Wednesday, March 31, 2010

Miami Preview for Wednesday, March 31, 2010

Wednesday will feature only a few singles matches that will all be played on Stadium Court:

The first singles match of the day is a womens quarterfinal match that will start around 1 p.m. local time.
(#2) Caroline Wozniacki  vs.  Justine Henin
Henin is still unranked, and has had a tough road of Dementieva, Cibulkova, and Zvonareva to get to this point thus far.  But is she starting to wear down from these tough matches?  I think its a great possibility that those matches helped get the rust off, but her next opponent Wozniacki will not give her anything easy.  There will be a low amount of unforced errors out of her, making Henin earn every point.  Either the serve, backhand or forehand will faulter for Henin, leading to a Wozniacki win.
Pick:  Wozniacki
RESULT:  Justine Henin 6-7, 6-3, 6-4.

Mens Quarterfinal match:
(#6) Andy Roddick  vs.  (#33) Nicolas Almagro
Almagro's game just isn't suited for giving Roddick a ton of trouble.  He may be able to hang in there using some grit and toughness, but eventually Roddick will wear down the Spaniard and advance to the semifinals.
Pick:  Roddick
RESULT:  Andy Roddick 6-3, 6-3.

The night session begins at 7 p.m. with a womens quarterfinal match.
(#9) Samantha Stosur  vs.  (#14) Kim Clijsters
Stosur is in Miami to play tennis.  Clijsters is in Miami to play tennis, be a mom, and go hang out with Serena Williams at an Alicia Keyes concert.  Stosur will take out Clijsters in 3 sets due to being more focused and the better player at this time.
Pick:  Stosur
RESULT:  Kim Clijsters 6-3, 7-5

And now the last match of the day.
(#4) Rafael Nadal  vs.  (#8) Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
This is a tough match to call.  Nadal hasn't looked impressive the last couple matches, and Tsonga has a problem of going farther in tournaments.  It seems that at about the quarterfinal-semifinal time is when Jo-Wilfried packs it in and goes home.  Its tough to go against Nadal in this one, so I won't.
Pick:  Nadal
RESULT:  Rafael Nadal 6-3, 6-2.

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