Miami Masters 2014 Draw and Difficulty rating of Big 4 and Wawrinka

Nole Likely route  [Difficulty Rating = 10]
-----------------

2nd]Jeremy Chardy /Monaco [+2]
3rd]Florian Mayer /Dodig  [+1]
4rth]Gulbis/Robredo       [+2]
QF]Murray/Tsonga          [+3]
SF]Federer/Ferrer         [+2]
F]Nadal/Del Potro/Wawrinka/Berdych

Federer likely route [Difficulty Rating = 10]
---------------------

2nd]Karlovic              [+2]
3rd]Verdasco              [+2]
4rth]Anderson/Gasquet     [+2]
QF]Dimitrov/Ferrer        [+1]
SF]Murray/Djokovic        [+3]
F]Nadal/Del Potro/Wawrinka/Berdych

Nadal's Likely route [Difficulty Rating = 6]
--------------------

2nd]Robin Haase           [+1]
3rd]Istomin               [+1]
4rth]Janowicz             [+2]
QF]Raonic/Monfils/Del Potro [+1]
SF]Wawrinka/Berdych/Cilic   [+1]
F]Federer/Nole/Murray  

Murray's Likely Route [Difficulty Rating = 12]
-----------------------
2nd]Ebden                  [+1]
3rd]Lopez                  [+2]
4rth]Tsonga                [+3]
QF]Djokovic                [+3]
SF]Federer/Ferrer          [+3]
F]Nadal/Del Potro/Wawrinka/Berdych

Wawrinka's likely route [Difficulty Rating = 16]
-----------------------
2nd]Gimeno Traver          [+1]
3rd]Cilic                  [+4]
4rth]Dolgopolov/Haas       [+3]
QF]Isner/Berdych           [+3]
SF]Nadal/Del Potro         [+4]
F]Federer/Djokovic/Murray

Nadal has the easiest route of all finally, Nole and Fed seems to have a moderate difficult route while Murray got a horror route to the finals among the big 4, outside the Big 4 the next major name is Wawrinka and he got a very horror of a draw.   

Note : 

.The Difficult rating is adjusted based on the player's rank, form, injury and the round at which they are facing.
.For instance Wawrinka facing Cilic in round 3 will get a difficult rating of +4 given how dangerous floater Cilic [form included], comparitvely Cilic will get a difficult rating of just +3 in facing Wawrink in round 3 [coz Cilic is lower ranked player and he deserves to face some top dogs at the round, facing Fed there would give him +4, Nole/Nadal would give the rating +5].

2 months on the year and Djoko finds himself on the 10th place in the Race

I have always loved the concept "Race to London", for the first time I see too much anomaly at the start of the year, yes its just 2 month but lot of interesting things already, who expected Wawrinka to top the Race by the end of 2nd month and who expected Djoko to lie on 10th place. Even if Djoko wins the upcoming masters IW he might still find himself at 5th place in the race. Is the consistency of other players slowly catching up with him?

Great to see Grigor Dimitrov and Cilic in the list.

1 Wawrinka, Stan (SUI) 2,290 0 3
2 Nadal, Rafael (ESP) 1,950 0 4
3 Berdych, Tomas (CZE) 1,675 0 5
4 Federer, Roger (SUI) 1,410 0 4
5 Ferrer, David (ESP) 990 1 6
6 Dimitrov, Grigor (BUL) 925 8 4
7 Cilic, Marin (CRO) 910 -3 6
8 Fognini, Fabio (ITA) 750 -1 6
9 Murray, Andy (GBR) 730 0 5
10 Djokovic, N (SRB) 690 1 3

Other Notable names

11 Anderson, Kevin (RSA) 630 10 4
13 Gulbis, Ernests (LAT) 610 -3 5
14 Dolgopolov, Alexandr (UKR) 590 2 8
15 Tsonga, Jo-Wilfried (FRA) 505 0 5
19 Del Potro, Juan Martin (ARG) 385 -2 4
25 Delbonis, Federico (ARG) 325 112 6 [Rising Fast this year, somebody to keep eye on]
97 Goffin, David (BEL) 125 69 5
98 Rosol, Lukas (CZE) 120 171 7

French Open Day 11 - Can Wawrinka Stop Rafa?

What a day we had, finally a French hero rising to the occasion to down a legend, but his work is not over indeed got 2 crucial matches ahead to be considered as a GS champ. Rise of underdogs as been the theme of the day will it continue another day? the biggest question is can Wawrinka somehow outset the off-color Rafa?

Haas has in him to beat Nole, but not sure Wawrinka has in him to take Rafa to even 4 sets let alone a win, but would certainly love a complete underdogs semi.

Schedule of Matches

Court Philippe Chatrier
2:00 PM Women's Singles - Quarterfinals
Jelena Jankovic (SRB) [18] vs. Maria Sharapova (RUS) [2]


Followed byMen's Singles - Quarterfinals
Rafael Nadal (ESP) [3] vs.Stanislas Wawrinka (SUI) [9]

Court Suzanne Lenglen
2:00 PM Women's Singles - Quarterfinals
Maria Kirilenko (RUS) [12] vs.Victoria Azarenka (BLR) [3]

Men's Singles - Quarterfinals
Novak Djokovic (SRB) [1] vs.Tommy Haas (GER) [12]

Jelena is a surprise semi's in my view, could get toasted at Sharapova's hands, Kirlenko vs Vika could be interesting, Two Maria's can do it.

I would love to see Wawrinka -Nadal match start atleast an hour early, so if miracle happen and Wawrinka upset Rafa I will be fully rooting for Haas, if not I would love to see Nole-Rafa semi's, so either Waw-Haas or Nole-Rafa, no other combination pls.

Tommy Haas got a good 7 odds to win the match, if people buying the hype of underdogs then Tommy's odds are eye catching. Wawrinka gets 10 odds on the other hand, I won't advice this unless somebody is an extreme gambler .

Let the theme "Rise of Underdogs" continue, most tennis fans want to see a new champ, let see whether Haas and Warinka has any say in it.