Talk About Tennis 2.0

Day 3 Picks Summary

Start 151
No Picks 4
Left 147

Note: We have 12 people whose Day 2 matches have not yet been completed. One of them is among the four No Picks, so we really have 11 people with leftover Day 2 matches to survive.

Shapovalov 33
Humbert 18
Bublik 17
Paul 15
Ruud 15
Tiafoe 12
Griekspoor 11
Medvedev 8
Sonego 5
Dimitrov 4
Shelton 3
Monfils 2
Struff 2
Zhang 1

Start 147
Survivors 115
Dead 32
Unknown 0

Day 2 additional dead 5
Day 2 addtional unknown 0

Ruud losing makes the largest bandwagon crash to far, and it is a rather small bandwagon. Griekspoor and Sonego have joined him. While this makes the greatest losses to date this year, these losses still fall fairly short of the threshold.

Seeing as how Cerundolo lost as my second day pick today, it is some small, twisted consolation that Ruud managed to lose on the same day. Off to the lounge for a double something-or-other.

I know you should never pick Ruud on grass, and yet that's exactly what I did...good luck, everyone!

Irena2 wrote: ↑Wed Jul 03, 2024 6:48 pm Seeing as how Cerundolo lost as my second day pick today, it is some small, twisted consolation that Ruud managed to lose on the same day. Off to the lounge for a double something-or-other.

....YET again, Chicago hides its face in shame.

nelslus wrote: ↑Wed Jul 03, 2024 8:04 pm

Irena2 wrote: ↑Wed Jul 03, 2024 6:48 pm Seeing as how Cerundolo lost as my second day pick today, it is some small, twisted consolation that Ruud managed to lose on the same day. Off to the lounge for a double something-or-other.

....YET again, Chicago hides its face in shame.

I'm not ashamed, I'm Malörting!

Day 4 Pick Summary

Note: as of this moment, we still have 42 people waiting on Day 3 results

Start 115
No Pick 7
Left 108

Khachanov 36
De Minaur 16
Rune 14
Tabilo 13
Musetti 8
Draper 6
Kokkinakis 5
Mpetshi Pericard 4
Fritz 2
Etcheverry 1
Safuilllin 1
Tsitsipas 1
Zverev 1

Start 108
Surivors 58
Dead 48
Unknown 1

Day 3 Holdovers
Start 42
Survivors 42
Dead 0
Unknown 0

I think this was my first no pick elimination in 15+ years of playing. Whoops.

Our biggest bandwagon about to go boom...

ptmcmahon wrote: ↑Thu Jul 04, 2024 5:49 pm Our biggest bandwagon about to go boom...

And is does

ugh. it's not a done deal but how much do I regret changing my pick right now. I originally had Mpetshi Perricard but changed it after seeing something about him withdrawing from doubles due to illness or something. So I went with Khachanov. As I write this, Mpetshi Perricard is up a set and a break in his match.

I think all my picks since day 1 have gone to 5 sets. I feel like Wimbledon has already gone on for four weeks instead of four days...

People seem to have forgotten how Khachanov flopped in round 2 at Roland Garros. He certainly took me out there. The guy is an unreliable hack. Avoid the crazy Russians! Tsary not Tsary.

At this point my memory remembers a reason to not pick every player

naughtyT wrote: ↑Thu Jul 04, 2024 7:13 pm People seem to have forgotten how Khachanov flopped in round 2 at Roland Garros. He certainly took me out there. The guy is an unreliable hack. Avoid the crazy Russians! Tsary not Tsary.

I was pretty surprised by how many people picked Khachanov, given the many times he's lost when he should have won. When he's on though--fun to watch. I like him, but there was no way I was picking him.

But then, I picked Kokkinakis, which turned out no better....

Day 5 Pick Summary

Start 59
No Pick 1
Left 58

Dimitrov 25
Humbert 8
Shelton 7
Paul 5
Medvedev 4
Bautista Agut 3
Nakashima 3
Fognini 2
Shapovalov 1

Start 58
Survivors 52
Dead 6
Unknown 0

Another very good day of picking!