Sorana Cirstea vs. Maria Sharapova
Marion Bartoli vs. Julia Goerges
Carla Suárez Navarro vs. Jelena Jankovic
Lourdes Domínguez Lino vs. Agnieszka Radwanska
Ekaterina Makarova vs. Polona Hercog
Marion Bartoli vs. Julia Goerges
Julia Goerges has already dented the hopes of one YEC hopeful. Will she cause another upset here to another YEC candidate? Highly unlikely as Goerges has just lost comprehensively to Bartoli last week in Tokyo. Besides, Goerges was considered to be at her peak form in 2010 clay where she lost to Bartoli in the French Open. Somehow, Bartoli's game just fits well to Julia's. Even though Goerges likes to spring surprises when we are not expecting it, I doubt she can do it this time.
Pick: Bartoli in 2 sets
Ana Ivanovic vs. Romina Oprandi
Ana Ivanovic saved 2 match points in her previous round against Varvara Lepchenko to face the tricky Italian, Romina Oprandi. Has Ivanovic found her former form which led her to her lone slam win? Judging by her play, she is more confident now but her form is no where near her slam winning form. Oprandi is an annoying player to deal with because she doesn't give you a rhythm. And Ana is a rhythm player. If someone disrupts her flow, she will commit ugly unforced errors. That said, I don't think Oprandi is ready for an upset as she's always struck me as a nonchalant player. I don't think she believes that she has the game to beat the top players.
Pick: Ivanovic in 3 sets
Sorana Cirstea vs. Maria Sharapova
Maria Sharapova carries on her struggle with form as she barely scraped through her first round match against Simona Halep. She now faces an even more brainless basher than her in Sorana Cirstea. Well, I can safely say that these girls will not be holding back on their shots. Sorana has the weapons, but most of the time, they are misfiring. So I believe Sharapova will cruise through this match if she gets her serve sorted out. If she throws in too many 2nd serves, things might get interesting.
Pick: Sharapova in 2 sets
Sure win bets: Agnieszka Radwanska, Jelena Jankovic
Upset alert: None!
Upset Alert none?? You must be kidding me! The bookies put up the list of matches daily asking us more or less to look for a needle in a haystack. Very rarely is there no upset alert in the WTA especially in tournaments where some players just go for appearance money. I will help you here cos u aint looking hard enough. SUAREZ-NAVARRO. And did you say Oprandi does not believe she can beat the big players?? She has beaten a few good players, one of them being Clijsters. She also played Bartoli very very close the last time. What more?? Infact add her to the list of alerts. Ivanovic is not really playing competitive at the moment so where are you looking my friend???
ReplyDeleteWow! You are absolutely correct! I had no idea that Carla had it in her to beat Jankovic. Good pick there! :) Thanks for the suggestions! I will try to be more bold in my predictions!
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