Predictions now? I have no business calling the women's tournament, since I haven't seen much of Safina or Dementieva since they suddenly became major powers, and am not sure how much I'll get to see tomorrow, honestly. But Serena looked amazing last night, and I'm going to have to imagine that Safina won't be able to handle her if she plays that well again; whereas Jankovic strikes me (sorry!) as a perennial semi-finalist. My random guess: Serena will beat Dementieva in the final in three sets, two of them lopsided, one close.
The men are more stable and hence, predictable. Though I didn't get to watch much of Novak this evening, Andy has been playing great and Djokovic handled him pretty convincingly. Fed meanwhile has been shaky, needing two tiebreakers to pull out a tight three-set win over the qualifier Muller. Djokovic beats Fed in three. On the other side, Nadal will have too much for Murray, though it will be scrappy and could go the distance. Djokovic, finally, will win the tournament, since he's a superior hard court player to Nadal.
As usual, I hope I'm completely wrong, & that Jankovic wins her first title on the women's side, and Fed scores #13 over Rafa, getting a little Wimbledon revenge. But I'm not optimistic.
Chris
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