Power Play League #15 - Dubai 2011

[NYKings]

WELCOME TO THE TALK TENNIS 2011 (FEBRUARY 21-26) DUBAI
DUTY FREE CHAMPIONSHIPS & ABIERTO MEXICANO TELCEL POWER PLAY LEAGUE​

Welcome back after the Australian Open to our first Power Play League event for the Dubai Duty Free Championships and Abierto Mexicano Telcel tournaments.

The player/participant picks the winner of a fixed number of matches based on the provided scoring points. The objective of each tournament is to to choose matches that will give you the highest total score.

For the Dubai Duty Free Championships & Abierto Mexicano Telcel, as it's a combined tournament of two 500 events, we'll be picking any 16 matches (not all from one round) out of total of 62. For the combined tourney, you MUST pick at least FOUR matches from each tournament. All matches will be posted in the thread with scoring points and will also be available in the league file. Please read the Instructions and FAQ for further details. We hope you all join and we can make this bigger and better than our previous events!

Rankings Points to be Assigned for Dubai/Acapulco:​

Overall Rankings: The Top Ten & The Top Ten Race​

League File: https://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0AuAGbSw9J3gzdDRRb0RHVUFmRk5YaXduSU9SYks0S1E&hl=en#gid=20

2011 Power Play League Tournaments: https://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=tcTD85ApcOcHUAtJ10DZuaQ#gid=59

2010 Power Play League Tournaments: https://spreadsheets1.google.com/ccc?key=tzQCC0QZxhgElMXaZj1eqsw&hl=en#gid=4

Please post in this thread if you'll be playing and we will add your name to the file. Have fun!

Sorry the thread is a little bland - I'll add all the flavor (ranking points, update the sheets, etc.) soon!

 

[PeterPanda]

I'll particapate. but it's very confueseing.

 

[seffina]

I would say I'm in it to win it and all that, but it's unlikely.


PeterPanda, here's the FAQ - http://i56.tinypic.com/2z3sxuc.jpg - if that helps!

Basically you pick who will be the winner of any 8 matches in the Dubai tournament. The underdog winners get you more points and the bigger the underdog, the more points you get. So it's about picking the right combination of upsets and favorites that get you the most points.

 

[Li Ching Yuen]

Bring it.....

 

[bezs]

Add me.....

 

[kishnabe]

Im in...never good at picking odds!

 

[NYKings]

Okay so I posted the ranking points for this. Sorry for the ugliness - I don't like these colors. Sheets will be updated tomorrow-ish. Going out tonight

 

[JayChu]

Definitely hoping to help out more with this event this time!

 

[Tennisallday]

Count Me in

 

[sdont]

Count me in.

 

[Tennis sensation]

I'm in......

 

[TJfederer16]

In..........
By the way why is my ranking points 4121 and Locotus ahead of me with 4080?

 

[FEDERERNADAL13]

in.........

 

[NYKings]

In..........
By the way why is my ranking points 4121 and Locotus ahead of me with 4080?

Fixed.....

 

[Locotus]

In.............

 

[seffina]

Fixed.....

I guess turning 22 has turned you into an error prone geezer.

 

[rainingaces]

This thing is easy, im in.

 

[NYKings]

I guess turning 22 has turned you into an error prone geezer.

No I just copied that from the AO thread so... 21 had me as error prone. 22... well it's a new leaf.

 

[seffina]

No I just copied that from the AO thread so... 21 had me as error prone. 22... well it's a new leaf.

As long as it's not a maple leaf. Ugh.

 

[JayChu]

As long as it's not a maple leaf. Ugh.

I take offense to that

 

[seffina]

I take offense to that

I take offense to the Bare Naked Ladies, but we must all trudge along in life...

 

[NYKings]

The League File has been updated and there was an executive decision to have the sheets reflect "Christmas in Dubai"

 

[Big_Dangerous]

I'll play, what the hell.

 

[TJfederer16]

Fixed.....

lol thanks

 

[Cindysphinx]

Is this the game I tanked so badly a few weeks ago?

If so, I'm in!!

 

[AhmedD]

I'm in............

 

[robin7]

WELCOME TO THE TALK TENNIS 2011 DUBAI
DUTY FREE CHAMPIONSHIPS POWER PLAY LEAGUE​

Suggestion: Please include the tournament date! Thanks!

Btw, I'm in!

 

[JayChu]

ANNOUNCEMENT!​

Attention Power Play Leaguers!

A decision has been made by NYKings, seffina and I to combine the Dubai event with the Acapulco event!

We are now going to make it a 16 PICK event instead.

This means 1000 valuable ranking points are up for grabs.

Draw will be released tomorrow for both events!

I will create the points system in a few minutes.

For any new players, please join in on the fun!

 

[Tennis sensation]

ANNOUNCEMENT!​

Attention Power Play Leaguers!

A decision has been made by NYKings, seffina and I to combine the Dubai event with the Acapulco event!

We are now going to make it a 16 PICK event instead.

This means 1000 valuable ranking points are up for grabs.

Draw will be released tomorrow for both events!

I will create the points system in a few minutes.

For any new players, please join in on the fun!

That is cool.

 

[Li Ching Yuen]

Very nice, guys.

 

[GasquetGOAT]

Well in that case, I'm in!

 

[NYKings]

Ranking Points to be Assigned for Dubai/Acapulco:

First Round Matches:​

Dubai:

1. [1] R Federer (SUI) vs. [WC] S Devvarman (IND) - (3-36)
2. M Granollers (ESP) vs. D Tursunov (RUS) - (7-15)
3. S Stakhovsky (UKR) vs. [WC] O Awadhy (UAE) - (1-40)
4. [WC] M Berrer (GER) vs. [8] E Gulbis (LAT) - (15-7)
5. [4] M Youzhny (RUS) vs. G Simon (FRA) - (7-15)
6. [Q] L Rosol (CZE) vs. [Q] K Beck (SVK) - (11-9)
7. [Q] G Dimitrov (BUL) vs. R Gasquet (FRA) - (15-7)
8. [Q] S Bubka (UKR) vs. [5] I Ljubicic (CRO) - (39-3)
9. [6] V Troicki (SRB) vs. P Kohlschreiber (GER) - (8-12)
10. A Seppi (ITA) vs. P Petzschner (GER) - (9-11)
11. N Davydenko (RUS) vs. G Garcia-Lopez (ESP) - (12-9)
12. J Chardy (FRA) vs. [3] T Berdych (CZE) - (21-5)
13. [7] M Baghdatis (CYP) vs. A Golubev (KAZ) - (8-12)
14. F Mayer (GER) vs. J Nieminen (FIN) - (10-10)
15. F Lopez (ESP) vs. YH Lu (TPE) - (10-10)
16. M Llodra (FRA) vs. [2] N Djokovic (SRB) - (22-4)

Will post Acapulco matches as soon as the draw is out.

 

[kishnabe]

11. N Davydenko (RUS) vs. G Garcia-Lopez (ESP) - (12-9)1 Davydenko

 

[NYKings]

For the combined tourney, you MUST pick at least FOUR matches from each tournament.

I've updated the original post but this is the most important part since we're combining Dubai/Acapulco. When making your picks please remember that you MUST pick at least FOUR matches from each tournament!

Thank you!

 

[FEDERERNADAL13]

2. M Granollers (ESP) vs. D Tursunov (RUS) - (7-15) 1st granollers
3. S Stakhovsky (UKR) vs. [WC] O Awadhy (UAE) - (1-40) 2nd awadhy
5. [4] M Youzhny (RUS) vs. G Simon (FRA) - (7-15) 3rd youzhny
7. [Q] G Dimitrov (BUL) vs. R Gasquet (FRA) - (15-7) 4th gasquet
9. [6] V Troicki (SRB) vs. P Kohlschreiber (GER) - (8-12) 5th kohlschreiber
11. N Davydenko (RUS) vs. G Garcia-Lopez (ESP) - (12-9) 6th davydenko

 

[NYKings]

11. N Davydenko (RUS) vs. G Garcia-Lopez (ESP) - (12-9) - 1st Davydenko

 

[Tennis sensation]

11. N Davydenko (RUS) vs. G Garcia-Lopez (ESP) - (12-9) 1st Davydenko

 

[Tennis sensation]

9. [6] V Troicki (SRB) vs. P Kohlschreiber (GER) - (8-12) 2nd Troicki
13. [7] M Baghdatis (CYP) vs. A Golubev (KAZ) - (8-12) 3rd Baghdatis

 

[seffina]

Why must Simon always play Youzhny?

 

[rainingaces]

Nice idea merging the two ATP events, could do that more.

2. M Granollers (ESP) vs. D Tursunov (RUS) - (7-15) 1st Tursunov
7. [Q] G Dimitrov (BUL) vs. R Gasquet (FRA) - (15-7) 2nd Dimitrov
8. [Q] S Bubka (UKR) vs. [5] I Ljubicic (CRO) - (39-3) 3rd Bubka
11. N Davydenko (RUS) vs. G Garcia-Lopez (ESP) - (12-9) 4th Davydenko

 

[robin7]

2. M Granollers (ESP) vs. D Tursunov (RUS) - (7-15) - Tursunov
11. N Davydenko (RUS) vs. G Garcia-Lopez (ESP) - (12-9) - Davydenko

 

[Li Ching Yuen]

Why must Simon always play Youzhny?

Turkey in the making.:twisted:

 

[seffina]

Turkey in the making.:twisted:

Not enough meat on Simon's legs for that... definitely a chicken.

 

[Li Ching Yuen]

Not enough meat on Simon's legs for that... definitely a chicken.

Closely morphing into a pigeon though. Mischa is working on that pretty hard these days.

 

[seffina]

Hmm... there's a travel alert for Acapulco and ATP is warning the players about the security concerns. Nalbandian was concerned about going there.

 

[NYKings]

Hmm... there's a travel alert for Acapulco and ATP is warning the players about the security concerns. Nalbandian was concerned about going there.

So after reading an article about this... the scariest part was the beheadings.

 

[seffina]

So after reading an article about this... the scariest part was the beheadings.

Yeah, Ferrer is already there. Wonder if that's why the draw is taking forever?

 

[NYKings]

Yeah, Ferrer is already there. Wonder if that's why the draw is taking forever?

Ferrer is a man amongst boys.

 

[seffina]

The tobacco's just better there.

 

[Li Ching Yuen]

Woo-yeah-hooo.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ve5Xr9Bb0z0