[Chief Wiggum]

(Original post by Hopple)
What are the routes to the final? For all we know the Olympics people could rig it so Nadal, Roger and Novak are in one half, with Murray in the other to give him a great shot at the silver.

They'll have 1 and 2 in opposite halves, and 3 and 4 in opposite halves, I'd imagine.

[wannabeartist89]

(Original post by Hopple)
What are the routes to the final? For all we know the Olympics people could rig it so Nadal, Roger and Novak are in one half, with Murray in the other to give him a great shot at the silver.

I doubt that will be possible

[sc0307]

(Original post by Hopple)
What are the routes to the final? For all we know the Olympics people could rig it so Nadal, Roger and Novak are in one half, with Murray in the other to give him a great shot at the silver.

That would never ever happen.

[Hopple]

(Original post by Chief Wiggum)
They'll have 1 and 2 in opposite halves, and 3 and 4 in opposite halves, I'd imagine.

(Original post by wannabeartist89)
I doubt that will be possible

(Original post by sc0307)
That would never ever happen.

Odd they haven't released the matches though. The Olympics website only says what days and times the matches will be.

[Nanpa]

Fed vs Nadal final

English weather = closed roof

Hopefully a repeat or even better of 2008 Wimbledon with closed roof to spice it up even more.

[notnek]

Does anyone know which Mixed Doubles teams will be representing GB, if any?

[Alkain1607]

(Original post by Nanpa)
Fed vs Nadal final

English weather = closed roof

Hopefully a repeat or even better of 2008 Wimbledon with closed roof to spice it up even more.

I'd like that- if it is closed roof though Fed will have the edge- nadal has never beaten him on an indoor hard court before which is supposedly what it's like to play when the roof is closed, although personally, I fail to see how that's the case. The only major thing I can think of is that there is no wind.

[Nanpa]

(Original post by Alkain1607)
I'd like that- if it is closed roof though Fed will have the edge- nadal has never beaten him on an indoor hard court before which is supposedly what it's like to play when the roof is closed, although personally, I fail to see how that's the case. The only major thing I can think of is that there is no wind.

I think the closed roof also makes it more humid and so the balls are a bit heavier through the air? I'm not too sure though! I agree that Fed has the edge with the closed roof.

[sc0307]

(Original post by Hopple)
Odd they haven't released the matches though. The Olympics website only says what days and times the matches will be.

I'm guessing the draw will be the same format as the previous Beijing Olympics where 1 and 2 were in opposite halves and 3/4 are selected randomly to go in either half. The same as any other tournament.

[TheMagicRat]

(Original post by notnek)
Does anyone know which Mixed Doubles teams will be representing GB, if any?

I just looked it up. I didn't even think mixed doubles was in the Olympics. Turns out it will be there for the first time since 1924. Can't find who will be playing though but there are only going to be 16 pairs.

[notnek]

(Original post by TheMagicRat)
I just looked it up. I didn't even think mixed doubles was in the Olympics. Turns out it will be there for the first time since 1924. Can't find who will be playing though but there are only going to be 16 pairs.

I discovered the same thing and tried like you did to find if any British pairing would be entered.

I don't really agree with Mixed Doubles being an Olympic event. It's more of a novelty sport that occurs mainly at Grand Slams. And you don't get male and female tennis players who play together all year round or a pairing that only earn money through mixed doubles. It just doesn't feel like a serious Olympic sport.

I really enjoyed Murray and Robson playing at the Hopman Cup a few years ago so they would be my GB pick but I'm not sure if Andy would want to enter three events.

[SirMasterKey]

(Original post by notnek)
I discovered the same thing and tried like you did to find if any British pairing would be entered.

I don't really agree with Mixed Doubles being an Olympic event. It's more of a novelty sport that occurs mainly at Grand Slams. And you don't get male and female tennis players who play together all year round or a pairing that only earn money through mixed doubles. It just doesn't feel like a serious Olympic sport.

I really enjoyed Murray and Robson playing at the Hopman Cup a few years ago so they would be my GB pick but I'm not sure if Andy would want to enter three events.

I don't really agree with tennis being an Olympic sport. The Olympics is the celebration of primarily amateur sports. Tennis (and football) are big enough in their own right and is not the pinnacle of the players career. I mean would a tennis player really pick Olympic Gold over a grand slam title?

[Jack93o]

(Original post by SirMasterKey)
I don't really agree with tennis being an Olympic sport. The Olympics is the celebration of primarily amateur sports. Tennis (and football) are big enough in their own right and is not the pinnacle of the players career. I mean would a tennis player really pick Olympic Gold over a grand slam title?

yes but the difference betwen tennis and football is that in tennis, all the top players participate and all want to win it, whereas this is obviously not the same in football where it really is a joke event at the olympics

[TheMagicRat]

(Original post by SirMasterKey)
I don't really agree with tennis being an Olympic sport. The Olympics is the celebration of primarily amateur sports. Tennis (and football) are big enough in their own right and is not the pinnacle of the players career. I mean would a tennis player really pick Olympic Gold over a grand slam title?

I agree. I'll still watch some of it because I love tennis but I probably won't go out of my way to watch it since it just doesn't interest me as much as other tennis tournaments and other sports at the Olympics.

[notnek]

(Original post by SirMasterKey)
I don't really agree with tennis being an Olympic sport. The Olympics is the celebration of primarily amateur sports. Tennis (and football) are big enough in their own right and is not the pinnacle of the players career. I mean would a tennis player really pick Olympic Gold over a grand slam title?

I agree with what you've said but I also think that tennis at the Olympics could eventually become as big as a Grand Slam. If the best players in the world play every four years then the events will get bigger and gather the same amount of history as the current Grand Slams.

And if that happens then over time, the ATP/WTA may change the points structure so that winning gold will result in 2000 points (or whatever the top points prize becomes). With that and the rareness of the event, winning an Olympic gold medal could eventually become the pinnacle of tennis.

Football at the Olympics however, will never be as big as the World Cup.

[Hopple]

(Original post by notnek)
I agree with what you've said but I also think that tennis at the Olympics could eventually become as big as a Grand Slam. If the best players in the world play every four years then the events will get bigger and gather the same amount of history as the current Grand Slams.

And if that happens then over time, the ATP/WTA may change the points structure so that winning gold will result in 2000 points (or whatever the top points prize becomes). With that and the rareness of the event, winning an Olympic gold medal could eventually become the pinnacle of tennis.

Football at the Olympics however, will never be as big as the World Cup.

I think the lesser TV coverage of tennis (or at least the presence of many distrctions) at the Olympics wouldn't permit that. Attendance at Wimbledon and the US Open could suffer if players are going for the Olympics (due to injury, fatigue or wishing to avoid those), so those two tournaments at least would oppose a promotion of the Olympics. I think there were some ideas to move Wimbledon later as well in order to give players more time to adjust from clay, which would further conflict with the timing of the Olympics.

[TheMagicRat]

(Original post by notnek)
I agree with what you've said but I also think that tennis at the Olympics could eventually become as big as a Grand Slam. If the best players in the world play every four years then the events will get bigger and gather the same amount of history as the current Grand Slams.

And if that happens then over time, the ATP/WTA may change the points structure so that winning gold will result in 2000 points (or whatever the top points prize becomes). With that and the rareness of the event, winning an Olympic gold medal could eventually become the pinnacle of tennis.

Football at the Olympics however, will never be as big as the World Cup.

God, I hope not. I don't think it should be worth any points.

[aja89]

(Original post by notnek)
Football at the Olympics however, will never be as big as the World Cup.

It's absolutely huge in South America, some say even on par with the World Cup.

[Zerforax]

Federer to win gold.

Is it best of 3 or best of 5 sets for Olympic games?

[Chief Wiggum]

(Original post by Zerforax)
Federer to win gold.

Is it best of 3 or best of 5 sets for Olympic games?

The final is best of 5, but the rest of the matches are best of 3.