The men's bracket has been drawn. Here is a brief breakdown.
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1 Roger Federer vs 7 Nikolay Davydenko - First Quarter Projection
RF's path: 3R: 30 Tommy Robredo 4R: 16 Jurgen Melzer/22 Feliciano Lopez
ND's path: 3R: 31 Victor Hanescau 4R: 12 Tomas Berdych/20 Stan Wawrinka
Floaters: Janko Tipsarevic, Benjamin Becker, Denis Istomin, Victor Troicki
Thoughts:
Roger couldn't have asked for a better draw if Mirka had pulled it herself.
If the (a-hem) top seed can't get through this group of guys on grass...
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3 Novak Djokovic vs 5 Andy Roddick - Second Quarter Projection
ND's path: 3R: 28 Albert Montanes 4R: 15 Lleyton Hewitt/21 Gael Monfils
AR's path: 3R: 29 Philipp Kohlschreiber 4R: 11 Marin Cilic/17 Ivan Ljubicic
Floaters: Taylor Dent, Philipp Petzschner, Mardy Fish, Michael Llodra
Thoughts:
Hard to see this quarterfinal not happening unless Monfils catches fire.
Halle champ Hewitt is in there - but he may have left his best in Germany.
A Federer/Roddick rematch of last years final in the semi looks dreamy.
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4 Andy Murray vs 8 Fernando Verdasco - Third Quarter Projection
AM's path: 3R: 26 Gilles Simon 4R: 14 Juan Carlos Ferrero/18 Sam Querrey
FV's path: 3R: 32 Julien Benneteau 4R: 10 JW Tsonga/19 Nicolas Almagro
Floaters: Marco Chuidinelli, Xavier Malisse, Alexandr Dolgopolov
Thoughts:
That quarter could easily read Querrey vs Tsonga - both are dangerous.
More so Querrey - but he'd be playing Murray and the nation.
I once attended a Henman match on Center at Wimby - it was nuts.
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2 Rafael Nadal vs 6 Robin Soderling - Fourth Quarter Projection
RN's path: 3R: 27 Ernests Gulbis 4R: 13 Mikhail Youzhny/23 John Isner
RS's path: 3R: 25 Thomaz Bellucci 4R: 9 David Ferrer/24 Marcos Baghdatis
Floaters: James Blake, Theimo De Bakker, Robbie Ginepri, Jeremy Chardy
Thoughts:
Rafa still gets no love from Wimbledon - he was handed a very tough draw.
Rafa vs Gulbis & Rafa vs Isner could be the best of the pre-quarter matches.
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Photo: Wimbledon draw bag - aeltc
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