Roland Garros 2017

[didine17]

The second Grand Slam of the season has started!

Singles Draw

Vote for whom you think will win!

my favorite guys are : alex Jasmin because he has no played a lot of matchs since the beginning of the 2017 season but he has defeated Van Moe in 2 sets at one of the big tournaments on clay this year
outsiders : the Boss-94 and mignogna who , i believe , will til in semi-finals or more for their talents and their mentals
special mention to WAWR , Ronnie The Rocket and Daemon to anime the first week
and my heart to spaniish , jayinspace and BlackFenix who are my talentuous friends
good luck at all !
enjoy!

EDIT: First part edited in by VMoe86.

[DaemoN]

Will Pidzi and Vramvrim not play?

The favorites for winning the tournament are Vmoe, AlexJasmins and Mignogna. These are the strongest three of the moment for me.

I will mention two players who may surprise in this tournament.
The first is AndyMuzza, player with an incredible defense and mental coldness, he has managed to destabilize me in our game, which is very difficult. Your defense can be a differential.

The other is Filas, which has been growing a lot in the last games. I almost beat him in two games we did, but in the last he just destroyed me. It may surprise you.

I mention Mohd, a very good and dedicated player, has been improving a lot in recent times. If he hesitates with it he goes over. He can get far in this tournament, he may not win, but he will be a quarry.

[DaemoN]

my favorite guys are : alex Jasmin because he has no played a lot of matchs since the beginning of the 2017 season but he has defeated Van Moe in 2 sets at one of the big tournaments on clay this year
outsiders : the Boss-94 and mignogna who , i believe , will til in semi-finals or more for their talents and their mentals
special mention to WAWR , Ronnie The Rocket and Daemon to anime the first week
and my heart to spaniish , jayinspace and BlackFenix who are my talentuous friends
good luck at all !
enjoy!

Thanks for mentioning Didine. I love Roland Garros, I've been training a lot in the past few weeks. I want to go as far as I can in this tournament. I will honor my opponents by giving what I have the best. I managed to beat some big guys in those weeks. Quarterfinals for me would already be perfect. HAHA: Very difficult, I know, but it does not hurt to try. HAHA

[FEDERER2]

The favorite is VMoe imo although idk if he's signing up , my other favorite would be the boss, he is a big match player with very a unpredictable game plan. He's had wins over almost everyone in the draw and when he's at his best, he's almost unbeatable. Mignogna could cause some some upsets in the draw and Alex is also a top contender. My dark horse would definitely be AndyMuzza because he knows how to defend on the clay and it's tough to hit through him. For me, I don't think I will go very far as I am way out of practice but I hope to have as good of a summer as I did last year.

[Pablo Hernandez]

If the top players are not there Pidzi , vrav , inseedious then it leaves the playing field open but if they are they ate without a doubt the best out there. Otherwise Vmoe even with them would have to be up there simply by far since the AO the best player on tour with only two losses and three titles 2 masters. Other such as boss mignogna have to beat up there mignogna is becoming a bigger force to be reckoned simply too good especially on clay and since his comeback he seems to be on a roll especially beating muzza in two sets and reaching another master final. Boss is all around a great player can play at the net and baseline so he can win points in either way and also won his first masters title can play well in any surface .Filas is someone who can go far as well reached the US Open final he is really aggressive and consistent player can beat pretty much anyone on his day and this season he has reached many final despite not winning any doesn't take away how good he is. Muzza can't be forgotten he is like Nadal doesn't make to many UE and is consistent throughout doesn't give many points away and has caused top players many issues with his play style definitely one top contender. Also how can we forget Isaldor and karse top players who don't play often but when they do they are a nightmare to the opposition. There are others such as kenos, alex 1 time GS champion Juani to name a few are more than good enough to go far and cause major problem for the draw.

Outsiders would have to be eloymm who is a great player when he is playing his best also hykha who has beaten high ranked players this year and also andryy who also has improved his results beating kenos. How can we forget mohd another player who has beaten boss recently for the bmw is also someone who stands a chance.

Sorry if I forgot anyone but these names came to my head first wish everyone the best of luck for the tournament and may the best men win and hopefully we have new stars coming through #NEXTGEN

[pidzi]

Personally, i aint playing RG or any other grandslam this year. Dont know about others but i guess Vram is done too and inseedious could be back for Wimbledon or USO. VMoe could and maybe even should stay on tour for some more tournaments as some sort of "Guardian" to the top game. But considering his last results and matches against "new gen", i think it might not be that much needed as it seems they are starting to quite catch up with the past best.

Excluding past top players, there is currently like 7-8 players who can beat each other which of course creates very interesing draws and situations where basically anyone who makes it to Quarterfinal of a tournament can pretty much win it all, which is very similar to situation in 2013 where was also like 9-10 players with very similar level of play and i think it was very fun to play in that period. Now its the time for others to enjoy this period, hence i think the departure of old is needed. From time to time i might play som M1000 just for fun but thats it.

Now about who could win RG 2017 ? Pretty much look above what i said. Any of the Alex, mignogna, theboss, filas, andymuzza, mohd, kenos could win it all. And there are also players from second wave who when play their best could go deep in the draw like Hykha, Pablo, Juani or Eloymm. BUt my personal favourite would be The Boss if he plays on 100% all the time, but since he likes to have some lapses during the matches or tank some games it may prove to be crucial in falling short in chase for Grandslam TItle, hopefully it wont happen, VEry close behind The boss would be Andymuzza and mignogna.

Despite not playing RG, im honestly quite curious about the draw and how it turns out. WIsh you nice matches.

[DaemoN]

I was thinking of broadcasting all my games through twitch. I guarantee that I will record all my games and intend to post them on youtube later. The clay season is very important for me, being able to go well in Roland Garros is a great goal that I have.

I'm very excited, big battles are going to happen. I know you have a lot better players than I do, but I want to at least make it a little harder.

When I post on youtube I warn you.

There is a possibility of making live broadcasts, but I'm not sure.

[VMoe86]

I have edited didine's initial post so that it includes a vote for the winner and the Singles Draw is linked in there. Personally, I actually didn't want to play, because clay has become quite unbearable to me. The best clay form has been shown by TheBoss-94, mignogna and AlexJasmins, so that they should be considered favourites. Lets have some fun!

[didine17]

don t we forget C4iLL!!

[isaldor]

How can we forget c4ill ?

[didine17]

lol
sorry for him

[Hykha]

Now I'm so sorry that I missed the tournament:(. Best of luck to everyone and may the best man win!

[inseedious]

inseedious could be back for Wimbledon or USO.

Too optimistic

[Vramvrim]

Personally, i aint playing RG or any other grandslam this year. Dont know about others but i guess Vram is done too and inseedious could be back for Wimbledon or USO.

Currently I have no intention of playing any tournament. I've seen everything about this game, and it would be hard to find any kind of motivation without players like Richie or Pidzi competing. (no offense meant to anyone, just my point of view) I also think it's better, more entertaining for the ITST tour to have this group of 8-10 players who can contend for big titles, rather than having an ogre winning every relevant tourney like Pidzi last year after Wimbledon.

But who knows, it's unlikely but maybe I'll feel like playing a tourney or two at some point. Though I can safely say it will not happen on this rubbish excuse of a surface called clay.

As for the masochists playing Roland-Garros this year, VMoe would be my clear favorite if he made any kind of effort to train.
Which means there is a lot of players capable of winning this tournament. Based on a quick look at the results since I last played, here's how I would rate everybody's chances :

Favourites : VMoe, AlexJasmins, TheBoss, Mignogna, Andymuzza
Outsiders : Kenos, Mohd, Filas, Eloymm, Pablo Hernandez
Divine intervention : C4iLL

Best of luck to everybody in the draw. I'd say have fun, too, but who the **** has fun on clay ?

[C4iLL]

Thanks to the divine intervention of Vramvrim, the impossible has become possible, it seems I'm now in semi-final. My agent finally allows me to talk.

Truth to be told, I signed up as a total tourist like real-life Monfils, without any real willingness to play, but just for the thrill to click "sign up".

Then, the draw gave me something to stir up my motivation : the perspective to play a vintage Appollo Creed vs Rocky Balboa match. An opportunity to outpush to death my old friendly rival VMoe who is desperately trying to get to a grand-slam final. The Mathematician vs The Genius, two players far from their peaks level I guess, but ready to resurrect their 2014 level for a single match.

What is in stake? The 12th defeat in grand slams semi-finals He laughed so much about my 0-12 H2H vs Richie ! I need a 12-12 in shameful records !

With Muzza and Mignona on my way, I thought it was highly utopian. But they disqualified themselves, unable to face the hard truth : Nadal is on its way to the decima and nothing can stop him.