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Predictions for Week 2 of the French Open 2015

The real action at the 2015 French Open begins now, with top players fighting it out for bragging rights and two great trophies. As the battles heat up, we make some bold predictions for the second week of action at Roland Garros. These predictions are meant to be ‘on the edge’ and even one or two of these coming true would be great.

 

5: Andy Murray will beat David Ferrer in straight sets

Murray(L) with Ferrer in Florida, 2013

Andy Murray is having his best clay court season ever. He is undefeated on clay this season with a 14-0 record, and has won two clay court titles, including the prestigious Madrid Masters title.

Who would have bet on Murray being undefeated on clay this deep in the clay court swing? Now he will face Spanish warrior David Ferrer, who is unbeaten against Murray on clay. I may be forgetting the name here, but Murray recently beat one another man who had an unbeaten record against him on clay, in the finals of Madrid Masters. That guy has slightly better credentials to Ferrer on clay courts.

Andy will be motivated to continue his momentum on clay and he will beat Ferrer in three straight sets. Right now, Murray is unarguably the second best player on the planet, and looks to be back near his best. He will demolish the Spanish warrior on his own beloved surface.

 

4: Rafael Nadal will beat Novak Djokovic in the quarters

Nadal and Djokovic at the 2015 Monte Carlo Masters. Djokovic won

Nadal will meet Djokovic in the quarterfinals of French Open, in an encounter which many experts have already billed as the true men’s final.

Djokovic has been in the form of his life and carries and unbeaten 26 match streak into the encounter. He was won all the big tournaments since October 2014 and has dominated men’s tennis in a way never seen before. He is truly an unstoppable force at the moment.

Nadal on the other hand has been inconsistent in the last one year, struggling with multiple injuries and confidence issues. He has failed to win a single clay court event this European summer.

However, this is Roland Garros, and no other man in history has dominated any Grand Slam even like Nadal has done on the Parisian clay. Also he seems to have steadily improved over the last month and goes into the match as the underdog, a status which is often to his liking. Djokovic on the other hand faces huge pressure as the favourite and in-form guy to finally win the elusive French Open crown.

Something gotta give here. Nadal will rise to the occasion and beat Djokovic in a hard fought encounter. It will shatter Djokovic’ career slam dreams for another year and Nadal will carry the momentum to win his 10th title at Roland Garros.

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