Predicting the Men’s Tennis Tournament in Madrid

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Published: May 6, 2012

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The next big stop for the men on the road to Roland Garros is in Madrid this week.

Andy Murray pulled out with an injury, Andy Roddick and Mardy Fish also withdrew. But outside of that, most all the big names are in Madrid for what should be a great week of tennis.

Here are my predictions:

First quarter: Novak Djokovic shouldn't have much trouble getting to the round of 16. Once there, he will most likely face Stanislas Wawrinka, Jurgen Melzer or Feliciano Lopez. It won't matter who he faces because I don't see Djokovic having trouble with any of them.

In the quarters, Gilles Simon, Marcos Baghdatis or Janko Tipsarevic could be waiting. I think Simon will advance to the quarters, but Djokovic should have little problem advancing to the semis.

Semifinalist: Djokovic

Second quarter: This section of the draw is loaded. Roger Federer will have his hands full in his first clay-court tournament of the season. Federer will have either Milos Raonic or David Nalbandian in his first match. I'm actually going to pick the huge upset, and say Raonic will knock off Federer. Viktor Troicki, Donald Young, Thomaz Bellucci or Richard Gasquet would be Raonic's next opponent.

On the bottom part of that section, Nicolas Almagro, Radek Stepanek, Bernard Tomic and David Ferrer are among the contenders. I like Ferrer and Raonic to meet in the quarters, with the Spaniard's experience and solid clay-court game proving the difference.

Semifinalist: Ferrer

Third quarter: Jo-Wilfried Tsonga moved into the fourth seed after Murray withdrew. It will be a very tough section for Tsonga and I don't see him making it through. Ryan Harrison could be Tsonga's first opponent. After that, he could have Alexandr Dolgopolov, Pablo Andujar or Andreas Seppi. I like Harrison to pull off the upset, and I think he will make it to the quarters.

John Isner is in the other part of this quarter, and he...
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