The weather has been lovely in London at this year's
Wimbledon Championships. There are 16 men and 16 women left when play resumes on Monday.
On the men's side of the draw most of the favorites remain, as
Roger Federer, Andy Murray, Novak Djokovic, and Andy Roddick are all still in the hunt. Here's who plays whom in
the Fourth Round:
I predict the quarterfinalists will be
Hewitt, Roddick, Murray, Simon, Haas, Djokovic, Karlovic and
Federer. I would not be surprised if Berdych, Andreev and Ferrero pull upsets.
I think there's a very good chance of a Murray-Federer final, but the 14-time major champion will have to get past the 2009 French Open finalist, the 6'10 giant and the World #4 player to make it there.
On the women's side,
the Round of 16 draw looks like:
Dinara Safina RUS (1) versus Amelie Mauresmo FRA (17)
Caroline Wozniacki DEN (9) versus Sabine Lisicki GER
Venus Williams USA (3) versus Ana Ivanovic SRB (13)
Agnieszka Radwanska POL (11) versus Melanie Oudin USA
Virginie Razzano FRA (26) versus Francesca Schiavone ITA
Elena Vesnina RUS versus Elena Dementieva RUS (4)
Victoria Azarenka BLR (8) versus Nadia Petrova RUS (10)
Daniela Hantuchova SVK versus Serena Williams USA (2)
Here my predictions for the quarterfinalists are:
Mauresmo, Wozniacki, V. Williams, Radwanska, Razzano, Dementieva, Azarenka and
S. Williams. I would not be too surprised if Lisicki, Oudin and Petrova win instead.
I am predicting another all-Williams women's final, but I need to see more before I predict which Williams will win the title this year!
The weather has been lovely in London at this year's Wimbledon Championships. There are 16 men and 16 women left when play resumes on Monday.
Greatest surprise on the men's side - Dudi Sela from Palm Desert via Israel. Where did this game of his come from? Up-and-commer who came up in just a few weeks - must love the lawns.
ReplyDeleteAnd as to Melanie Oudin, even more unlikely.
But most of the rest of the list is as expected.
Is it just me, but this year's tournament seems flat as can be. Maybe some time next week things will change, but...