Predicted Winners in BOLD

Venus won Miami in 1998: Hard to Fathom 

Stadium (11 a.m. start)

[1] Angelique Kerber (GER) vs. Shelby Rogers (USA) – Kerber is too good to keep posting mediocre results.   

[11] Venus Williams vs [Q] Patricia Maria Tig (ROU) – Venus’ 2017 Renaissance has been under reported.

[3] Simona Halep (ROU) vs. [Q] Anett Kontaveit (EST) 

Grandstand

[10] Johanna Konta (GBR) vs. Pauline Parmentier (FRA) – This should be a fun and close match.

[8] Madison Keys (USA) vs. Lara Arruabarrena (USA)

Court 1

[7] Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS) vs. [Q] Taylor Townsend (USA) – This is a big test for Townsend.

Court 2

Julia Goerges (GER) vs. [Q] Risa Ozaki (JPN) – Goerges is on a roll in Miami.

[14] Samantha Stosur (AUS) vs. Shuai Peng (CHN) – This is a 50-50 match, but I lean toward Shuai Peng slightly.