Predicted Winners in BOLD Tuesday, March 28, 2017 Order of play Stadium (11 a.m. start) [2] Karolina Pliskova (CZE) vs. [26] Mirjana Lucic-Baroni (CRO) – A revenge match from Melbourne goes to the #2 seed this time around. I think Pliskova will dictate play often enough to keep ML-B on the defensive and make victory for the…
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Miami Open 2017: March 27th WTA Predictions
Predicted Winners in BOLD https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NX1tqzvViQw Stadium (11 a.m. start) [2] Karolina Pliskova (CZE) vs. [15] Barbora Strycova (CZE) – Pliskova clean striking and height allow for her to dictate play with great frequency. If she dictates play here, as I expect she will, she wins. [6] Garbiñe Muguruza (ESP) vs. [12] Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) – Both…
Masters Miami 2017: March 27th ATP Predictions
Predicted Winners in BOLD Stadium [4] Roger Federer (SUI) vs. [29] Juan Martin del Potro (ARG) H2H– I could see this going either way, but Roger should be able to handle JMDP’s slice backhand. [16] Alexander Zverev (GER) vs. [18] John Isner (USA) H2H – Isner has less game but more experience. [1] Stan Wawrinka (SUI)…
Masters Miami 2017: March 26th ATP Predictions
Predicted Winners in BOLD I am predicting a shorter stay for Nishikori than what he had at Miami 2016 Stadium (11 a.m. start) [2] Kei Nishikori (JPN) vs. [25] Fernando Verdasco (ESP) H2H – A gut feeling leads me to pick an upset. [5] Rafael Nadal (ESP) vs. [26] Philipp Kohlschreiber (GER) H2H – Kohlschreiber will compete,…
Miami Open 2017: March 26th WTA Predictions
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…
Masters Miami 2017: March 25th ATP Predictions
Predicted Winners in BOLD https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9F-9mFNUa88 I would help you try to win Miami, but I think given 2006 that I deserve some paid leave due to already helping out Saturday, March 25, 2017 Order of play Stadium (11 a.m. start) [1] Stan Wawrinka (SUI) vs. Horacio Zeballos (ARG) H2H – Stan’s stint as the #1…
Miami Open 2017: March 25th WTA Predictions
Predicted Winners in BOLD Saturday, March 25, 2017 Order of play Stadium (11 a.m. start) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yDpzT15PziA [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)…
Masters Miami 2017: March 24th ATP Predictions
Predicted Winners in BOLD Stadium (11 a.m. start) [2] Kei Nishikori (JPN) vs. Kevin Anderson (RSA) H2H – I like Nishikori to win, but if Anderson can push Nishikori off of the baseline, an upset can happen. [5] Rafael Nadal (ESP) vs. Dudi Sela (ISR) H2H – Rafa rolls [9] Grigor Dimitrov (BUL) vs. Guido Pella (ARG) H2H –…
Miami Open 2017: March 24th WTA Predictions
Predicted Winners in BOLD https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88FMT2n9rTg 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…
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)…
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