Starting with the women, most of the e***ment seems to be in the
second and bottom quarters.
In the top quarter, Hingis v. Paulus and Schultz v. ASV should shake
out as the quarterfinal challenges, unless Sugiyama gives ASV a good
fight, which these days...
Look to the second quarter for some more exciting pairings. Seles v.
Pierce in the round of 16 should be a great match, and I fully expect
Pierce to get there. Seles, on the other hand, has either Sawamatsu
or Venus Williams in the 3rd round. Could be interesting...
MJ Fernandez could go the distance, or be ousted early by McNeil or
Oremans--it depends on which MJ shows up. Fernandez could make it
to the semi's this year, especially if she plays Pierce in the quarters.
I think Po will put out Huber in the first round.
Moving on to the third quarter, I expect the seeds to bear out and
set up round of 16 matches pitting Davenport v. Majoli and Habsudova
v. Novotna.
Finally, in the bottom quarter it breaks my heart to see Martinez and
Rubin squaring off in the second round. Rubin really needs to break
through against Martinez. I think Amy Frazier can beat Coetzer in the
second round if she's aggressive--if not, Steffi better look out, cuz
Coetzer could advance to the quarterfinals to play Steffi as she
advances against Spirlea in the round of 16.
Here are my BOLD predictions:
Hingis v. Schultz
Pierce v. Fernandez Hingis v. Fernandez
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Majoli v. Novotna Majoli v. Graf
Coetzer v. Graf
Thoughts?