by dave g Here are the ATP picks by contestant Part 1. Remember, once you're red, you're dead.

12345 Bublik Lopez Auger-Aliassime Khachanov Raonic
161stAndChilla Fucsovics Khachanov Shapovalov Sonego
3mlm Nishioka
adicecream Opelka Struff
Aggie Rules Auger-Aliassime Ruud Dimitrov Minaur Lajovic
airickdago1 Millman
ajay.gov Fucsovics Krajinovic Carreno Busta de Minaur Schwartzman
ajstew Millman John
alias47 Humbert Hurkacz (26)
Alvinlimtc Duckworth Lopez Raonic Norrie Schwartzman
andre8735 Lajovic no pick
angryduck71 Fritz Kokkinakis Mannarino Krajinovic Lajovic
atlpam Nishioka
bankerb4 Opelka de Minaur Dimitrov Berrettini Raonic
bestjax Humbert Krajinovic Carreno Busta de Minaur Raonic
Bismarck Humbert Carballes Baena Raonic (14) Coric (22)
blomgren Humbert Krajinovic Dimitrov Khachanov Schwartzman
bluereggie Fucsovics Struff
Bmoney316 Schwartzman Nadal Raonic Alex de Minaur Djokovic
borenore2 Paire
BouchardBoiledEggs Fritz Hurkacz
CanuckRaonic Lajovic (23) Evans (30)
Casperpod Humbert Struff
catman Tiafoe Struff
Cdavid99 Raonic Struff
Chad1 Opelka Hurkacz
Chiara Paire
CyborShoes Fucsovics Struff

by dave g Here are the ATP picks by contestant Part 2. Remember, once you're red, you're dead.

dave g Travaglia
deelighted2 Fucsovics O'Connell No Pick
derosa132000 Tiafoe Struff
dollymix Nishioka
douglow3902 Humbert no pick
Dowser55@yahoo.com Humbert (29) Khachanov (19) Dimitrov (18) de Minaur (21) Schwartzman (8)
Drop-shot Humbert Krajinovic Dimitrov Khachanov Schwartzman
DU Pioneers Auger-Aliassime Bautista Agut
Ducklynt Opelka Monteiro Auger-Aliassime Krajinovic Schwartzman
Eaxz Fucsovics Berankis Dimitrov Krajinovic Raonic
Elchie Koepfer Struff
Equipped Auger-Aliassime no pick
Eskimo53 Fucsovics Struff
esquared88 Fucsovics Struff
Fastbackss Kecmanovic Hurkacz
Federex Opelka Hurkacz
flowerchild39 Raonic Hurkacz
franchise Opelka Struff
G2gaynor Opelka McDonald Ruusuvuori
Gacritter Vesley Carballes Baena Carreno Busta Sonego
geehopp Nishioka (JPN)
gernblandston Duckworth Struff
Gff0 Opelka Berankis Gerasimov
glarange Fucsovics Berankis Raonic (14) Coric (22)
Gracie47 Mannarino Hurkacz
GreenGourd Opelka Berankis Raonic de Minaur Shapovalov
gunner Kecmanovic Struff

by dave g Here are the ATP picks by contestant Part 3. Remember, once you're red, you're dead.

hawk99 Humbert Monteiro Raonic Krajinovic Lajovic
HMLN920 Fucsovics Ruud Raonic de Minaur Schwartzman
hoangers Opelka Struff
HotChocolate Lajovic Hurkacz
hummingbird Fritz Monteiro Auger-Aliassime Krajinovic Raonic
Invek Humbert Bautista Agut
IronMike Humbert Berankis Schwartzman Coric
Jason11E Kyrgios Khachanov Auger-Aliassime (20) Fognini Lajovic
jatagen Fucsovics Lopez Dimitrov Norrie Schwartzman
JazzNU Koepfer Hurkacz
jazzyg Fucsovics Struff
jenninlaca Tiafoe Coric Raonic Khachanov Schwartzman
jim.smerbeck Kyrgios Hurkacz
jlakei Humbert Berankis Carreno Busta Khachanov Schwartzman
jlhct Duckworth Kokkinakis Auger-Aliassime Ruud Schwartzman
joanjettson Monfils
JTContinental Fucsovics Alcaraz Wawrinka
jumpfroggy Opelka Struff
justbeingme1 Fucsovics Harris Dimitrov Norrie Raonic
Justme Kyrgios Krajinovic Raonic Coric
karlovicfanclub Millman
kcgregg Fritz Evans
keirules Humbert (29) Hurkacz (26)
Kevin Mager
Khethux Humbert Struff
kknudsen Humbert Struff
KLB21 Monfils
ksupete Opelka Evans
ktothem1 Auger-Aliassime Struff
Kzt123 Opelka Struff

by dave g Here are the ATP picks by contestant Part 4. Remember, once you're red, you're dead.

Laurjo Monfils
lbk77 Humbert Struff
Leaker Paire
led14pa2 Wawrinka Khachanov Dimitrov Berrettini Raonic
Leslie5728 Opelka Struff
Liamvalid Fritz Lopez Raonic Krajinovic Schwartzman
likembrave Nishioka
Lizling Humbert no pick
lukeorion Paire
manila smash Kyrgios Struff
Marsny Opelka Hurkacz
Martini4me Fucsovics Struff
mcbride10s Opelka no pick
Metronomical19 Opelka Hurkacz
michaelhiggins Millman John no pick
Michelle_fenlon Kyrgios Krajinovic Raonic, Milos Norrie, Cameron Schwartzman
Mikeprice444 Opelka Krajinovic Schwartzman Fognini Raonic
Mmmm8 Raonic Evans
Mocam57 Auger-Aliassime Fognini Lajovic Coric
mr_socko Kecmanovic Berankis Fritz Krajinovic Schwarzman
mu_royals Fritz Krajinovic (28) Dimitrov Alex de Minaur Raonic
munchin Fritz Krajinovic Raonic Berrettini Schwartzman

by dave g Here are the ATP picks by contestant Part 5. Remember, once you're red, you're dead.

NatLee Opelka Hurkacz
nelslus Fucsovics Struff
Net Raider Fucsovics Krajinovic Carreno Busta Ruud Raonic
New England Nitemare Kyrgios Struff
noedee Humbert Hurkacz
nycguy2662 Fucsovics Krajinovic (28) Auger-Aliassime Norrie Schwartzman
nyjaney Veselý Carballes Baena Mannarino Fognini Shapovalov
NYJJared Kyrgios Hurkacz (26)
oliver0001 Auger-Aliassime Struff
Omegadoom Opelka Berankis Carreno-Busta Krajinovic Raonic
Omess Fritz no pick
Oploskoffie Humbert Krajinovic Dimitrov Fognini Schwartzman
ozjohn53 Fucsovics Berankis Shapovalov de Minaur Raonic
Patmano Duckworth Struff
patrick Fritz Khachanov Raonic De Minaur Schwartzman
PeterSkan Schwartzman (8) Coric Dimitrov Fognini Raonic
Pharmanimal Tomic Lopez Dimitrov Coric
phatsdawg Tiafoe Seppi
Philly10 Fucsovics Monteiro Carreno Busta Krajinovic Raonic
Pjstew Kyrgios Evans
ponchi101 Raonic Coric Carreno Busta Sonego
pressedham Humbert Struff
Ptmcmahon Raonic Krajinovic Dimitrov Coric
pudding Fucsovics Struff

by dave g Here are the ATP picks by contestant Part 6. Remember, once you're red, you're dead.

RedWard Opelka Lopez Mannarino (32) de Minaur (21) Lajovic (23)
riley371 Tiafoe Fognini Dimitrov de Minaur raonic
rj7dogz Kecmanovic Krajinovic Ruusuvuori
Rktct2b Tiafoe Khachanov Raonic de Minaur Schwartzman
ron@tennisreporters1 Humbert no pick
Scotty Opelka Lopez Auger-Aliassime Carlos Alcaraz
seamzten18 Raonic Struff
sh79 Opelka Berankis Raonic de Minaur Schwartzman
shmrck14 Humbert Struff
shtexas Fucsovics Khachanov Raonic Berrettini Schwartzman
skim5150 Fucsovics Lopez Gerasimov
slamdog Humbert Krajinovic dimitrov Berrettini Schwartzman
Sluggo-13 Bublik Monteiro Ruusuvuori
SMC_mom Fritz Berankis Dimitrov Krajinovic Schwartzman
Snoo Foo Opelka Hurkacz
sokol Monfils
SoulCandy93 Humbert Struff
spencerlee Cressy Struff
Sportsfan Opelka Berankis Raonic Krajinovic Schwartzman
SportsOddsHistory Fucsovics no pick
spt Tiafoe Khachanov (19) Raonic Norrie Lajovic
Stripes Vesely Struff
Suliso Humbert Krajinovic Wawrinka

by dave g Here are the ATP picks by contestant Part 7. Remember, once you're red, you're dead.

sw195ae Kecmanovic Struff
tenedab Opelka Coric Auger-Aliassime Krajinovic Raonic
tennisbrp Fucsovics Struff
TennisLover1607 Auger-Aliassime Bautista Agut, Roberto
texasniteowl Duckworth Struff
the Moz Nishioka
theslayer91 Auger-Aliassime Krajinovic (28) Raonic Coric
Tigress Auger-Aliassime (20) Goffin
Togtdyalttai Fucsovics Berankis Dimitrov Berrettini Raonic
Tolulops Vesely Coric Dimitrov Ruud Raonic
TwineTime Humbert (29) Struff
ubermitch Opelka Berankis Dimitrov Krajinovic Raonic
udaneri Wawrinka Bautista Agut
Valynn Tiafoe Berankis Raonic Norrie Lajovic
Verbalvolleys Raonic Struff
watermaximillion Opelka Berankis Raonic Alex De Minaur Schwartzman
waylandboy-tw Humbert Berankis Dimitrov Krajinovic Raonic
Webslinger88 Humbert Krajinovic Carreno Busta Norrie Lajovic
WebTickets.com Kyrgios Khachanov Wawrinka
weefunk Fucsovics Berankis Carreno-Busta Berrettini Raonic
Wjbeauch Fucsovics Bautista Agut
Wolfie0890 Nishioka
zephyrstorm03 Tiafoe Struff

by dave g Here is the breakdown of the ATP picks for Day 1;

Auger-Aliassme 10
Bublik 2
Cressy 1
Duckworth 5
Fritz 10
Fucsovics 28
Humbert 29
Kecmanovic 5
Koepfer 2
Kyrgios 9
Lajovic 3
Mager 1
Mannarino 1
Millman 4
Monfils 4
Nishioka 7
Opelka 29
Paire 4
Raonic 11
Schwartzman 2
Tiafoe 9
Tomic 1
Travaglia 1
Vesely 4
Wawrinka 2

Total 178

by dave g

dave g wrote: ↑Mon Feb 08, 2021 3:03 am Here is the breakdown of the ATP picks for Day 1;

Auger-Aliassme 10
Bublik 2
Cressy 1
Duckworth 5
Fritz 10
Fucsovics 28
Humbert 29
Kecmanovic 5
Koepfer 2
Kyrgios 9
Lajovic 3
Mager 1
Mannarino 1
Millman 4
Monfils 4
Nishioka 7
Opelka 29
Paire 4
Raonic 11
Schwartzman 2
Tiafoe 9
Tomic 1
Travaglia 1
Vesely 4
Wawrinka 2

Total 178

Dead 21
Safe 157

by dave g Day 2 Pick Summary:

8 No Picks

Alcaraz 1
Bautista Agut 5
Berankis 17
Carballes Baena 3
Coric 5
de Minaur 1
Evans 5
Fognini 2
Goffin 1
Harris 1
Hurkacz 17
Khachanov 9
Kokkinakas 2
Krajinoic 18
McDonald 1
Monteiro 5
Nadal 1
O'Connell 1
Ruud 2
Seppi 1
Struff 44

by ponchi101 Now, don't look. But, in court 7, one German player is really doing his best to go into the our history books as the first MOST HATED PLAYER in the existence of TAT2.0.

by 161stAndChilla Who took O’Connell? Is that you... O’Connell?!

by dave g

ponchi101 wrote: ↑Tue Feb 09, 2021 1:52 am Now, don't look. But, in court 7, one German player is really doing his best to go into the our history books as the first MOST HATED PLAYER in the existence of TAT2.0.

Even if Struff loses, he will make a much better showing than Kerber did.

by dave g And it is the first bandwagon crash of the tournament.

by pudding I survived Fucsovics for this??? Why do I even play this game anymore? I’m in the kind of mood Monfils was in yesterday.

by JTContinental Was all set to pick Struff last night, but when the time came, found myself typing ALCARAZ instead, and I'm not mad about it.

by meganfernandez I see JT is saving Laaksonen

by Liamvalid This is my fault, I picked O’Connell in ycwj to lose, thus guaranteeing him a win

by dave g Day 2 Summary:
Start: 178
Dead: 73
Safe: 105

by ponchi101 As part of the new TAT2.0, we have invited some writers to join us and explain to those that have perished what really happened.
Following is our first guest writer.

by ponchi101 Sorry I am late, I should have been here yesterday but I was at the bullfight and after that things got interesting with Manuelita and if you are going to say anything just put on some boxing gloves and we deal with it like men, like real men.
Tennis? Makes me sick. Men in tiny shorts running around a little white ball. Sick. But hey, this hombre Ponchi gives me a bottle of the good rum and says to explain what happened and what can I do? I was dry and it was late in the afternoon. I will tell you what happened to you. Why you died.
You picked a German. Yes, you did. Ever seen a German put up a good fight? Ever? No. You picked a German and he let you down. All power and the biggest guns and the biggest tanks and then they can’t fight. Struff? I laugh at that. Should be called Scruff. What little boys have at 12 and they pretend to be ready for the barber. You can’t trust a German to fight; when was the last time they won a war? When? You tell me. Fought two, lost two. I know, they fought the whole world but that is not excuse. You fight a bigger man, you hit him low and good. Make sure his progeny never becomes. So, you picked up a German and you lost because Germans can’t fight. I was there, at “La Matanza”, and I did not see a single German. Yes, it was the Spanish civil war but what were the Germans doing then, that not a single one could show up? Cowards. In the trenches, in the foxholes, you don’t want to be with Germans. Can’t fight.
And you, yes, you, you picked a pole? What did you expect? Same thing, poles can’t fight. In the middle ages the Visigoths and Barbarians came over and stole all their vowels and they did nothing, they just stood there, their language pillaged and raped and they did nothing. They were left with a few Y’s and I’s, but that was it; that is the reason their names are so strange. Could not fight for their A’s and E’s and O’s. Cowards. Anyway, what kind of real man allows himself to be called Hurkacz? Just because that is his father’s name? I was there the afternoon that Ramon “Manolete” Del Producto went against that nifty Miura, El Diablo, near sunset. A real man, Manolete, but El Diablo was special. Manolete made a swift Veronica but the bull flicked its head in time and caught him, right below the crotch. The sparkle flew all over and that day Manolete became Manuelita (not the one above, I don’t go for that) but, what’s the problem? What does bullfighting have to do with you picking a pole to win you a match? Are you listening? It is a metaphor. You are Manolete, the guy that beat the pole is El Diablo. I was there. I saw what happened. And I saw what happened to you too.
And you five picked a Spaniard. Now, don’t get me wrong; Spaniards fight. You put yourself between a Spaniard and his tapas and you better be ready to put on some gloves or take out the “navaja” and get ready for a fight. But that is only when a Spaniard is hungry and you are between him and his morcilla. Not this man. Roberto Bautista Agut. Bautista? Like, he performs baptisms? What is this man, a priest? An altar boy? Yes, I remember the priests in the civil war, giving communion on Sunday, drinking holy wine on Sunday night, with a machine gun on Monday. Those were the days. But not this man Bautista Agut. He just lost against a man named after a pasta sauce: Radu. He would have not survived 1 minute at “La Masacre”. Not one minute.
And you. YOU picked a Belgium? See what I say? David Goffin. What does that sound like? What is the difference between that and buffoon? Yes, half the letters and the arrangement, but what, you want to put on some boxing gloves, lad? Typical Belgium: fought for hours, running around scared, and then could not put his man down. Ended losing. I was there, when the Germans overran them at “Le Cordon Bleu” and I tell you, you can’t trust a Belgium. Not to fight. You can trust him with your sister (he won’t touch her) but that’s about it. Sick.

I will not come back. I saw too much; I have seen enough. I need ten or fifteen years to put my thoughts down, to make sense of what happened. Tennis. Makes me sick. One mistake, it is Love-15. Boxing? One mistake, and it is your ass. Manuelita, make me a Cuba Libre!

by angryduck71 Hey! My players won... why am I red?!?! I had Fritz and Kokkinakis.....

by dave g Day 3 Pick Summary:

Start 70
No Pick 1

Auger Aliassime 8
Carreno Busta 10
Dimitrov 21
Fritz 1
Gerasimov 1
Lajovic 1
Mannarino 3
Roanic 21
Ruusuvouri 3
Schwartzmann 2
Shapovalov 2
Wawrinka 3

Dead 7
Safe 62

by dave g Day 4 Pick Summary

Alcaraz 1
Berrittini 7
Coric 8
de Minaur 15
Fognini 5
Khachanov 5
Krayinvoic 14
Norrie 8
Ruud 3
Sonego 2

Dead 12
Safe 57

by ponchi101 GOOGLE TRANSLATION. The man refuses to write in English, despite speaking it perfectly.
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Che, it's not a sport. Let's start there, let's be clear in our way of speaking. Let's be precise. It is not a sport and it never will be. The only two sports in the world are polo and chess, and in that respect, brandy chess. Maybe chess with fernet and it is even better if both players have perfect, pristine memory. Or Alzheimer's.
Tennis. Let's talk about tennis. Let's talk about what happened, what we lived through, what was yesterday but, paradoxically, it will be again today, and again tomorrow. Imagine a castle, a palace, or just a construction. It is infinite. You are in its center, a rotunda roundabout, from which an infinite number of corridors depart in turn, in infinite directions, and each of these corridors is bordered by an infinite number of doors, the doors of your destiny, the doors of the what could have, could and could be your life. You just have to choose one of those thousands of doors, and you will fall back into another roundabout, identical to the previous one, with the same infinite corridors, the same infinite doors. And you only have to choose a door that takes you to safety, to the sanctuary, to that place where the doors and the corridors and the castles are already multiplying beyond what was thought.
And you got out of hand and picked the wrong door. You chose the door of a certain Sonego kid, a certain boy who won the first two events of the match (I don't understand that of winning three out of five, why not winning an infinity of infinities, I say) and then collapsed, insecure, fearful, with the terror of having the certainty that this would be the day of his infamy. And his infamy became your infamy, your rotten death in slow motion, for you to see over and over again, a prudish, prudish death, a mouse death in the mouth of a hungry cat. You died choosing the wrong door, and there were millions, infinities of doors. Feel your shame there.
And you, you eight. You chose to die too, expressly, on purpose, that latent and foolish tendency to die by choice and knowing mistake, and you died for choosing this Croatian kid, Coric. A kid whose name has to be changed. In English, one could say that his name is an incentive of faith: BORN A. Born as, would be the translation of that failed language, full of blunders. We will talk about that later. But you have to change the name of this boy and call him DIE A. Die as. Frankly terrible to die under that choice, a wisdom of having chosen a prudish door, a door to an eternal cliff.
And there is one. The last. The shame of having put your hope in a child, a 17-year-old boy who has left you disappointed. Or did you let him down? Too soon, too tender, too weak to have to bear that guilt, that heinous guilt of knowing that not only did he lose, he killed you. You had it deserved and now, rot in that dark, eternal, silent cell like the death of a fish, rot in the knowledge of knowing that you not only died, you died alone.
What agony. Conrad spoke of "the horror, the horror." I speak of the madness, the madness.
What terrible choices, guys. Better, better be dead. Thus shame does not touch you, shame does not stain you, shame does not vex you. Leave that to me, and to us. Those of us who will choose another door tomorrow. Damned all.

by 161stAndChilla I died choosing the wrong door indeed... I should be red, and I think the Sonego numbers are likewise short my presence.

by dave g

161stAndChilla wrote: ↑Thu Feb 11, 2021 7:15 pm I died choosing the wrong door indeed... I should be red, and I think the Sonego numbers are likewise short my presence.

You should be red, but are among the Sonego numbers. The error arose between the counting of the dead and posting the new individual results on the first page of this thread. (So the Day 4 pick summary is correct.)

by dave g Day 5 Pick Summary:
Start 58

Djokovic 1
Lajovic 9
Roanic 21
Schwartzman 25
Shapapolov 2

by dave g Day 5 Picks Results

Djokovic 1
Lajovic 9
Roanic 21
Schwartzman 25
Shapapolov 2

Dead 27
Safe 31

At this point, I will update all of these individual results in the first 7 posts of this thread and create a new "Updated 2021 Australian Open Suicide Draw Pool ATP Picks and Results" thread with just the survivors.

by ponchi101 Two tales for the Suicide Pool.
THE LITTLE MOUSE IN THE PIT OF POISONOUS, CONSTRICTOR, GARGANTUAN SNAKES.
There was once a very brave but small little mouse called Diego. Diego was the fastest of the small little mice in his land, and he could run and run and run and run the whole day. He could do that so that the big snakes in his land, which ate all the other little mice, could not catch him.
Diego was courageous. On many occasions, he would face the much bigger snakes and had to fight them. But he knew that he could not beat the snake, as they are all very huge and ferocious. Most of the snakes would wrap around the body of his fellow little mice and strangle them to death before snapping their head off and then swallow their lifeless corpses, sort of for fun. It was a game, after all. But not for Diego. Diego knew that he had to run for his life every day, to make sure that the big snakes would not eat him.
One year, Diego has to travel to a far away land. This was a dangerous place, where almost all other animals were large, and big and strong and vicious. Every animal there was poisonous: the poison toad, the poison spider, the poison wallaby, the poison platypus, even, the poison hummingbird. This land was called Asstralia, because people said that if in that land you were not brave and strong and a fighter, it was your ass. Diego did not understand what that meant but he knew that the animals in this land were ferocious. In his land, when he met one of the large snakes, he had a trick. He would stand in front of the snake and, as the snake would jump at him with its huge fangs dripping venom and its terrible coils and its mouth wide open, Diego would jump into the snake’s mouth and rush down its throat. The snake would believe that it had eaten Diego but Diego would be alive inside the snake. Then Diego would break the stomach here, bite a kidney there and had to go all the way to the back to come out of the snake through the foul side. It was gross but, what else could Diego do? He would defeat the snakes this way.
On this day, Diego went against a snake from Russia. The snake was big and powerful and vicious, but Diego knew what to do. He stood in front of the snake, and as the snake coiled, he ran towards it, to surprise the snake, and then he jumped into the gaping, putrid, foul snake’s mouth.
Which snapped its jaws quickly enough and impaled Diego with one huge, terrible, mortal venomous fang.
Which means that, if you are a mouse in a land of snakes, it does not matter how fast and smart and brave you are, you will be some snake’s lunch sooner or later. The end.

THE TWO LITTLE PRINCES
There were once two little, handsome princes who grew up to be tall and brave and still handsome and very good at the art of fighting. Felix and Dennis were inseparable for a while, but they had to fight constantly against the other knights and kings of the kingdom.
One day, at a far away tournament for the bravest and strongest warriors, the fight started. All knights and brave men started to fight each other, and then Dennis and Felix found themselves face to face. Dennis, who loved Felix dearly, looked him in the face and smiling said “C’mon, you and I can’t fight each other. I would never hurt you. Would you?”
And Felix said: “You bet” as he struck Dennis in the heart with a dagger he had concealed in his sleeve and killed the poor sucker right there in the spot. And walked over the corpse of his dead friend to fight another knight because in this (expletive) it is dog eats dog, dude. The end.