#Wimbledon2018 is just about here! The draws will be released on Friday and I will have a tournament preview out as soon as I can. But for now, we’ll just have to settle with reviewing the seeds, which were announced today.
The 32 seeds will be listed along with each player’s odds to win, taken from Bovada.
Men’s Singles Seeds
1) Roger Federer (SUI) +150
2) Rafael Nadal (ESP) +500
3) Marin Cilic (CRO) +1200
4) Alexander Zverev (GER) +800
5) Juan Martin del Potro (ARG) +1200
6) Grigor Dimitrov (BUL) +2000
7) Dominic Thiem (AUT) +2500
8) Kevin Anderson (RSA) +6600
9) John Isner (USA) +5000
10) David Goffin (BEL) +6600
11) Sam Querrey (USA) +6600
12) Novak Djokovic (SRB) +650
13) Milos Raonic (CAN) +2000
14) Roberto Bautista Agut (ESP) +15000
15) Diego Schwartzman (ARG) Not listed
16) Nick Kyrgios (AUS) +1600
17) Borna Coric (CRO) +5000
18) Lucas Pouille (FRA) +10000
19) Jack Sock (USA) +8000
20) Fabio Fognini (ITA) Not listed
21) Pablo Carreno Busta (ESP) +20000
22) Kyle Edmund (GBR) +5000
23) Adrian Mannarino (FRA) Not listed
24) Richard Gasquet (FRA) +15000
25) Kei Nishikori (JPN) +6600
26) Hyeon Chung (KOR) Not listed
27) Philip Kolschreiber (GER) Not listed
28) Denis Shapovalov (CAN) +4000
29) Damir Dzumhur (BIH) Not listed
30) Filip Krajinovic (SRB) Not listed
31) Marco Cecchinato (ITA) Not listed
32) Fernando Verdasco (ESP) Not listed
Notable unseeded players
Andy Murray (GBR) +900
Stan Wawrinka (SUI) +4000
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA) +6600
Tomas Berdych (CZE) +8000
Gael Monfils (FRA) +10000
Player Previews
We’ll have to wait for the draws to be released before being able to provide any sort of deep preview. But there’s still info we can glean from the seeds and listed odds. To no one’s surprise, the oddsmakers see this year’s Wimbledon as a four-man fight between Federer, Nadal, Djokovic, and Zverev. The smart money would be on a Federer-Nadal final, but you never know who find himself fighting through a Murderer’s Row type of draw.
Cilic and del Potro are of course two players to watch out for. I seem to say this at the outset of every Grand Slam, but Dimitrov has all the talent, he just hasn’t been able to put it together outside of two Grand Slam semi-final appearances (Australian Open ’17 and Wimbledon ’14).
Andy Murray is a real wild card. He’s unseeded and coming back from a major injury, yet he’s still listed with the 5th best odds at +900. Murray is probably the player whose draw I’ll be most interested in.
And as always, Nick Kyrgios will be someone to keep an eye on. He has so much natural ability, he should be a perennial top 10 player. It’s been his attitude that’s been holding him back. When he’s on (and focused) he is one of the most fun players to watch.
Lastly, I have to mention my guy Denis Shapovalov. This will be only his second appearance at Wimbledon, losing in the first round in 2017. But he’s made consistently huge strides the last few years. He’s been able to improve his year-end ranking from 1162 in 2015, to 250 in 2016, to 51 in 2017, and now currently sitting at a ranking of 28th in the world. I would love nothing more than to see him make a deep run here.
That will do it for now. Be sure to watch for the full preview once the draws are announced. I’ll have that out this weekend.
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