2024 WTA Sudden Death League: Madrid

nounforcederrors

Hall of Fame
Welcome to the 7th event of the 2024 WTA Sudden Death League: Madrid.
Main draw play begins Tuesday, 23rd April.
Qualifying play begins Monday, 22nd April.

2024 WTA SDL sheet - LEAGUE FILE

Rules of the game:

1. It's a knock-out system: if the player you picked wins, you're through to the next round. If she loses, you're out.

2. You can pick a player only ONCE. Obviously it's important to make smart choices in order to get far. If you have no picks remaining, you're eliminated from the competition.

3. You can't pick a player from a match that has started already. You must be logged in to make your pick; proxy picks are not allowed.

4. You cannot advance to the next round via a walkover. HOWEVER, this rule does not apply once you reach the semifinals

5. As you cannot win a match by a walkover it is highly advised that you make a back-up pick.
Your pick and back up cannot be from the same match. If so, your back up will be invalidated.
If your main pick is invalid (ie late, unreadable or unspecific) then your back up will become your pick.

6. If the player you picked retires during the match, you're out. If she retires before the match, your back-up pick will be used unless you change your pick before your back up match begins.

7. 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.

8. For late picks, we will use whichever timestamp Flashscore.com shows for the match. Your post must be made before the time Flashscore gives. Keep in mind, Flashscore might round the start time (ie if a match begins at 12:07, Flashscore might show 12:05 or 12:10). Ties will not be counted.

9. No changes rule: For the WTA Finals/Bonus comp + the last 16 onwards of the Grand Slams + the last 8 onwards of any other tournament no changes are allowed to your pick or back up once it is entered unless either your pick or back up withdraws. You can add a back up later than your pick if you choose.

We will be making 8 picks for this tournament, one pick per round except: ONLY THE SECOND ROUND IS SPLIT INTO TWO PARTS.

SCORES FOR THIS TOURNAMENT -

1 correct pick: 40 points
2 correct picks: 100
3 correct picks: 160
4 correct picks: 240
5 correct picks: 360
6 correct picks: 540
7 correct picks: 800
8 correct picks: 1200

SAVE PICKS FOR 2024
Save picks are awarded at the end of a season for use during the following season. If unused, they expire at the year end.
Our year-end champion receives two save picks. Runners-up #2 through to #4 are awarded one each.
@AB19 , @boredone3456 , @Max G. and @NaomiKonjuhPotapova have 1 save pick remaining.

1. You can use your save pick to advance if your player loses or retires during her match.

2. Save picks must be used before the last 16 of the Grand Slams or before the last 8 of any other tournament and must be used before the WTA Finals.

3. Please nominate a winning player to replace your losing player - your "burn" pick. If any future picks were made, they will be void. You must indicate that you intend to use your "burn" and make a new pick for the next round from players that are available to you at that point.

4. Your next pick must be correct to gain additional points.

Good luck to everyone, the more the merrier.. It's all good fun.. :)

Please sign up here if you fancy having a go.

WTA SDL League admins for 2024 - Boozyuzi, boredone3456 & nounforcederrors
 

nounforcederrors

Hall of Fame
R1: Gracheva
BU: Bouzas M.
OK, Gracheva and Bouzas Maneiro weren't valid picks when you made them, because they weren't in the main draw then.
Having made it through qualies, they're both legitimate R1 picks now. It should be clear soon who their opponents will be.
Please let us know if you want us to record Gracheva and Bouzas Maneiro as your choices.
 

GhostDog

Hall of Fame
OK, Gracheva and Bouzas Maneiro weren't valid picks when you made them, because they weren't in the main draw then.
Having made it through qualies, they're both legitimate R1 picks now. It should be clear soon who their opponents will be.
Please let us know if you want us to record Gracheva and Bouzas Maneiro as your choices.
My bad.

Changing to:

R1: Osaka
BU: Vekic
 

DutchUncle

Semi-Pro
Don't know if R2 Top or Bottom is played first, and sometimes matches from both halves are played in a day, so:

R2 Top: Azarenka
BU: Jabeur

R2 Bottom: Kostyuk
BU: Alexandrova
 

Aussie Darcy

Bionic Poster
I feel for you. :( I had a strong voice in my head saying "don't take her as a main pick" but I didn't listen and didn't turn the picks (well, sure Amanda may still lose too, I guess... )

Well, I gave you all chance to catch me somewhat! ;)

:rolleyes:
Don’t think I’d have a chance at catching anyone, this year has been a shocker! Never should’ve trusted Emma who 100% has to take the crown as the worst slam champion the WTA has had this century. Worse than Myskina and Sloane and Kenin.
 
I feel for you. :( I had a strong voice in my head saying "don't take her as a main pick" but I didn't listen and didn't turn the picks (well, sure Amanda may still lose too, I guess... )

Well, I gave you all chance to catch me somewhat! ;)

:rolleyes:

well. no luck with Amanda either. we both pick main and backup that sux.
 

volleyandfun

Hall of Fame
The British press had her as an outside chance of winning the French...why do I get sucked in lol
Being on an island life can sometimes be .. boring, perspectives are somehow limited.
But still, with todays's age of internet one would think Brits can actually see what is outside.
Emma winning FO? What do they smoke in UK these days?
 

Mark-Touch

Legend
Wow, maybe it's a good thing I forgot to join the competition?
I see that half of the contestants are already out in this SDL!
 

nounforcederrors

Hall of Fame
What is the reason the 2nd round is split into two parts?
Why not split the 1st round too?
A WTA 1000 event with 96 players is large enough to split one round, to give SDL players 8 picks instead of 7. (In Grand Slam events, 128 players, we make 10 picks.)
It's easier to do this for R2, when we know which half is played first, and the schedule for R1 is more or less clearly established.
Often, there are rough edges to R1 - a R1 half may be incompletely played, for example.
 

Mark-Touch

Legend
A WTA 1000 event with 96 players is large enough to split one round, to give SDL players 8 picks instead of 7. (In Grand Slam events, 128 players, we make 10 picks.)
It's easier to do this for R2, when we know which half is played first, and the schedule for R1 is more or less clearly established.
Often, there are rough edges to R1 - a R1 half may be incompletely played, for example.
Ok thanks for the explanation.
It's an arbitrary thing then (just like all the other rules). :)
 

boredone3456

G.O.A.T.
A WTA 1000 event with 96 players is large enough to split one round, to give SDL players 8 picks instead of 7. (In Grand Slam events, 128 players, we make 10 picks.)
It's easier to do this for R2, when we know which half is played first, and the schedule for R1 is more or less clearly established.
Often, there are rough edges to R1 - a R1 half may be incompletely played, for example.

All of this...plus would you really want to pick 2 picks of unseeded players at any WTA Event? Lol
 

Mark-Touch

Legend
All of this...plus would you really want to pick 2 picks of unseeded players at any WTA Event? Lol
No.
I wasn't recommending two picks for the 1st round.
I was actually wondering why there were two picks for the 2nd round. :)

If I was putting together a SDL, I'd always go for one pick per round, no matter which tournament was being played.
Four rounds, four picks, five rounds five picks etc.
 

boredone3456

G.O.A.T.
No.
I wasn't recommending two picks for the 1st round.
I was actually wondering why there were two picks for the 2nd round. :)

If I was putting together a SDL, I'd always go for one pick per round, no matter which tournament was being played.
Four rounds, four picks, five rounds five picks etc.

We did it because the point values were increased. We figured since the tour increased points offered, we added a pick to make it more challenging. The 2nd round was the one that was more practical to split to accommodate an added pick. We split the first 3 rounds of the majors too.
 
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