Talk About Tennis 2.0

With 3R finished, JazzyG is looking good with a solid 5 point lead and holding 3 picks left, which ties for the most of all players. Ktothem1 has dropped down to 2nd.
A considerable 13 players are down to 1 or no picks left, so the game is over for many.
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Well, Zverev finished me off for this contest…and I was oh, so close, to winning. GH

With 4R finished, it seems JazzyG has the inside, middle and outside track to score the win. Leading in points and with the most picks left, the position is enviable.
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Pretty sure I have only one pick left.

jazzyg wrote: ↑Tue Sep 05, 2023 8:45 pm Pretty sure I have only one pick left.

I have developed this truly annoying penchant for NOT extending columns in Excel sheets.
You are right. You have only one pick left. Sorry

With the QF's over (and Dave reminding that, hey, you loser, post the results!!!! ), these are the scores: JazzyG remains in first place, but I issued a terrible jinx and is out of picks. But Khothem1 has 2 picks, who are Medvedev and Alcaraz, so he will get one in the final. And a couple of players have Medvedev alive as a first pick, so this is open still.

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GlennHarman wrote: ↑Fri Sep 01, 2023 11:29 pm Many thanks to Texasniteowl and vexchaps who have prevented me from repeating as the grand loser. Vexchaps and I have one pick remaining, and it’s the same person. So the worst I can do is 3rd to last. I’m moving on up. GH

But wait a second ... if you lose, you win!!!

Assuming Medvedev does not blow his two-set lead on Alcaraz, I believe i will win by 1 point if he beats Djokovic in the final but Irena2 will win by a big margin if he loses to Djokovic.

Indeed, that is the case. Medvedev's victory turn the scenarios in something as simple as that.
Irena is holding Virtanem as the wooden spoon in the ATP, and it is in first place, so that would mean 25 points (including the bonus). That leaves everybody else in the dust.
On the WTA, nobody picked the wooden spoon (I have yet to see who the two possible players can be) so the WTA is not a factor in the standings.

Not that it matters at least in my case, but I think Garcia was the wooden spoon for the women. On my pick of her Wang lost her 2nd round to Boulter, but it is showing that Wang won

Vexchaps wrote: ↑Sun Sep 10, 2023 12:13 am Not that it matters at least in my case, but I think Garcia was the wooden spoon for the women. On my pick of her Wang lost her 2nd round to Boulter, but it is showing that Wang won

The Wang's are a pain for contests. You are right; I had Y. WANG losing to Muchova, because it was actually XINJU WANG that lost to Muchova.
Not much difference, but yes, my bad.

With Djokovic's victory, we can crown our YCWJ champ.
Irena2 collects her 2nd Wooden Spoon, which means that in the Irena2/Motobass household, picking losers is a well established craft. Irena2 collected a juicy 25 points bonus with her correct pick of ATP wooden spoon VIRTANEN. The sequence was:
Virtanen-Etcheverry-Wawrinka-Sinner-Zverev-Alcaraz-Medvedev-Djokovic.
In the women's nobody picked wooden spoon winner Caro Garcia:
Garcia - Y. Wang - Boulter - Stearns - Vondrousova - Keys- Sabalenka - Gauff

Congrats to Irena2. Your spoon has been awarded.

Thanks to all for playing. See you at the Aussie

Congratulations and well done, Irena. I'm happy to be the first runner up here and getting the men's pick right. How about Carolina Garcia for the women's spoon? That doesn't even sound right...

Just to secure a little bit of face, but i did pick Caroline Garcia. Congrats to the winner!

Vexchaps wrote: ↑Wed Sep 13, 2023 2:54 am Just to secure a little bit of face, but i did pick Caroline Garcia. Congrats to the winner!

You did. And my mistake again. I clicked Y. WANG as a winner of her 2nd round match, mistaking her for one of the X. Wang. So you did collect 10 bonus points, and ended with 20 points.
Sorry, Vex.