One of the highlights of the season is here. Roland Garros 2024 will offer two weeks full of strong emotions and a great tennis spectacle, with Rafael Nadal looking for a historic feat in his farewell to the tournament, Novak Djokovic trying to expand his legend and many unknowns to be resolved, such as the state of form of Carlos Alcaraz y Jannik Sinner.
There are few sensations in the world comparable to those experienced by any tennis fan just before playing a Grand Slam. This Roland Garros 2024 It comes with an enormous emotional burden, due to the possibility that it will be the last time we see Rafael Nadal competing in their favorite event, and with the added interest of not knowing what to expect when determining the favorites, due to the doubts with which some of the best arrive and how even everything is in a second row called to assault the glory. We analyze in detail the potential path to the title of the great candidates.
– Analysis of the men’s draw at Roland Garros 2024
1st Quadrant
Novak Djokovic’s potential rivals: Herbert – Carballés/Lestienne – Musetti/Monfils/Seyboth-Wild – Paul/Cerúndolo – Ruud/Fritz – Zverev/Medvedev/Nadal – Sinner/Alcaraz
Casper Ruud’s potential rivals: Mensik – Davidovich/Qualy – Etcheverry/Cazaux – Fritz/Mannarino – Djokovic – Zverev/Nadal/Medvedev – Sinner/Alcaraz
Djokovic may have exciting prospects in the French Grand Slam, with the first rounds in which he could comfortably gain rhythm, without his rivals demanding too much of him. Musetti, in third, who was already two sets up against him years ago here and who beat him in Monte Carlo in 2023, could generate some concern, while in the fourth round, Paul or Cerúndolo do not seem like great dangers for the Serbian.
Things would get complicated in the quarterfinals if Ruud asserted his status as seed, something that will not be easy since he has really difficult opponents to overcome in the first week. Fritz should get into the round of 16 without too many problems and compete against something else.
2nd Quadrant
Alexander Zverev’s potential rivals: Nadal – Goffin/Mpetschi-Perricard – Griekspoor/Darderi – Rune/Khachanov – Medvedev/De Miñaur/Navone – Djokovic – Sinner/Alcaraz
Daniil Medvedev’s potential rivals: Koepfer – Kecmanovic/Qualy – Navone/Machac/Borges – De Miñaur/Bublik – Zverev/Nadal/Rune – Djokovic – Sinner/Alcaraz
The bombshell of the draw occurred with the pairing of Zverev and Nadal in the first round, something that completely distorts a quadrant in which whoever comes out of that battle alive will have a good chance of reaching the quarterfinals, unless Rune improves substantially.
There I would expect a Medvedev whose debut will be very uncomfortable, since Koepfer is a player always uncomfortable to face in a Grand Slam. Navone may have a great opportunity to add wins in his debut in an event of this category, while neither De Miñaur nor Bublik offer guarantees of being insurmountable obstacles for the Russian.
3er Cuadrante
Potential rivals of Andrey Rublev: Daniel – Martínez/Tirante – Fils/Arnaldi – Tsitsipas/Humbert – Alcaraz – Sinner – Djokovic
Potential rivals of Carlos Alcaraz: Qualy – Draper/Qualy – Korda/Rusuvuori – Shelton/Auger-Aliassime – Rublev/Tsitsipas – Sinner – Djokovic
Alcaraz will have a pleasant start to the tournament, just as he wanted given his forearm problems. Not even his lack of pace and confidence should prevent the Murcian from getting into the fourth round without problems, where Shelton or Auger-Aliassime would already be interesting tests of his level.
Hostilities would break out in the quarterfinals, a round that Rublev will not have an easy time reaching due to the presence of Tsitsipas on his roadmap. Russian and Greek seem predestined to meet in the round of 16, although Fils, Arnaldi or Humbert could surprise one of them.
4th Quadrant
Hubert Hurkacz’s potential rivals: Qualy – Moreno de Alborán/Nakashima – Tiafoe/Shapovalov/Van Assche – Dimitrov/Tabilo – Sinner/Jarry – Alcaraz/Rublev/Tsitsipas – Djokovic
Jannik Sinner’s potential rivals: Eubanks – Gasquet/Coric – Norrie/Wawrinka/Murray – Jarry/Báez – Hurkacz/Dimitrov – Alcaraz/Rublev/Tsitsipas – Djokovic
If Sinner is in good shape with his hip and can offer a level close to his maximum, he has a golden opportunity to reach the second week and dream. There is more name that threatens his potential rivals until the round of 16 where, yes, he would need his best performance to defeat Jarry or Báez.
Hurkacz does not seem at all reliable on these courts, no matter how much he has improved, which opens up a scenario of uncertainty in that area of the draw, which can be taken advantage of by players like Dimitrov or Tabilo. Bulgarian and Chilean would meet in a third round that could mark the future of the tournament in this quadrant.
– This is the complete Roland Garros 2024 men’s draw
2024-05-23 13:21:21
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