Gauff vs Muchova
A replay of their recent Cincy final, this match sees the last two RG runner ups go head to head.
Gauff won that match in Cincy. She’s the favorite to win here, too. Not that she’ll be underestimating Muchova. The Czech is incredibly versatile and steady. She plays with good margin for error and makes calculated risks.
Gauff, however, is even steadier and plays with even greater margin for error. That forces Muchova to go for broke a little more than she otherwise might. Of the two, it is the Czech who will press to get the win and so her risks will need to clean the lines if she wants to prevent Gauff tracking them down.
Sabalenka vs Keys
Most likely, Sabalenka wins this in straights, in two fairly close sets. The soon to be world no.1 has been playing crushing hard court tennis the past week and a half.
The home fans and the tournament will be wishing Keys wins. Keys has navigated a tough draw, coming back to beat Samsonova, dominating Pegula and holding off Vondrousova.
There is a world in which Keys wins. One in which Sabalenka gets nervous and falls back to bad habits – erratic serving and hitting into the stands. The second seed is certainly beatable. In fact, she hasn’t won a tournament since Madrid.
Which probably means she’s due sometime soon.
Keys is due, too. In fact, some would say her first slam win is long overdue.
thetennisreview 
Leave a comment