Wimbledon 2016: Predicting Men and Women’s Finals Before Week 2

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Published: July 3, 2016

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A lot will happen between now and the finals at Wimbledon. We may see more upsets. Epic clashes between top players will be contested. Perhaps there will be even more marathon matches, like the third-round thriller between Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and John Isner.

Nonetheless, it's always fun to predict how the tournament will shake out. So below, we'll take a look at the most likely finals for the men and the women and project the winners of this year's Wimbledon.

 

Men: Andy Murray vs. Roger Federer 

Three men have won Wimbledon since 2011: Novak Djokovic (2011, 2014-15), Andy Murray (2013) and Roger Federer (2012). So with Djokovic shockingly out of the tournament, it's tough to be against anything other than a Murray vs. Federer final. 

Federer, after all, was the runner-up at the tournament the past two years. Before that, Murray won the tournament and was the runner-up to Federer the year before. No other man has so much as reached the final outside of those three since Rafael Nadal was the runner-up in 2011. And Nadal didn't participate in this year's tournament due to injury. 

Since the start of the 2015 season, Murray has been the best player in the world not named Djokovic. He's reached three Grand Slam finals and has won six titles overall, locking down the No. 2 ranking in the world in the process. 

Only Djokovic has really stood in his way, as Murray has gone just 2-9 against Djokovic since the start of the 2015 season. He's 99-9 against everyone else. 

But Murray, to his credit, isn't assuming a Wimbledon title is simply his for the taking now that Djokovic has been eliminated, as he wrote for BBC Sport earlier on Sunday:

I couldn't help but notice the noise from the crowd when Novak's score flashed up on the Centre Court scoreboard, but I only thought about it for a few seconds. It doesn't guarantee anything.
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Article Source: Bleacher Report - Tennis

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