tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8667040408248931138.post8548774573953130955..comments2023-09-27T21:10:15.366+03:00Comments on Let, Second Serve: Roland Garros 2013 Seeding ScenariosAnnahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07742915861101677012noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8667040408248931138.post-45859503683513152312013-05-01T13:30:16.643+03:002013-05-01T13:30:16.643+03:00"Roland Garros has the right to change the se..."Roland Garros has the right to change the seeding of Nadal." On this type of comment, I say let's go free range at ALL tournaments and forget about rankings, just go on gut feel of the organisers. <br /><br />Player's body weak and injured for 7 months? Not a problem, let's rush them back in as top seed. Stuff that the rest of the tennis playing tour have busted their guts in that time to improve their rankings and possibility of a good draw. Nup, just keep on making things as easy as possible for one player.<br /><br />Federer got no favours at Wimbledon last year by being a 6-time former champion and having a mostly functional body to maintain his healthy ranking. I wonder for how many seconds organisers thought of bumping him to automatic top seed against over some hack who has only won a single Wimbledon. I think about "zero seconds".<br /><br />Jefnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8667040408248931138.post-10645397029679808522013-04-30T21:41:27.662+03:002013-04-30T21:41:27.662+03:00Roland Garros has the right to change the seeding ...Roland Garros has the right to change the seeding of Nadal. I doubt they will, but they are allowed to change it. The purpose of seeding is to make sure that the best players don't square off until the later rounds. Djokovic and Nadal are clearly the best players. If Nadal is seeded at 5, then one of the top four is going to get screwed. I'm still trying to figure out my own opinion on this issue, but I would not be upset if RG decides to make him the four seed just to protect the top seeds. Hopefully things work out so that Ferrer and Nadal are in the same quarter of the draw. Then it doesn't matter what they are seeded too much.Second Serbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08919114104091280616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8667040408248931138.post-81670220516187191712013-04-30T14:30:02.372+03:002013-04-30T14:30:02.372+03:00"...is a dangerous and unfair precedent."..."...is a dangerous and unfair precedent."<br /><br />Right on!!Jefnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8667040408248931138.post-10199293592476686192013-04-30T14:28:30.917+03:002013-04-30T14:28:30.917+03:00It would be pathetic if the organisers departed fr...It would be pathetic if the organisers departed from the standard rankings for one occasion. We all know Wimbledon do things differeently to the other majors, so I cannot see why - just because Nadal has won seven times - the organisers should wet themselves and give a one off dispensation. <br /><br />If Nadal is as good as he is, he will play and beat whoever is in his path and win. Simple. It will mean that it would be the reverse than what some folk are writing - some other poor bastard would face the prospect of Nadal one round earlier and stand to lose valuable rankings points and dollars from the later "business end" rounds.<br /><br />And what's Nadal's take on all this? Somehow I don't think he cares that much either.Jefnoreply@blogger.com