Predicted Winners in BOLD Saturday, March 25, 2017 Order of play Stadium (11 a.m. start) [6] Garbiñe Muguruza (ESP) vs. [30] Shuai Zhang (CHN) – Muguruza will need to play clean tennis to win, but she should be able to do that. [4] Dominika Cibulkova (SVK) vs. Kirsten Flipkens (BEL) [12] Caroline W0zniacki (DEN) vs….
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Masters Miami 2017: March 24th ATP Predictions
Predicted Winners in BOLD Stadium (11 a.m. start) [2] Kei Nishikori (JPN) vs. Kevin Anderson (RSA) H2H – I like Nishikori to win, but if Anderson can push Nishikori off of the baseline, an upset can happen. [5] Rafael Nadal (ESP) vs. Dudi Sela (ISR) H2H – Rafa rolls [9] Grigor Dimitrov (BUL) vs. Guido Pella (ARG) H2H –…
Miami Open 2017: March 24th WTA Predictions
Predicted Winners in BOLD Stadium (11 a.m. start) [3] Simona Halep (ROU) vs. Naomi Osaka (JPN) – Halep’s post Rogers Cup results have not been great. This could be a good place to turn around recent trends. [1] Angelique Kerber (GER) vs. Ying-Ying Duan (CHN) – Kerber should win, but I am not seeing the…
Masters Miami 2017: March 23rd ATP Predictions
Predicted Winners in BOLD ORDER OF PLAY – THURSDAY, MARCH 23, 2017 STADIUM start 11:00 am ATP – M. Granollers (ESP) vs B. Coric (CRO) – This is a 50-50 match in my view, but historically I think the court speed will slightly favor Granollers. ATP – [Q] F. Tiafoe (USA) vs K. Kravchuk (RUS)…
Miami Open 2017: March 23rd WTA Predictions
Predicted Winners in BOLD ORDER OF PLAY – THURSDAY, MARCH 23, 2017 STADIUM start 11:00 am WTA – [Q] M. Brengle (USA) vs [2] Ka. Pliskova (CZE) – This could be a good match, but I think the 2nd seed will advance. With Serena Williams struggling with injuries and Angelique Kerber struggling in general, Pliskova has…
Masters Miami 2017: March 22nd ATP Predictions
Predicted Winners in BOLD ATP – [WC] M. Mmoh (USA) vs N. Mahut (FRA) – Mahut will compete, but I am not sure that means he will win. ATP – F. Fognini (ITA) vs R. Harrison (USA) – Predicting Fognini is never easy, but this is a big opportunity for Harrison. ATP – A. Pavlasek (CZE)…
Miami 2017: March 22nd WTA Predictions
Predicted Winners in BOLD ORDER OF PLAY – WEDNESDAY, MARCH 22, 2017 Not Before 3:00 pm WTA – E. Bouchard (CAN) vs [WC] A. Barty (AUS) – This is an interesting match that could help with either player’s comeback attempt. WTA – C. Bellis (USA) vs [WC] A. Tomljanovic (CRO) WTA – S. Cirstea (ROU)…
No Ordinary Time? Part 1 – Raising Questions
No Ordinary Time? Part 1 of 3 The General Narrative is that since 2004 ATP Tennis has entered a golden age of unprecedented quality and consistency. It seems reasonable to ask how different tennis of the past 10-15 years has been from what came before it. A Few Obvious (?) Differences The STRINGS – Spin…
Tennis Power Ranking 2017 #2: The Wizard of Oz Penned a Sequel at Indian Wells
Indian Wells 2017: Roger Federer Shines in the Desert & Claims 90th Title * A Top 11 Due to My Awful Oversight with Jo-Wilfried Tsonga Roger Federer – He did not do much at Dubai, but his match play in Melbourne and Indian Wells leaves Roger holding 2 big trophies and claiming 3000 ranking points since…
Indian Wells 2017: Wawrinka vs. Federer Championship Prediction
Stan Wawrinka vs. Roger Federer The past two major winners on the men’s side of tennis will clash in the Indian Wells final. This is a match that has to please the tournament organizers. Stan Wawrinka made it through Murray’s half of the draw with some close matches but not having to face the #1…
Tennis Abides: Dan Martin on Tennis and Life 