USO: Expect anything and *everything*…and nothing at all.

 

 

 

 

 

 

» Rafa wins: Career Grand Slam –> World further divides into those for whom H2H’s never mattered less and those for whom ‘more’ never means *more*

 

» Muzz wins: Maiden Slam -->Monkey falls off his back and into a pond with a broken duck in it.

 

» Fed wins: Only an Open Era USO record….as if anyone cares about that.

 

» QF Night Match worth staying up for: Rafa/Nalbie

 

» QF Death Match worth looking out for: Djoko/ARod (Roddick’s won their past 4 meetings and is 5-2 overall)

 

 

 

 

LEGEND

Top Guns, supposedly

Big Bad Denizens

Britain’s Got Talent

Sympathy Vote

(First Round Fracas underlined)

 

ATP

 

Q1	Rafa, Istomin, Kohls Feli, Ljubicic	Easy-peasy though I’d still say Rafa’s got no business being around “Upset Merchants” Istomin and Kohls this early in the game.
	Ferru/Dolgo, Ernie Nalbie, Dasco	Ernie and Nalbie. At least one will be gone by round four. Winner plays Rafa in the Quarters.
Q2	Muzz, Wawa Querrey, Almagro	Muzz arrives wrecked in the quarters having dropped far too many sets along the way. Maybe.
	Misha, Xman, Isner Steps/B’teau, L’dra/Berd	Berd surrounded by a bunch of nutters-at-the-net. You can’t always fight madness.
Q3	Kolya, Reeshie, Bellucci LaMonf, Tipsy, ARod	Half full: Reeshie finds a way to round four. Half empty: ARod doesn’t
	Baggy, Fish Pico, Blake, Djoko	Djoko breezes through in straights until he has one of those matches against Baggy/Fish
Q4	Sod, Falla, Gonzo Cilic	Sod to survive a R2 5-setter against Fire, before cutting down Cilic in his subprime.
	Yoyo, JCF Hewitt, Federer	Fed to avenge Halle convincingly. And to then struggle against Yoyo/JCF – equally convincingly

 

 

WTA

 

With firm favourite Kimmie coming in with hip concerns and CazWoz your number one seed, expect anything and everything…and nothing at all.

 

 

Q1	Caz, Navarro, K’vong, Safarova Rezai, Benny, Groth/Masha	Groth could put out Masha in R1. A couple of poor service games, cement-block focus from Groth. BOOM. Could totally happen.
	Sveta/Date, Kiri Shvedova, AChak, Domi, Li	Remember how Kimiko toughed out a 3 setter over Dina in R1 of RG, and then went out the very next round basically spent? Yeah, try and forget that.
Q2	JJ, Kanepi MJMS, Wickmayer	I won’t list all the reasons JJ shouldn’t do well here – there’s so many I almost expect her to make something of it.
	ARad, Petkovic/Petrova  Coco, Bepa	Bepa gets her Coco revenge and Nadia goes down to ARad in straights
Q3	Franny, 'Courage’, ABond Pavs, Vika	Can Vika’s belief' trump ‘Courage’ itself?
	Peer, Flavs Pironkova, Venus	Will Venus get her Wimby revenge? Does Venus even know what revenge is?
Q4	Stosur, Kleybs Dani/Dina, Demmie	Can Dina use Demmie/Stosur’s struggles to her advantage? Assuming she emerges in one piece from that New Haven reunion.
	Bartoli, Ivanovic, Zheng Kvitova, Baltacha, Kimmie	Who wants to be brave and predict Kimmie cleans up? (Hint: Not me)

 

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