Wimbledon 2015: July 1st Gentlemen’s Singles Predictions

#NovakDjokovic opens play on Centre Court again on Wednesday – this time vs Jarkko Nieminen: http://t.co/K8CHOHs8vK pic.twitter.com/rauVF1Lr3c — Live Tennis (@livetennis) June 30, 2015 Predicted Winners in BOLD Novak Djokovic (SRB) [1] v Jarkko Nieminen (FIN) – Nole should win against the classy veteran. Santiago Giraldo (COL) v Kei Nishikori (JPN) [5] – How healthy…

Halle 2015: Semifinal Predictions

Predicted Winners in BOLD Ace profesörü Dr. Ivo Karlovic’e 45 toplu kutlama 🙂 pic.twitter.com/6jdPGSVIKR — TenisHaberleri (@SadeceTenis) June 19, 2015 [1] Roger Federer (SUI) vs. [8] Ivo Karlovic (CRO) H2H – Dr. Ivo is capable of winning this match.  His serve is a massive weapon as Tomas Berdych was reminded of on Friday.  I am close to…

French Open 2015: Nishikori vs. Tsonga Quarterfinal Prediction

[5] Kei Nishikori (JPN) vs [14] Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA) Nishikori leads their head-to-head 4-1, but none of these meetings have taken place on clay.  Also, only one of their matches took place in the past 52 weeks.  Therefore, I think this match does not have an obvious favorite.  Nishikori has demonstrated great clay court form.   Tsonga has…

French Open 2015: May 31st Men’s Predictions

Predicted Winners in BOLD This is a great slate of matches, but I could see getting 3 or even all 4 of these matches wrong [4] Tomas Berdych (CZE) vs [14] Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA) – My gut says Tsonga wins this match, but Berdych beat Tsonga in a fairly straight forward manner in Madrid.  Berdych has…

French Open 2015: May 27th Men’s Predictions

Predicted Winners in BOLD Fed and Cuevas are in action in Paris [2] Roger Federer (SUI) vs. Marcel Granollers (ESP) – I don’t think this is the easiest match for Federer. As enticing as Roger’s second week draw is, but matches through the round of 16 are not necessarily ideal.  Fed is still obviously favored…

French Open 2015: May 24th Men’s Predictions

Predicted Winners in BOLD This is quite a slate of matches for Day 1 [2] Roger Federer (SUI) vs Alejandro Falla (COL) – Federer has a pretty ideal draw in Paris.  A win on Sunday means Roger would only have to win 6 matches over the traditional 2 weeks of the event to take the title.  Falla…

10 Favorites for Roland Garros

Bracket Busters? Fabio Fognini, John Isner, Gael Monfils, Fernando Verdasco, Juan Monaco, and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga will be among those circled on the draw as possible problems for bigger name players. Tier 3 – A Puncher’s Chance? Probably Not 10.  Tomas Berdych – The Big Czech may be more likely than many to reach the quarterfinal.  However,…

2015 Power Ranking: Rome – Novak Crosses the Rubicon

2015 Power Ranking #6: Novak Abolishes the Roman Republic Novak Djokovic – Novak looked a little out of sorts in his first 3 matches in Rome.  He then won four straight sets versus David Ferrer and Roger Federer to enter Paris with a ton of momentum.  Will he complete his career grand slam and win…