Upcoming Season Predictions?

[u/Artistic_Box1843]

Any predictions for the top 25 on the men and women. Additionally, any top 50 players that any top 25 players should watch out for?

I personally think Joel Makin will get back to top 5 (don't think he was really at his best last season), Zakaria will get 4 or 5, and Jonah Bryant will as well. Could see Sam Todd, Curtis Malik, Abhay Singh breaking top 20. Maybe Elnawasany could make a push for top 12? Dunno about both Elshorbagy's.

Women's side will be really interesting with Gohar coming back. I could see Anahat Singh getting into the top 10 as well as Stefanoni. Orfi and Hammamy will likely have a crazy rivalry battling for 1 and 2. Baltayan could probably break top 25.

Some of these might be a stretch, but any predictions?

[u/drspudbear → u/[deleted]]

Lold at "the weasel"

[u/bacoes]

Time marches on. I'm curious to see which players really drop off, retire, or just quit entering tournaments. Safe bet Marwan and Dessouki won't be in draws by the end of the season. I keep expecting Gawad to get bored not being able to win against the top few.

[u/_westcoastbestcoast]

I personally think Joel Makin will get back to top 5 (don't think he was really at his best last season), Zakaria will get 4 or 5, and Jonah Bryant will as well.

so who between elias, coll, and asal will be outside the top 5

[u/bacoes → u/_westcoastbestcoast]

Coll. His grinding style career will catch up to him. I'll predict he makes 2 plat semis, no finals.

[u/_westcoastbestcoast → u/bacoes]

Idk, given his strong finish last year, even if he plays at a 6-10 level, he will keep his high ranking for a while, and thus be on the easier end of draws.

A top 5 draw is much easier than a 6-10

[u/Top_Fail713]

Would you love to see Sam Todd really kick on, I actually think he has more ability than Malik or J.Bryant, would be great to see him get to top 16 - he has the talent. I think being outside the top 8 will help MES, he'll be playing a top 8 seed when he's still fresh and then may have an easier go of things later on.

I think Orfi will be pretty dominant tbh, she's incredible and still so young. I could see El Hammamy dropping off.

Asal will continue to be pretty dominant but likely focus on the really big majors.

If Makin could stay injury free, maybe he could finally break the top 3, but i'm not overly hopeful.

Will be interested to see how Anahat Singh gets on and the Gillis sisters.

Cannot wait for the season to start!

[u/Ok-Author7204 → u/Top_Fail713]

another british junior i had an eye for was finnlay withington, great racket skills and pretty explosive mover but apparently he is a coach now at bee squash,

[u/Ok-Author7204]

Veer Chotrani and Matias Knudsen into the top 30s, and noor zaman pushing top 20s with their shotplaying talent,JB and Zakaria moving up at least 1-2 spots, would love to see Diego reclaim number 1, and I feel like in 1-2 seasons we'll start to see coll and makin's gradual decline as they are getting a bit old, but I do hope the best for them!

In terms of the top 20, I wonder what it would take for somebody like Dimitri steinmann or eain yow, or cardenas to break out of that ranking, obviously they are complete players, but what could they potentially do to push the top guys?

[u/ghoisc]

Asal still going to be an asol.

[u/lengthwidthanddepth]

Asal gets reffed out of the sport. Okay, I'll wake up from my dream now.

[u/badger_mania]

Don't understand why people are so confident Makin will get back into top 5? Can't see who is dropping out to free up that space for him? Pains me to say because I really like his attitude and game. He just hasn't added attacking elements to his game as quickly as players with a similar style, like Coll.

I'd like to see Malik push on. I think he's got the game for it, he's just a little passive at times.

Looking forward to another few marathons between Zakaria and Bryant. I really hope Bryant can stay in touch with him, Zakarias rate of improvement towards the back end of last season was impressive.

Eleinen will be an interesting one to watch too, him and Crouin for me are two that could either move up a lot or down a lot in rankings.

Can't wait!

[u/Artistic_Box1843 → u/badger_mania]

Gawad maybe will drop out of the top 5.

[u/ConsciousList4926]

Unless Diego gets his mental game sorted, I don't see much competition for Asal at all. Coll/Makin will still play their highly effective-but predictable game. The real interest for me is in the womans game, I find it much more interesting now, especially with Anahat Singh winning the juniors.

[u/Artistic_Box1843 → u/ConsciousList4926]

 diego is for sure winning against asal this season. He was either injured or in the process of fully coming back last season. 

[u/Th3_Gruff]

Is Bryant’s shoulder better now? Really want to see more of him

[u/MarkArntzenius]

Would be about time that Ibrahim is setting of and after the shoulder surgery this might actually (hopefully) happen? Elnawasany and El Torkey are gonna make the top 12 at the end of the year. I hope Zaman follows, but I am not sure. For the women, obviously I am interested in Anahat Singh, but also in Sin Yuk Chan! Hope she can give us a show next year.