Yesterday, Spin got slammed with her Day 2 Suicide Pool Picks. From a field of 32 matches, Spin was successful in a little over 59% of her picks. Not a good day. Below are the results of Spin's picks.
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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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Victoria Azarenka
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Monica Niculescu
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Azarenka – the
returning defending champion will let her game and voice be heard against her
tricky opponent
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Azarenka
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Eleni Daniilidou
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Karolina Pliskova
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Pliskova – the
youngster over the veteran, although this one will be tough
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Daniilidou
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Luksika Kumkhum
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Sofia Arvidsson
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Arvidsson – has been
playing great tennis over the past year. Should continue here
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Kumkhum
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Jamie Hampton
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Urszula Radwanska
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Hampton – made it
to the 1/4s of Auckland where she pushed Radwanska to 2 tight tiebreak sets
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Hampton
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Varvara Lepchenko
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Polona Hercog
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Lepchenko – the
lefty needs a big win here and her opponent is not very good on hard courts
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Lepchenko
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Caroline Garcia
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Elena Vesnina
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Vesnina – the joy
of winning her first career title should still be with Vesnina.
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Vesnina
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Mathilde Johansson
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Akgul Amanmuradova
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Johansson – has been
playing very good tennis of late.
Pushed Venus to 3 sets in Hopman Cup earlier this season
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Amanmuradova
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Silvia
Soler-Espinosa
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Roberta Vinci
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Vinci – veteran
with lots of great shots should pull this one out
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Vinci
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Caroline Wozniacki
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Sabinie Lisicki
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Wozniacki – this is
a pick em. It is all dependent on
which Sabine comes to play. Usually
brings her best stuff against top players and despite the rankings, Wozniacki
is still a top player
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Wozniacki
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Daria Gavrilova
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Lauren Davis
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Davis – young American
should make it through to the second round
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Gabrilova
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Lesia Tsurenko
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Anastasia
Pavlyuchenkova
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Pavlyuchenkova – these
2 met in the semis of Brisbane where Tsurenko fell in 3 tough sets. Look for
a long hard battle here
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Tsurenko
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Su-Wei Hsieh
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Lara
Arruabarrena-Vecino
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Hsieh – the wily
veteran with the game that puts opponent on an UFE tear to pick the youngster
apart and to frustration
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Hsieh
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Svetlana Kuznetsova
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Lourdes Dominguez
Lino
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Kuznetsova – this
is a match that Svetlana should win easily, but Lino can frustrate even the
good Lord himself.
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Kuznetsova
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Yulia Putintseva
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Christina McHale
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McHale – this will be a
fiery match with the ever vocal Putintseva.
Look out for lots of twitter posts about this one. If she gets a tv
court, enjoy the commentary from the booth
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Putintseva
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Carla Suarez Navarro
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Sara Errani
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Errani – the battle of
the dimunitive ones. Carla usually
plays well Down Under, but Errani will be too steady
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Navarro
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Serena Williams
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Edina Gallovits-Hall
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Williams – is
Serena still playing great ball or has she had a let down since
Brisbane. No, she will be announcing
herself to the rest of the field. Look
for some errors early, but the 15 time GS champ should get through easily
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Williams
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Magdalena Rybarikova
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Garbine Muguruza
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Muguruza – this
match will be a tough one for Rybarikova.
The young Garbine has awesome firepower. Should be a good one
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Ayumi Morita
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Anna Tatishvili
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Tatishvili – the young
Russian (is she a US citizen now) should
win this one in straights
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Morita
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Annika Beck
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Yaroslava Shvedova
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Shvedova (?) – since
taking Serena to a third set at Wimbledon and making her own mark in tennis
history with her Golden Set, Slava has not done much. Look for her to find her form here.
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Beck
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Yanina Wickmayer
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Jarmila Gajdosova
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Wickmayer – this is
a pick em, but I have not seen Wickmayer so determined and focused as she is
now.
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Wickmayer
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Greta Arn
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Jana Cepelova
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Arn – the veteran over
the youngster
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Cepelova
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Rebecca Marino
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Shuai Peng
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Peng – the patient
player against the error prone Canadian
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Peng
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Vania King
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Maria Kirilenko
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Kirilenko – Vania,
if she plays up to her level could make this interesting, but Kirilenko plays
well here and should pull through
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Kirilenko
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Nadia Petrova
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Kimiko Date-Krumm
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Petrova – 2
veterans. Nadia looked injured in her
last match so remains to be seen if she can pull this out
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Krumm
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Shahar Peer
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Alexandra Panova
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Peer – I picked
Peer because of the support she usually receives Down Under.
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Peer
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Maria-Teresa
Torro-Flor
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Bojana Jovanovski
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Jovanovski – the
youngster in straights
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Jovanoski
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Mirjana
Lucic-Baroni
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Lucie Safarova
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Safarova (?) –
everyone thought that Fed Cup would do for Lucie what it did for
Djokovic. No such luck but should come
through over the veteran
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Safarova
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Sloane Stephens
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Simona Halep
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Stephens – these 2
played in Hobart last week, with Stephens winning in straight sets. Look for
the same thing to happen again.
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Stephens
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Kristina Mladenovic
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Timea Babos
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Babos – 2 youngsters
going at it. Pick em
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Mladenovic
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Melanie Oudin
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Laura Robson
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Oudin – I think Oudin
is due for a win, why not here
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Robson
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Francesca Schiavone
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Petra Kvitova
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Kvitova – this is
the most complicated pick of Day 2 action. Will Kvitova bounce back or will
the wily veteran frustrate her into errors.
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Kvitova
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Spin's Picks on Day 3 of the Australian Open singles draw will be up later today as soon as Spin has finished licking her wounds, of which there are many. I have no idea how I will console Spin as she is just beside herself with grief.
