Gold Medal Match: Angelique Kerber vs. Monica Puig Angelique Kerber has had an unforgettable year even with a patchy clay court season. She is 2 sets away from adding a gold medal to her Australian Open title and Wimbledon runner-up 2016 results. Monica Puig has pulled upset after upset to reach the gold medal round….
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Rio Olympic Tennis: Women’s Semifinal Predictions
Czech Republic’s @Petra_Kvitova moves into #Rio2016 Semifinals with 6-2, 6-0 win over Svitolina! Plays Puig next! pic.twitter.com/o0VUvPQSYy — WTA (@WTA) August 11, 2016 Predicted Winners in BOLD Petra Kvitova vs. Monica Puig – Monica Puig keeps pulling upsets, but I think if Petra Kvitova has a good day she should win. Kvitova has easy…
Rio Olympic Tennis: Women’s Quarterfinal Predictions
Predicted Winners in BOLD Each of these winners is assured of at least a bronze medal KEYS Madison vs. KASATKINA Daria – Madison Keys may have a 1996 Lindsay Davenport vibe at these games. Keys should win this match and advance to the medal rounds. Elina Svitolina #UKR has defeated Olympic defending champion Serena Williams…
Rio Olympic Tennis: August 9th Women’s Singles Predictions
#USA @serenawilliams‘ quest for a 5th #gold medal continues! 🏅 pic.twitter.com/IPLP6NiJNF — Tennis Photos (@tennis_photos) August 9, 2016 Predicted Winners in BOLD KEYS Madison vs. SUAREZ NAVARRO Carla – Keys will need to handle CSN’s backhand and variety, but I think if both are playing well Keys is the better player. WILLIAMS Serena vs. SVITOLINA Elina…
Montreal 2016: Simona Halep vs. Madison Keys Championship Prediction
These sort of points are worth our viewing Madison Keys vs. Simona Halep This is an excellent championship match. Both players are legitimate threats looking for their first Grand Slam title, but they play in a way that contrasts their strengths. Keys has power and loves to dictate play. Halep is a gifted counter-puncher. Keys…
WTA Final Predictions for Birmingham & Mallorca 2016
Predicted Winners in BOLD Birmingham [7] Madison Keys (USA) vs Barbora Strycova (CZE) – Keys did great work in Rome during the clay court season. Her powerful game is well-suited for grass court tennis. Strycova gives up some height, but sometimes grass helps a less powerful player by making offense easier to execute. Still, I…
Indian Wells 2016: March 11 WTA Predictions
Predicted Winners in BOLD [10] Venus Williams (USA) vs. [Q] Kurumi Nara (JPN) – Venus is back at Indian Wells. [5] Simona Halep (ROU) vs. Vania King (USA) – Simona says she is playing better so I guess I should take her word, but this is a tough draw. [5] Serena Williams (USA) vs. [Q]…
Australian Open 2016: Day 8 Women’s Predictions
Predicted Winners in BOLD [7] Angelique Kerber (GER) vs. Annika Beck (GER) – I think Kerber is the biggest beneficiary of this half of the draw imploding. Vika likely would have gone deep regardless, but Kerber can build on her strong 2015 season by making a late round at the opening slam of 2016. [14] Victoria Azarenka…
US Open 2015: September 6th Women’s Predictions
Predicted Winners in BOLD We’re Getting Closer to Winning Time w/ a Great Slate of Matches [23] Venus Williams (USA) vs [Q] Anett Kontaveit (EST) – Venus is 2 sets and one qualifier away from having a shot at stopping one of her sister’s drives toward history. I think Venus holds up her end and…
US Open 2015: September 4th Women’s Predictions
Predicted Winners in BOLD We could see a rematch very soon [13] Ekaterina Makarova (RUS) vs [17] Elina Svitolina (UKR) – This is a hard one to predict. Elina has the game to win this match, but in a close match I am going to favor experience. [12] Belinda Bencic (SUI) vs [23] Venus Williams…
Tennis Abides: Dan Martin on Tennis and Life 