Predicted Winner in BOLD Excuse these being a bit late Fourth Round Serena Williams (4) vs. Andrea Hlavackova – Serena should win. Marin Cilic (12) vs. Martin Klizan Ana Ivanovic (12) vs. Tsvetana Pironkova 6-0 In-progress no pick Roger Federer (1) vs. Mardy Fish (23) – This is a potentially dangerous match for Roger as Fish pushed him hard last year at the WTF. Agnieszka Radwanska (2)…
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US Open Day 7 Men’s and Women’s Picks
Predicted Winners in BOLD Fourth Round Samantha Stosur (7) vs. Laura Robson – Robson has been on a roll; Stosur is the defending champion. I Robson keeps winning. Victoria Azarenka (1) vs. Anna Tatishvili – Vika should advance. Maria Sharapova (3) vs. Nadia Petrova (19) – 2-3 years ago Petrova would have been a slight favorite, but today Maria advances. Petra Kvitova (5) vs. Marion Bartoli (11)…
US Open Day 5 Men’s Picks
Predicted Winner in BOLD Second Round Fabio Fognini vs. Guillermo Garcia-Lopez – Momentum from beating Monaco carries over for Garcia-Lopez. Juan Martin del Potro (7) vs. Ryan Harrison – I could see Harrison win a set, but JMDP should advance. John Isner (9) vs. Jarkko Nieminen – This should be a similar match to John’s…
US Open Day 4 Men’s Picks
Projected Winners in BOLD Second Round Fernando Verdasco (25) vs. Albert Ramos – I’m picking a mild upset. Milos Raonic (15) vs. Paul-Henri Mathieu – Raonic’s serve should send him to the 3rd round. Marcel Granollers (24) vs. James Blake – Blake’s US Open ends against the solid Granollers. Gilles Simon (16) vs. Jimmy Wang…
US Open Day 3 Men’s Picks
US Open Day 3 Men’s Picks Predicted Winners in BOLD Grigor Dimitrov vs. Benoit Paire – Grigor is an enigma, but I think he can make strides toward the top 20. Benjamin Becker vs. Ryan Harrison – Ryan should win this match, but he’s capable of melting down. Igor Sijsling vs. Daniel Gimeno-Traver Viktor Troicki…
US Open Day 2 Men’s Predictions
Predicted Winners in BOLD There are a lot of great matches today – I wish I was in Flushing Meadows First Round Rogerio Dutra da Silva vs. Teymuraz Gabashvili Alexandr Dolgopolov (14) vs. Jesse Levine – An upset here would not shock me, but I am going with Dolgopolov. Milos Raonic (15) vs. Santiago Giraldo – He needs a good result here to…
US Open Day 1 Predictions
Predicted Winners in BOLD Andy Murray (3) vs. Alex Bogomolov Jr. – Andy should advance Paul-Henri Mathieu vs. Igor Andreev – This is a 50-50 type match, but I like Paul-Henri due to his fitness Hiroki Moriya vs. Ivan Dodig Fernando Verdasco (25) vs. Rui Machado Possible upset here Maxime Authom vs. Bjorn Phau Nikolay…
Predictions for Atlanta, Gstaad, and Hamburg
Predicted Winners in BOLD Atlanta Surface – Hard Court Different tournament, but the same result for these future doubles partners 4 Andy Roddick vs. Gilles Muller Roddick won Eastbourne and should have a slight edge vs. Muller to win a 2nd title in 3 outings. Muller has had a knack of upsetting higher ranked players…
Newport, Stuttgart, Umag and Bastad Predictions
Predicted Winner in BOLD Hall of Fame Tennis Championships Newport, RI Surface – Grass 1 John Isner vs. Lleyton Hewitt Defending champion John Isner has played well to reach the final. Ivo Karlovic has troubled Lleyton Hewitt in the past. Still, this grass court season has favored veteran players. I think that trend continues and…
Newport Semifinal Predictions
Predicted Winner in BOLD John Isner 1 vs. Ryan Harrison 6 John Isner has stopped some of his recent bleeding by winning some matches in Rhode Island, but I sense that the big man is just not playing very well. He has accomplished one goal in terms of getting more match play on grass courts…
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