Day
3 Results and Day 4 Picks and Pans
Some
of the matches in the bottom half of the draw were cancelled due to the weather
in Paris today. Matches to recommence
tomorrow include Azarenka and Kvitova.
Of
the 20 matches scheduled for Day 3 on the ladies’ side, only 10 matches were
completed. Of the 10 completed matches, Spin had a 60% success rate. The matches which are to be completed
tomorrow are:-
Klara Zakopalova [23] vs Kaia Kanepi
Stefanie Voegele vs
Heather Watson
Ashleigh Barty vs Lucie
Hradecka
Nina Bratchikova vs Maria Kirilenko
Sandra Zahlavova vs Annika Beck
Elena Vesnina vs Victoria Azarenka [3]
Petra Kvitova [7] vs
Aravane Rezai
Shuai Peng vs Camila
Giorgi
Anna Karolina Schmiedlova vs Yanina Wickmayer
Jamie Hampton vs Lucie
Safarova [25]
Spin’s
picks are highlighted in red.
Spin’s
Day 4 Picks and Pans are below. Spin’s
Picks are in red.
Serena Williams v Caroline Garcia –the World’s No. 1 is on a mission, but the young
upstart will have the French crowd behind her all the way. This is the last match scheduled on Chartrier
Johanna Larsson v Sorana Cirstea – she proved me wrong in the first round. Let us
see what happens going forward
Anastasia
Pavlyuchenkova v Petra Cetkovska – she battled hard to get through her first
match. Maybe she has learned something
Galina Voskoboeva v Roberta Vinci– I will take the veteran
Caroline Wozniacki v Bojana Jovanovski – rematch of
Rome when Woz led 4-0 in the third set
Magdalena Rybarikova v Svetlana
Kuznetsova – Sveta seems to be playing the tennis that we all know that she is
capable of producing when she took down Makarova
Varvara Lepchenko v Elina Svitolina – Lepchenko seems
to be trying to prove something … I can play tennis
Jana Cepelova v Angelique Kerber - another
player who wants to make a statement
Agnieszka Radwanska v Mallory Burdette - Aga will prove to be too consistent for
Burdette
Dinah Pfizenmaier v Urszula
Radwanska – has Ula recovered from her big win over Venus? If she has she may
take out her opponent, but I don’t think so
Zuzana Kucova v Virginie Razzano– is Razzano ready for the third round? Last year
after taking out Serena she fell in the very next round
Mathilde Johansson v Ana Ivanovic– after a
letdown in the second set, she rebounded and won her first round match. Look
for her to maintain that focus in this match, that is if she does not let the
partisan crowd get to her
Monica Puig v Madison Keys – battle of the youngsters. While I would
ordinarily pick Keys, she showed that she has huge lapses in concentration,
something that her opponent does not show. Look for Puig to make it to the next
round
Shelby Rogers v Carla Suarez Navarro– CSN seems to be on a mission. Her consistency will overwhelm the young
American
Sabine Lisicki [32] v Maria-Teresa Torro-Flor – even though Sabine won her first round
match convincingly I am still not sold on her clay court prowess. Look for the
Spaniard to take advantage of her lack of movement on this surface.
Yulia Putintseva v Sara Errani [5] – I am calling the upset here. Yulia is a fighter and she will get under
Errani’s skin.
