Wimbledon 2014: Day 3 Gentlemen’s Singles Predictions

Predicted Winners in BOLD

Grigor has a grass court winning streak

Centre Court

[11] Grigor Dimitrov (BUL) vs. [Q] Luke Saville (AUS) – Grigor is one to keep an eye on outside of the top 4 seeds.

[1] Novak Djokovic (SRB) vs. Radek Stepanek (CZE) – This is not an easy match-up, but Nole should solve the worm.

Court 1

[3] Andy Murray (GBR) vs. Blaz Rola (SLO) – Murray, the Highlander,  is defending some sacred ground.

[6] Tomas Berdych (CZE) vs. Bernard Tomic (AUS) – This could be entertaining or a steamroll affair.

Court 2

[7] David Ferrer (ESP) vs. Andrey Kuznetsov (RUS) – Dull picking the seeds but

[14] Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA) vs. Sam Querrey (USA) – Pre-injury Querrey would have a shot at an upset.

Court 3

Leonardo Mayer (ARG) vs. [WC] Marcos Baghdatis (CYP)

Court 12

[12] Ernests Gulbis (LAT) vs. Sergiy Stakhovsky (UKR) – Gulbis beat an Estonian and now faces a Ukranian.  Maybe he can tour the former Soviet Republics and give Latvia a leg up.

Marin Cilic (CRO) vs. Andreas Haider-Maurer (AUT)

Court 18

[20] Kevin Anderson (RSA) vs. Edouard Roger-Vasselin (FRA) – Mr. Anderson is dangerous.

[27] Roberto Bautista-Agut (ESP) vs. [Q] Jan Hernych (CZE) – I love Bautista-Agut’s game.

Court 8

[21] Alexandr Dolgopolov (UKR) vs. Benjamin Becker (GER) – Becker played well in The Netherlands last week and is in good grass court form.

Court 16

[16] Fabio Fognini (ITA) vs. [Q] Tim Puetz (GER)

Gilles Simon (FRA) vs. Robin Haase (NED) – This is a 50-50 match.  Haase is more natural for grass, but Simon is a better player over all.

Court 17

Jérémy Chardy (FRA) vs. Marinko Matosevic (AUS) – Chardy carries the hopes of gender conscious fans in this match.

[17] Mikhail Youzhny (RUS) vs. [Q] Jimmy Wang (TPE) – Youzhny is a solid grass court player.

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