Venus and Serena in New iPhone 5 Spot

Cool to see their ping pong skills.

U.S. Open Match to Watch: Day 3

Here's a monster matchup for Wednesday on the women's side.

Venus Williams vs. #22 Sabine Lisicki

Normally it would be Venus seeded and the big favorite in this match, but Venus has been AWOL most of the year and Lisicki has been healthy and winning a lot of matches. 

Venus wasn't really that impressive in her first round win on Monday night, and she'll have to be much better to beat the big hitting German.

Lisicki is 44-15 on the year with two titles to her credit. 

This is a day match on Ashe, and I'm going go with Lisicki in two tough sets.

Wimbledon Day 3 Match of the Day: Date-Krumm vs. V. Williams

Two of the elder-statesmen of the WTA Tour battle on Centre Court Wednesday.

Venus Williams and the 40-year old Kimiko Date-Krumm.  Is it correct that these two have never played before?  One thing for sure is Date-Krumm isn't an easy out for anyone these days.

Look for Venus to try hitting Date-Krumm of the court, but Date-Krumm will use all of her resources to take it to 3 sets.

Venus will have a little too much in the end.

Prediction: Venus 6-3, 3-6, 6-4.

Day 5: Australian Open Match of the Day

Men's 3rd Round on Rod Laver Court

Stanislas Wawrinka vs. Gael Monfils

It doesn't get much better than a night match on Rod Laver with these two shotmakers.  I don't expect either player to give and inch and we should see a tie-breaker or two.

The two have played 3 times with Monfils holding a 2-1 advantage.  They have never played a 3 out of 5 set match, though.

Stan reached the third round with two straight-set wins while Monfils had to come from two down to beat Thiemo DeBakker and dropped a set to young Federico Gil in the second.  This is a match Monfils should win, but I think in the end, Wawrinka comes through with a 5-set win.

*Upset alert - Don't be surprised at all if Venus Williams goes out tonight losing to Andrea Petkovic, a German that will be in every point.

Day 12: U.S. Open Match to Watch

Women's Singles - Semifinals
Venus Williams(USA)[3]	vs.	Kim Clijsters(BEL)[2]

If we don't end up having a Nadal/Federer final on Sunday, this could be the match of the tournament.  Clijsters is the defending champ and has been winning without playing her best tennis.

Venus also has been a bit erratic.  I expect both women to be on their games for a close three set marathon on Friday.  I think Clijsters may be the more match tough player right now, and that could be the difference.

Prediction:  Clijsters in 3.