Toronto and Montreal Semi-Final Predictions: Djokovic-Nadal, Li-Cirstea, Pospisil-Raonic

1. Novak Djokovic v Rafael Nadal (Montreal, SF) Novak Djokovic The highlight of Saturday’s line-up will see Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic play each other on the hard courts for the first time since the 2012 Australian Open final.  Both players strolled into the semi-finals with straight set wins; Djokovic recovered from a lacklustre quarter-final…

ATP Montreal, WTA Toronto 2nd Round Predictions: Wozniacki-Cirstea, Paire-Wawrinka

1. Caroline Wozniacki v Sorana Cirstea (Toronto, R2) Caroline Wozniacki Aside from a run to the final at Indian Wells, 2013 has been largely forgettable for Caroline Wozniacki.  This will be her first match since Wimbledon where she slipped and suffered an injury on Black Wednesday, but kept fighting, before falling to to Petra Cetkovska…

WTA Toronto: Preview and Predictions

The women are in Toronto this week with Maria Sharapova the one noteworthy withdrawal.  Let’s take a look at this week’s draw. *Now updated with qualifiers and Victoria Azarenka’s withdrawal* FIRST PROJECTED QUARTER – S.Williams (1) v M.Bartoli (7) Marion Bartoli Serena Williams heads up this week’s draw and will play for the first time…

WTA Montreal Predictions updated

Sharapova is out of Montreal I may have had the worst day in my prediction history as I correctly predicted just one out of ten of the womens matches yesterday!  Yesterday saw a few surprises but none more so than Sesil Karatantcheva‘s 6-0 6-0 demolition of Sorana Cirstea! It is also worth noting that Maria…