Predicted Winners in BOLD
[3] Milos Raonic (CAN) vs. Viktor Troicki (SRB) – Tennis needs Milos Raonic to resume his improving results.
[6] Sam Querrey (USA) vs. Richard Gasquet (FRA) – 9 months ago I pick Gasquet without question (even with a record of injuries). Querrey has risen quite a bit.
Benoit Paire (FRA) vs. Yuichi Sugita (JPN)
Yen-Hsun Lu (TPE) vs. [WC] Taro Daniel (JPN) – I always get Lu’s matches wrong.
[2] Dominic Thiem (AUT) vs. Steve Johnson (USA) – This will likely be a gritty 3 set battle.
[8] Diego Schwartzman (ARG) vs. Donald Young (USA) – This too should be a good match.
Ivo Karlovic (CRO) vs. [Q] Matthew Ebden (AUS) – Sticking with my original pick.