2013 ATP Sudden Death League: Valencia

Roger Wawrinka

Professional
Welcome to the 2013 edition of the Valencia Open 500.

Rules of the game:

1. Every day of the tournament that day's matches will be posted. You pick one player who you think is going to win. It's a knock out-system: if the player you picked wins, you're through to the next round. If he loses, you're out.

2. You make a pick for one player per day

3. During a tournament, you can pick a player only ONCE. Obviously it's important to make smart choices in order to get far. If you somehow have no players left to pick, you're out as well.

4. You can't pick a player from a match that has started already.

5a. If the player you picked retires during the match, you're out. If he retires before the match, you're allowed to change your pick.

5b. If you would like to make a back-up pick in case a player withdrawals before the match you can post your intended pick and below it post a back-up with something notating that it is your back-up pick only. The back-up pick will only be used if your main pick withdrawals before the match starts.

5c. If the opponent of the player you picked retires, it counts like a win. However, you can't pick a player whose opponent had already retired from the tournament.

6. NEVER edit your pick. If you want to change your pick, please quote your old pick and choose a new player. Edited posts will not be taken into consideration.


SCORING FOR THIS TOURNAMENT
1 Correct Pick: 45
2 Correct Picks: 90
3 Correct Picks: 180
4 Correct Picks: 270
5 Correct Picks: 350
6 Correct Picks: 500



League File
 

CDNguy87

Hall of Fame
I thought we were making all the 500/250 events one pick per round this year? Since both these events are only 32-player draws, it should only be 5 picks total for each, no?

Maybe before next year we can have a vote if people want to change it, but I think we should keep the format consistent at least for this year.
 

Roger Wawrinka

Professional
Valencia 500 Open 1st Round: (MONDAY)

You can make a pick today or wait until Tuesday.

Albert Montanes (ESP)v Dmitry Tursunov (RUS)

[8] Kevin Anderson (RSA) v [WC] Roberto Bautista Agut (ESP)

Janko Tipsarevic (SRB) v Marcel Granollers (ESP)

Martin Klizan (SVK)v [7] Fabio Fognini (ITA)
 

CDNguy87

Hall of Fame
Can we clarify is this by round or day? Previous have been by round for this level


Yeah, we're keeping it by round. No point in changing it for the last 500s of the season. It's the exact same format/scoring structure as for the Beijiing/Tokyo 500s a few weeks ago.

You only need to make one pick for the first round.
 

Roger Wawrinka

Professional
Yeah, we're keeping it by round. No point in changing it for the last 500s of the season. It's the exact same format/scoring structure as for the Beijiing/Tokyo 500s a few weeks ago.

You only need to make one pick for the first round.


Sorry I should have put that in the rules.
 

Roger Wawrinka

Professional
Valencia 1st Round (Tuesday)

[Q] Pablo Carreno Busta (ESP) v [5] Jerzy Janowicz (POL)

Feliciano Lopez (ESP) v Julien Benneteau (FRA)

[3] Nicolas Almagro (ESP) v Pablo Andujar (ESP)

[WC] Fernando Verdasco (ESP) v [Q] Michal Przysiezny (POL)

[6] Gilles Simon (FRA) v [Q] Alejandro Falla (COL)

[WC] Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (ESP) v [Q] Joao Sousa (POR)

Mikhail Youzhny (RUS) v Bernard Tomic (AUS)

You do not need to pick if you had picked for Monday's matches.
 
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wrxinsc

Professional
simon loses 1,0 to falla? really simon? really? anyone know what happened there (other than an old fashioned *** whoopin')?
 

TopDawg

G.O.A.T.
5 1st round matches left if someone still wants to get in.

1st Round Matches:
E Gulbis (LAT) vs. [4] J Isner (USA)
P Kohlschreiber (GER) vs. [2] T Haas (GER)
[1] D Ferrer (ESP) vs. G Monfils (FRA)
F Mayer (GER) vs. J Chardy (FRA)
J Nieminen (FIN) vs. B Paire (FRA)

2nd Round Matches - 4 more 2nd round matches TBD
M Granollers (ESP) vs. [7] F Fognini (ITA)
[WC] R Bautista Agut (ESP) vs. D Tursunov (RUS)
[Q] J Sousa (POR) vs. [5] J Janowicz (POL)
[3] N Almagro (ESP) vs. [Q] M Przysienzny (POL)
 
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