ROD LAVER ARENA Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (Russia) v 3-Naomi Osaka (Japan) – This is not the easiest 1st round match, but Osaka should advance in 2 sets. Laura Siegemund (Germany) v 10-Serena Williams (U.S.) – Serena should win, but again this is not as easy as it might have been. 3-Dominic Thiem (Austria) v Mikhail Kukushkin…
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Australian Open 2021: Final Four Predictions
Women’s Singles Final Four #1 Ash Barty vs. #20 Maria Sakkari & #3 Naomi Osaka vs. #10 Serena Williams I have a sneaky feeling that Sakkari will take home the big trophy. Men’s Singles Final Four #1 Novak Djokovic vs. #3 Dominic Thiem & #4 Daniil Medvedev vs. #5 Stefanos Tsitsipas* I like Medvedev if…
Predictions for 10-20-2019’s 250 Finals
There are actually only 3 finals being contested, but each is worth 250 ranking points to the winner Predicted Winner in Bold Kremlin Cup Final in Moscow Andrey Rublev vs. Adrian Mannarino Outside of Russia, I’d probably be picking Mannarino who had a nice run at both Montreal and Cincinnati. Still, on home soil, I…
Roland Garros 2019: June 4th Match of the Day – Federer vs. Wawrinka
🇨🇭 @rogerfederer v. @stanwawrinka 🇨🇭 Their 26th @FedEx ATP Head2Head meeting takes place on Tuesday at #RG19! — ATP Tour (@ATP_Tour) June 3, 2019 https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js Roger Federer (4) vs. Stan Wawrinka (24) Roger Federer has generally dominated his head-to-head with Wawrinka. In 2015, Wawrinka beat Federer en route to taking the Roland Garros title. A…
Roland Garros: Men’s Match of the Day – June 6th 2019
Superstar Stan 💪@stanwawrinka defeats Dimitrov 7-6(5), 7-6(4), 7-6(8) and will play @StefTsitsipas in a HUGE 4R clash 😱 at #RG19 pic.twitter.com/lts9U0CKb1 — ATP Tour (@ATP_Tour) June 1, 2019 https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js Stefanos Tsitsipas (6) vs. Stan Wawrinka (24) This is a generational clash. Tsitsipas may have a win over each of the big 3 in the past…
French Open 2017: Men’s Championship Prediction – Nadal vs. Wawrinka
Rafael Nadal vs. Stan Wawrinka Rafael Nadal is 9-0 in Roland Garros championship matches. Stan Wawrinka is 3-0 in major finals. Who wins? Who keeps his streak? I think there is a clear on paper favorite. However, I think this match is much closer than what the paper says. Rafael Nadal is the most dominant…
French Open 2017: Andy Murray vs. Stan Wawrinka Prediction
They meet again in the same spot. Will the result be the same? Andy Murray (GBR) [1] vs. Stan Wawrinka (SUI) [3] This is a hard match to predict. The world #1 is playing his best clay court tennis since Roland Garros 2016. Stan Wawrinka is the 2015 champion and seems to be in one…
French Open 2017: Men’s Quarterfinal Predictions
Philippe-Chatrier Court (11 a.m. start) [4] Rafael Nadal (ESP) vs [20] Pablo Carreno Busta (ESP) – This is a lot like Rafa’s last match. Rafa should win against a gritty player from Spain. Nadal is the Clay GOAT and is in excellent form in 2017, but I have to also think he is in the heads of…
French Open 2017: June 5th Men’s Singles Predictions
Predicted Winners in BOLD Andy Murray (GBR) [1] vs. Karen Khachanov (RUS) – Murray should win, but I think he’d prefer to be playing Isner. Stan Wawrinka (SUI) [3] vs. Gael Monfils (FRA) [15] – Match of the Day in my view Fernando Verdasco (ESP) vs. Kei Nishikori (JPN) [8] – If Nishikori can’t stay on top of the baseline and…
Tennis Abides: Dan Martin on Tennis and Life 