Predicted Winners in BOLD

Sorry about time differences leading to some uneven posting times for my tennis predictions

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[7] Jérémy Chardy (FRA) vs. Illya Marchenko (UKR) H2H – I like Chardy’s recent play.

[2] Rafael Nadal (ESP) vs. Andrey Kuznetsov (RUS) H2H – Rafa rolls

[1] Novak Djokovic (SRB) vs. [8] Leonardo Mayer (ARG) H2H – Novak likely wins, but he’ll want to dictate rather than have a war of attrition.

[3] Tomas Berdych (CZE) vs [Q] Kyle Edmund (GBR) H2H – I keep picking against Edmund.

Brisbane

[4] Milos Raonic (CAN) vs. [Q] Ivan Dodig (CRO) H2H – This should be a fun match, but I think Raonic is ready to move beyond an injury plagued 2015.

[1] Roger Federer (SUI) vs. [Q] Tobias Kamke (GER) H2H – Some injury rumors are out there, but I think Federer wins so long as Roger is healthy.

[6] David Goffin (BEL) vs. Lucas Pouille (FRA) H2H – This match should be fun.  I like Goffin, but I could see it go either way.

Grigor Dimitrov (BUL) vs. Viktor Troicki (SRB) H2H  – Dimitrov needs this one to get his 2016 going.

Chennai

[3] Benoit Paire (FRA) vs Lukas Rosol (CZE) H2H – I think a mild upset is in order.

[6] Gilles Muller (LUX) vs. [Q] Thomas Fabbiano (ITA) H2H – The veteran takes one.

Aljaz Bedene (GBR) vs. Luca Vanni (ITA) H2H – Prego