Monday, June 27, 2005

My predictions were pretty accurate!

Here's how my women's draw predictions measured up against reality:

SPOT ON: Lindsay Davenport over Kim Clijsters in three sets.

SPOT ON: Venus Williams over Jill Craybas in straight sets.

HALF RIGHT: Svetlana Kuznetsova over Magdalena Maleeva in three sets; in reality, Kuznetsova beat Maleeva in straight sets.

HALF RIGHT: Amelie Mauresmo over Elena Likhovtseva in three sets; in reality, Mauresmo won in straight sets.

HALF RIGHT: Mary Pierce over Flavia Pennetta in three sets; in reality, Pierce won in straight sets.

HALF RIGHT: Nadia Petrova over Kveta Peschke in straight sets; in reality, Petrova won 2 sets to 1.

HALF RIGHT: Maria Sharapova over Nathalie Dechy in three sets; in reality, Sharapova won in straight sets.

WRONG: Elena Dementieva over Anastasia Myskina in straight sets; in reality, Myskina won in a three-set cliffhanger, but Dementieva nearly won.

I picked the winner in seven of the eight women's singles matches played today. I rule!

Here's how my men's draw predictions measured up against reality:

SPOT ON: Roger Federer over Juan Carlos Ferrero in straight sets.

HALF RIGHT: Fernando Gonzalez over Mikhail Youzhny dropping a set; in reality, Gonzalez won in straight sets.

HALF RIGHT: Lleyton Hewitt over Taylor Dent in a close match. Depends on how you define "close." Dent didn't exactly get his ass kicked, but it wasn't a five setter...so I'll give myself half credit.

HALF RIGHT: Feliciano Lopez over Mario Ancic dropping a set; in reality, Lopez beat Ancic in three sets.

HALF RIGHT: Thomas Johansson over Max Mirnyi in a close match; in reality, Johansson beat Mirnyi in straight sets.

HALF RIGHT: Andy Roddick over Guillermo Coria in a close match; in reality, Roddick beat Coria in straight sets.

WRONG: Richard Gasquet over David Nalbandian in a close match; in reality, Nalbandian beat Gasquet in straight, one-sided sets.

WRONG: Dmitry Tursunov over Sebastien Grosjean dropping a set; in reality, Grosjean won in five sets.

I picked the winner in six of the eight men's singles matches played today. Not a bad record!

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