Predicted Winners in BOLD Today’s Matches Should Be Awesome Serena Williams (USA) [1] vs. Elina Svitolina (UKR) [18] – This is the last match I made a pick for in this post. Part of me thinks Svitolina and the future arrive in a big way via an upset. On the other hand, Serena is the defending champion…
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French Open 2016: May 28th Women’s Predictions
Predicted Winners in Bold Pauline Parmentier (FRA) vs. Timea Bacsinszky (SUI) [8] – 8th seeds are supposed to beat unseeded players right? Still this seems like a 50-50 match. Serena Williams (USA) [1] vs. Kristina Mladenovic (FRA) [26] – This should be a fun match and a good test for Serena. If Serena isn’t hampered by too many errors…
French Open 2016: May 26th Women’s Predictions
Predicted Winners in BOLD Sorry about yesterday’s unplanned hiatus. As a teacher, this is a busy time, and I could not give any time to tennis yesterday. [8] Timea Bacsinszky (SUI) vs Eugenie Bouchard (CAN) – Bouchard is having a nice event to this point, but this is a real test. If she passes it, maybe…
French Open 2016: May 25th Women’s Predictions
Predicted Winners in BOLD Rain makes some of these picks feel like Groundhog Day [3] Angelique Kerber (GER) vs. Kiki Bertens (NED) – If Kerber is not still in her Grand Slam hangover, she should win. If not, it may be a quick trip to Paris. [1] Serena Williams (USA) vs. Magdalena Rybarikova (SVK) –…
French Open 2016: May 23rd Women’s Predictions
Predicted Winners in BOLD For Predictions on Match Completions See This Earlier Post Bojana Jovanovski (SRB) vs. Agnieszka Radwanska (POL) [2] – Aga should win, but she is not facing an unknown. Alize Cornet (FRA) vs. Kirsten Flipkens (BEL) – Should be a fun match, but I think Cornet is more dangerous. Anna Karolina Schmiedlova (SVK) vs. Garbine Muguruza (ESP) [4]…
Madrid 2016: May 2nd WTA Predictions
Predicted Winners in BOLD [5] Petra Kvitova (CZE) vs. [Q] Elena Vesnina (RUS) – I would not be shocked to see an upset here. Nothing Petra does surprises me these days. She may dust the field or be bested by an unknown. Vesnina is a solid player and could very well send the defending champion…
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…
US Open 2015: September 2nd Women’s Predictions
Predicted Winners in BOLD: The 2nd Round Begins We’ve been doing this longer than the courts have been blue – Serena and Venus [19] Madison Keys (USA) vs. Tereza Smitkova (CZE) – Keys has made a name for herself in 2015, but this could be a dangerous match. [1] Serena Williams (USA) vs. [Q] Kiki…
Cincinnati 2015: Serena Williams vs. Elina Svitolina Semifinal Prediction
[1] Serena Williams (USA) vs [14] Elina Svitolina (UKR) This match is more interesting than seedings suggest. Svitolina has a very sound serve and a forehand technique that lets her generate a great deal of spin. That forehand helps Svitolina place the ball where she would like in rallies when she is not on the defensive. The…
French Open 2015: Ivanovic vs. Svitolina Quarterfinal Prediction
[7] Ana Ivanovic (SRB) vs. [19] Elina Svitolina (UKR) Elina acquitted herself quite well versus Serena in Melbourne I have been wrong about both of these two players multiple times in this French Open. I needed to do more homework on Svitolina to make an educated guess on this match. It strikes me that the…
Tennis Abides: Dan Martin on Tennis and Life 