Predicted Winners in BOLD
[3] Garbiñe Muguruza (ESP) vs. [11] Timea Bacsinszky (SUI) – I thought Muguruza might return to her better form in Madrid, but it appears I was one week early. If Muguruza finds her form and confidence renewed, she will be a contender in Paris.
[1] Serena Williams (USA) vs. [9] Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS) – The Miami rematch should be interesting. If Kuznetsova can make Serena play a few extra balls and draw out a few errors, she can repeat her Miami win. If Serena plays relatively clean tennis, I think she wins, but Kuzy can do more than hope for errors. It should be a fun match, but I think Serena has to be the pick as she tends to get revenge.
Irina-Camelia Begu (ROU) vs. Misaki Doi (JPN) – The Transylvania Twist?
Madison Keys (USA) vs. Barbora Strycova (CZE) – I like Keys to add to her excellent week.