US Open 2010 Draw for Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, and Andy Murray

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Published: August 26, 2010

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First off, my greetings to Bleacher Report writers and readers. It has been a while since I wrote about tennis, so pardon my "practice session No. 1," please. 

Let us have a quick look at the draw first: Rafael Nadal and Andy Murray land in the same first half, Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic in the second. For now, this may be good news for Federer and possibly bad news for Nadal and Murray, but let us keep in mind that the draw always shapes up differently as the tournament progresses.

At first glance, Nadal's road to the semifinals seems to be easier than Federer's and Murray's; however, given the opportunity, the Spaniard would probably swap his draw with Federer's, meaning both would want to avoid Murray in the semifinal. For Nadal and Murray, it will be like playing two finals in consecutive days, not good for either but a blessing for Federer and probably many tennis fans, at least for Federer fans.

One would certainly not want to be bruised a round earlier than the mortal combat of the final. But that is the situation Nadal and Murray will be in, if both get there.

 

First quarter

In the first round, Nadal will do a quick job of Teymuraz Gabashvili. In the second round he will sail through the winner between Maximo Gonzalez and Denis Istomin. The Spaniard may lose a set to 29th-seeded Philipp Kohlschreiber in the third round.



Nadal will not sweat much against his likely fourth-round opponent in either 15th-seeded Ivan Ljubicic or Feliciano Lopez. The quarterfinal will likely not get tougher either for Nadal, unless perhaps the talented David Nalbandian whips out his supersonic response and eye for angles while sustaining them through best of five sets.

Nadal's other likely opponents are fellow Spaniards David Ferrer and out-of-form Fernando Verdasco, whose quarterfinal run only could ease Nadal's road to the semifinal.

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