Justine is fighting strong in the First Round only dropping 11 games in 3 matches. She will face Patty Schnyder who fouth off a difficult Alona (Congrats to Alona). This will be an easy match for Justine as Schnyder has never been further than 4th round in a Grand Slam. Dissapointments for Tiantian Sun and Ashley Harkleroad to leave in the first Round.
Daniela Hantuchova and Katarina Srebotnik's match should be interesting as they both don't look great whilst the winner will have to face the onslaught of Serena Williams who should wipe off Milagros Sequera.
Jelena Jankovic isn't looking invinceable though with easy matches against Keothavong and Gajdosova she had a taxing match against Lucie Safarova. She will then face another possible upseter Marion or Shahar both capable of doing damage to the draw. Sadly Gisela Dulko and Flavia Pennetta had to leave us in the first round.
I was so excited about Naomi and Martina's match that at one stage I thought Naomi could win it but she just let it run down the drain in the third set. Well she looks like she will face Michaell Krajicek once she defeats Laura who took out my Fantasy Tennis player Sybille Bammer!
Ana Ivanovic will probably face Nadia Petrova who is looking good here. Then we have Vaidisova/Mauresmo group. Both of them should play in the fourth round which is worrying as Mauresmo is looking good for at the moment and could be a semi finalist here.
Svetlana will face the young Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland and then probably play Elena here.
and Finally Venus will face Maria most likely in the fourth round with both looking strong at the moment. Sadly Dinara, Kateryna, Shuai and Melanie South went out before the third round.
Predictions (4th Round)
Justine (Confirmed)
Patty (Confirmed)
Daniela (3 Sets)
Serena (2 Sets)
Jelena (Confirmed)
Shahar (3 Sets)
Martina (2 Sets)
Michaella (Confirmed)
Ana (2 Sets)
Nadia (2 Sets)
Nicole (2 Sets)
Amelie (2 Sets)
Svetlana (2 Sets)
Elena (3 Sets)
Venus (2 Sets)
Maria (2 Sets)
Quater Finals
Justine Vs Patty (Justine to win in 2 Sets)
Daniela Vs. Serena (Serena to win in 2 Sets)
Jankovic Vs. Peer (Jankovic to win in 3 Sets)
Martina Vs. Michaella (Difficult to say) Martina because she has more experience
Ana Vs. Nadia (Difficult to say) Nadia because she is playing better
Nicole Vs. Amelie (Amelie to win in 3 Sets)
Svetlana Vs. Elena (Svetlana to win in 3 Sets)
Venus Vs. Maria (Maria to win in 3 Sets)
Justine Vs Serena
Jankovic Vs Martina
Nadia Vs Amelie
Svetlana Vs Maria
In the mens Federer will play either Tursunov or Haas who are in a dead heat at the moment, though I would like Marat to win (slim chance)
James Blake will play Fernando Gonzalez, Whilst Roddick will probably be playing Mathieu. Gasquet should go through to play Tsonga, whilst Monfils looks to play Baghdatis.
Hewitt will have a good challenge from Canas before facing Djokovic whilst Berdych will play Bjorkman and to rap up Youzhny against Nadal.
Federer Vs. Blake (If Gonzalez plays like he did in last two matches)
Roddick Vs. Gasquet (Could be a fright from Tsonga or even Vasselin)
Baghdatis Vs. Hewitt (There could be a lot of changes in this match e.g. Monfils, Nalbandian or Djokovic)
Bjorkman Vs. Nadal (should be finalized but Tomas may be a threat or Youzhny)
Friday 29 June 2007
Saturday 23 June 2007
Wimbledon
Federer yet again first seed will have to face some of my favourite players early on. Hopefully Marat will face him in 3rd Round whilst then we have Turusnov and Haas probably facing him in the fourth round though I think Dmitry will win. Juan Martin Del Potrp will be a good second round match for Federer. Although I don't know who Lee Childs is I hope him the best as he's British. Blake has a difficult start against Igor Andreev but as long as he beats him I think the next matches will be OK. He should be fine with Juan Carlos Ferrero but the difficulty will lie with Fernando Gonzalez the 5th seed. James hasn't had the best results in Wimbledon so I hope he will do well. Andy will have an easy draw with Dominik Hrbaty on the other side. He will probably have little difficulty with what seems to be Ivan on the other side. Gasquet another favourite hasn't had the best results on Grass but it is possible for him to get to face what seems to be Andy Murray who if fit should find his draw very easy indeed except for maybe Jo-Wilfred Tsonga but if he is fit he'll be fine. The next draw is my worst as I know Marcos Baghdatis has a high chance of going through with Davydenko who hasn't been further than the third round here. I'm expecting Gael Monfils to be Marcos's opponent, Nalbandian will be the most difficult for him but Nalbandian hasn't been on his best form. Hewitt will have a difficult draw at start with Djokovic one of my favourite players as well on the other side. I don't know what to think.
We then have Tomas Berdych who seems to be facing Jonas Bjorkman in the Fourth Round. and Finally Mikhail Youzhny whould play Rafael Nadal in their fourth round.
Predictions
Federer Vs. Tursunov
Blake Vs. Gonzalez
Roddick Vs. Ljubicic
Gasquet Vs. Murray
Monfils Vs. Baghdatis
Hewitt Vs. Djokovic
Berdych Vs. Bjorkmann
Youzhny Vs. Nadal
I think at least 10 of these 16 will be in the fourth round.
On the WTA I am so upset that Serena is drawn to play Justine in the QF, they were my favourites to get to the final! and Na Li has withdrawn, she was a strong contender for QF spot.
Anyway Justine should storm through to the QF's with her current form as Patty has never been past Fourth Round before in any Grand slam. I also hope Alond Bondarenko to do well. Serena will also have an easy draw on her side with only Daniela has the other top seeds. I think it will be difficult for Daniela to do well here as she isn't on top form like earlier in the year. Jankovic also has a relatively normal draw but the possibilties in her draw are varied. She has Lucie Safarova who has been doing well lately and then Marion or Shahar. Though she isn't facing any fantastic players she is facing some difficult rising stars. Hingis will face a difficult Sybille Bammer but afterwards only face Anna. I hope Sybille and Michaela do well as they are on my Fantasy Tennis team. Honestly Ana getting to Roland Garros final was luck mixed with skill so I don't think she will be much of a threat here, but she will only face Nadia who I am unsure what to think of her currently, it is possible for Ana to get to the QF's therefore. I think the next draw is simple, Vaidisova Vs. Mauresmo but who will come out victorious is very difficult to guess. Amelie is the defending Champion but is no way as good as last year whilst Vaidisova is increasingly getting better at a relatively young age. Then Svetlana will find it easy to take down Elena Dementieva if she gets there I would believe. However Venus will have a difficult draw with Dinara who is looking strong and Sharapova.
Predictions
Henin Vs. Schnyder
Hantuchova Vs. S.Williams
Jankovic Vs. Peer
Hingis Vs. Chakvetadze
Ivanovic Vs. Petrova
Vaidisova Vs. Mauresmo
Kuznetsova Vs. Dementieva
V.Williams Vs. Sharapova
I have strong belief in this draw so I think at least 12 should get to the fourth round unless anything major happens.
We then have Tomas Berdych who seems to be facing Jonas Bjorkman in the Fourth Round. and Finally Mikhail Youzhny whould play Rafael Nadal in their fourth round.
Predictions
Federer Vs. Tursunov
Blake Vs. Gonzalez
Roddick Vs. Ljubicic
Gasquet Vs. Murray
Monfils Vs. Baghdatis
Hewitt Vs. Djokovic
Berdych Vs. Bjorkmann
Youzhny Vs. Nadal
I think at least 10 of these 16 will be in the fourth round.
On the WTA I am so upset that Serena is drawn to play Justine in the QF, they were my favourites to get to the final! and Na Li has withdrawn, she was a strong contender for QF spot.
Anyway Justine should storm through to the QF's with her current form as Patty has never been past Fourth Round before in any Grand slam. I also hope Alond Bondarenko to do well. Serena will also have an easy draw on her side with only Daniela has the other top seeds. I think it will be difficult for Daniela to do well here as she isn't on top form like earlier in the year. Jankovic also has a relatively normal draw but the possibilties in her draw are varied. She has Lucie Safarova who has been doing well lately and then Marion or Shahar. Though she isn't facing any fantastic players she is facing some difficult rising stars. Hingis will face a difficult Sybille Bammer but afterwards only face Anna. I hope Sybille and Michaela do well as they are on my Fantasy Tennis team. Honestly Ana getting to Roland Garros final was luck mixed with skill so I don't think she will be much of a threat here, but she will only face Nadia who I am unsure what to think of her currently, it is possible for Ana to get to the QF's therefore. I think the next draw is simple, Vaidisova Vs. Mauresmo but who will come out victorious is very difficult to guess. Amelie is the defending Champion but is no way as good as last year whilst Vaidisova is increasingly getting better at a relatively young age. Then Svetlana will find it easy to take down Elena Dementieva if she gets there I would believe. However Venus will have a difficult draw with Dinara who is looking strong and Sharapova.
Predictions
Henin Vs. Schnyder
Hantuchova Vs. S.Williams
Jankovic Vs. Peer
Hingis Vs. Chakvetadze
Ivanovic Vs. Petrova
Vaidisova Vs. Mauresmo
Kuznetsova Vs. Dementieva
V.Williams Vs. Sharapova
I have strong belief in this draw so I think at least 12 should get to the fourth round unless anything major happens.
Wednesday 20 June 2007
Nearing Wimbledon
Just before Wimbledon I would like to urge on Dmitry Tursunov and Richard Gasquet in Nottingham, Justine, Nicole and the British in Eastbourne and Alona and Flavia in the Ordina Open, beware Jankovic is there!!!
Sunday 17 June 2007
International Women's Open
The draw is strong in Eastbourne WTA this year with Justine headlining the seeds. Anne will be faced with a difficult challenge if she can get through the first round with what seems to be Nicole Vaidisova. I am hoping Justine the best of luck but Nicole really needs a boosting in her ranking, Good luck also to Melanie South, Na Li will also be there with a difficult Maria Kirilenko at start.
What I hope
Henin Vs. Vaidisova
Dementieva Vs. South
Li Vs. Morigami
Bammer Vs Mauresmo
Good luck to all of the first Quartet aswell as Molik and Kirilenko
What I hope
Henin Vs. Vaidisova
Dementieva Vs. South
Li Vs. Morigami
Bammer Vs Mauresmo
Good luck to all of the first Quartet aswell as Molik and Kirilenko
Sunday 10 June 2007
After Roland Garros
Well an eventfall two weeks comes to an end and yet again Justine wins the Women's without dropping a set and thrashing finalist Ana Ivanovic. Also yet again we have Federer and Nadal fighting in the final, who will win (I am watching it now).
Well we are now plunging into Wimbledon where we will see the likes of the Williams sisters on there best surface to date, Henin on great form and Sharapova who always does well on the grass court as well as youngsters like Ana Ivanovic and Nicole Vaidisova trying to put their names on the hall of fame.
Well the DFS classic headlines a good draw with Maria Sharapova as first seed.
She will dominate the first eighth unless her earlier injury says otherwise. However I hope Keothavong will do well as she is British and I want Britain to win.
Radwanska will probably play the gutsy Ai Sugiyama also without much opposition. Hantuchova leads the second quarte with Marion Bartoli on the other side, there doesn't look to be much competition there but I hope Zi Yan will win.
Na Li looks to have a difficult draw for a Tier III event. She will probably face Santangelo ot Vakulenko but before that will face an onslaught from Michaella Krajicek and Kateryna Bondarenko. I hope she will do Ok as well as Kateryna, Yuliana, Michaella, Elena and Tiantian.
Jelena Jankovic will have to go through Maria Kirilenko and Alona Bondarenko to get into the latter stages of the tournament, but she seems on form so it looks like she will prevail.
4th Round (what i want to happen)
Sharapova Vs. Keothavong (possible but difficult)
Radwanska Vs. Morita (let the obscure players have a chance)
Hantuchova Vs. Yan (Go China)
Abigail Spears Vs. Naomi Cavaday (vote the underdogs)
Santangelo Vs. Sun (Go China)
Krajicek Vs. Li (or Baltacha Vs Bondarenko I wouldn't mind)
Bondarenko Vs. King
Kirilenko Vs. Wozniak (boo to Jankovic)
of course the possibilties of this line up will be 1000-1
Looks like Jankovic will face Sharapova in the final unless Na Li can muster the strength to beat Jankovic.
Well we are now plunging into Wimbledon where we will see the likes of the Williams sisters on there best surface to date, Henin on great form and Sharapova who always does well on the grass court as well as youngsters like Ana Ivanovic and Nicole Vaidisova trying to put their names on the hall of fame.
Well the DFS classic headlines a good draw with Maria Sharapova as first seed.
She will dominate the first eighth unless her earlier injury says otherwise. However I hope Keothavong will do well as she is British and I want Britain to win.
Radwanska will probably play the gutsy Ai Sugiyama also without much opposition. Hantuchova leads the second quarte with Marion Bartoli on the other side, there doesn't look to be much competition there but I hope Zi Yan will win.
Na Li looks to have a difficult draw for a Tier III event. She will probably face Santangelo ot Vakulenko but before that will face an onslaught from Michaella Krajicek and Kateryna Bondarenko. I hope she will do Ok as well as Kateryna, Yuliana, Michaella, Elena and Tiantian.
Jelena Jankovic will have to go through Maria Kirilenko and Alona Bondarenko to get into the latter stages of the tournament, but she seems on form so it looks like she will prevail.
4th Round (what i want to happen)
Sharapova Vs. Keothavong (possible but difficult)
Radwanska Vs. Morita (let the obscure players have a chance)
Hantuchova Vs. Yan (Go China)
Abigail Spears Vs. Naomi Cavaday (vote the underdogs)
Santangelo Vs. Sun (Go China)
Krajicek Vs. Li (or Baltacha Vs Bondarenko I wouldn't mind)
Bondarenko Vs. King
Kirilenko Vs. Wozniak (boo to Jankovic)
of course the possibilties of this line up will be 1000-1
Looks like Jankovic will face Sharapova in the final unless Na Li can muster the strength to beat Jankovic.
Friday 1 June 2007
My Predictions
This is what I think will happen now:
4r
Federer Vs Ferrero (40% Youzhny)
Robredo Vs Ljubicic (40% chance Volandri)
Davydenko Vs Nalbandian
Canas Vs Monaco
Djokovic Vs Ferrer
Baghdatis Vs Andreev (40% other)
Hernandez Vs Moya
Hewitt Vs Nadal
The changes are
Monaco for Gonzalez (1r)
Baghdatis for Hrbaty (1r)
Andreev for Roddick (1r)
Hernandez for Blake (1r)
Moya for Berdych (1r)
five changes all who lossed in the first round. 4 as well are in the top 10 seeds!
Quatres
Federer Vs. Robredo
Davydenko Vs. Canas
Djokovic Vs. Baghdatis
Moya Vs. Nadal
Semis
Federer Vs. Davydenko
Djokovic (40% Baghdatis) Vs. Nadal
so nothing yet has changed in the Semis
In the WTA:
4r
Henin Vs Li
Safina Vs. Williams
Jankovic Vs. Dementieva
Garbin Vs. Vaidisova
Ivanaovic Vs. Hantuchova
Peer Vs. Kuznetsova
Mauresmo Vs. Sugiyama (40% Chakvetadze)
Schnyder Vs. Sharapova
Jankovic for V.Williams
Garbin for Petrova (1r)
only two changes at the moment.
meaning the only change will be that Nicole will play Jelena (what I think)
4r
Federer Vs Ferrero (40% Youzhny)
Robredo Vs Ljubicic (40% chance Volandri)
Davydenko Vs Nalbandian
Canas Vs Monaco
Djokovic Vs Ferrer
Baghdatis Vs Andreev (40% other)
Hernandez Vs Moya
Hewitt Vs Nadal
The changes are
Monaco for Gonzalez (1r)
Baghdatis for Hrbaty (1r)
Andreev for Roddick (1r)
Hernandez for Blake (1r)
Moya for Berdych (1r)
five changes all who lossed in the first round. 4 as well are in the top 10 seeds!
Quatres
Federer Vs. Robredo
Davydenko Vs. Canas
Djokovic Vs. Baghdatis
Moya Vs. Nadal
Semis
Federer Vs. Davydenko
Djokovic (40% Baghdatis) Vs. Nadal
so nothing yet has changed in the Semis
In the WTA:
4r
Henin Vs Li
Safina Vs. Williams
Jankovic Vs. Dementieva
Garbin Vs. Vaidisova
Ivanaovic Vs. Hantuchova
Peer Vs. Kuznetsova
Mauresmo Vs. Sugiyama (40% Chakvetadze)
Schnyder Vs. Sharapova
Jankovic for V.Williams
Garbin for Petrova (1r)
only two changes at the moment.
meaning the only change will be that Nicole will play Jelena (what I think)
Roland Garros 1st Week
This year Roland Garros has been struck with rain in the early stages meaning that they were behind schedule for a few days however the thing that struck me was already in the first two rounds 16 seeds in the men's section have gone including Roddick, Gonzalez, Blake and Berdych all in the top 10 seeds! It has been quite bad for the Americans as well going all out in Round 1. Hope Wimbledon will bode better. There has also been quite a few retirements in the Men's section as well.
In the first eighth everything has gone well for the seeds except for Julien Benneteau who went out in the first round. But we all must know by now that Federer looks poised to get into the Semis. The second eighth is an upset for me as Marat Safin went out. I am really dissapointed because now that I think of it only Lleyton Hewitt and Novak Djokovic (my favourites list) are still in the running. It would have been much better if Murray and Haas was in it.
Gael Monfils is doing really well but in the third eighth I think it was common knowledge that the most likely match up was Davydenko against Nalbandian. It would take much difficulty to stop that occurence. The fourth eighth is one of my most hated eighth. Only one seed is left and that is Canas, why! Richard Gasquet left I am so annoyed that evil Kristof Vliegen.
The fifth eighth consists of one of my only hopes and that is Novak. I started taking a liking to him at the beginning of the year and he is definitely the one with the best contention to get far who is also in my favourites list. Sadly Dmitry also lost! Novak will probably have to face David Ferrer who could be a problem. The sixth eighth annoys me as Andy lost in the first round and now the only seed is Marcos Baghdatis meaning he is most probably going to face Novak in the Quatres.
Yet again in the seventh eighth there is only one seed left after both Blake and Berdych left in the first round. That means a mediocre quatrefinalist will come out from here which seems to be Carlos Moya. Three seeds are left in the last eighth and it looks like Lleyton will go against Nadal. Though Nadal will not be stopped in such an early stage meaning Novak will be my only hope I commend Lleyton for beating two veteran players.
The WTA has looked more pleasing however with only six seeds out and one of them Nadia Petrova, at one point it also seemed as though Svetlana would lose to Meghann Shaughnessy.
Well the seeds are all safe in the first eighth and this is the difference between WTA and ATP. In the WTA there are a bunch of good players in there and some very good ones but after the 32 seeds you get less and less of a potential winner who would upset a potential winner. In the ATP however you have Federer and Nadal then a bunch of good players and the rest are unpredictable. Well I really hope Justine will play Na Li but Sybille would be Ok as she is on my fantasy tennis group, as well as Justine!
Serena looks to be in a struggle here playing two very difficult matches. I hope she will do fine against Michaella Krajicek and then probably Dinara but if she plays to her usual standard she'll find these two matches a breeze. Sadly Jie Zheng lost in the first round.
The third eigtht looks to be the most dangerous of all. Jelena the suddenly in form player, Venus the returning queen, Marion the always there and Elena who had a great run to Roland Garros. I am hoping to see Venus play Elena but Jelena is a difficult match especially when she is in form. I am starting to worry about Venus! The fourth eigth looks to be Nicole's kingdom. She shoulod have little difficulty in getting to the the Quatres. Then she will have to face a really difficult opponent. I wish her luck!
The fifth eigth looks to be a clash between Ana and Daniela as I said in my earlier post though amazingly Ioana Raluca Olaru has been doing great for her first time so she may make an upset. The worst group comes out in the sixth eigth where Peer and Kuznetsova are in seemingly they will be in the fourth round and Svetlana will have an easy road to the Semis facing what seems to be Sharapova.
The seeds are all there in the seventh eigth though sadly Flavia lost so early. Amelie seems to be the winner in this eigth as nobody seems to be able to stop her even though she hasn't had a perfect Roland Garros streak. Maria Sharapova looks to be the winner in the eigth group unless Patty makes an amazing streak but to my knowledge she has never got to a Qutrefinal in a Grand Slam. Saldy though the Bondarenko sisters and Gisela Dulko were ousted. Just a few of the girls in my favourites list.
In the first eighth everything has gone well for the seeds except for Julien Benneteau who went out in the first round. But we all must know by now that Federer looks poised to get into the Semis. The second eighth is an upset for me as Marat Safin went out. I am really dissapointed because now that I think of it only Lleyton Hewitt and Novak Djokovic (my favourites list) are still in the running. It would have been much better if Murray and Haas was in it.
Gael Monfils is doing really well but in the third eighth I think it was common knowledge that the most likely match up was Davydenko against Nalbandian. It would take much difficulty to stop that occurence. The fourth eighth is one of my most hated eighth. Only one seed is left and that is Canas, why! Richard Gasquet left I am so annoyed that evil Kristof Vliegen.
The fifth eighth consists of one of my only hopes and that is Novak. I started taking a liking to him at the beginning of the year and he is definitely the one with the best contention to get far who is also in my favourites list. Sadly Dmitry also lost! Novak will probably have to face David Ferrer who could be a problem. The sixth eighth annoys me as Andy lost in the first round and now the only seed is Marcos Baghdatis meaning he is most probably going to face Novak in the Quatres.
Yet again in the seventh eighth there is only one seed left after both Blake and Berdych left in the first round. That means a mediocre quatrefinalist will come out from here which seems to be Carlos Moya. Three seeds are left in the last eighth and it looks like Lleyton will go against Nadal. Though Nadal will not be stopped in such an early stage meaning Novak will be my only hope I commend Lleyton for beating two veteran players.
The WTA has looked more pleasing however with only six seeds out and one of them Nadia Petrova, at one point it also seemed as though Svetlana would lose to Meghann Shaughnessy.
Well the seeds are all safe in the first eighth and this is the difference between WTA and ATP. In the WTA there are a bunch of good players in there and some very good ones but after the 32 seeds you get less and less of a potential winner who would upset a potential winner. In the ATP however you have Federer and Nadal then a bunch of good players and the rest are unpredictable. Well I really hope Justine will play Na Li but Sybille would be Ok as she is on my fantasy tennis group, as well as Justine!
Serena looks to be in a struggle here playing two very difficult matches. I hope she will do fine against Michaella Krajicek and then probably Dinara but if she plays to her usual standard she'll find these two matches a breeze. Sadly Jie Zheng lost in the first round.
The third eigtht looks to be the most dangerous of all. Jelena the suddenly in form player, Venus the returning queen, Marion the always there and Elena who had a great run to Roland Garros. I am hoping to see Venus play Elena but Jelena is a difficult match especially when she is in form. I am starting to worry about Venus! The fourth eigth looks to be Nicole's kingdom. She shoulod have little difficulty in getting to the the Quatres. Then she will have to face a really difficult opponent. I wish her luck!
The fifth eigth looks to be a clash between Ana and Daniela as I said in my earlier post though amazingly Ioana Raluca Olaru has been doing great for her first time so she may make an upset. The worst group comes out in the sixth eigth where Peer and Kuznetsova are in seemingly they will be in the fourth round and Svetlana will have an easy road to the Semis facing what seems to be Sharapova.
The seeds are all there in the seventh eigth though sadly Flavia lost so early. Amelie seems to be the winner in this eigth as nobody seems to be able to stop her even though she hasn't had a perfect Roland Garros streak. Maria Sharapova looks to be the winner in the eigth group unless Patty makes an amazing streak but to my knowledge she has never got to a Qutrefinal in a Grand Slam. Saldy though the Bondarenko sisters and Gisela Dulko were ousted. Just a few of the girls in my favourites list.
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