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#1 · (Edited)
[1] S. Williams vs BYE
Friedsam vs Schmiedlova
Giovine vs McHale
Pavlyuchenkova vs [13] Ivanovic
[9] Kuznetsova vs Garcia
Riske vs Stosur
Lisicki vs Gavrilova
BYE vs [6] Halep

[4] Azarenka vs BYE
Gasparyan vs Begu
Niculescu vs Duque-Marino
Kasatkina vs [16] Pliskova
[10] Safarova vs Schiavone
Cornet vs Doi
Larsson vs Konta
BYE vs [7] Vinci


[8] Suarez Navarro vs BYE
Pereira vs Beck
Goerges vs Tsurenko
Wickmayer vs [11] Bacsinszky
[15] Svitolina vs Puig
Mladenovic vs Ostapenko
Makarova vs Kovinic
BYE vs [3] Muguruza

[5] Kvitova vs BYE
Keys vs Petkovic
Bertens vs Babos
Vandeweghe vs [12] V. Williams
[14] Errani vs Watson
Strycova vs Knapp
Jankovic vs Bouchard
BYE vs [2] Kerber
 
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#2 ·
Serena trying to win 1st title since last summer, but I'll go with Muguruza
 
#11 ·
This draw seems pretty boring to be quite honest. Glad Serena is back but a bunch of notable players are out including Radwanska, Wozniacki, Stephens, Cibulkova and Bencic.

Rome has had much better draws in the past.
 
#16 ·
I think Simona will intend to play 2 more matches to hopefully get another couple of confidence-boosting wins on the board and then she'll withdraw to save her energy for RG.

Although she needs the points to try to get a Top 4 seeding for Wimbledon I hope she won't go chasing them here.

I think Serena will play Rome and will win the title.
 
#25 ·
if anything, as an EwwG fan you should be glad for Kerber on the draw and on clay compared to other top players
 
#27 ·
Serena's quarter is nice with Simona/Stosur/Kuznetsova there. She'll have to start with decent level here. Hopefully she was practising more spin on her forehand, ain't nobody got time for those flat forehands in IW/Miami to ballbash her way through her matches. :lol:

Guest quarter is great, but she'll probably withdraw/play few matches.

I'm guessing CSN to get through the 3rd quarter.

The 4th quarter can be messy, Errani has been meh this year despite Dubai, otherwise I would probably pick her to get to the semis here on home country clay.

Cackling @ Jankovic-Eugenia and Mladenovic-Aljona.
 
#28 ·
vika might withdraw anyway, she didn't hit the practise court on friday as scheduled.
wonder in what form serena might show up, it's clearly hers for the taking.
tough draw for kerber, barbs in her quarter again. she somehow hates playing her on the dirt...
 
#30 ·
Serena might play Halep, Azarenka, Muguruza in a row. This is going to be a very interesting event
 
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My predictions:

Quarter 1:
You guys have WAY too much faith in Serena. She hasn't played a WTA match in so long and is clearly not having the greatest year. I see her losing to anyone at this point. She is not on the top right now. I predict Halep to defeat Serena Williams in the Quarterfinals and I think Serena is going to just barely escape someone before the Quarters in a tough 3-setter.

Quarter #2:
Azarenka may not play (just rest Vika) so this could be a different story. I think a Romanian (Begu or Niculescu) will do well here. Vinci to defeat Begu in the Quarterfinals.

Quarter #3:
Another disappointing Round 1 loss for my favorite Annika. Bacinszky with a nice draw here. She has good draws a lot I feel like.
Prediction: Bacinszky to defeat Muguruzza in the Quarterfinals.

Quarter #4:
NOT going to be biased w/ my obvious favorite Kerber. Nervous for Petko against Keys. I don't think she plays well against her so she could be out. I don't think Strycova will be able to defeat two Italians back to back on their home soil so Kerber may not have to worry about her. Kerber also plays well against JJ and Bouchard I believe. Besides Barbora, Kerber has a lot of players that she just defeated in this Quarter (Babos, Keys, Petra). This one is really tough for me to predict but...
Prediction: Kerber to defeat Kvitova in the Quarterfinals in a 3-setter.

Semifinals: Halep to defeat Vinci
Kerber to defeat Bacinszky

Finals: Kerber over Simona

I went into this not predicting Kerber but her draw is so good and I think the Top Half players are just going to knock each other out with so many tough battles. Vinci, Halep, and Timea are the huge Wildcards for me in this Tournament. If Azarenka withdraws, Kvitova will take her place and the Top Half will get even tougher. This tournament is going to be great!!
 
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