I have been busy this week preparing for school, so some shortened predictions for the quarterfinals of the Rogers Cup!
(1)Serena Williams over Magdalena Rybarikova in 2 sets
Recent Citi Open champ hasn't dropped a set all week, though was lucky in her 3rd round match against Bartoli when she retired with an abdominal injury. But given Serena's dominant form against the in-form Flipkens in her 3rd round match, Rybarikova will need a very special performance to overcome one of the greatest of all time players.
(3)Agnieszka Radwanska over (5)Sara Errani in 2 grinding sets
Their last hardcourt meeting lasted almost 3 and a half hours at the WTA Champs in 2012. Both extremely good at defending, who will take their offensive opportunity's better? I would favor Errani on a clay court, but I think Radwanska will win today.
(4)Li Na over Dominika Cibulkova in 3 sets
Li leads their head-to-head 3-0, but Cibulkova has been turning around head-to-heads the past couple weeks. Recent Stanford champion will take on the defending finalist in a very interesting matchup. Both players possess the speed and power, but it will be a matter of execution today.
(6)Petra Kvitova over Sorana Cirstea in 2 tight sets
Two EXTREMELY big hitters that nearly go for broke on every ball. Defending champ Kvitova has been in ominous form this week never dropping more than 3 games in a set over Bouchard and Stosur. Cirstea has been equally strong with big upsets over Wozniacki and Jankovic, saving match points against Wozniacki. I have to pick the more experienced player.
(1)Novak Djokovic over (7)Richard Gasquet in 2 sets (1 easy, 1 tight)
The only matchup that lived up to their seedings, two-time defending champ Djokovic takes on Gasquet. Djokovic was sorely pushed by Istomin in his previous match, but I expect him to raise his level today against the talented Frenchman.
(4)Rafael Nadal over (Q)Marinko Matosevic in 2 sets (1 easy, 1 tight)
Matosevic has been turning around his 2013 campaign recently. After having reached one quarterfinal all year (semifinal in Memphis), Matosevic continued his success on North American soil by reaching the quarterfinals of the Citi Open last week, and the quarterfinals of the Masters 1000 event in Montreal. However, Nadal has lost only 3 times ALL YEAR and I don't expect his fourth loss to be to Matosevic.
(WC)Vasek Pospisil over Nikolay Davydenko in 3 sets
In the most surprise matchup of the week, wildcard Pospisil will take on former top 5 player Davydenko. I'm all for dream runs, and if Pospisil plays like he did against Berdych, he has a good chance to reach the semifinals on home soil.
(11)Milos Raonic over Ernest Gulbis in 3 tight sets
How perfect it would be for an all Canadian semifinal...Raonic must first get past the big-hitting Gulbis who took out Murray in straight sets. If Raonic was returning like he did against del Potro (an unheard of FIVE breaks in a 2 set match though del Potro was struggling with a back injury), Gulbis will be hard pressed to win against one of the biggest servers on tour.
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