Predicted Winners in BOLD

Stadium (11 a.m. start)

[3] Garbiñe Muguruza (ESP) vs. [13] Sloane Stephens (USA) – Either is capable of winning this match, but Muguruza has a slightly better chance of advancing.

[8] Venus Williams (USA) vs. [11] Johanna Konta (GBR) – Venus had a great 2017, but this could be the type of win to propel her toward similar results in 2018.

[6] Jelena Ostapenko (LAT) vs. [9] Petra Kvitova (CZE) – Mild upset?

Grandstand

[30] Agnieszka Radwanska (POL) vs. [WC] Victoria Azarenka (BLR) – If Vika is playing well, she tends to beat a player like Radwanska.

Court 1

[5] Karolina Pliskova (CZE) vs. Zarina Diyas (KAZ) – The former #1 needs to show she is still in the mix.  She is.

[10] Angelique Kerber (GER) vs. [Q] Yafan Wang (CHN) – See above

[4] Elina Svitolina (UKR) vs. [21] Ashleigh Barty (AUS) – Match of the day?

Monica Puig (PUR) vs. [Q] Danielle Collins (USA) – Puig’s best result since taking gold?