All you need to know: Andy's in Rafa's half, Nole's in Fed's half.
Well I guess that's not true. So I'll keep going.
Rafa doesn't have an easy quarter but it's not like that should matter. He has a potentially tough second rounder with Querrey California, who has always played Rafa tough on both clay and hard courts. After that he could pull Blah, but whatever, it's clay and Blah wears red, white, and blue. Luckily for Rafa, the bottom half of his quarter is going to be a brawl, with Jo, Reeshie, Nico, Igor, and Fer all battling it out for a quarterfinal birth. I'm picking Fer to come out if, mainly because I want to see the Rafa/Fer clay match that we didn't last week in Barca.
Muzz probably has the easiest quarter with not too many toughies until the quarters, where he could face a streaky Gonzo and recovering Kolya.
Fed's got a potentially tricky quarter, with an early match vs. Ivo (though on clay that shouldn't be too bad), a third round vs. Steps, and then a hot-handed Daveed in the quarters. Gilly is there too but it remains to be seen whether he's recovered his form yet.
Nole could have a tough third round where he could face Disco, who's always solid on clay. Past that there's Stan and Elf looming as quarterfinal opponents. I'm sure Nole would prefer to avoid Stan if he can. He always plays Nole tough.
I'm picking the Big Four for the semis. I want to pick Daveed over Fed but I'm just not sure Daveed has it in him to make a run in back to back tourneys. So, Rafa vs. Nole final.
Do you really need me to pick the winner?
