I know many of you are getting prepared for Memorial Day barbecues this weekend, and that’s cool. But while you are thawing some burgers laced with pink slime I will be preparing my French Open bracquet (no typo). This year’s field of 128 has me particularly excited.
The Big Three (Sorry, Murray. You’re out.) are rolling to start the year. Djokovic put on a commanding performance at the Australian Open. Fed has four titles already this year, including one on the dreaded blue clay at the Madrid Masters. And Nadal continues to prove why he is the greatest clay court tennis player who ever lived (sorry, Bjorn), storming through the field in Rome last week.
In my opinion, any one of the Big Three would make a sensible championship pick. All of them should get through to the semis, with Federer having the toughest potential draw (an encounter with either Berdych or Del Potro in the quarters). However, successfully picking the semis does not win you a Grand Slam bracquet these days, my friend. The Big Three have made the Grand Slam semis something like 2,712 consecutive times. Bracquets are won during the first week. Let me help you with that.
