Nadal, Djokovic and Murray in the bottom half of the olympic draw?

Question

Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray have been drawn together in the bottom half, with Nadal and Murray scheduled to face in the quarterfinals. Nadal also has a potential match-up with Lleyton Hewitt in the second round. Roger Federer faces Dmitry Tursunov in the first round and could meet either Ivo Karlovic (who defeated him in Cincinnati) or Tomas Berdych (who beat him in Athens four years ago) in the third round.

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Any predictions?

The Draw: http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/INF/TE/C75/TEM001000.shtml#TEM001601

Answer 1

i too want Nadal to win open and he needs rest....................so i wouldn't mind if he loses in the first or second round but if he goes into semis or finals i want him to win any how ......................otherwise one from novak or andy could work to win.............

Answer 2

i pick would be Djovick.. he will want his revenge agains't murray.. he will not lose to him here this time.. too much pride at the olympics for serbia

nadal does have a good shot, but i do not see him being freash enough and consistent enough.. too much he has achieved already this year.... he might not be able to pull it out of the bag..

Answer 3

d**n, why do they have to be always in the same side of the draw? Nadal, Djokovic and Murray are like my favorite players and only one of them has the chance to go to the finals? Gah.

I'll cheer for Andy!

Answer 4

James Blake is taking the gold!

Answer 5

My bet in this year's Olympics is not Nadal, Djokovic and Murray. I would go to Federer!!!!! And I also want Federer to take the US Open Title. Go Federer!!!!

Answer 6

After looking at the draw, My guess is that Federer will come out with a vengeance and make a deep run...possibly actually win gold.  I think no matter how hard Djokovic tries, Murray will beat him.  I hope with all my might Nadal either gets upset or injured.  Then again, don't count out the Americans, Blake's chances against The Aussie in the 1st round looks good.  You also have to look at the Doubles draw.  Bryan/Bryan will go deep, Federer/Wawrinka, Zimonjic/Djokovic, I think Andy and Jamie don't have a prayer despite the fact they try.  The Israeli tandem of Ram and Ehrlich should go deep.... Whatever happens, Its gonna be good.

Answer 7

Nadal has a tough draw. Hopefully he gets knocked out in the early rounds. He needs to rest up for the US Open. I would love to see Andy Murray win gold! :-) If not Murray then Federer!

Answer 8

i really hope djokovic wins. i mean ok if nadals there cause last week he won against nadal. but im seriosly scared of murray because he bet djokovic 2 times!!!!go djokovic!!!!!

Answer 9

its great we r going to see great matches at olympics

Answer 10

I am a big Nadal fan, but in reality, I do not think that Nadal will do well in the Olympics. He has just been off of a 5 Consecutive Title Winning Streak, and like many other people think, he needs a rest.

Anyway, I think Murray will pull out through the end.

Answer 11

I have to say whether I like it or not, I would rather see Rafa with the US Open Title instead of a Gold medal, but I dont think Spain would not be happy about that.  Olympics Country......oh well.

BTW the draws will change once Rafa and Roger swap!!!!  Cant wait  AND....

if you think about it Rafa almost 98% of the time has the tuff draw, that's what has helped him get better.