[Knizzle]

My picks:

Petrova def Henin(could go either way)
Likhotseva def Kuznetsova(those fickle Russians, will they show up?)
Davenport def Rubin(bad toe could be a factor)
Clijsters def Raymond(net game can be effective against Clijsters)

 

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Svetlana bt Elena 6-3 7-5
Justine bt Petrova 7-6 7-6
Lindsay bt Chanda 6-4 5-7 6-3
Kim bt Raymond 6-2 6-2
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Justine bt Svetlana 6-3 6-4
Davenport bt Kim 7-6 4-6 6-3
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Davenport bt Justine 7-5 7-6

 

[Hurley]

HENIN-HARDENNE_
PETROVA        |
               |__PETROVA  ___
               |  DAVENPORT   |
RUBIN    ______|              | 
DAVENPORT                     |
                              |__DAVENPORT CH
                              |  CLIJSTERS
KUZNETSOVA ____               |
LIKHOVTSEVA    |              |
               |__KUZNETSOVA__|
               |  CLIJSTERS
RAYMOND  ______|
CLIJSTERS

I can say without a shadow of a doubt that Volcana will be wrong. ROFL.

 

[greg²]

hmm, Justine is well prepared to the Petrova-match. She plays hard and flat and has a hard flat serve. Same as Dementieva but a higher level :yeah:
Justine will play the final versus Kim or Lindsay

 

["Topaz"]

Svetlana bt Elena 6-3 7-5
Justine bt Petrova 7-6 7-6
Lindsay bt Chanda 6-4 5-7 6-3
Kim bt Raymond 6-2 6-2
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Justine bt Svetlana 6-3 6-4
Davenport bt Kim 7-6 4-6 6-3
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Davenport bt Justine 7-5 7-6

I was thinking along this line, without the scores. However, I believe this is in reminiscence of former Davenport.

 

[ys]

If I were Justine I would be concerned..she came pretty close to losing to a big groundstroker with not much of a serve...now she's playing a big groundstroker with a big serve.

It's not just that, but on hardcourts Nadya is better ( than Henin ) in every department - serve, forehand, backhand. Except for volley, perhaps, and footspeed.

 

[Ryan]

Volcana automatically assumed Clijsters HAD to have the cakewalk draw, and assumed Davenport/Rubin was in Henins side.

 

["Topaz"]

It's not just that, but on hardcourts Nadya is better ( than Henin ) in every department - serve, forehand, backhand. Except for volley, perhaps, and footspeed.

It's a new Justine out there. A Slam and a couple of big wins do that to you. She's finding inner strengths she didn't even know she had.

 

[fleemke³]

Volcana automatically assumed Clijsters HAD to have the cakewalk draw, and assumed Davenport/Rubin was in Henins side.

Well in the beginning the half of Justine looked heavier with Serena and Jennifer in it but they withdrew so it a bit easier now on that side

 

[ys]

It's a new Justine out there. A Slam and a couple of big wins do that to you. She's finding inner strengths she did even know she had.

As long as Dementieva had legs to run yesterday, Justine had no say in the match and was completely outplayed. It's not my opinion. It's Justine's. Read her interview. Petrova is every bit as good as Dementieva, except that now she will have an advantage of fresher legs, because she had a cakewlk match yesterday, and she has no problem ( unlike Dementieva ) with jetlag consequences, because she is already more than two on West Coast.

 

[Glenn]

Volcana automatically assumed Clijsters HAD to have the cakewalk draw, and assumed Davenport/Rubin was in Henins side.

LOL! That was great!

 

[ys]

Volcana automatically assumed Clijsters HAD to have the cakewalk draw, and assumed Davenport/Rubin was in Henins side.

:haha:

 

[Glenn]

As long as Dementieva had legs to run yesterday, Justine had no say in the match and was completely outplayed. It's not my opinion. It's Justine's. Read her interview. Petrova is every bit as good as Dementieva, except that now she will have an advantage of fresher legs, because she had a cakewlk match yesterday, and she has no problem ( unlike Dementieva ) with jetlag consequences, because she is already more than two on West Coast.

Then why is Justine leading the head-to-head 2-0, and why doesn't Nadia win slams or beat Clijsters, Davenport, the Williams sisters etc.?

 

[ys]

Because she had an year-long injury, after which she was ranked in the second hundred, and every player in that situation would have to fight for every bit of confidence, that lacks really badly. But it is coming together.

 

[QUEENLINDSAY]

Because she had an year-long injury, after which she was ranked in the second hundred, and every player in that situation would have to fight for every bit of confidence, that lacks really badly. But it is coming together.

Amen to that!!!!
I believed she started to believed she could really go up there whe she bt Venus in RG. She really have all the strokes, she just have to do it.

 

[mboyle]

Kuznetsova def. Likhovtseva 6-3; 6-4
Petrova def. Henin-Hardenne 6-2; 4-6; 6-4
Davenport def. Rubin 7-6; 6-4
Clijsters def. Raymond 6-1; 6-3

SF:
Petrova def. Kuznetsova 5-7; 6-4; 6-3
Davenport def. Clijsters 6-4; 7-6

F:
Davenport def. Petrova 7-6; 7-6 (no service breaks )

 

[Glenn]

Amen to that!!!!
I believed she started to believed she could really go up there whe she bt Venus in RG. She really have all the strokes, she just have to do it.

OK, she didn't beat Venus in Roland Garros.
You worry me...

 

[QUEENLINDSAY]

Forgive me for a little mistake but I mean Capriati.

 

[caramel]

Nice predictions... but I think Chanda will beat Lindsay today.

 

[E. Blackadder]

why does everyone think Linds will beat Kim? Anything I missed? Davenport will have to bring her A+ game than brought her to slam titles to beat Kim IHMO