Great Moments in the History of the Survivor pools

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Great Moments in the History of the Survivor pools

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For those moments in which we really wonder why we play this game. Actually, for when we wonder if life is worth living, like when going up two sets to none and one break, only to see it all washed away in a wave of 120 unforced errors :ax
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Re: GMITHOTSP. The Wrong Struff

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On this day, Monday 8th of January 2021 (Tuesday 9th in Australia), a bandwagon of 44 innocent souls found themselves as passengers of a madman driving a Mercedes bus down an autobhan, brakes be damned, in the dark. Jan Lenard Struff, a man that defines his game with power, found himself like a metaphor of a Porsche in a mud field. This is a man that has one philosophy: if you hit a ball too hard and it landed way out of the court, the solution is simple: hit it harder.
Jan-Lenard simply is made of the wrong struff. He reminds of another Teutonic figure, the philosopher Kurt Gödel. Gödel developed a special theorem which proves that in any formal system, there will always be propositions that cannot be proven right or wrong. Struff follows that pattern: the easiest sitter or the toughest passing shot are met with the same level of uncertainty, the same degree of madness for the spectator. Gödel, who finished his life mad, would approve. Struff, who has decided to begin his life in lunacy, is undecided still.
Surprisingly, one person picked Struff's opponent. The name of this sadistic person, who obviously knew something and did not share that info, will remain lost in the myth of this site. His laughter, however, will reverberate in the ears of the dead 44, still screaming as they fall forever down the legendary Cliffs of Insanity surrounding the Sea of Despair at TAT2.0.
May their souls be spared the eternal flames. Or, at least, may them sleep well tonight.
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Two words: Aravane Rezai
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Oh, if we were to go that way we basically have to write down all the players in both tours.
But we will start making our new history here. Those great moments in TAT1.0 will be in lore...
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This thread shouldn't be 24 hours old without mention of Bondarenko.
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How about Gasquet??
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One of the most successful crashing of a bandwagon was managed by Caroline Wozniacki. I can't remember the year, but it was the first round of Wimbledon. She had be ranked number 1 the previous year, and one of the posted mentioned that being the number 1 pick on day 1 of Wimbledon was a sigh of greatly she had fallen off. She then managed to lose and take over 100 people with her.

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Before she got near the top of the rankings she was always my go to first round or two of slams (probably 9-10 times)...and she never let me down THEN, so I will never bear her any ill SP will.
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ptmcmahon wrote: Tue Feb 09, 2021 7:44 pm This thread shouldn't be 24 hours old without mention of Bondarenko.
Absolutely! :D Not sure if Alona or Kateryna did more SP damage, but getting BondarenKO'd was a thing once upon a time.
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I think Alona was the worse one, although Kateryna stayed on longer and then knocked some people out who picked against her.

And can't believe I didn't clue in to the Bondaren-KO until now...
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Oploskoffie wrote:
ptmcmahon wrote: Tue Feb 09, 2021 7:44 pm This thread shouldn't be 24 hours old without mention of Bondarenko.
Absolutely! :D Not sure if Alona or Kateryna did more SP damage, but getting BondarenKO'd was a thing once upon a time.
Oh yeah the glorious moment of the SP


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CSN must have had some great moments over the years-or was it just me she used to torment?
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Liamvalid wrote: Wed Feb 10, 2021 7:28 pm CSN must have had some great moments over the years-or was it just me she used to torment?

Not just you. I think everyone who is a regular must have a CSN story.
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Pospisil at the USO deluded 100+ I believe based on warmup events. Lost in R-1 and took down like 30% of the pool.
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I've had to mostly abandon it the last few years, but for the first few years I had a rule - if you see a Canadian in the list, pick against them. Rarely let me down.
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