The
results of the rain delayed Day 3 of the
bottom half of the draw were completed today and Spin had an 80% success rate. Of
the 16 matches played on Day 4, Spin had a 75% success rate. The upset, if it can be called that these
days, saw Jovanovski, the young Serbian, sending former No.1 Caroline Wozniacki
packing in straight sets. There was a
lot of hand wringing today during the Suarez-Navaro/Rogers’ match, but I was
always confident that Carla would pull through.
Below are the results from Day 4 of the top half of the draw. Of the 16 matches played, Spin had a 75% success rate. Spin's picks are in blue.
Serena Williams v
Caroline Garcia
Johanna Larsson v Sorana Cirstea
Anastasia
Pavlyuchenkova v Petra Cetkovska
Galina Voskoboeva v Roberta Vinci
Caroline Wozniacki v Bojana
Jovanovski
Magdalena Rybarikova v Svetlana
Kuznetsova
Varvara Lepchenko v Elina Svitolina
Jana Cepelova v Angelique Kerber
Agnieszka Radwanska v Mallory Burdette
Dinah Pfizenmaier
v Urszula Radwanska
Zuzana Kucova v Virginie
Razzano
Mathilde Johansson v Ana Ivanovic
Monica Puig v Madison Keys
Shelby Rogers v Carla Suarez Navarro
Sabine Lisicki [32] v
Maria-Teresa Torro-Flor
Yulia Putintseva v Sara Errani
Tomorrow
sees the third round (Day 5) of the bottom half of the ladies’ draw, together
with the second round of the same bottom half of the draw. Confused, just think rain delays catch
up. The matches scheduled and Spin’s
picks (in red) are below:-
Na Li v Bethanie Mattek-Sands (could be an upset in the making but still
going with Li)
Paula Ormaechea v Yaroslava Shvedova (youngster might be able to make it over the line)
Kaia Kanepi v Stefanie Voegele (Kanepi is on form and should go through in
straights)
Ashleigh Barty v Maria Kirilenko (the youngster has variety and is not afraid)
Marion Bartoli [13] v Mariana Duque-Marino (does Bartoli have the stamina
for a battle?)
Francesca Schiavone v Kirsten Flipkens (memories are driving Fran these days)
Alize Cornet v
Silvia Soler Espinosa (ordinarily I would pick Cornet
but Espinosa has impressed)
Annika Beck v Victoria Azarenka (the AO champ will have an easy time of it)
Petra Kvitova v Shuai Peng (had a bit of a wobble today but can’t see
her falling to Peng #famous last words)
Anna Karolina Schmiedlova
v Jamie Hampton (back to back matches might be too much for Hampton’s back)
Jelena Jankovic v Garbine Muguruza (JJ will be too
consistent for the young Spaniard)
Kristina Mladenovic v Samantha Stosur (too much firepower from Stosur for Kirstina
to overcome)
Dominka Cibulkova v Marina Erakovic (movement will be the determining factor in
this match up)
Vania King v Sloane Stephens (Sloane seems to be focused on tennis)
Melanie Oudin v Jie Zheng (it will be the battle of the little ones)
Eugenie Bouchard v Maria Sharapova (the World’s No. 2 should have an easy time
of it)
The Fourth Round is shaping up to have some really good matches. I for one am looking forward to seeing
