Predicted Winners in BOLD
[1] Novak Djokovic (SRB) vs [WC] James Ward (GBR) – I like Novak here.
Last match first match
[3] Roger Federer (SUI) vs Guido Pella (ARG) – Roger should advance.
[5] Kei Nishikori (JPN) vs Sam Groth (AUS) – This is no easy match for Kei, but I think he eventually gets enough serves back to send Groth packing.
Kyle Edmund (GBR) vs Adrian Mannarino (FRA) – Homecourt matters?
[6] Milos Raonic (CAN) vs Pablo Carreno Busta (ESP) – Milos looked good at the Queen’s Club so I think he wins even with Busta being a solid player.
[13] David Ferrer (ESP) vs Dudi Sela (ISR)
[11] David Goffin (BEL) vs [WC] Alexander Ward (GBR) – Goffin will need to fend off the crowd as well.
[9] Marin Cilic (CRO) vs [PR] vs Brian Baker (USA) – Baker could cause some problems, but in a 3 of 5 set match I can’t see Cilic losing. Also, Cilic looked solid at Queen’s Club.
[17] Gael Monfils (FRA) vs Jeremy Chardy (FRA) – My 1st upset pick.
[16] Gilles Simon (FRA) vs [PR] Janko Tipsarevic (SRB) – This should be a fun match.
Daniel Evans (GBR) vs Jan-Lennard Struff (GER)
[20] Kevin Anderson (RSA) vs Denis Istomin (UZB) – Bombs away
[28] Sam Querrey (USA) vs Lukas Rosol (CZE) – Would this be an upset?
Diego Schwartzman (ARG) vs Robin Haase (NED)
Andreas Seppi (ITA) vs Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (ESP) – Seppi has put in a lot of warm-up events ahead of Wimbledon.
Malek Jaziri (TUN) vs Steve Johnson (USA) – Johnson has momentum on his side.
Nicolas Almagro (ESP) vs Rogerio Dutra Silva (BRA)
[29] Pablo Cuevas (URU) vs Andrey Kuznetsov (RUS) – This should be fun for everyone. I think Cuevas comes through though.
[23] Ivo Karlovic (CRO) vs Borna Coric (CRO) – Experience helps Dr. Ivo advance.
[27] Jack Sock (USA) vs Ernests Gulbis (LAT) – How to predict a problem like Ernests?
Edouard Roger-Vasselin (FRA) vs Teymuraz Gabashvili (RUS)
Paolo Lorenzi (ITA) vs Lukas Lacko (SVK)
Thomaz Bellucci (BRA) vs Ruben Bemelmans (BEL) – A risky pick
Julien Benneteau (FRA) vs Illya Marchenko (UKR)
Santiago Giraldo (COL) vs Gilles Muller (LUX) – Muller has played well on grass this season.
Sergiy Stakhovsky (UKR) vs Yoshihito Nishioka (JPN)
[30] Alexandr Dolgopolov (UKR) vs Evgeny Donskoy (RUS)
Damir Dzumhur (BIH) vs Denis Kudla (USA) – Kudla is toughest on grass.
[21] Philipp Kohlschreiber (GER) vs Pierre-Hugues Herbert (FRA)
Bjorn Fratangelo (USA) vs Grigor Dimitrov (BUL) – Grigor has gone on walk about since Australia.
[WC] Brydan Klein (GBR) vs Nicolas Mahut (FRA) – Mahut loves grass courts.
Ricardas Berankis (LTU) vs [Q] Marcus Willis (GBR)