Poll: Which Swiss Will Go Further At The French Open, Roger Federer Or Stanislas Wawrinka?

I would think that it would be a no brainer,as Roger has done it so many times before,but just recently Stan has done really well on clay and actually been the better swiss player just lately,so it would be interesting to see them battling to be the best swiss player,i think you could make a case for both,however i would say its great to actually see Stan making some noise,and been regarded as a great talented tennis player in his own right,rather than been reffered to as the swiss number 2 all the time,as im sure he must get fed up of hearing that statement.

May 13th, 2013 at 12:04 pm

This is a poll the Best Backhand in Switzerland cannot win considering the audience. It’s not fair.

May 13th, 2013 at 12:18 pm

They both bow to The Great Davy

May 13th, 2013 at 12:28 pm

Really hard to say without knowing where they’ll fall in the draw.

May 13th, 2013 at 12:40 pm

Voted for Federer. I am guessing that Stan will lose to Djokovic and Roger will make it further than he did in Madrid.

Federer should by all means beat Starace and get through possibly another round after that. Wawrinka has a bit tougher draw, and I am guessing he will Flame out to Djokovic this time and go get ready for Paris.

But Stanley is looking good to get a good result at FO this year.

May 13th, 2013 at 1:04 pm

Kudos to Tennis Channel providing early round live coverage of ATP 1000’s . I usually have to go to the live streams for early round coverage.

The most fun matches today in order:

Fognini over Seppi

Gulbis breezed through qualifying and kept his head on straight to beat Niemenen. As much as I don’t want to cheer for EG, his charisma and tennis draws me in.

Benoit Paire over Juan Monaco…

and the Jersy Janowicz bossing and ruling the court with his serve and forehand ( is he my replacement for the missing Soderling?) He just might be if he keeps this up.

And still to come: Raonic vs Kohlschreiber and Nishikori vs home favorite, Paolo Lorenzi!

: D pig tennis heaven today.

May 13th, 2013 at 1:21 pm

Just to add – I’m picking a Tommy Haas and RF 3rd Round match and the Feds very well could lose to Tommy, which might be good in the long run for Feds. Love FederHaas matches and Tommy has great form right now. We’ll see.

May 13th, 2013 at 1:39 pm

^ Contador, that would be great, except for the inevitable “he can’t even beat a 35 year-old, he’s done” barbs.

May 13th, 2013 at 5:16 pm

So far the Arrotards seem to be winning.

May 13th, 2013 at 7:09 pm

Can’t say without seeing the draw really

May 13th, 2013 at 9:02 pm

lol @RZ, oh, I know. the anti-feds will swoop in like vultures :D Let them pick over my bones, I say! What do we care, RZ, we know our man is the best. ; )

Federer has more tennis miles, wear and tear in his legs than Tommy Haas. Poor Tommy was out with injuries it seemed every other year. But what is that guy on now? I mean he is supposed to be over the hill and done! He really is playing good tennis again.

Meanwhile, tennis goes on and the matches were great today. Did anyone notice? or do we just wait for the big four to take the court? If I had the choice, I would prefer tickets for the early rounds through quarterfinals over final weekend tennis. It’s exciting to see the competition developing among some players outside the top 10 who are knocking on that door; talking about, Dimitrov, Nishikori, Janowicz, Paire and even the return of old Haas, quite possibly. Then there is Fognini, who has come through with some good entertainment on clay and at FO. And truly Jersy Janowicz has some impressive firepower behind those groundstrokes that reminded me of Soderling, RZ.

May 13th, 2013 at 9:26 pm

Wrong thread, i know… But for Fed fans:

http://tinyurl.com/coww6e7

May 13th, 2013 at 9:32 pm

@Conty: did you miss Raonic or was that a considered decision to leave him out :-) ?

May 13th, 2013 at 9:35 pm

Hey harry, thanks for the link! Fed says he doesn’t want to think about the top four only either :D did you hear that?

I did watch Raonic’s match but he lost again. Mind you, he couldn’t help losing – i’m only passing him by temporarily. His star does not shine on clay as much as it does on other surfaces is all. And there are some others I like, like Dolgo, Cilic, Gasquet, ect but above I mention the ones outside the top ten that look impressive atm on clay.

May 13th, 2013 at 9:57 pm

Yeah, I noticed that… also RF appears really serious in this interview (none of his usual smiles etc); don’t you think?

May 13th, 2013 at 10:06 pm

Yeah, he is serious but I don’t know about him, harry. I wonder even if the lack of a title so far this season or what would usually serve as a motivator works any more, you know?

I guess we will see, right? I’m glad he is still in the mix. : )

May 13th, 2013 at 10:15 pm

conty: he is always in the mix :) my2c: a bit of seriousness could be the secret sauce to something big this year :)

May 13th, 2013 at 10:24 pm

The Giro d’ Italia is in its second week and a major mountain stage is tomorrow, Harry. So I have to go to bed while it’s still light to get up early and watch both tennis and Giro. All the fun is in Italy this week!

May 13th, 2013 at 10:25 pm

^– ciao!

May 13th, 2013 at 10:27 pm

Thanks for the link harry!
Ciao!

May 14th, 2013 at 12:16 am

For me, this year at Rolland Garros, both may manage to reach the later stages of the tournament. Although Roger is not in good form and fine fettle, he is always a different animal when it comes to majors and he has a knack of delivering surprises. I do not think he might go on to win, but I think he has a good chance to atleast make the semis. As regards Wawarinka, I am tipping him to reach the quarters in this edition.

May 14th, 2013 at 1:02 am