Aussie Darcy
Bionic Poster
Another week, another Premier Mandatory tournament. What a week we just had at Indian Wells! Here's hoping for another good week in Miami!
The seedings were based on March 7th ranking so there's quite a difference between rank and seeding. (Vika 13th seed instead of 8th).
All the usual suspects (minus a suspended Sharapova).
Serena is the 3 time defending champ. Will she pull it off? Yet to win a title in 2016
Kerber. Since her Aus Open title she's lost 3 matches and won 1 and that was only on Fed Cup level
Radwanska. Can she build on her SF in IW? She won the title in 2012
Muguruza. Hasn't had a great year so far
Halep. Bad start to the year but reached the QF in Indian Wells. Was a semifinalist here last year
Suarez Navarro. Reached the final here last year. At a career high and won a Premier 5 last month!
Bencic. Decent form, 4R AO and Sydney SF but a few early losses lately
Kvitova. Bad year but reached the QF in Indian Wells but beat low ranked players
Other names:
Petkovic reached the SF last year. Had an on/off few months. Lost 2R in IW.
Pliskova reached the QF last year, reached the SF of Indian Wells last week.
Lisicki, Sloane and Venus also reached the QF last year so quite a few points to defend.
Azarenka. 2009 and 2011 champion. 3R exit last year but was unseeded due to injury.
Some potentially interesting match ups.
Gavrilova vs Serena 3R. Dasha has defeated top 10 players Ivanovic, Safarova and Sharapova, now her turn to play Serena.
Kasatkina vs Halep 2R. Kasatkina reached the QF of IW and SF at St Petersburg. Newcomer
Konta vs Venus 3R.
So who do you think will win?
The seedings were based on March 7th ranking so there's quite a difference between rank and seeding. (Vika 13th seed instead of 8th).
All the usual suspects (minus a suspended Sharapova).
Serena is the 3 time defending champ. Will she pull it off? Yet to win a title in 2016
Kerber. Since her Aus Open title she's lost 3 matches and won 1 and that was only on Fed Cup level
Radwanska. Can she build on her SF in IW? She won the title in 2012
Muguruza. Hasn't had a great year so far
Halep. Bad start to the year but reached the QF in Indian Wells. Was a semifinalist here last year
Suarez Navarro. Reached the final here last year. At a career high and won a Premier 5 last month!
Bencic. Decent form, 4R AO and Sydney SF but a few early losses lately
Kvitova. Bad year but reached the QF in Indian Wells but beat low ranked players
Other names:
Petkovic reached the SF last year. Had an on/off few months. Lost 2R in IW.
Pliskova reached the QF last year, reached the SF of Indian Wells last week.
Lisicki, Sloane and Venus also reached the QF last year so quite a few points to defend.
Azarenka. 2009 and 2011 champion. 3R exit last year but was unseeded due to injury.
Some potentially interesting match ups.
Gavrilova vs Serena 3R. Dasha has defeated top 10 players Ivanovic, Safarova and Sharapova, now her turn to play Serena.
Kasatkina vs Halep 2R. Kasatkina reached the QF of IW and SF at St Petersburg. Newcomer
Konta vs Venus 3R.
So who do you think will win?
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