Amélie Mauresmo FRA (1) Nicole Vaidisova CZE (16) vs. Venus Williams USA (11). The 17-year old Czech sensation eleiminated the World's #1 ranked tennis player in 3-sets when
Mauresmo got tight in front of her adoring Parisian fans after winning the first set in a tiebreaker, losing the final two sets 6-1,6-2. Both players are over 6 feet tall, and both like to play with power and pace. It's hard to believe that the young Vaidisova can do this better than the 5-time Grand Slam champion.
PREDICTION: Williams in 3 sets.Maria Sharapova RUS (4) Dinara Safina RUS (14) vs. Svetlana Kuznetsova RUS (8) . The younger sister of
Marat Safin is finally coming into her own. She lost in the final of the Tier 1 Italian Open to
Martina Hingis last week. Amazingly, Safina was down two breaks 1-5 in the 3rd set against Sharapova and won the match (Sharapova never had a match point). Safina never stopped going for her shots regardless of what the score was. In this second all-Russian match I think that Kuznetsova will pull out the win, just barely.
PREDICTION: Kuznetsova in 3 sets.
Anna-Marie Groenefeld GER (13) vs. Justine Henin-Hardenne BEL (5). The odious Justine is the defending champion and will easily get into the semi-final over either
Groenefeld or
Gisela Dulko. PREDICTION:
Henin-Hardenne in 2 sets.
Kim Clijsters BEL (2) vs. Martina Hingis SUI (12) . This is a reprise of the Australian Open quarterfinal which was won by Clijsters, who at one point was simply overpowering "Chucky." It's not clear if Hingis has managed to come up with a solution to the "big babe tennis" dilemma since then, but she did show by winning the Italian Open two weeks ago (
defeating Venus Williams in three sets after losing the
first seven games in a row)
PREDICTION: This is really a toss-up, but I'll say Clijsters in 3 sets.
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