US Open Men’s Singles - My Predictions

I get more excited about predicting the US Open Men's Singles (USO MS) draw than I do for the NCAA College Basketball "March Madness" draw. I haven't been following tennis closely since Wimbledon, but that never stops me from making predictions. Yes, my American patriotism/stannery is on full display, picking 3 Americans to reach the QF stage (Blake, Roddick, Fish)

Other predictors
Steve Tignor
Jon Wertheim

MY PICKS

1ST QUARTER
(1)Roger Federer (SUI) vs (q)Scoville Jenkins (USA)
(q)Rainer Schuettler (GER) vs (q)Paul Capdeville (CHI)
(q)Thierry Ascione (FRA) vs (q)Rik de Voest (RSA)
(WC)John Isner (USA) vs (26)Jarkko Nieminen (FIN)
(21)Juan Carlos Ferrero (ESP) vs Feliciano Lopez (ESP)
Robert Kendrick (USA) vs Igor Andreev (RUS)
(WC)Donald Young (USA) vs Chris Guccione (AUS)
Sergio Roitman (ARG) vs (13)Richard Gasquet (FRA)
(9)Tomas Berdych (CZE) vs Marc Gicquel (FRA)
Simone Bolelli (ITA) vs Julien Benneteau (FRA)
Gilles Simon (FRA) vs (q)Alexander Waske (GER)
Fernando Verdasco (ESP) vs (22)Paul-Henri Mathieu (FRA)
(32)Ivo Karlovic (CRO) vs Arnaud Clement (FRA)
Thomas Johansson (SWE) vs Nicolas Massu (CHI)
Jose Acasuso (ARG) vs Martin Vassallo-Arguello (ARG)
Justin Gimelstob (USA) vs (5)Andy Roddick (USA)

R64
Federer
Schuettler
Ascione
Isner
Lopez F
Kendrick
Guccione
Gasquet
Berdych
Benneteau
Simon G
Mathieu
Karlovic
Johansson T
Acasuso
Roddick

R32
Federer
Isner
Lopez F
Gasquet
Berdych
Mathieu
Karlovic
Roddick

R16
Federer
Gasquet
Mathieu
Roddick

QF
Federer
Roddick

SF1
Federer


2ND QUARTER
(4)Nikolay Davydenko (RUS) vs (WC)Jesse Levine (USA)
Nicolas Kiefer (GER) vs Vince Spadea (USA)
Peter Luczak (AUS) vs Luis Horna (PER)
(WC)Alex Kuznetsov (USA) vs (28)Nicolas Almagro (ESP)
(19)Andy Murray (GBR) vs (q)Pablo Cuevas (URU)
Juan Pablo Guzman (ARG) vs Jonas Bjorkman (SWE)
Dominik Hrbaty (SVK) vs Hyung-Taik Lee (KOR)
Ruben Ramirez-Hidalgo (ESP) vs (14)Guillermo Canas (ARG)
(10)Tommy Haas (GER) vs (q)Steve Darcis (BEL)
Benjamin Becker (GER) vs (q)Philipp Petzschner (GER)
Paul Goldstein (USA) vs Sebastien Grosjean (FRA)
Max Mirnyi (BLR) vs (18)Marcos Baghdatis (CYP)
(29)Filippo Volandri (ITA) vs Michael Llodra (FRA)
Stefan Koubek (AUT) vs Samuel Querrey (USA)
Fabrice Santoro (FRA) vs Albert Montanes (ESP)
Michael Russell (USA) vs (6)James Blake (USA)

R64
Davydenko
Kiefer
Horna
Almagro
Murray
Bjorkman
Lee
Canas
Haas
Becker
Goldstein
Baghdatis
Llodra
Querrey
Santoro
Blake

R32
Davydenko
Almagro
Murray
Lee
Haas
Baghdatis
Querrey
Blake

R16
Almagro
Murray
Baghdatis
Blake

QF
Murray
Blake

SF2
Blake


3RD QUARTER
(8)Tommy Robredo (ESP) vs (LL)Bobby Reynolds (USA)
Mardy Fish (USA) vs (q)Bruno Echagaray (MEX)
(q)Michal Przysiezny (POL) vs Michael Berrer (GER)
Ernests Gulbis (LAT) vs (30)Potito Starace (ITA)
(17)Carlos Moya (ESP) vs (q)Bjorn Phau (GER)
Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (ESP) vs Igor Kunitsyn (RUS)
Mariano Zabaleta (ARG) vs Philipp Kohlschreiber (GER)
Nicolas Devilder (FRA) vs (11)Mikhail Youzhny (RUS)
(16)Lleyton Hewitt (AUS) vs Amer Delic (USA)
Andreas Seppi (ITA) vs Agustin Calleri (ARG)
(q)Dudi Sela (ISR) vs Nicolas Lapentti (ECU)
Edouard Roger-Vasselin (FRA) vs (23)Juan Monaco (ARG)
(31)Jurgen Melzer (AUT) vs Diego Hartfield (ARG)
Juan Martin del Potro (ARG) vs Nicolas Mahut (FRA)
Carlos Berlocq (ARG) vs Radek Stepanek (CZE)
Mario Ancic (CRO) vs (3)Novak Djokovic (SRB)

R64
Robredo
Fish
Przysiezny
Gulbis
Moya
Garcia-Lopez
Kohlschreiber
Youzhny
Hewitt
Calleri
Sela
Monaco
Melzer
Del Potro
Stepanek
Djokovic

R32
Fish
Gulbis
Moya
Youzhny
Hewitt
Monaco
Del Potro
Djokovic

R16
Fish
Youzhny
Hewitt
Djokovic

QF
Fish
Djokovic

SF3
Djokovic


4TH QUARTER
(7)Fernando Gonzalez (CHI) vs Teimuraz Gabashvili (RUS)
Robby Ginepri (USA) vs Olivier Rochus (BEL)
Stanislas Wawrinka (SUI) vs Evgueni Korolev (RUS)
(q)Frank Dancevic (CAN) vs (25)Marat Safin (RUS)
(20)Juan Ignacio Chela (ARG) vs (WC)Michael McClune (USA)
Danai Udomchoke (THA) vs (WC)Wayne Odesnik (USA)
(q)Andrei Pavel (ROU) vs (q)Dominik Meffert (GER)
Kristof Vliegen (BEL) vs (12)Ivan Ljubicic (CRO)
(15)David Ferrer (ESP) vs Florian Mayer (GER)
Florent Serra (FRA) vs Werner Eschauer (AUT)
Xavier Malisse (BEL) vs Kristian Pless (DEN)
Ivan Navarro-Pastor (ESP) vs (24)David Nalbandian (ARG)
(27)Dmitri Tursunov (RUS) vs Tim Henman (GBR)
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA) vs Oscar Hernandez (ESP)
Janko Tipsarevic (SRB) vs (WC)Ryan Sweeting (USA)
(WC)Alun Jones (AUS) vs (2)Rafael Nadal (ESP)

R64
Gonzalez F
Ginepri
Wawrinka
Safin
Chela
Udomchoke
Pavel
Ljubicic
Ferrer
Serra
Malisse
Nalbandian
Tursunov
Tsonga
Tipsarevic
Nadal

R32
Gonzalez F
Safin
Chela
Ljubicic
Ferrer
Nalbandian
Tursunov
Nadal

R16
Gonzalez F
Ljubicic
Nalbandian
Tursunov

QF
Gonzalez F
Tursunov

SF4
Gonzalez F


FINAL FOUR
Federer
Blake
Djokovic
Gonzalez F

FINAL
Federer
Djokovic

2007 USO MS CHAMPION
Federer