by dave g This is where we sit back with a couple of drinks and moan about out players.
by ponchi101 Worst thing about Australia. You need to drink during the day.
by ptmcmahon Sounds like the best thing to me! The four Fonseca pickers certainly need to now!
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New England Nitemare ptmcmahon wrote: ↑Mon Jan 05, 2026 1:35 pm
Sounds like the best thing to me! The four Fonseca pickers certainly need to now!
Yes, I'm one of those....already off to a rough start!!
by ptmcmahon The bottom part of my team is letting me (us?) down big time. Other than Norrie so far my B-D has a grand total of 120 points.
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ptmcmahon make that 170 with Norrie included for my whole B-D team. Too late to change to biggest loser rules?
by ashkor87 AND Djokovic!!
by texasniteowl I didn't trust Medvedev, but Davidovich Fokina lost first round. great.
Out of my 8 BCDE players, only Eala made it past r2.
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ptmcmahon 1 BCDE player making it past round 2 might be the most
Especially now that she made a semi!
I wasn't upset to see Davidovich Fokina lose, a lot of people other than me took him.
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ptmcmahon Oh good, no one has Shelton, Ill add him and then check before deadline to make sure a bunch didn't take him too... oops
by ashkor87 Painted myself into a corner and had to eject Sabalenka. Of course, I do think Rybakina is more likely than Saba to win but still.. all caused by Djokovic and Fonseca dropping out - they should have checked with me first, no? I am now so far back that only a Hail Mary will do - that is Mboko.
by ptmcmahon Yeah this contest is so short you can't really afford to wait if you fall behind in week 1.
My week 2 results are even worse so I may have to go total longshots,
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Oploskoffie Picking Ruud as an alternative to all the Shelton trades was questionable at best. And, as is so often the case, few questionable choices go unpunished
Fighting for honour from here on out, perhaps with even more questionable "Hail Mary" picks
by ptmcmahon If I had logged on 2 hours earlier Sunday PM I would have switched Shelton to Ruud. Guess I was lucky not to get back in time.
by texasniteowl well, week 2...I have exactly 2 players still alive! Davidovich Fokina who screwed me in Wk 1 but I didn't want to waste a trade. And Keys, who at least won but did not look all that good early against Valentova.
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ptmcmahon Keys was an interesting pickup, no one else traded in an A woman.
I think I'm the only one with Andreeva, so maybe the two can meet in the final for us and spring one of us back into top contention
(You're obviosuly not that far out though!)
Navarro looming large for Dave this week too!
by texasniteowl yeah, I saw everyone trading Shelton in and figured I'd do something different. I could have gone for Shelton too but I also wanted to save most of my trades for AO. After seeing Keys play against Valentova I'm not sure what I think about my trade though!
by ptmcmahon Too bad you hadn't added Mboko for this week Ashkor!
I'm fully expecting nothing from bottom of my roster after looking at AO draw. 3/4 C and D players drew a seed.
Sloane drew Pliskova which is interesting... but probably not too bad.
by ptmcmahon The next two days will probably decide the medalists. Rybakina-Swiatek and Pegula-Anisimova has people on both sides of the matches. Tomorrow's upcoming Zverev-Alcaraz will be big for me as the only one (near top at least) with Zverev instead of Alcaraz.
by ashkor87 No trades left so relaxing...this is a good place I am sure
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ashkor87 ptmcmahon wrote: ↑Mon Jan 12, 2026 12:02 am
Oh good, no one has Shelton, Ill add him and then check before deadline to make sure a bunch didn't take him too... oops
I do
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ptmcmahon Yes it was a joke. I did my trade first and grabbed Shelton and then meant to check before deadline and see if a lot of other people had too
by ptmcmahon 6 of (at least) top 9 had both women finalists... bad news for Dave (Swiatek), texasniteowl (Anisimova), and me(Pegula).
Everyone in top 9 except me has Alacaraz and Sinner, I have Sinner and Zverev.
I've only been scoring my own picks so not sure if I am ok if Zverev makes final (if Rybakina doesn't win womens) or if I need a Zverev title.
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ashkor87 ptmcmahon wrote: ↑Thu Jan 15, 2026 2:21 pm
Too bad you hadn't added Mboko for this week Ashkor!
yes, had no trades left..!
by ptmcmahon Well I can take some consolation in that Zverev was close I guess.
by ptmcmahon I was right to not go Alcaraz and Sinner… I just guessed the wrong one not to pick!
by Oploskoffie After the Musetti match, this was not the outcome I was expecting. At all. I mean... We were all pretty well agreed on Novak not being a finalist, given the two people who had him on their team traded him out. Wow, what a day.
@ptmcmahon: shame about the Zverev result!
by ponchi101 No one had Novak for his Aussie team. The sole player that had him was Wolfie, and he traded him out. For Sinner.
These games are cruel.
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Oploskoffie ponchi101 wrote: ↑Fri Jan 30, 2026 3:19 pm
No one had Novak for his Aussie team. The sole player that had him was Wolfie, and he traded him out. For Sinner.
These games are cruel.
Ashkor had Nole in his initial team but traded him out before week 2
Considered adding him myself, then questioned his added value, felt validated when he pulled out of Adelaide, thought Sinner would wipe the court with him today and yet here we are.
Looking forward to the final scores - I think
Haven't kept track of anything myself during the AO so I have no clue who is where in the AMItS rankings.
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ptmcmahon I have a pretty general idea, but not going to disclose in case I have someone wrong