Predicted Winners in BOLD
Andreas Seppi (ITA) vs. Donald Young (USA) H2H
Borna Coric (CRO) vs. Denis Istomin (UZB) H2H
[20] Sloane Stephens (USA) vs. [WC] Heather Watson (GBR) – This should be a fun one.
[1] Serena Williams (USA) vs. Christina McHale (USA) – I like Serena to win this one, but McHale should not be too frustrated by a loss here.
[5] Simona Halep (ROU) vs. Daria Kasatkina (RUS) – Simona showed some of her characteristic fight in Indian Wells.
Marcos Baghdatis (CYP) vs. [Q] Benjamin Becker (GER) H2H – Two veterans tangle.
[8] Petra Kvitova (CZE) vs. Irina Falconi (USA) – With Petra, I never quite know what to expect.
[Q] Tommy Paul (USA) vs. [Q] Tim Smyczek (USA) H2H
Santiago Giraldo (COL) vs. Paul-Henri Mathieu (FRA) H2H
Federico Delbonis (ARG) vs. [WC] Elias Ymer (SWE) H2H – Delbonis beat Murray so I think he wins here.
Aljaz Bedene (GBR) vs. [WC] Roberto Carballes Baena (ESP) H2H
[3] Agnieszka Radwanska (POL) vs. Alizé Cornet (FRA) – Aga is in a good spot moving forward in 2016.
[23] Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) vs. Vania King (USA) –An upset? Maybe, but I think Woz needs some wins to inspire confidence in others and her self.
Hyeon Chung (KOR) vs. Denis Kudla (USA) H2H
Sergiy Stakhovsky (UKR) vs. [WC] Nicolas Jarry (CHI) H2H
[16] Ana Ivanovic (SRB) vs. Teliana Pereira (BRA) – Ana has not been superb to this point in 2016.
Adrian Mannarino (FRA) vs. Illya Marchenko (UKR) H2H
Nicolas Mahut (FRA) vs. [Q] Tatsuma Ito (JPN) H2H – Mahut will need to play great attacking tennis, but I will pick the veteran.
Leonardo Mayer (ARG) vs. Damir Dzumhur (BIH) H2H – I like Mayer’s game.
Pablo Carreno Busta (ESP) vs. John Millman (AUS) H2H
[12] Elina Svitolina (UKR) vs. Shuai Zhang (CHN)
[PR] Brian Baker (USA) vs. [Q] Mikhail Kukushkin (KAZ) H2H
[26] Samantha Stosur (AUS) vs. Julia Goerges (GER)
[15] Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS) vs. Carina Witthoeft (GER)
[30] Ekaterina Makarova (RUS) vs. Lesia Tsurenko (UKR)
Andrey Kuznetsov (RUS) vs. [LL] Rogerio Dutra Silva (BRA) H2H
[21] Andrea Petkovic (GER) vs. Caroline Garcia (FRA)
Lukas Rosol (CZE) vs. [Q] Pierre-Hugues Herbert (FRA) H2H
[19] Timea Bacsinszky (SUI) vs. Margarita Gasparyan (RUS)
[28] Anna Karolina Schmiedlova (SVK) vs. Madison Brengle (USA)
[11] Lucie Safarova (CZE) vs. Yanina Wickmayer (BEL) – Lucie needs to show some signs of life soon.
[31] Daria Gavrilova (AUS) vs. Zarina Diyas (KAZ)
