I reckon he won't play a single match or practice set until the day the tournament begins, and then win the whole thing without dropping a point, beating Del-Potro, Federer and Djokovic in a row (his ranking will have slipped so he has to play them all).
Yikes! Your 28th sounds like it was even more seedy than mine.
The draw is a little bit more important next year than most. Nadal will be hoping to avoid Djokovic until the final (to ensure Djokovic is as nervous as possible when he plays him). The last two years that hasn't been an issue, but next year it is unlikely they will be the top two seeds.
Will heavily depend on when he comes back. If he surely comes back to start the season off as normally, he should get enough matches under his belt until the clay season. However, still going to be tough, because logically he will struggle coming back in his first several tournaments one would think.
Of course he's the favorite. And will forever be the favorite until he shows severe decline or someone else proves they can beat him when he's on his game. And thus far, no-one has proven they can do it.
Nadal is the clay master. These little boys on tour are child's play for him, bar Nole.
At this point of his career, Noserer is better off making Mirka play for him if he ever encounters the Clay King on the hallowed ground of Spartan Gods AKA Phillip Chatrier stadium.
A Del Potro-Djokovic combo in semis and final could prove a very big challenge for him - no one else has a shot of beating him on clay imo. Or even Del Potro in QF, Federer SF, Nole F.
Nadal on clay is the closest to a sure thing in tennis .Yes he definately will win and seal his status as the ultimate player on teh surface for many decades to come 8 RGs is just phenominal
Nadal will win. We saw this year that even Djokovic cannot challenge him there. Del pony and Federer have no chance against him. So I see no other option right now than Nadal continuing to dominate Roland Garros
only a freak sustained period of rain saved dull from an utter humiliation of not only losing 4 straight grand slam finals to the same guy, but doing so after being 2 sets up
everyone who watched the final knew the momentum was overwhelmingly with the djoker, poor dull had no idea what to do in that situation of actually being challenged by an opponent during a RG final
dull should be grateful that he even won this year
only a freak sustained period of rain saved dull from an utter humiliation of not only losing 4 straight grand slam finals to the same guy, but doing so after being 2 sets up
everyone who watched the final knew the momentum was overwhelmingly with the djoker, poor dull had no idea what to do in that situation of actually being challenged by an opponent during a RG final
dull should be grateful that he even won this year
He's the favorite but it obviously depends on his form going in the event. He hasn't played practically since winning RG '12 but he has half a year (not to mention the entire clay season) to regain his form.
I hope not. I hope neither of the top 4 wins any grand slam next year actually. But since that is unrealistic, a new RG winner would be a good start.
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