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More or less expected results. Especially in the women's draw. To be honest, I was wondering how much Kostyuk had left in tank, but she delivered! Bellis was kind of disappointment but again, Kiki revenged unexpected loss at the French Open Sock losing was surprising (and Vandeweghe among women's seeds). Anderson too., But we all know that current ranks in both ATP/WTA do not represent real measure of talent and skill.

[ hide] Men's Singles First Round First Round Winner Second Round Winner Third Round Winner Fourth Round Winner Rafael Nadal (1) Rafael Nadal (1) Rafael Nadal (1) Rafael Nadal (1) Rafael Nadal (1) Victor Estrella Burgos Nicolas Jarry Leonardo Mayer Leonardo Mayer John Millman John Millman Damir Dzumhur (28) Borna Coric Paolo Lorenzi Damir Dzumhur (28) Damir Dzumhur (28) Diego Schwartzman (24) Diego Schwartzman (24) Diego Schwartzman (24) Alexandr Dolgopolov Dusan Lajovic Casper Ruud (Q) Casper Ruud (Q) Quentin Halys (Q) Alexandr Dolgopolov Alexandr Dolgopolov Alexandr Dolgopolov Andreas Haider-Maurer Matthew Ebden John Isner (16) John Isner (16) Pablo Carreno Busta (10) Pablo Carreno Busta (10) Gilles Simon Gilles Simon Gilles Simon Jason Kubler (WC) Gilles Simon Gilles Simon Marius Copil Salvatore Caruso (Q) Salvatore Caruso (Q) Gilles Muller (23) Malek Jaziri Federico Delbonis Gilles Muller (23) Gilles Muller (23) Pablo Cuevas (31) Pablo Cuevas (31) Ryan Harrison Marin Cilic (6) Mikhail Youzhny Dudi Sela Ryan Harrison Ryan Harrison Dustin Brown (Q) Joao Sousa Marin Cilic (6) Joao Sousa Vasek Pospisil (Q) Marin Cilic (6) Marin Cilic (6) Grigor Dimitrov (3) Grigor Dimitrov (3) Grigor Dimitrov (3) Grigor Dimitrov (3) Nick Kyrgios (17) Dennis Novak (Q) Mackenzie McDonald (Q) Elias Ymer (Q) Elias Ymer (Q) Marcos Baghdatis Yuki Bhambri (Q) Andrey Rublev (30) Yuki Bhambri (Q) David Ferrer Andrey Rublev (30) Andrey Rublev (30) Nick Kyrgios (17) Nick Kyrgios (17) Nick Kyrgios (17) Nick Kyrgios (17) Rogerio Dutra Silva Viktor Troicki Viktor Troicki Alex Bolt (WC) Stefanos Tsitsipas Denis Shapovalov Denis Shapovalov Denis Shapovalov Kevin King (Q) Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (15) Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (15) Kevin Anderson (11) Kevin Anderson (11) Kevin Anderson (11) Kevin Anderson (11) Kevin Anderson (11) Kyle Edmund Pierre-Hugues Herbert Denis Istomin Denis Istomin Gerald Melzer Nikoloz Basilashvili Lucas Pouille (18) Nikoloz Basilashvili Ruben Bemelmans (Q) Lucas Pouille (18) Lucas Pouille (18) Philipp Kohlschreiber (27) Yoshihito Nishioka Corentin Moutet (WC) Jack Sock (8) Yoshihito Nishioka Andreas Seppi Corentin Moutet (WC) Corentin Moutet (WC) Ivo Karlovic Ivo Karlovic Jack Sock (8) Laslo Djere Yuichi Sugita Jack Sock (8) Jack Sock (8) Dominic Thiem (5) Dominic Thiem (5) Dominic Thiem (5) Dominic Thiem (5) Roberto Bautista Agut (20) Guido Pella Steve Johnson Steve Johnson Denis Kudla (Q) Vaclav Safranek (Q) Jiri Vesely Adrian Mannarino (26) Jiri Vesely Matteo Berrettini (LL) Adrian Mannarino (26) Adrian Mannarino (26) Roberto Bautista Agut (20) Roberto Bautista Agut (20) Roberto Bautista Agut (20) Roberto Bautista Agut (20) Fernando Verdasco Cedrik-Marcel Stebe Cedrik-Marcel Stebe Maximilian Marderer Jeremy Chardy Jeremy Chardy Stan Wawrinka (9) Tennys Sandgren Ricardas Berankis Stan Wawrinka (9) Stan Wawrinka (9) Novak Djokovic (14) Novak Djokovic (14) Novak Djokovic (14) Novak Djokovic (14) Alexander Zverev (4) Donald Young Gael Monfils Gael Monfils Jaume Munar (Q) Tim Smyczek (WC) Tim Smyczek (WC) Jared Donaldson Alexei Popyrin (WC) Jared Donaldson Jared Donaldson Albert Ramos-Vinolas (21) Micha Zverev (32) Hyeon Chung Hyeon Chung Alexander Zverev (4) Hyeon Chung Thanasi Kokkinakis (WC) Thanasi Kokkinakis (WC) Daniil Medvedev Mikhail Kukushkin Peter Gojowczyk Alexander Zverev (4) Peter Gojowczyk Thomas Fabbiano Alexander Zverev (4) Alexander Zverev (4) David Goffin (7) David Goffin (7) David Goffin (7) David Goffin (7) David Goffin (7) Matthias Bachinger (Q) Julien Benneteau Taro Daniel Taro Daniel Evgeny Donskoy Evgeny Donskoy Fabio Fognini (25) Florian Mayer Horacio Zeballos Fabio Fognini (25) Fabio Fognini (25) Tomas Berdych (19) Alex De Minaur (WC) Alex De Minaur (WC) Juan Martin Del Potro (12) Alex De Minaur (WC) Guillermo Garcia-Lopez Benoit Paire Benoit Paire Karen Kachanov Karen Kachanov Juan Martin Del Potro (12) Peter Polansky (LL) Frances Tiafoe Juan Martin Del Potro (12) Juan Martin Del Potro (12) Sam Querrey (13) Sam Querrey (13) Sam Querrey (13) Sam Querrey (13) Roger Federer (2) Feliciano Lopez Radu Albot Marton Fucsovics Marton Fucsovics Nicolas Kicker Nicolas Kicker Milos Raonic (22) Jordan Thompson Lukas Lacko Milos Raonic (22) Milos Raonic (22) Richard Gasquet (29) Richard Gasquet (29) Robin Haase Roger Federer (2) Blaz Kavcic Lorenzo Sonego (Q) Robin Haase Robin Haase Soonwoo Kwon (WC) Jan-Lennard Struff Roger Federer (2) Jan-Lennard Struff Aljaz Bedene Roger Federer (2) Roger Federer (2) Women's Singles First Round First Round Winner Second Round Winner Third Round Winner Fourth Round Winner Simona Halep (1) Simona Halep (1) Simona Halep (1) Simona Halep (1) Simona Halep (1) Destanee Aiava (WC) Eugenie Bouchard Eugenie Bouchard Oceane Dodin Lauren Davis Jana Cepelova Petra Kvitova (27) Jana Cepelova Andrea Petkovic Petra Kvitova (27) Petra Kvitova (27) Ashleigh Barty (18) Ashleigh Barty (18) Ashleigh Barty (18) Ashleigh Barty (18) Aryna Sabalenka Camila Giorgi Camila Giorgi Anna Kalinskaya (Q) Naomi Osaka Naomi Osaka Naomi Osaka Kristina Kucova Ons Jabeur Elena Vesnina (16) Elena Vesnina (16) Johanna Konta (9) Johanna Konta (9) Johanna Konta (9) Barbora Strycova (20) Karolina Pliskova (6) Madison Brengle Anna Blinkova (Q) Anna Blinkova (Q) Margarita Gasparyan Lara Arruabarrena Lara Arruabarrena Barbora Strycova (20) Richel Hogenkamp Kristie Ahn (WC) Barbora Strycova (20) Barbora Strycova (20) Lucie Safarova (29) Lucie Safarova (29) Lucie Safarova (29) Karolina Pliskova (6) Ajla Tomljanovic (WC) Sorana Cirstea Zarina Diyas Zarina Diyas Lizette Cabrera (WC) Beatriz Haddad-Maia Karolina Pliskova (6) Beatriz Haddad-Maia Veronica Cepede-Royg Karolina Pliskova (6) Karolina Pliskova (6) Garbine Muguruza (3) Garbine Muguruza (3) Garbine Muguruza (3) Garbine Muguruza (3) Angelique Kerber (21) Jessika Ponchet (WC) Su-Wei Hsieh Su-Wei Hsieh Lin Zhu (Q) Natalia Vikhlyantseva Lesia Tsurenko Agnieszka Radwanska (26) Lesia Tsurenko Kristyna Pliskova Agnieszka Radwanska (26) Agnieszka Radwanska (26) Angelique Kerber (21) Angelique Kerber (21) Angelique Kerber (21) Angelique Kerber (21) Anna-Lena Friedsam Nao Hibino Donna Vekic Donna Vekic Tatjana Maria Maria Sharapova Anastasija Sevastova (14) Maria Sharapova Varvara Lepchenko Anastasija Sevastova (14) Anastasija Sevastova (14) Kristina Mladenovic (11) Ana Bogdan Heather Watson Madison Keys (17) Madison Keys (17) Ana Bogdan Yulia Putintseva Heather Watson Heather Watson Polona Hercog Ekaterina Alexandrova Madison Keys (17) Ekaterina Alexandrova Qiang Wang Madison Keys (17) Madison Keys (17) Mirjana Lucic-Baroni (28) Shelby Rogers Aliaksandra Sasnovich Caroline Garcia (8) Shelby Rogers Christina McHale Aliaksandra Sasnovich Aliaksandra Sasnovich Kurumi Nara Marketa Vondrousova Caroline Garcia (8) Marketa Vondrousova Carina Witthoeft Caroline Garcia (8) Caroline Garcia (8) Venus Williams (5) Venus Williams (5) Venus Williams (5) Venus Williams (5) Julia Goerges (12) Belinda Bencic Luksika Kumkhum (Q) Luksika Kumkhum (Q) Johanna Larsson Alison Van Uytvanck Petra Martic Ekaterina Makarova (31) Petra Martic Irina-Camelia Begu Ekaterina Makarova (31) Ekaterina Makarova (31) Daria Gavrilova (23) Daria Gavrilova (23) Elise Mertens Julia Goerges (12) Irina Falconi (Q) Viktoria Kuzmova (Q) Elise Mertens Elise Mertens Alizé Cornet Alizé Cornet Julia Goerges (12) Xinyu Wang (WC) Sofia Kenin Julia Goerges (12) Julia Goerges (12) Sloane Stephens (13) Shuai Zhang Shuai Zhang Daria Kasatkina (22) Elina Svitolina (4) Shuai Zhang Denisa Allertova (Q) Denisa Allertova (Q) Pauline Parmentier Jennifer Brady Jennifer Brady Daria Kasatkina (22) Magda Linette Anna Karolina Schmiedlova (Q) Daria Kasatkina (22) Daria Kasatkina (22) Shuai Peng (25) Shuai Peng (25) Shuai Peng (25) Elina Svitolina (4) Marta Kostyuk (Q) Jaimee Fourlis (WC) Olivia Rogowska (WC) Olivia Rogowska (WC) Maria Sakkari Katerina Siniakova Elina Svitolina (4) Katerina Siniakova Ivana Jorovic (Q) Elina Svitolina (4) Elina Svitolina (4) Jelena Ostapenko (7) Jelena Ostapenko (7) Jelena Ostapenko (7) Aleksandra Krunic Coco Vandeweghe (10) Francesca Schiavone Ying-Ying Duan Ying-Ying Duan Mariana Duque-Marino Monica Niculescu Monica Niculescu Aleksandra Krunic Mona Barthel Aleksandra Krunic Aleksandra Krunic Anett Kontaveit (32) Dominika Cibulkova (24) Kaia Kanepi Kaia Kanepi Coco Vandeweghe (10) Kaia Kanepi Samantha Stosur Monica Puig Monica Puig Carla Suarez Navarro Carla Suarez Navarro Coco Vandeweghe (10) Magdalena Frech (Q) Timea Babos Coco Vandeweghe (10) Coco Vandeweghe (10) Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (15) Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (15) Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (15) Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (15) Caroline Wozniacki (2) Kateryna Kozlova Viktorija Golubic (Q) Viktorija Golubic (Q) Kateryna Bondarenko Kirsten Flipkens Alison Riske Alison Riske Alison Riske Taylor Townsend Taylor Townsend Magdalena Rybarikova (19) Kiki Bertens (30) Catherine Bellis Catherine Bellis Caroline Wozniacki (2) Catherine Bellis Nicole Gibbs Viktoriya Tomova (LL) Viktoriya Tomova (LL) Jana Fett Jana Fett Caroline Wozniacki (2) Misa Eguchi Mihaela Buzarnescu Caroline Wozniacki (2) Caroline Wozniacki (2) [ /hide]

Ice Hockey at the Winter Olympic Games 2018 Prediction Contest is now OPEN Scoring system is slightly modified - 7 points for correct winner and 5 points additionally for goal difference. Best of luck!

You MUST hide your post. To do that, you have only to delete the space between the bracket "[" and the text "hide" in "[ hide]" at the beginning of prediction post. Do the same at the end of prediction post with "[ /hide]" too. PREDICTION DESIGN - START COPYING HERE ---> [ hide] Women's Tournament Preliminary Round February 10th - February 15th, 2018 8 Nations, 2 Groups, the 1st and 2nd Nations from Group A will qualify for the Semifinals, the 3rd and 4th Nations from Group A and 1st and 2nd Nations from Group B will qualify for the Quarterfinals, the 3rd and 4th Nations from Group B will qualify for the 5th-8th Places Semifinals Group A Date & Time (GMT +9) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 February 11th 2018, h. 16:40 Finland United States February 11th 2018, h. 21:10 Canada Olympic Athletes form Russia February 13th 2018, h. 16:40 Canada Finland February 13th 2018, h. 21:10 United States Olympic Athletes from Russia February 15th 2018, h. 12:10 United States Canada February 15th 2018, h. 16:40 Olympic Athletes from Russia Finland Group B Date & Time (GMT +9) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 February 10th 2018, h. 16:40 Japan Sweden February 10th 2018, h. 21:10 Switzerland South Korea February 12th 2018, h. 16:40 Sweden South Korea February 12th 2018, h. 21:10 Switzerland Japan February 14th 2018, h. 12:10 Sweden Switzerland February 14th 2018, h. 16:40 South Korea Japan Men's Tournament Preliminary Round February 14th - February 18th, 2018 12 Nations, 3 Groups, the 1st Nations from each Group and the best 2nd ranked Nation between all Groups will qualify for the Quarterfinals, the other Nations will qualify for the Round of 16 Group A Date & Time (GMT +9) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 February 15th 2018, h. 21:10 Czech Republic South Korea February 15th 2018, h. 21:10 Switzerland Canada February 17th 2018, h. 12:10 Canada Czech Republic February 17th 2018, h. 16:40 South Korea Switzerland February 18th 2018, h. 16:40 Czech Republic Switzerland February 18th 2018, h. 21:10 Canada South Korea Group B Date & Time (GMT +9) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 February 14th 2018, h. 21:10 Slovakia Olympic Athletes from Russia February 14th 2018, h. 21:10 United States Slovenia February 16th 2018, h. 12:10 United States Slovakia February 16th 2018, h. 16:40 Olympic Athletes from Russia Slovenia February 17th 2018, h. 21:10 Olympic Athletes from Russia United States February 17th 2018, h. 21:10 Slovenia Slovakia Group C Date & Time (GMT +9) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 February 15th 2018, h. 12:10 Finland Germany February 15th 2018, h. 16:40 Norway Sweden February 16th 2018, h. 21:10 Finland Norway February 16th 2018, h. 21:10 Sweden Germany February 18th 2018, h. 12:10 Germany Norway February 18th 2018, h. 21:10 Sweden Finland [ /hide] ---> PREDICTION DESIGN - STOP COPYING HERE

Prediction Contests Are Just-For-Fun Games You don't need to be an expert to take part in a Prediction Contest. If a mistake penalizes you, always keep in mind that everyone is in good faith. Competition Details City Gangneung Start Date February 10th, 2018 End Date February 25th, 2018 Participants TBD Gold TBD Silver TBD Bronze TBD Instructions In order to post your predictions, you have to do the following: Select with your mouse specified content of the Post named Prediction Contest Design Copy the selected content Go to Reply Box at the end of the Page, click on "Reply to this topic" Paste the copied content ( When information "You have pasted content with formatting" appears at the end of the Reply Box, ignore it, it will disappear eventually. 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Example Group B Date & Time (GMT +9) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 February 10th 2018, h. 16:40 Japan 2 Sweden February 10th 2018, h. 21:10 Switzerland 1 South Korea If Sweden wins by 1, you will earn 11 ponts [7 pts for correct winner + 4 pts for goal difference: (5-1)] If Sweden wins by 2, you will earn 12 points [7 pts for correct winner + 5 pts for goal difference] If Sweden wins by 8, you will earn 7 points [7 pts for correct winner + 0 pts for goal difference: (5-6) - no negative points] If Japan wins by 1, you will earn 2 points [0 pts for correct winner + 2 pts for goal difference: (5-3)] If Japan wins by 3 or more, you will earn 0 points [0 pts for correct winner + 0 pts for goal difference: (5-5)] In the Knockout Round, points will be multiplied by: In the Round of 16, points will be multiplied by 1.25 In the Quarterfinals, points will be multiplied by 1.5 In the Semifinals, points will be multiplied by 1.75 In the Medal Matches, points will be multiplied by 2 TB Rules If two or more contestants have the same number of points at the end, Tie-Break rule will be applied to break the tie. 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Marta Kostyuk from Ukraine (AO junior champion last year) qualified for main draw and will be the youngest player in the draw, first one from 2002 generation! What a talent! I thought Xinyu Wang would carry that title, but Marta overcomed higher ranked and experienced player in the qualification all of them with 2-1 victories (Arina Rodionova 9th seed, Daniela Seguel of Chile and Barbora Krejcikova). She will play Peng in her MD debut.

I am especially looking forward to Tsitsipas - Shapovalov and Berdych - De Minaur matches. I hope young Alex has something left in the tank after two great weeks. Would like to see Rublev beating Ferrer but his execution must be very good otherwise David will make him run like a rabbit.

Angie Kerber to play against Barty in Sydney final! Excellent line-up. It is so great to see Angie back! Hopefully she will be fresh enough for deep run in Melbourne too, but she does have hell of draw there...

And I like the way he plays! Must say, I didn't have great expectation, especially not so soon after watching him in Wimbledon junior final last year, but he improved immensely! I hope Aussies will finally produce a talented player with proper mindset. Tomic and Kyrgios have been, well...

August 27. Any other Virgos here?

You MUST hide your post. To do that, you have only to delete the space between the bracket "[" and the text "hide" in "[ hide]" at the beginning of prediction post. Do the same at the end of prediction post with "[ /hide]" too. PREDICTION DESIGN - START COPYING HERE ---> [ hide] Women's Tournament Preliminary Round February 10th - February 15th, 2018 8 Nations, 2 Groups, the 1st and 2nd Nations from Group A will qualify for the Semifinals, the 3rd and 4th Nations from Group A and 1st and 2nd Nations from Group B will qualify for the Quarterfinals, the 3rd and 4th Nations from Group B will qualify for the 5th-8th Places Semifinals Group A Date & Time (GMT +9) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 February 11th 2018, h. 16:40 Finland United States February 11th 2018, h. 21:10 Canada Olympic Athletes form Russia February 13th 2018, h. 16:40 Canada Finland February 13th 2018, h. 21:10 United States Olympic Athletes from Russia February 15th 2018, h. 12:10 United States Canada February 15th 2018, h. 16:40 Olympic Athletes from Russia Finland Group B Date & Time (GMT +9) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 February 10th 2018, h. 16:40 Japan Sweden February 10th 2018, h. 21:10 Switzerland South Korea February 12th 2018, h. 16:40 Sweden South Korea February 12th 2018, h. 21:10 Switzerland Japan February 14th 2018, h. 12:10 Sweden Switzerland February 14th 2018, h. 16:40 South Korea Japan Men's Tournament Preliminary Round February 14th - February 18th, 2018 12 Nations, 3 Groups, the 1st Nations from each Group and the best 2nd ranked Nation between all Groups will qualify for the Quarterfinals, the other Nations will qualify for the Round of 16 Group A Date & Time (GMT +9) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 February 15th 2018, h. 21:10 Czech Republic South Korea February 15th 2018, h. 21:10 Switzerland Canada February 17th 2018, h. 12:10 Canada Czech Republic February 17th 2018, h. 16:40 South Korea Switzerland February 18th 2018, h. 16:40 Czech Republic Switzerland February 18th 2018, h. 21:10 Canada South Korea Group B Date & Time (GMT +9) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 February 14th 2018, h. 21:10 Slovakia Olympic Athletes from Russia February 14th 2018, h. 21:10 United States Slovenia February 16th 2018, h. 12:10 United States Slovakia February 16th 2018, h. 16:40 Olympic Athletes from Russia Slovenia February 17th 2018, h. 21:10 Olympic Athletes from Russia United States February 17th 2018, h. 21:10 Slovenia Slovakia Group C Date & Time (GMT +9) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 February 15th 2018, h. 12:10 Finland Germany February 15th 2018, h. 16:40 Norway Sweden February 16th 2018, h. 21:10 Finland Norway February 16th 2018, h. 21:10 Sweden Germany February 18th 2018, h. 12:10 Germany Norway February 18th 2018, h. 21:10 Sweden Finland [ /hide] ---> PREDICTION DESIGN - STOP COPYING HERE

Match of the first round: Maria vs Sharapova Now, my view of the women's draw: Section 1: A strong one. Halep-Kvitova in R3 breaks my heart. I am afraid Simona will be too much for Petra at this moment. Intriguing match between Barty and Sabalenka. Sabalenka has such raw power and on a good day can beat almost any top player. Barty is very skillful player and should find a key to neutralize Sabalenka's power and make her move, for the later being pretty bad in defense. The key in this match is Barty's mentality and ability not to break under the pressure being a favourite and at home. Giorgi this weak is on fire and if she keeps her momentum (which I doubt) can make some damage and reach R4. There are also other two of my favourite players But both Osaka and Jabeur have been bad so far and I don't expect either of them in R3. All in all - Halep should come through as a quarterfinalist from this section. Section 2: This section is also interesting one. Still not sure how much Konta is injured, but things don't look promising. Should be able to reach R3 but there is crafty Strycova. Safarova showed some good tennis in her match against Angelique in Sydney, so R3 for her is expected where she should be encountering another seeded Czech, Pliškova. Karolina struggled against Cepede last year at the French Open, but on hard, I expect her to be convincing. Haddad Maia (I like her!) has a rematch with Cabrera but should be able t beat her again and is definitely capable to put a big fight against Pliškova. My pick is definitely Pliškova as most likely quarterfinalist from this section. Safarova and Strycova being serious tests. Section 3: Muguruza must reach R4 with her draw! But the bottom half of the section! Kerber showing great form in Perth and Sydney so far, almost 2016 GS level, with new coach, improved serve, bh, being more aggressive and sort of a first-strike player, is something very good to see on WTA these days! She'll probably overcome Friedsam and Vekic and then comes R3 against either Sharapova or Sevastova. The Latvian does have beautiful game but somehow her emotional meltdowns seem to be rather a disadvantage. She can beat Sharapova again who still cannot find her form. If Kerber does not overplay and peak too soon in Sydney during this week, I can totally see her in R4. Potential quarterfinalist.... in this order: Kerber>Sevastova>Muguruza>Sharapova Section 4: We all already saw Mladenovic breaking her losing streak in Sydney... Anyway, Bogdan is not that easy to beat, so I expect another dramatic match from Kiki and let's hope this is the end of her agony. Putintseva-Watson is no betting zone match definitely Keys should make R4. Lucic-Baroni is still bothered with injury and her form is questionable. Rogers is a tricky player and we can see last year semifinalist going out in R1. Sasnovich played beautiful tennis in Brisbane. And if she is able to repeat it, R3 here we come. My fave, Vondroušova, had bad second half of 2017 and played quite poorly (except in that match against Kuznetsova at USO). What bothers me around her is her attitude sometimes. I hope she can be motivated enough cause she has very winnable opening round and I'd like to see her pumped up against transformed Garcia. Garcia's form is unknown quantity and I hope her back is okay now (the reason she withdrew from Brisbane). If she's healthy, ball-bashing delight in R4 is upon us. Most likely quarterfinalists: Keys>Garcia.

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I wouldn't be so sure about Cilic, there is Simon floating around in R4

Giorgi played one of here best matches in career! Nothing alike her, she kept ball in court, and had less unforced errors and less winners that Kvitova! Great win, and another winnable match against still not in form Radwanska. Petra's serve was worrying in this match, I hope she can serve better in Melbourne. Draw will be tough, but so called top 10 players are not such a threat.

As Sindo said, AO will be missed this time as we are focusing on Winter Olympic Games. But we still have enough GS tournaments left Also, there won't be Jolly in 2018; scoring systems for Ice Hockey and individual sports and contests where we are predicting medal winners remains unchanged. However, some alterations in scoring systems for other sports prediction contests may be implemented during the year.

Or not, because Mladenovic earned such amount of points over 52 weeks. But starting with St. Petersburg her ranking is really in danger

I hope Thandi finally makes that step up in 2018.She definitely has some potential

Good one

I am actually in love with those jerseys. They are refreshing. Well, kind of

Better second half, but this ain't promising at all. Czechia looks strong!

I thought Brazil was one of the top teams?

Unfortunately Tere-Apisah lost She was 6-4 5-3 *30-0 but lost eventually. I really hope she can get QWC Wang Xinyu With her talent and good draw, she can win a match or two in Melbourne

This week is played Australian Open 2018 Asia-Pacific Wild-Card Play-Off. Today were played semifinals with great outcomes. Abigail Tere-Apisah got a WC for this event and made the final! All of her opponents were higher ranked than her if I am not mistaken. If she wins in the final, she'll be first ever player from in GS main draw! What a history to be made! Her opponent in the final will be 16-year-old Wang Xinyu from China, very, very, very talented girl, one of the best from generation 2001! If she wins she might even be the youngest player in MD at the upcoming AO. Wang beat Misaki Doi 1-6 6-4 6-3 (not long ago she had a match point at AO 2016 R128 against eventual champion Kerber!!!) I hope Tere-Apisah wins, Wang will have plenty opportunities in the future.

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