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Re: Le Salon de Perdants (the LL)

Posted: Mon May 31, 2021 3:46 pm
by ptmcmahon
Yeah I'm on the Kei - Paul double. At least yesterday I only saw score after and didn't have to sweat it out live.

Re: Le Salon de Perdants (the LL)

Posted: Mon May 31, 2021 7:18 pm
by ponchi101
Suliso wrote: Mon May 31, 2021 3:12 pm I'm really pushing my luck. Second straight five set match survived and this time 10-8. I ought to take someone safe tomorrow, but what is safe?
Rafa plays tomorrow. Pick him. Enjoy a day off. Bask in the knowledge that you will not be able to beat the draw but will remain sane longer than the rest of us.

Re: Le Salon de Perdants (the LL)

Posted: Mon May 31, 2021 7:21 pm
by ptmcmahon
There have been many SPs where I have thought to make a safe pick like that that makes it less likely to beat draw, but more likely win game. I haven't done it yet, but has been very tempting.

Re: Le Salon de Perdants (the LL)

Posted: Mon May 31, 2021 7:29 pm
by ponchi101
And just checked the results and saw that Sebastian Korda lost.
Against P. Martinez, famous in.... I have no idea.
We are in France, there has to be a guillotine nearby. Find it and chop my head off.

Re: Le Salon de Perdants (the LL)

Posted: Mon May 31, 2021 8:02 pm
by atlpam
ponchi101 wrote: Mon May 31, 2021 7:29 pm And just checked the results and saw that Sebastian Korda lost.
Against P. Martinez, famous in.... I have no idea.
We are in France, there has to be a guillotine nearby. Find it and chop my head off.
The curse of winning just before the start of a slam.

Re: Le Salon de Perdants (the LL)

Posted: Mon May 31, 2021 8:18 pm
by Togtdyalttai
Bah, dude had to get drawn against Tsitsipas in the second round to make picking him so enticing. He looked so good in Parma...

Re: Le Salon de Perdants (the LL)

Posted: Mon May 31, 2021 8:53 pm
by ponchi101
I know that winning the week prior to a slam means you will not win the Slam, but at least a first round, Sebi... :cry:
It was not a bad pick, just an SP start.

Re: Le Salon de Perdants (the LL)

Posted: Mon May 31, 2021 9:14 pm
by Ribbons
Bah, Martic. I knew better and yet . . . time for a martini. In an Ina Garten cosmo glass.

Re: Le Salon de Perdants (the LL)

Posted: Mon May 31, 2021 9:21 pm
by PeterSkan
Call me red, Fred. Out in R1 on both sides thanks to Sonego and Sorribes Tormo. Or make that Soon-go and Horrible Formo.

I'll have your Grand Marnier, s'il vous plait. All of it!

Re: Le Salon de Perdants (the LL)

Posted: Wed Jun 02, 2021 2:24 pm
by mmmm8
Well here I am, at this incredibly tight table of Bautista Agut losers. Some pitchers of sangria please, heavy on the brandy

Re: Le Salon de Perdants (the LL)

Posted: Wed Jun 02, 2021 2:30 pm
by atlpam
mmmm8 wrote: Wed Jun 02, 2021 2:24 pm Well here I am, at this incredibly tight table of Bautista Agut losers. Some pitchers of sangria please, heavy on the brandy
Can I squeeze in to this table? (I've been vaccinated)

Re: Le Salon de Perdants (the LL)

Posted: Wed Jun 02, 2021 2:44 pm
by ponchi101
Eh... you don't need to be vaccinated here. We are all dead! :zombie: :zombie: :zombie:
(Liked you post ;) )

Re: Le Salon de Perdants (the LL)

Posted: Wed Jun 02, 2021 3:19 pm
by ptmcmahon
Was back and forth between RBA and PCB today and went with RBA. That means now I have to cheer against PCB too.

If picking someone with a 0-4 record for year (pre FO qualifying) isn't safe, don't know what is :)

Glad I wasn't watching my WTA pick barely scrape out 6-4 in the third.

FAA

Posted: Wed Jun 02, 2021 4:26 pm
by 161stAndChilla
Belatedly: an entire bottle of something expensive, I don’t care what, and put it on Uncle Toni’s tab!

Re: Le Salon de Perdants (the LL)

Posted: Wed Jun 02, 2021 6:06 pm
by the Moz
Has FAA won a match since Uncle Toni came on board?