Talk About Tennis 2.0

ponchi101 wrote: ↑Sun Sep 01, 2024 6:51 pm Rublev already came down from 0-2 once in the tournament.
And he is no Tommy Robredo.

...he just might be!!! Rublev takes set four.....we are going the distance.

And... he didn't.
Too much of a burden for Andrei. Carrying all these people on his back.
See you at the lounge

I took Fritz today.

I honestly wasn't sure which way Rublev/Dimitrov would go and Rublev screwed me earlier this year so I wasn't going to pick him anyway. (And Ruud didn't look great to me in previous match.)

I had to decide from which one of those two matches to pick. I thought they were going to be very close.
The Popyrin/Tiafoe match was also too close to call, but I think that the winner from there will beat Grigor (or Andrei). So, I could not pick from it.

I wanted to pick Dimitrov, as I did think he would win. But I chickened out and went with Zverev. Even if he wins, it will hurt me in a couple of days.

Barney Rublev strikes again!

We're at "squeaky bum time" as Sir Alex Ferguson used to call it. Very tough now.

I actually think it is easier now, fewer unknowns..so long as we haven't used up the good picks ...

Day 8 Pick Summary

Start 32
Illegal Pick 1
Left 31

Medvedev 24
De Minaur 5
Draper 1
Sinner 1

Start 31
Survivors 0
Dead 0
Unknow 31

Day 8 Pick Commentary

The picks that are most likely to win today, but lose in the quarterfinals are Draper and Medvedev. So, those pickers are looking good.

The De Minaur pickers and especially the Sinner picker are likely to run out of picks before the end of the tournament. Unless, Medvedev defeats Sinner next round, in which your pick will look brilliant.

ashkor87 wrote: ↑Mon Sep 02, 2024 3:35 pm I actually think it is easier now, fewer unknowns..so long as we haven't used up the good picks ...

Another way to look at it is - the nature of the game is now different, looking ahead and conserving good picks is the main thing now..I have been playing safe, which has kept me alive
But will not any more.

You can play it safe for two rounds. I picked Shelton on day 1, hoping he would be defeated by Novak down the line.
Well, neither made it. But it was a safe pick on day 1.
But by R3, you need to start imagining scenarios in which your picks last exactly as you think. That was the reason I picked Rublev; I felt that the winner of that match would lose to the winner of Popyrin/Tiafoe, and I thought Tiafoe would win that one. Too bad I was only half right.

I haven't taken the slightest risk thus far..today is the first day