Wimbledon: The Contenders
Novak Djokovic
The Serbian is currently ranked world number one and is in
exceptional form with only losing two matches this year, one to the king of
clay Rafael Nadal and the other to the person that has been dubbed to be the
next Novak in the future, Bulgarian, Grigor Dimitrov. Having won the
championship at SW19 already there is no reason why the Serb can’t repeat his fortunes.
Rafael Nadal
The king of clay is in scintillating form and looks like
cannot be stopped since his return from injury with only one loss and that was
in the final of Monte Carlo and Djokovic, last week he notched up his 12th
Grand Slam title with the win at Roland Garros and against fellow countryman
David Ferrer and will be looking to catch Roger Federer’s unbelievable tally of
17 Grand Slams, Can he go one step closer by claiming the Wimbledon title for a
third time?
Roger Federer
With 7 titles at SW19, the world number three is still one
of the favourites for the championship with his experience of not only Wimbledon
but him being in involved in a grand total of 24 Grand Slam finals, but at the
age of 31, Is the Swiss magician going to work his magic one more time or is it
time for the dominance of grass tennis to take a step in another direction?
Andy Murray
Home favourite Murray reached the final last year and then
went on to claim Olympic gold at London 2012, making an iconic interview that
shook the opinions of his ‘dull’, ‘angry’ personality, but with his injury
problems keeping him out of the French Open, Can the British number go one step
further than last year and claim the championship on home soil?
Fancy an Outsider?
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
Tsonga has been labelled the new ‘nearly man’ by many and
again came so close to going all the way in Paris, but the powerful Frenchman has
caused a few shocks in London over the past few years, reaching the semi-finals
last year only to be knocked out by eventual runner up Murray, Does the Frenchman
have what it takes to shake off his new nickname and win his first Grand Slam
title?
Juan Martin Del Potro
The Argentinian has only been back on tour just 2 years
after those several injuries he sustained in 2010, plus him being one of the
only players on tour to win a grand slam other than the ‘big 4’ in recent years,
Could that give the 6’6 Argentine the confidence he made need to win another?
Tomas Berdych
Berdych has seen a dip in form in recent times with him
crahing out of the French Open in the first round to Gael Monfils but with his
track record and grass being his favoured surface, you should never rule out
the Czech Republican from any grass tournament, reaching the final in 2010, the
27 year will be hoping for his form to turn around and hopeful go on to claim
the coveted title.
