Predicted Winners in BOLD Venus won Miami in 1998: Hard to Fathom Stadium (11 a.m. start) [1] Angelique Kerber (GER) vs. Shelby Rogers (USA) – Kerber is too good to keep posting mediocre results. [11] Venus Williams vs [Q] Patricia Maria Tig (ROU) – Venus’ 2017 Renaissance has been under reported. [3] Simona Halep…
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Miami Open 2017: March 25th WTA Predictions
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….
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)…
Miami 2016: Novak Djokovic vs. Kei Nishikori Championship Prediction
Novak Djokovic vs. Kei Nishikori It is a testament to how dominant Novak is that I was wondering what do I even write. Kei Nishikori has an excellent return of serve, moves well, can impose his court positioning on his opponent, and can hit with a lot of pace/precision. Of course, Kei has a chance,…
Miami Open 2016: Victoria Azarenka vs. Svetlana Kuznetsova Championship Prediction
This match is a bit dated, but it could be a good indicator of what a treat this could be. Svetlana Kuznetsova vs. Victoria Azarenka This should be an excellent match between a pair of double major champions. Both players move well and hit powerful groundstrokes. Vika moves better than Azarenka at this stage in…
Miami Open 2016: Nick Kyrgios vs. Kei Nishikori
Will talent wait its turn or jump in line? Reclaiming his Promise Versus Staking a Claim Kei Nishikori had a breakout moment in 2014. He had beaten Roger Federer in Miami and pushed Nadal hard in Madrid in 2014. However, his 4 set US Open semifinal win over Novak Djokovic had many seeing Nishikori as…
Tennis Abides: Dan Martin on Tennis and Life 