For the last 15 years, a Wimbledon champion has been one Big4. In fact, you should go back to 2002 to see a guy that is not Federer, Nadal, Djokovic, or Murray in the Champions’ table (Hewitt).
Even if there has been this incredible domination by the Big4, during the pre-tournament press conference, Federer names eight more players that could win the title.
According to Roger, Alexander Zverev, Grigor Dimitrov, Milos Raonic, Kei Nishikori, Stan Wawrinka, Marin Cilic, Nick Kyrgios and Dominic Thiem can create an upset The Championships.
The Swiss commented
“I think that Zverev and Kyrgios have shown what they can do, how good they can be,
You know, the likes of Raonic and Nishikori and Dimitrov I think are in a good spot right now where, you know, they can go very deep, and nobody would really be surprised.Away from those five players, I’m not sure how deep we’re talking about. Are we talking about winning Wimbledon? That’s going to be obviously a longshot. I’m sure I forgot a few, but I think those five we know what they can do.
Then I think Dominic Thiem, I think he’s got great power where he can go deep at any major at this point, even though grass is maybe not his most natural surface. I lost to him in Stuttgart last year. I was very impressed with how he was able to manage his game on the grass. I see some interesting stuff there from him. ‘But then, you know, I do believe the favorites are the other players. I include the likes of Cilic into that, Stan, guys who have done it before.”
Roger will kick start his Wimbledon campaign against Dolgopolov.
