Aussie Open upset picks

The Australian Tennis Open is underway.  Herewith are my upset picks on both sides.

Smart money would pick Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal, or Andy Murray on the men's side, of course.  But if none of them wins it, I'll go with David Ferrer to be the unexpected winner.

On the women's side, obviously the two dominant players are Serena Williams and Maria Sharapova (hopefully Maria's physical woes are minimal).   If not them, I'll go with fifth-seeded Agnieszka Radwanska.  I'd love to pick Simona Halep, formerly more famed for the size of her breasts than her tennis skills, but since she had them reduced to relatively normal proportions, she's moved up in the rankings.  But at #11, I don't think she'll make it to the final.  A deep run would obviously attract the attention of the press on her transformation.    (According to Wikipedia, after she had the breast reduction, she's moved up 450 places in the tennis rankings.  OK, so maybe she had to.)  At the end of 2013 she got a couple of awards for being the Most Improved Player of the Year.   So she might have an outside chance to be in the final.

Here's what Simona looks like now.