by Omegadoom This post will contain the WTA picks.
Dave G - Gracheva ~ Kvitova ~ Badosa ~ Sakkari ~ Kasatkina
Flowerchild39 - Pera ~ S. Zhang
Joanjettson - Niemeier
New England Nitemare - Collins
Omegadoom - Collins
Patrick - McNally
Ponchi101 - Collins
Ptmcmahon - Collins
Texasniteowl - Siegemund
Tenedab - Vondrousova ~ Kudermetova ~ Fernandez ~ Sabalenka ~ Muchova ~ Gauff ~ Sakkari ~ Rybakina ~ Sabalenka (already picked once)
Wolfy333 - Collins
by Omegadoom This post will contain the ATP picks.
Dave G - Halys
Flowerchild39 - Wolf
Joanjettson - Shelton ~ Cressy
New England Nitemare - Shelton ~ Cressy
Omegadoom - Kokkinakis ~ Zverev ~ Murray ~ Rublev ~ FAA ~ Fritz ~ Norrie
Patrick - Gasquet ~ Tiafoe ~ Hurkacz ~ Thompson
Ponchi101 - Draper ~ Cressy
Ptmcmahon - Kokkinakis ~ Cressy
Texasniteowl - Draper ~ D-Fokina ~ FAA ~ Zverev ~ Sinner ~ Tiafoe ~ Medvedev ~ Fritz
Tenedab - Kokkinakis ~ Zverev ~ Sinner ~ Rublev ~ FAA ~ Tiafoe ~ Norrie
Wolfy333 - Draper ~ Tiafoe ~ Sinner ~ Rublev ~ Hurkacz
by
ptmcmahon Updated thread once we get down to three?
by patrick Only 11 of us candidates decide to practice our SP futility.
by ponchi101 And even after that freebie for day one, we may still be in deep trouble. Like, instantly.
by Omegadoom WTA - Start with only 11
Collins - 5
Gracheva - 1
Pera - 1
Niemeier - 1
McNally - 1
Siegemund - 1
Vondrousova - 1
Lost about 3/4 of the field, with only 3 survivors
by Omegadoom ATP - Start with only 11
Draper - 3
Kokkinakis - 3
Shelton - 2
Halys - 1
Wolf - 1
Gasquet - 1
Lost 2, while 9 advance
by ptmcmahon I can taste top 10 already!
by
Omegadoom My work here might be quick and easy
by
ptmcmahon 
by ptmcmahon I was mostly serious when I said that the first two days here and in Miami are the two hardest picks of the year.
Oh well, at least we can say we tied for 7th at worst!
by
JazzNU patrick wrote: ↑Thu Mar 09, 2023 8:23 pm
Only 11 of us candidates decide to practice our SP futility.
I didn't know we still did these practice ones. But I was bitter about that Miami Open win that I got was nowhere in my stats and no medal cause it was all I had at that point. It was very unsatisfying. I can't remember who, but a longtime member told me years later when I mentioned it that they added it to their signature line because everyone was going to know they won an SP at some point. So if you get to that point of bitterness like some of us other practice winners have, definitely give that signature line recognition some thought.
by
ptmcmahon I do think the practice pools were always announced as non medal though? I've won at least a couple, I think one time I had 3-4 threads with my name on them
by
JazzNU ptmcmahon wrote: ↑Thu Mar 09, 2023 9:59 pm
I do think the practice pools were always announced as non medal though? I've won at least a couple, I think one time I had 3-4 threads with my name on them
Absolutely. I always knew I wouldn't get a medal. I just didn't know that overtime after losing SP after SP that I'd be more and more frustrated and eventually be like, ugh, I did win that Miami SP that one time though.
by dave g Great. So far, I am the only person to have made it past Day 2 on the WTA side, and the only person out on Day 2 on the ATP side.
by
ponchi101 JazzNU wrote: ↑Thu Mar 09, 2023 9:39 pm
patrick wrote: ↑Thu Mar 09, 2023 8:23 pm
Only 11 of us candidates decide to practice our SP futility.
I didn't know we still did these practice ones. But I was bitter about that Miami Open win that I got was nowhere in my stats and no medal cause it was all I had at that point. It was very unsatisfying. I can't remember who, but a longtime member told me years later when I mentioned it that they added it to their signature line because everyone was going to know they won an SP at some point. So if you get to that point of bitterness like some of us other practice winners have, definitely give that signature line recognition some thought.
Your signature is YOUR signature. You can go full ♬ "LALA LALA, I BEAT YOU ALL AT THE MIAMI SP, YOU BUNCH OF FOOLS!!! ♬ if you want to, and you can post it with a
emoji too
I mean, I am getting to the point in which I am about to put a little
and a "day 2 survivor" legend on it, at the rate I am playing these things.
(yep, I am bitter at Danielle. 1st day? Again?)
by ponchi101 How did we manage for the BANDWAGON of the PRACTICE SP to crash on day 1?
Talk About Tennis? Might as well go full MUMBLE ABOUT SQUASH...
by Scoob Is this a prediction game for Indian Wells?
by
ponchi101 Scoob wrote: ↑Thu Mar 09, 2023 11:22 pm
Is this a prediction game for Indian Wells?
No. PREDICTIONS is a different game. That one is a year long contest.
The Survival Pools are a game in which you pick one player every day, but you can't pick them again after that. We only play them for the Slams, but for IW and MIA, we play a practice one in which people keep their own scores, and it is very loose.
You can take a look at the way we play them
here (that was for the 2023 Aussie)
Plus, we will have a contest called THE SLIDE INTO PARIS just before the clay season starts. And on and on.
by
Scoob ponchi101 wrote: ↑Thu Mar 09, 2023 11:25 pm
Scoob wrote: ↑Thu Mar 09, 2023 11:22 pm
Is this a prediction game for Indian Wells?
No. PREDICTIONS is a different game. That one is a year long contest.
The Survival Pools are a game in which you pick one player every day, but you can't pick them again after that. We only play them for the Slams, but for IW and MIA, we play a practice one in which people keep their own scores, and it is very loose.
You can take a look at the way we play them
here (that was for the 2023 Aussie)
Plus, we will have a contest called THE SLIDE INTO PARIS just before the clay season starts. And on and on.
All the games sound very interesting. Thanks for the information and I will take a look into the Aussie Open Survivor Game. Slide into Paris sounds like you could end up getting dirty with a lot of Red Clay.
by
ptmcmahon Scoob wrote: ↑Thu Mar 09, 2023 11:22 pm
Is this a prediction game for Indian Wells?
This is our "prediction" game for Indian Wells:
https://www.talkabouttennis2.com/viewto ... =23&t=1361
Note that we have always predicted from round 16 on (except for a few old contests where we did a whole slam.) You email a list of your picks for quartefinals, semifinalists, finalists, and winner for each tournament.
It's a year long contest so you won't be able to win any of the 2023 categories. But they also post weekly scoring leaders and I have just as much fun winning those!
It can be a very hard contest to do full time year round as we pick every tournament, and some of the ones across the globe make it very easy to miss deadlines. I love the contest (and even ran it for a year on TAT 1.0) but I've cut back to doing it casually, and only making sure I don't all the big events like Slams, IW, Miami, Masters etc. Much better for my sanity when I miss a week. Actually, those top tournaments are a subset of the prediction game as well.
I'd suggest trying it for fun anyway and see if you like the format.
by
Scoob ptmcmahon wrote: ↑Thu Mar 09, 2023 11:36 pm
Scoob wrote: ↑Thu Mar 09, 2023 11:22 pm
Is this a prediction game for Indian Wells?
This is our "prediction" game for Indian Wells:
https://www.talkabouttennis2.com/viewto ... =23&t=1361
Note that we have always predicted from round 16 on (except for a few old contests where we did a whole slam.) You email a list of your picks for quartefinals, semifinalists, finalists, and winner for each tournament.
It's a year long contest so you won't be able to win any of the 2023 categories. But they also post weekly scoring leaders and I have just as much fun winning those!
It can be a very hard contest to do full time year round as we pick every tournament, and some of the ones across the globe make it very easy to miss deadlines. I love the contest (and even ran it for a year on TAT 1.0) but I've cut back to doing it casually, and only making sure I don't all the big events like Slams, IW, Miami, Masters etc. Much better for my sanity when I miss a week. Actually, those top tournaments are a subset of the prediction game as well.
I'd suggest trying it for fun anyway and see if you like the format.
I am usually horrible at predictions anyway. I will take a look and see how you all doit and then jump on board no later than the French Open and will probably Slide into this Paris contest as well.
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ponchi101 Scoob wrote: ↑Thu Mar 09, 2023 11:41 pm
...
I am usually horrible at predictions anyway. I will take a look and see how you all doit and then jump on board no later than the French Open and will probably Slide into this Paris contest as well.
No, Scoob. You have not seen HORRIBLE until you see what we do here. I mean, people going 1 for 8 predicting Qfinals. Then, you have seen horrible
by
Scoob ponchi101 wrote: ↑Fri Mar 10, 2023 12:07 am
Scoob wrote: ↑Thu Mar 09, 2023 11:41 pm
...
I am usually horrible at predictions anyway. I will take a look and see how you all doit and then jump on board no later than the French Open and will probably Slide into this Paris contest as well.
No, Scoob. You have not seen HORRIBLE until you see what we do here. I mean, people going 1 for 8 predicting Qfinals. Then, you have seen horrible
I will be part of that club, trust me.
by dave g Wow. Tenedab is the only person to survive Day 2 on both sides.
by Omegadoom After losing 2 in the Men's pool on Day 2, we start Day 3 with 9 survivors still clinging to life.
Cressy - 4
D-Fokina - 1
Zverev - 2
Tiafoe - 2
by
Omegadoom After this uninvited guest
showed up on Day 2 of the Women's pool, and ruined the party for 8 of us, ugh ruuuude, we start Day 3 with only 3 survivors left, and 1 Zombie roaming around!
Kudermetova - 1
Kvitova - 1
S. Zhang - 1
by
ponchi101 Omegadoom was too kind and did not suspend me for being a Zombie (and he can't ban me, because I have not given him permission to do so, even though I deserved it).
And I was kind of joking when I said: "let's see how many times I can looe in a SP". So I picked Vekic.
AND I LOST AGAIN!
I mean, you have to shoot a
in the head.
by
Omegadoom ponchi101 wrote: ↑Fri Mar 10, 2023 10:18 pm
Omegadoom was too kind and did not suspend me for being a Zombie (and he can't ban me, because I have not given him permission to do so, even though I deserved it).
And I was kind of joking when I said: "let's see how many times I can looe in a SP". So I picked Vekic.
AND I LOST AGAIN!
I mean, you have to shoot a
in the head.
LOL, I don't mind, just keep picking you Zombie! At the rate you're dying, we will have our own version of South Park's "Who killed (Ponchi) Kenny!"
by Omegadoom After only 2 days of picks, we are down to just 2 survivors (that's pretty pathetic) and a particular Zombie, who's still out there wandering about!
Day 4 Breakdown
Badosa - 1
Fernandez - 1
by
Omegadoom This guy
decided to show up again for another bloodbath, and took out another bandwagon (do we still call it that with so few people on board, or perhaps we just call it a cart at this point), so we enter Day 4 with 5 survivors left, having lost 4 more poor souls yesterday.
Day 4 Breakdown
Sinner - 2
FAA - 1
Hurkacz - 1
Murray - 1
by Omegadoom Both survivors are through to Day 5!
Day 5 Breakdown
Sabalenka - 1
Sakkari - 1
by Omegadoom ALL 5 survivors made it through to Day 5!
Day 5 Breakdown
Rublev - 3
Thompson - 1
Zverev - 1
by Omegadoom Both players survived and advanced in the WTA Pool to Day 6!
Day 6 Breakdown
Kasatkina - 1
Muchova - 1
by Omegadoom We lost one in the ATP Pool, as 4 players make it through to Day 6!
Day 6 Breakdown
FAA - 2
Hurkacz - 1
Sinner - 1
by Omegadoom Tenedab has won the WTA Pool! Congrats!
Tenedab's Day 7 Pick
Gauff
by Omegadoom Another player bows out in the ATP Pool, so 3 players continue on to Day 7!
Day 7 Breakdown
Fritz - 1
Tiafoe - 2
by Omegadoom Tenedab's Day 8 Pick!
Sakkari
by Omegadoom All 3 players that are left advance to Day 8!
Day 8 Breakdown
Medvedev - 1
Norrie - 2
by Omegadoom Tenedab's Day 9 Pick!
Rybakina
by Omegadoom Texasniteowl has won the ATP Pool! Congrats!
Texasniteowl's Day 9 Pick!
Fritz
by ponchi101 Congrats! Practice-schmractice. They are still so tough.
by
texasniteowl Well...I lasted just long enough. Today's pick Fritz just lost to Sinner. I had already picked Sinner before and I was "saving" Alcaraz. Oh well! Now watch me go out round 1 at Miami!
by
ponchi101 Watch A LOT OF US go 1R in Miami
by ptmcmahon I mean a lot of us did that here already!
by Omegadoom Texasniteowl's ATP Survivor Draw Pool run has finally come to an end on Day 9! Good job!
emoji too 
and a "day 2 survivor" legend on it, at the rate I am playing these things.
in the head.
