semifinal collision course with familiar foe Stan Wawrinka, the reigning French Open champion.

Djokovic’s quarter

Thankfully for the sake of balanced draws there is no repeat of a Djokovic-Nadal quarter of the bracket that we saw at the French Open. In Paris, the world No. 1 had to face Nadal in the quarters and Murray in the semis. Now it is Djokovic who landed in…

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