WTA FRENCH OPEN DAY 3 PREVIEW

by Karen 

Court	Player A	Player B	Spin’s Pick
Chartrier	Kleybanova	Halep	Halep
	Garcia	Ivanovic	Ivanovic (but will be tight)
Lenglen	Li	Mladenovic	Li
	Keys	Errani	Keys
Court 1	Stephens	Peng	Peng
	Safarova	Minnella	Safarova
Court 2	Date-Krumm	Pavlyuchenkova	Pavlyuchenkova
	Wozniacki	Wickmayer	Wozniacki (if healthy, if not Wickmayer in straights)
Court 3	Shapatava	Kuznetsova	Kuznetsova (if healthy)
Court 4	Jovanovski	Giorgi	Giorgi
	Candela	Pfizenmaier	Pfizenmaier
	Melzer	Vandeweghe	Vandeweghe (Melzer just coming back from injury and not doing too well)
Court 5	Pereira	Kumkhum	Pereira
	Dellaqua	Dominquez-Lino	Dellaqua (should be able to hit through the top spin)
Court 6	Watson	Strycova	Watson
	Koulakova	Torro-Flor	Torro-Flor
Court 7	Jankovic (to be continued)	Fichman	Jankovic
	Flipkens	Kovinic	Flipkens
	Rogers	Makarova	Makarova
Court 8	Wozniak	Cirstea	Wozniak
	Rybarikova	Radwanska (Ursula)	Radwanska
Court 10	Riskie	Lucic-Baroni	Lucic-Baroni
	Hercog	Cepelova	Hercog
Court 14	Cadantu	Bertens	Bertens
	Soler-Espinosa	Scheepers	Scheepers
Court 16	Svitolina	Martic	Svitolina
	Vekic	Glushko	Vekic (toss up)

Spin’s Match to Watch

We have had some amount of carry over from Day 2 into Day 3, my pick for the match to watch between Stephens and Peng will hold true. 

Odds and Ends

I am at work so I did not get to see the dramatic come back by Taylor Townsend against Vania King.  I watched it unfold via scoreboard and I am very happy about the results.   Coming back from 5-1 down in the first set to reel off 12 of the next 13 games in her Grand Slam debut must have felt pretty good for Taylor. Doing it against a player as tough as Vania King is even more remarkable.  Well done Taylor and here’s hoping that she continues to fight for every point.  Someone tweeted that she hit 52 winners today in pretty slow conditions.  I had to go and get the match stats for myself and I have included the link here.  That is a pretty amazing stat indeed.  

Petra Kvitova showed up to play today taking out Diyas in straight sets.  The first set was a bit of a struggle but Kvitova maintained her concentration throughout and was able to break Diyas at will. 

Fashion Focus

The Spin does not really take much interest in fashion seeing that everything that I own is black or shades of black, but I was a bit taken aback when none other than Pam Shriver made Maria Sharapova best dressed at this year’s French Open.  Sharapova is wearing Pepto Bismol pink with orange biker shorts.  Let that combination digest for a moment.  Venus Williams on the other hand is in my view best dressed for this whole tournament in her Aurora by ElevenbyVenus dress.  It fits well, and makes Venus’ amazingly sculpted body look even more amazing sculpted. 

This year’s fashion choices do not have much imagination to them and that is one of the reasons why I think Venus’ collection outdoes Nike, Adidas and LaCoste.  It is innovative and different. 

As soon as all the women have made their debut, I guess I will do a fashion focus column.