ATP Sudden Death League 2010: Shanghai Masters

Augustus

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WELCOME TO THE ATP SUDDEN DEATH LEAGUE!

Next week the ATP Sudden Death League will be back in Shanghai for the first indoor tournament ever played in this game. Almost all top players will play, so make sure you don't miss it!

Who will qualify for the World Tour Finals?

Signing up is possible till 10 October, so make sure you join in time!


The Rules

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. Till the quarter-finals, you have to pick one player per day. In the quarters, semis and finals you pick one player per round.

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.

5. If the player you picked retires during the match, you're out. In case of a walk-over, you're allowed to change your pick.

6. If you want to change you pick, make a new post quoting the old pick. Edited posts containing picks will not be taken into account.


Points

My plan is to play at least all the Grand Slams (worth 1000 points), the Masters Tournaments (worth 500 points), and some 500 tournaments (worth 250 points).

GS point system to follow soon!

These points will count towards the rankings; at the end of the year the top 8 will participate in the World Tour Finals.


ATP SUDDEN DEATH LEAGUE STANDINGS





Participants

Augustus
PSNELKE
djokovicgonzalez2010



Spreadsheet, managed by PSNELKE and djokovicgonzalez2010:
https://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?...Hc&hl=en#gid=0



Hopefully many of you will participate! New ideas to improve the game are welcome too! For any questions or concerns, you can send me an email through my profile.
 
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Speranza

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Holmes: Not around often at the moment due to work commitments (Scotland Yard sure are pestering us an awful lot at the moment), but we're in.
 

Cindysphinx

G.O.A.T.
In!

What I need for this round is some positive thinking, perhaps with a touch of unjustified bluster.

YOU PEOPLE ARE GOIN' DOWN!!!!!
 

Speranza

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Holmes: Do we make a pick for Sunday....? There are a few first round matches I've noticed as well as qualifying. We'll assume not unless we read differently.
 

Justin Side

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Signing in.

My pick for Sunday is Almagro. If we aren't picking on Sunday, just ignore this pick and I'll make my first pick on Monday.
 

JayChu

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I'll post the OoP for those that wants it.

SHANGHAI MASTERS 2010 - DAY TWO - MONDAY, OCTOBER 11TH

1. [12] J Tsonga (FRA) vs. F Lopez (ESP)
2. E Schwank (ARG) vs. G Garica-Lopez (ESP)
3. [WC] T Yang (TPE) vs. [13] J Melzer (AUT)
4. J Chardy (FRA) vs. M Baghdatis (CYP)
5. [9] F Verdasco (ESP) vs. T De Bakker (NED)
6. J Monaco (ARG) vs. [Q] F Serra (FRA)
7. G Simon (FRA) vs. S Wawrinka (SUI)
8. [Q] M Zverev (GER) vs. S Stakhovsky (UKR)

WOW...hard picks to choose from...but

Day 1: Melzer
 

Locotus

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Day 1: Melzer - goddamit

He screwed up my Toronto campaign by losing to world no.206. World no.276 this time and I simply can't find any comfort in that....
 
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