Sports Edge and Welcome to our
breakdown of the Wimbledon draws. Kenny Wimbledon is my
favorite tennis tournament of the year. It's kind of perfect
where the rest of the sports calendar becomes nice and quiet
and we can all kind of focus our attention
on tennis the way it should be played
on the lawn. We go out to the all England, croquet and tennis
and Lawn Club in Wimbledon for this year's rendition and
the drawers came out this morning. So let's break these down and
we're going to start
On the men's side, where first quarter
looks to be pretty entertaining.
Once we get into week two, at least as Novak Djokovic is drawn
with Carlos, alcaraz a 15 matchup here of by seating
looks to be pretty spectacular. How do you see quarter one plan
out? Yeah, you know, it's an interesting quarter because
alcaraz we've mentioned, we've talked a lot about his
inexperience on grass, right? And how is
he going to fare in this tournament? But when you look
at the way that he played, he played at an exhibition, you
lost a Francis Diablo earlier this week.
He had a wrap around his arm, the same one. When he won his
first clay-court tournament, he was giving it less than 100
percent, according to a record reports on the scene. So
perhaps,
alcaraz not the threat to be reckoned with here that he was
in the French Open. And with that, you know, I think Novak
Djokovic has a pretty easy path to get to the semi-final. Even
the final I actually have him projected to face Oscar oughta
and the Goths karratha here can get through.
You know, what's left of this? This have this quarter of
the draw. Given that think alcaraz probably go. He's out earlier
and onto also, probably should have eaten an Di Maria last
year,
at Wimbledon. It was very tight, a very close match. And
if you can get through Murray obviously, Mary Djokovic would
be incredible for a quarterfinal that could easily
happen, but, you know, you want to throw 10 Panama, right? You
want to throw Oscar opta Andy
Murray any of these guys
at Djokovic. I think Djokovic will win and he's
the beneficiary of a great draw. Here, our trolley or polka
hasn't had a great season meerkats - b**** has not done
nearly the same time
that he's done for the first three months of the season. So
I think Djokovic ear broke pretty
Well here, I mean I don't think there's any complaints here on
your end either, right? No. No. This is a very, very strong
quarter for him to come through and really the question is, who
will he face in the quarterfinals? Will it be
alcaraz? Will it be Marie?
I'm gonna pull for Maury the Oscar out call.
That's it. That's a long shot and that's, that would be cool.
I'll have to keep an eye on how he plays through the first week
here, but a grass plant. Yeah, he's a great guy spier. I think
Marie comes through but ultimately Djokovic is to lose.
As is the entire first half in my opinion, I think he will
face. Ace
Hubert her catch coming out of the second quarter. The second
quarter looks pretty chalky to me pretty weak quarter, I would
say, maybe D, week is quarter of the draw and realistically
top half, you have the weakest seed of the top four seeds in
Casper. Rude, he is not a great cut grass player, possibly
Francis. TFO could we see him? Make the second week of this
tournament maybe the
last standing American, I'm going to keep an eye out for
that. I think ultimately teofilo losses to her catch in
the quarterfinals and then her It goes down to Djokovic.
Who is looks likely to be your Champion? What do you make of
the second quarter?
Yeah, I totally agree with you. I think, you know,
Mannarino and Nori or not to are not easy opponents, but
I still think her Cox is the favorite in those matches comes
through pretty easily and he mentioned the top. Have I have
TFO coming out of the top half of this quarter as well?
I'm very interested though, I don't know. I'm interested to
see how who go on bear fares here. I'm interested to see how
Sebastian biosphere is. Your bias is not played grass really
at all, but, you know, given the way the drawers broken
down, given the way that his forehand is, It, I think
you could maybe make a little bit of noise here.
I think the Casper. Rude, might lose to go on there. Drew
anything about that. Well, I have that, in my bracket to,
we're basically seeing this the same way. Now he's joking.
Yeah, this guy's outside the top, 100 now.
Yeah, it is. But Casper, rude.
Talk about an unimpressive
grass debut this season.
It's you know great great job. Getting to the French Open
final but not expecting much from him in London.
Let's get to the main event here.
Yeah, third quarter is
Noted, it looks so good. How do you see this playing out?
Yeah, this is this is an absolutely incredible quarter,
not for any of the people
involved, right? But it's
just to watch. Yeah. Because I think what you what, you
realistically have right as a good. First of all, you have
a talebearer teeny and Jensen books, being the third round,
which is already going to be a popcorn match.
You know, idea, young and exciting. Jack Draper might
match up with Mateo Beretania here and then in the fourth
quarter, that's what I have here and then you have RBA and
curios
matching up in the bottom half here. We're heroes having to
come through City Pasar, VA having to come through, perhaps
tennis shop of all of
this is just, there are going to be fireworks, literally in
every single match in this quarter, maybe not like Liam
broady and evoke left, right? But other than that, this is
going to be in the same quarter. I got there a teeny
coming out. I don't think there's anybody who's going to
be Beretania in this tournament. If it was anybody
in the world. If we Beretania on grass, not
even Nick kyrgios, I think curios
they did. He did lose two RBI at the US Open when they played
last, but it was a different curious who seven and eight.
And, and they last season, and this is a much more focused
Rose is the much better surface for him. I think that he
probably comes to that match but he's not gonna have enough
gas to get through Beretania, they bear teeny. Here
is just going to muscle everyone out of this way and
I think he's going to go on to the final. What do you think
about that? Yeah, so I'm with you 100% bear. Teeny has done
nothing but impress through his two championships in this run
up to Wimbledon. And
I think realistically the market is still a little shy on
how good it is. Chances are of winning this title,
but very excited about a popcorn match between bear tea.
Any and curios in that corner final. That would be must watch
very excited about a third-round match between
kurios and Sisyphus. If you were watching holla that was
the best grass match. We've had so far this season in my
opinion sister pasta and curios match up very, very well
and ultimately Spas should peel. Probably be the - 200 is
favorite, but I hope curios come.
He is entertaining. I want the surgery before we get up to
the fourth quarter, what
the people at home, right? Everyone knows about baratie,
nice backhand and it's a weakness while On grass. Is it
actually a strength for barrentine?
I'm being give give me the answer because I'm not sure
I've heard this because he slices like, yeah, oh, yes on
grass, sure, yes, very, very true. Very true. And his his
slice is especially effective because he can get depth
it that thing lands like
Baseline every single time, and it really kind of
the opponent's look like exasperated, like, how did that
land in hell, yeah. So it's fun to watch and,
you know, I think realistically, that's
It's your that's going to be the most entertaining quarter.
The fourth quarter is kind of a mess frankly and it's because
the top seed is Rafa Nadal who is not for me, at least
surprisingly in the mix.
I did not expect to see him. Come
to this tournament at all. I thought he was going to skip
grass season entirely because of the foot injury, but
apparently it's good enough to play. He did not get an,
especially challenging draw.
I think his first real test is going to come against Lorenzo,
sonego. Third round here, sonego can beat him. He's got
the quality on grass and he has warmed up
relatively. Well, in my opinion, his number at least
has gone up since I've seen him play grass this season. And
potentially,
if even if Rafa Nadal gets through sonego, I think cilic
is going to be too much to
contend with in the fourth round cilic is an excellent
grass player. He of course, showed quality on clay that we
did not anticipate this year, and I would have to make him be
favorite. I would have to make him think
most of us.
Of course, Kenny's guy Marin cilic.
It's I would have to make children the favorite to win
the fourth quarter by my numbers and I think that's
going to be a bit of a price. What do you make of
the flegrei? I got cilic coming out
of this quarter as well. I thought when you said this,
this is a mess so that you're going to say it was a Crest
because Maxie and Cressy all these people. You know, all
the all the all the sports book Bros went out there. They took
FAA to win Wimbledon,
when it, when Doug Sanders varrick went down and
considering that we can feel the dolls foot FBI's got to
play Maxime Christian. The first round that Is trouble for
FAA. If I have an NFPA ticket, I may even be cashing out right
now because I do not know if
he's going to make it past that first round. I have pressed you
putting that much pressure, he's been insane on grass. And
I also would say, this could be, this could be the Taylor
Taylor. Fritz is here, I think Taylor fits goes to
the quarter-final here. I know that, you know, he's heads.
I don't know if he's going to beat Alex demon or a, you know,
but I do think that he's had a very, very solid grass-court
resume over his career. He has the big survey for hand. We
haven't seen Taylor, Fritz, play great tennis in a month or
so. I think he's going to come out of his shell here, and
really
Place an excellent ball because when he was on the hard courts,
earlier this season, he was playing absolutely incredible.
So, I think that he can come through this,
you know, go to the quarter-final and then he could
come through Marin cilic. I still think George ones that
match but you know I agree with you ultimately of the quarter
winner. So I think Taylor Fritz though, you know, maybe this is
his year to finally get to a grand slam quarter and slam
semi
in terms of the sin because we have the same Sammy's, right?
Who you got going to the final and we have winning final.
So I'm looking at Djokovic over herc
pretty comfortably. I'm looking at Barrett.
Over cilic somewhat comfortable. And then I think
that final is going to be
a, you know, pop absolute must watch incredible television.
I'm going to take Djokovic ultimately, but I think that's
going to be a live betting dream, Barrett. He's going to
be a tough out. It sounds like you favored him, right?
Yeah. Actually very teeny wins this tournament. I really do.
I know that joke which is probably the best Grass Court
player in the world. I would say Beretania is the most
informed grass-court planned. Well and what 13? He's going to
take the title from Djokovic eventually showed which
the 3513.
Is thirty one and three on grass. It was last three
seasons. That is insane, only guys who had beaten Djokovic,
Federer, and David go home. I think that he is, he is just
going to muscle everyone out of his way. Like I said, I again,
you know, everyone
knows. Oh, he can't his backhand but on grass, you can
he can survive and you can actually turn that back into
a weapon. This guy is unplayable and, you know, kudos to anyone
out there who decided to take him at plus 1300. After he won
stood guard,
he wants to cart and he somehow grew
to 1300. So I think he beats Djokovic are
Djokovic just doesn't have the the fitness right now. I just
don't know. Like he had it going into Roland Garros.
I don't know if you guys are coming in here. I think he's
good enough to beat every one of those path but Beretania. So
I'm gonna take the, I'm gonna take the odds
here with Mateo.
Okay, well we go head-to-head then, joke fish, vs. Bear teeny
in the final of
the women's side and the women's draw is extremely tough
to figure out. I don't I don't think you could find ten
experts to give you the same final four, whereas the men's
side I think looks pretty jockey. He just beyond Tech
comes in as your top seed. She has not played a
Grass warm-up match. That is a problem
because she just doesn't have a ton of experience on grass.
She's going to be vulnerable to a number of players in her own
quarter, very tough test for her, and with critique of
a potentially and round
of tests with cornet. Thank frankly, I was a cornet and
round three is going to be tougher. Yuga if she does come
through drawers, Bianca on dries to in a quarterfinal all
three of those are landmines. I don't think eager. Comes out,
I think you can bet against her at this torment, in general
and Andre SQ. Looks like a
like a favorable way to
Tak that second quarter similarly
books
difficult to handicap frankly. Cocoa golf has been incredible
on grass this season. She has a potential head-to-head with
Serena Williams who may be able to come through her section of
the draw and face Coco Golf and round for.
And I think Serena potentially could make a semifinal here,
considering the fitness we've seen from her in her warm up
doubles in Eastbourne. She looked good, frankly, better
than I thought
and I think Serena is going to make week, too. Ooh here
ultimately not win this title because at some point she's
going to run into a player of higher quality and she's gonna
run out of gas. But
Serena Williams is a potential semi-finalists would be
an amazing story and it would be worth cheering for even outside
of betting on this event.
But you know, I think the top half of this draw, if there's
a value to be had its with Bianca and rescue, she's Canadian
Superstar
and you know past slam Champion.
Yeah a great opportunity for her here to come through at
a huge price. What do you make of it? Half of the women's.
Yeah, former US Open winner II was looking at her to, I'm
a little scared off, by the lack of Grass Court experience, and,
you know, even just This Grass Court Season. I look, I would
love to see Serena Williams, make the semi-final, but
I think
there's a top 10 player here
who is sitting at Place 3500 who no one is talking about
because she's had a bad season, right? But Carolina, pushpa is
lethal on grass. She was the finalists here last year
and she is going to beat Serena Williams. If it's not Coco
bath, I think it's going to be plus Kappa. There are a number
number of women in this quarter that I could see going to
the final or even winning, you know, you have Halep. We
haven't
talked about how up, I know that she
is really out of form, but the last time she played here,
she won Wimbledon
and beat Serena Williams. I think they're just way too many
people in her way from cocoa. Golf to even maybe an end in
Miss Amanda and this amoeba. If she's able to find the quality
to be golf, but I think risk of us, we're working here and it's
very dangerous. You mentioned
in the top half of this quarter
you mentioned Barbara crew kobashi is lurking here.
I think we have barbecue G quiz very good. And she has not
played a lot of tennis this year, but she has the quality
to be biggest Vo-Tech. She has the quality
to go to this final, and
it's also very good service for she's an excellent doubles
player. Excellent. Bolyars you can slice the ball. I just,
I love the way she plays tennis and like I said, you know,
she's gonna win more slams. It's not just the French Open
from last year.
So that's that's an interesting one to me. But yeah, I mean,
interesting code with Serena, she's definitely got the power,
the serve, the four-handed do it.
It's gonna be, I think that's a really tough road for her, but
the bottom half Drew. I think it's A little a little easier
to cap, right? For me, at least, I mean my my winner for
this tournament is in the bottom
half and it's on, strobe, or of Tunisia.
I think she comes out of this third quarter. Got a relatively
friendly, draw only real tough test for her. It's going to be
versus Angelique Kerber and round for her quarterfinal
looks very, very winnable. Anyone that comes out of that
sections, going to be
a significant Underdog on. She bore
excellent on grass,
excellent, warm-up.
Coming into this event
and then names to look out for on the in the fourth quarter,
I like The Panko and Beatrice, Haddad Maya, crazy, long shot
prices to get to that semifinal there but ultimately this is on
storyboards tournament to lose the way that I handicap this
this
this field and frankly but still a decent wedding price to
be had on Aunt. So that's my ultimate winner. Ons over
Bianca Andreas Q. What is your final prediction for the women?
I do love the undress you call. I think that that's a very that
that's pretty sharp. But I look I think there's another lurker
here in the bottom half that we're not talking about giving
up tension blood a bench, it's great crust,
Core player. Great pedigree here. And, you know, I think
that to road is pretty, I know she has to face hot in Maya
who's red hot but they corrode
here, you know, it's very gettable. Either her concert
that I think could easily go to final race a career as well.
I've got Zachary bench, itch in the quarter-final and then to
burn mass and Keys Madison Keys. Very good quick surface
player,
and you know, the way that this drawer opens up, Danielle
Collins, has not done a long grass Alice and rescue take out
Daniel Collins, open up Madison Keys to be awesome risk, and
then maybe keys to bird that.
That could be a great match,
but ultimately, I do have Deboer coming through
going to the final against against egos Fiat Tech. But
again, like I said, there's a lot of names in that second
quarter that could go there as well. The final, so I think
it's gonna be great and there's gonna be an excellent women's
draw,
much, like we've seen in years past, right, we haven't seen it
with the last couple of slams because it's the outset, but
I just should be pretty competitive. Okay, well, it's
like, we're reading from the same notes so not a lot of
disagreement from us today. Hopefully that's a good thing,
but very excited for this Wimbledon, be sure to catch all
of our Take Downs. We're going to give you daily picks
boosted parlays and
just in general, match tips throughout this Fortnight
enjoy, Wimbledon, enjoy grass. Kenny. Best of luck viewers.
Best of luck. And we will see you in round 1.