Day 3 of the Australian Opens sees 16 matches from the bottom half of the ladies' draw. Below are Spin's Picks for Day 3.
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PLAYER A
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PLAYER B
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SPIN’S PICKS
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RESULTS
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Na Li
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Olga Govortsova
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Li – these 2 players are as error prone
as you can get, but I expect Li to have too much firepower for her opponent
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Kristyna Pliskova
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Sorana Cirstea
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Cirstea – this is the steadier of the 2
players (which is not saying a lot)
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Julia Georges
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Romina Oprandi
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Oprandi – both ladies had tough first
round matches (tougher than they should be) but Oprandi is less error prone
than her opponent
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Jie Zheng
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Samantha Stosur
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Stosur – winning a round at your home
Slam can do wonders. I expect Stosur to continue on with a straights set win
over Zheng
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Ana Ivanovic
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Yung-Jan Chan
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Chan – the steadiness of Chan should come
through against Ivanovic
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Maria Joao Koehler
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Jelena Jankovic
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Jankovic – a pick em if I have ever seen
one. I did not see JJ’s first round
match, and neither have I seen Koehler play, but experience should get JJ by
(which is not saying much)
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Ksenia Pervak
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Heather Watson
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Pervak – to continue on her upswing Down
Under
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Irina-Camelia Begu
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Agnieszka Radwanska
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Radwanska – to outsteady the error prone
youngster
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Angelique Kerber
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Lucie Hradecka
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Kerber – Kerber is the steadier of the 2,
plus Hradecka for all her big game is too error prone
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Madison Keys
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Tamira Paszek
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Keys – too much firepower by the
youngster and will overcome Paszek.
Has to try and not get into long rallies by Paszek
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Ekaterina Makarova
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Stefanie Foretz Garcon
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Makarova – Makarova plays very well Down
Under. Look for her to continue to the 3rd round
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Vesna Dolonc
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Marion Bartoli
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Bartoli – Bartoli shocked me by actually
making it out of the first round. Maybe
too much to ask to see if she can go further
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Dominika Cibulkova
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Valeria Savinykh
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Cibulkova – to continue her winning ways
Down Under
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Kirsten Flipkens
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Klara Zakopalova
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Flipkens – Belgium’s resurgent player to
overpower the steadier opponent
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Venus Williams
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Alize Cornet
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Williams – sentimental pick Venus. Will have to ensure that she does not get
into long drawn out rallies with Cornet.
Has to continue to come to net and use her big game to win this
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Misaki Doi
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Maria Sharapova
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Sharapova – too much firepower for her
opponent. Possibly another double
bagel here
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