Talk About Tennis 2.0

ponchi101 wrote: ↑Wed May 25, 2022 4:38 pm Nah, worry not. I don't have those powers...
I think

Obviously not, since Schwartzman pulled it out.

jazzyg wrote: ↑Tue May 24, 2022 11:18 pm

ponchi101 wrote: ↑Tue May 24, 2022 2:43 pm A gutsy pick. Good it panned for you

I did not even survive the day. Sat through the last set of Carreno-Busta's epic choke job against Simon. Up a break in the fifth set after rolling through the fourth set, he lost the last four games while barely being able to put a ball on court after not missing for the better part of two hours. He was by far the fresher player, but it was hard to play with one hand wrapped around his neck, so the 37-year-old has-been misogynist gets his moment of glory in his final French Open.

This is bugging me. You said the word misogynist so im trying to remember the name of that guy who said women should not play tennis, because they they should be having children. It was not that long ago, who am I thinking of? Like a talented underracheiver type... oh I just remembered mid post. Gulbis.
I feel your frustration. Pablo let us down. We could have taken sinner or rublev, but we trusted a pro like pablo would outlast a bum like simon. The result is jarring.

Simon repeatedly in the past talked about how the women did not deserve equal prize money and just had a general dismissive attitude about the WTA.

I can't recall the exact details, but I know this to be the case.

Day 5 Pick Summary

Start 69
No Picks 0
Alive 69

Rune 19
Evans 13
Hurkacz 11
Basilashvili 7
Sinner 6
Garin 3
Kecmanovic 3
Cilic 2
Sonego 2
Gaston 1
Ruud 1

Start 69
Live 49
Dead 20
In Limbo 0

Commentary
Rune 19 One of the nice things to getting a late start is that I don't have to write about being nervous about picking a non-seede player at this point of the tournament, because I already know he won. Which is especialy nice, since I picked him also.
Evans 13 He should win, and lose next round.
Hurkacz 11 He should win.
Basilashvili 7 He should win and probably lose next round.
Sinner 6 He should win, but might have a tougher match.
Garin 3 I think he will win.
Kecmanovic 3 He should win, and lose next round.
Cilic 2 He should win. I am saving him for next round, but you should have enough options for this to not be a problem
Sonego 2 Sousa is a clay court player. You might be in trouble.
Gaston 1 I have absolutely no clues about this match. I will have to assume that you do.
Ruud 1 I think you are picking him too soon, and that you will wish you had him available later on.

jazzyg wrote: ↑Thu May 26, 2022 4:55 am Simon repeatedly in the past talked about how the women did not deserve equal prize money and just had a general dismissive attitude about the WTA.

I can't recall the exact details, but I know this to be the case.

Yes, for sure. Started at Wimbledon one year (at least publically). Where he wasn't exactly putting a lot of butts in seats himself. I think he was on the player's council at the time. I had been a fan after watching him win Indy, where I live, but that ruined it.

dave g wrote: ↑Thu May 26, 2022 12:31 pm Kecmanovic 3 He should win, and lose next round.

Objection. I give him a good shot vs Medvedev, although I do think people are underestimating Medvedev here in general.

meganfernandez wrote: ↑Thu May 26, 2022 12:50 pm ...

dave g wrote: ↑Thu May 26, 2022 12:31 pm Kecmanovic 3 He should win, and lose next round.

Objection. I give him a good shot vs Medvedev, although I do think people are underestimating Medvedev here in general.

I give him a good shot too. This is Medvedev's least favorite surface, and Kecmanovic is good on it. And Medvedev has played very little this year.
Sure, I give him a shot.

meganfernandez wrote: ↑Thu May 26, 2022 12:50 pm

dave g wrote: ↑Thu May 26, 2022 12:31 pm Kecmanovic 3 He should win, and lose next round.

Objection. I give him a good shot vs Medvedev, although I do think people are underestimating Medvedev here in general.

I give Kecmanovic a shot too. Medvedev's only match since Miami before RG was a straight set loss to Gasquet in Geneva. So wins over Bagnis and now Djere are good, but I'm not convinced that he can make a deep run at all.

I was surprised to be the lone Gaston picker for Day 5.
I picked him because his confidence was high after his impressive first-round win over De Minaur, and I knew he would have the French crowd cheering him on. His opponent was a lucky loser from qualifying who got into the main draw and was playing in the French Open for the first time. He was a 27-year-old ranked No. 153, so this was definitely new territory for him.
Gaston, meanwhile, made the fourth round two years ago.
I realized that sometimes a player will have a letdown after a big upset win, but taking everything into consideration, I thought this was a solid pick. Luckily, Hugo proved me right.

Which means we still have him available. You don't

ponchi101 wrote: ↑Thu May 26, 2022 2:31 pm Which means we still have him available. You don't

And... I had to open my big mouth and lose with Basilashvili.
I have no one available any more.

dave g wrote: ↑Thu May 26, 2022 12:31 pm
Ruud 1 I think you are picking him too soon, and that you will wish you had him available later on.

Could well be that way, but I am on a hiking trip in Bryce . I have no time to research my picks, barely have service here, I haven't even looked at the whole draw yet. Today I woke up at 2:30am remembering I haven't checked my SP picks from the day before , so I just quickly picked whoever caught my eye. I don't even know if I'll be "alive" by next round, or if I will remember to make a pick.

Evans just wasn't hitting the lines the way he usually does....

Isner

We started the day with 49 picks, and there was one person with a dreaded NO PICK, which, I believe, was one person that posted his/her pick IN THIS TOPIC, (as opposed to in the Day 6 topic). Dave will decide if that is valid (we make it clear in our instructions where to post)

Auger Aliassime 18
Dimitrov 3
Djokovic 1
Isner 5
Krajinovic 1
Norrie 14
Zverev 6

So far, only 3 Dimitrovs are dead.

So
49 Started
1 No Pick
ALIVE: 45
DEAD: 3
LIMBO: 0
TOTAL: We wait.

EDIT: This post is superseded by the official posting by Dave. And the person that I said posted his pick HERE, also posted in the proper topic, so his pick counts.

Blah, I felt bad about picking Dimitrov the second I did it. I meant to go double check last night and see if I should change but didn't. Oh well.