Power Play League #10 (PPL) - Basel/Valencia 2010

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WELCOME TO THE TALK TENNIS 2010 BASEL/VALENCIA POWER PLAY LEAGUE

Welcome to the tenth installment of the Power Play League. For the combined Beijing/Tokyo 500 events we had one of our best showings. The fun transferred over to the Shanghai Masters and now we get all of you to join the combined Basel/Valencia tournaments, two ATP 500 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 Swiss Indoors Basel & Valencia Open 500, 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 4 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 that will be assigned will be posted later. The winner will get 1,000 points and the 80% scale after that.

Overall Rankings: The Top Ten​
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League File: https://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0AuAGbSw9J3gzdDRRb0RHVUFmRk5YaXduSU9SYks0S1E&hl=en#gid=20

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

Below you will find a "Questions & Suggestions File" - Please let us know of any questions/suggestions that you may have. This is a new league and while we do like the idea/concept of it, we're willing to make it even better than it already is!

Questions & Suggestions: http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?hl=en&formkey=dElSWU5IMno1QnlINGpsOW56eDFVWlE6MQ#gid=0

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

NOTE: Jay will be running this event as I will not be able to put in the time.
 
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FIRST ROUND MATCHES

BASEL
1. [1] R Federer (SUI) vs. A Dolgopolov (UKR) - (4-28 )
2. J Tipsarevic (SRB) vs. D Istomin (UZB) - (10-10)
3. R Stepanek (CZE) vs. T de Bakker (NED) - (9-11)
4. S Giraldo (COL) vs. [5] J Melzer (AUT) - (19-5)
5. [4] A Roddick (USA) vs. S Querrey (USA) - (7-14)
6. X Malisse (BEL) vs. A Golubev (KAZ) - (12-8 )
7. [Q] ??? vs. D Nalbandian (ARG)
8. [WC] M Chiudinelli (SUI) vs. [6] M Cilic (CRO) - (19-5)
9. [7] I Ljubicic (CRO) vs. F Mayer (GER) - (7-14)
10. V Troicki (SRB) vs. M Berrer (GER) - (9-12)
11. YH Lu (TPE) vs. R Gasquet (FRA) - (11-9)
12. [Q] ??? vs. [3] T Berdych (CZE)
13. [8] J Isner (USA) vs. M Llodra (FRA) - (8-12)
14. [WC] S Bohli (SUI) vs. M Baghdatis (CYP) - (20-5)
15. [Q] ??? vs. [Q] ???
16. E Gulbis (LAT) vs. [2] N Djokovic (SRB) - (22-5)

VALENCIA
17. [1] A Murray (GBR) vs. F Lopez (ESP) - (5-21)
18. J Monaco (ARG) vs. [WC] R Bautista-Agut (ESP) - (5-21)
19. [WC] P Andujar (ESP) vs. D Tursunov (RUS) - (5-19)
20. [Q] ??? vs. [7] JW Tsonga (FRA)
21. [3] F Verdasco (ESP) vs. [Q] ???
22. S Stakhovsky (UKR) vs. G Simon (FRA) - (9-11)
23. P Kohlschreiber (GER) vs. JI Chela (ARG) - (9-11)
24. [WC] J Marti (ESP) vs. [6] N Davydenko (RUS) - (40-2)
25. [5] M Youzhny (RUS) vs. [Q] ???
26. V Hanescu (ROM) vs. P Starace (ITA) - (10-10)
27. [Q] ??? vs. A Clement (FRA)
28. G Garcia-Lopez (ESP) vs. [4] D Ferrer (ESP) - (16-6)
29. [8] G Monfils (FRA) vs. E Schwank (ARG) - (6-17)
30. S Wawrinka (SUI) vs. A Seppi (ITA) - (7-14)
31. N Almagro (ESP) vs. D Gimeno-Traver (ESP) - (6-16)
32. A Montanes (ESP) vs. [2] R Soderling (ESP) - (18-6)

MATCHES WITH QUALIFIERS WILL BE UPDATED TOMORROW!
 
5. [4] A Roddick (USA) vs. S Querrey (USA) - (7-14) 1st querrey
30. S Wawrinka (SUI) vs. A Seppi (ITA) - (7-14) 2nd seppi
11. YH Lu (TPE) vs. R Gasquet (FRA) - (11-9) 3rd gasquet
4. S Giraldo (COL) vs. [5] J Melzer (AUT) - (19-5) 4th giraldo
14. [WC] S Bohli (SUI) vs. M Baghdatis (CYP) - (20-5) 5th bohli
24. [WC] J Marti (ESP) vs. [6] N Davydenko (RUS) - (40-2) 6th marti
 
8. [WC] M Chiudinelli (SUI) vs. [6] M Cilic (CRO) - (19-5) 1st chuidinelli
19. [WC] P Andujar (ESP) vs. D Tursunov (RUS) - (5-19) 2nd Tursunov
14. [WC] S Bohli (SUI) vs. M Baghdatis (CYP) - (20-5) 3rd bohli
24. [WC] J Marti (ESP) vs. [6] N Davydenko (RUS) - (40-2) 4th Marti
23. P Kohlschreiber (GER) vs. JI Chela (ARG) - (9-11) 5th kohly
18. J Monaco (ARG) vs. [WC] R Bautista-Agut (ESP) - (5-21) 6th Bautista-Agut
 
Originally Posted by wintintu View Post
I'm in. Btw, how many play in WTF in this league? 8 or 10?
We haven't talked about it yet. I think that we will announce something regarding the WTF event either during the Paris thread or when we create the WTF thread

Seems it wouldnt be as much fun with only 8 ...



count me in, although I suck at this game, lol...

what he said!
 
3. R Stepanek (CZE) vs. T de Bakker (NED) - (9-11) 1st- de Bakker
5. [4] A Roddick (USA) vs. S Querrey (USA) - (7-14) 2nd- Querrey
10. V Troicki (SRB) vs. M Berrer (GER) - (9-12) 3rd- Troicki
11. YH Lu (TPE) vs. R Gasquet (FRA) - (11-9) 4th- Gasquet
13. [8] J Isner (USA) vs. M Llodra (FRA) - (8-12) 5th- Isner
23. P Kohlschreiber (GER) vs. JI Chela (ARG) - (9-11) 6th- Kohlschriber
30. S Wawrinka (SUI) vs. A Seppi (ITA) - (7-14) 7th- Wawrinka
 
3. R Stepanek (CZE) vs. T de Bakker (NED) - (9-11) - 1st Bakker
5. [4] A Roddick (USA) vs. S Querrey (USA) - (7-14) - 2nd Querrey
9. [7] I Ljubicic (CRO) vs. F Mayer (GER) - (7-14) - 3rd Mayer
10. V Troicki (SRB) vs. M Berrer (GER) - (9-12)- 4th Berrer
16. E Gulbis (LAT) vs. [2] N Djokovic (SRB) - (22-5) - 5th Gulbis

19. [WC] P Andujar (ESP) vs. D Tursunov (RUS) - (5-19)- 6th Tursunov
22. S Stakhovsky (UKR) vs. G Simon (FRA) - (9-11) - 7th Simon
28. G Garcia-Lopez (ESP) vs. [4] D Ferrer (ESP) - (16-6) - 8th GGl
 
8. [WC] M Chiudinelli (SUI) vs. [6] M Cilic (CRO) - (19-5) 1st Chiudinelli
10. V Troicki (SRB) vs. M Berrer (GER) - (9-12) 2nd Troicki
11. YH Lu (TPE) vs. R Gasquet (FRA) - (11-9) 3rd Gasquet
19. [WC] P Andujar (ESP) vs. D Tursunov (RUS) - (5-19) 4th Tursunov
22. S Stakhovsky (UKR) vs. G Simon (FRA) - (9-11) 5th Simon
32. A Montanes (ESP) vs. [2] R Soderling (ESP) - (18-6) 6th Montanes
 
3. R Stepanek (CZE) vs. T de Bakker (NED) - (9-11) 1st de Bakker
10. V Troicki (SRB) vs. M Berrer (GER) - (9-12) 2nd Troicki
19. [WC] P Andujar (ESP) vs. D Tursunov (RUS) - (5-19) 3rd Tursunov
30. S Wawrinka (SUI) vs. A Seppi (ITA) - (7-14) 4th Wawrinka
 
3. R Stepanek (CZE) vs. T de Bakker (NED) - (9-11) -- 1st de Bakker
8. [WC] M Chiudinelli (SUI) vs. [6] M Cilic (CRO) - (19-5) -- 2nd Chiudinelli
9. [7] I Ljubicic (CRO) vs. F Mayer (GER) - (7-14) -- 3rd Mayer


19. [WC] P Andujar (ESP) vs. D Tursunov (RUS) - (5-19) -- 4th Tursunov
23. P Kohlschreiber (GER) vs. JI Chela (ARG) - (9-11) -- 5th Kohlschreiber
 
I'll try and play even if this week is going to be horribly busy. :(


BASEL
3. R Stepanek (CZE) vs. T de Bakker (NED) - (9-11) - 1st
5. [4] A Roddick (USA) vs. S Querrey (USA) - (7-14) - 2nd
6. X Malisse (BEL) vs. A Golubev (KAZ) - (12-8 ) - 3rd
13. [8] J Isner (USA) vs. M Llodra (FRA) - (8-12) - 4th

VALENCIA
19. [WC] P Andujar (ESP) vs. D Tursunov (RUS) - (5-19) - 5th
22. S Stakhovsky (UKR) vs. G Simon (FRA) - (9-11) - 6th
28. G Garcia-Lopez (ESP) vs. [4] D Ferrer (ESP) - (16-6) - 7th
31. N Almagro (ESP) vs. D Gimeno-Traver (ESP) - (6-16) - 8th
32. A Montanes (ESP) vs. [2] R Soderling (ESP) - (18-6) - 9th
 
3. R Stepanek (CZE) vs. T de Bakker (NED) - (9-11) 1st- de Bakker
11. YH Lu (TPE) vs. R Gasquet (FRA) - (11-9) 2nd- Gasquet
13. [8] J Isner (USA) vs. M Llodra (FRA) - (8-12) 3rd- Llondra
23. P Kohlschreiber (GER) vs. JI Chela (ARG) - (9-11) 4th- Kohlschriber
 
BASEL

6. X Malisse (BEL) vs. A Golubev (KAZ) - (12-8 ) Malisse 1st
9. [7] I Ljubicic (CRO) vs. F Mayer (GER) - (7-14) Mayer 2nd

VALENCIA

19. [WC] P Andujar (ESP) vs. D Tursunov (RUS) - (5-19) Tursunov 3rd
22. S Stakhovsky (UKR) vs. G Simon (FRA) - (9-11) Simon 4th
 
3. R Stepanek (CZE) vs. T de Bakker (NED) - (9-11) - de Bakker - 1st
22. S Stakhovsky (UKR) vs. G Simon (FRA) - (9-11) - Simon - 2nd
 
FIRST ROUND MATCHES

BASEL
1. [1] R Federer (SUI) vs. A Dolgopolov (UKR) - (4-28 )
2. J Tipsarevic (SRB) vs. D Istomin (UZB) - (10-10)
3. R Stepanek (CZE) vs. T de Bakker (NED) - (9-11)
4. S Giraldo (COL) vs. [5] J Melzer (AUT) - (19-5)
5. [4] A Roddick (USA) vs. S Querrey (USA) - (7-14)
6. X Malisse (BEL) vs. A Golubev (KAZ) - (12-8 )
7. [Q] J Hajek (CZE) vs. D Nalbandian (ARG) - (15-7)
8. [WC] M Chiudinelli (SUI) vs. [6] M Cilic (CRO) - (19-5)
9. [7] I Ljubicic (CRO) vs. F Mayer (GER) - (7-14)
10. V Troicki (SRB) vs. M Berrer (GER) - (9-12)
11. YH Lu (TPE) vs. R Gasquet (FRA) - (11-9)
12. [LL] T Kamke (GER) vs. [3] T Berdych (CZE) - (23-4)
13. [8] J Isner (USA) vs. M Llodra (FRA) - (8-12)
14. [WC] S Bohli (SUI) vs. [Q] R Haase (NED) - (13-8 )
15. [Q] D Brands (GER) vs. [Q] J Nieminen (FIN) - (13-8 )
16. E Gulbis (LAT) vs. [2] N Djokovic (SRB) - (22-5)

VALENCIA
17. [1] A Murray (GBR) vs. F Lopez (ESP) - (5-21)
18. J Monaco (ARG) vs. [WC] R Bautista-Agut (ESP) - (5-21)
19. [WC] P Andujar (ESP) vs. D Tursunov (RUS) - (5-19)
20. [Q] B Paire (FRA) vs. [7] JW Tsonga (FRA) - (27-4)
21. [3] F Verdasco (ESP) vs. [Q] M Russell (USA) - (4-24)
22. S Stakhovsky (UKR) vs. G Simon (FRA) - (9-11)
23. P Kohlschreiber (GER) vs. JI Chela (ARG) - (9-11)
24. [WC] J Marti (ESP) vs. [6] N Davydenko (RUS) - (40-2)
25. [5] M Youzhny (RUS) vs. [Q] P Cuevas (URU) - (5-21)
26. V Hanescu (ROM) vs. P Starace (ITA) - (10-10)
27. [Q] T Gabashvili (RUS) vs. A Clement (FRA) - (12-8 )
28. G Garcia-Lopez (ESP) vs. [4] D Ferrer (ESP) - (16-6)
29. [8] G Monfils (FRA) vs. E Schwank (ARG) - (6-17)
30. S Wawrinka (SUI) vs. A Seppi (ITA) - (7-14)
31. N Almagro (ESP) vs. D Gimeno-Traver (ESP) - (6-16)
32. A Montanes (ESP) vs. [2] R Soderling (ESP) - (18-6)

All matches with qualifiers are now updated with ITALICS.
Please note that MATCH 12 and MATCH 14 has been changed due to the withdrawal of M Baghdatis. If you have chosen match 12 or 14, I have voided the match for you.

NOTE: Only affected by this is TJfederer16 and FEDERERNADAL13
 
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Basel

3. R Stepanek (CZE) vs. T de Bakker (NED) - (9-11) - 1st.DeBakker
6. X Malisse (BEL) vs. A Golubev (KAZ) - (12-8 ) - 2nd. Malisse
9. [7] I Ljubicic (CRO) vs. F Mayer (GER) - (7-14) - 3rd.Mayer

Valencia

19. [WC] P Andujar (ESP) vs. D Tursunov (RUS) - (5-19) - 4th.Tursunov
22. S Stakhovsky (UKR) vs. G Simon (FRA) - (9-11)-5th.Simon
31. N Almagro (ESP) vs. D Gimeno-Traver (ESP) - (6-16) - 6th.Gimeno-Traver.
 
BASEL

7. [Q] J Hajek (CZE) vs. D Nalbandian (ARG) - (15-7) Nalby 5th

VALENCIA

25. [5] M Youzhny (RUS) vs. [Q] P Cuevas (URU) - (5-21) Cuevas 6th
26. V Hanescu (ROM) vs. P Starace (ITA) - (10-10) Hanescu 7th
 
7. [Q] J Hajek (CZE) vs. D Nalbandian (ARG) - (15-7) 9th- Nalbandian
14. [WC] S Bohli (SUI) vs. [Q] R Haase (NED) - (13-8 ) 10th- Hasse
 
BASEL
3. R Stepanek (CZE) vs. T de Bakker (NED) - (9-11) - 1st de Bakker
6. X Malisse (BEL) vs. A Golubev (KAZ) - (12-8 ) - 2nd Malisse

VALENCIA
19. [WC] P Andujar (ESP) vs. D Tursunov (RUS) - (5-19) - 3rd Tursunov
23. P Kohlschreiber (GER) vs. JI Chela (ARG) - (9-11) - 4th Kohly
26. V Hanescu (ROM) vs. P Starace (ITA) - (10-10) - 5th Hanescu
 
BASEL
7. [Q] J Hajek (CZE) vs. D Nalbandian (ARG) - (15-7) 1st Nalbandian
11. YH Lu (TPE) vs. R Gasquet (FRA) - (11-9) 2nd Gasquet
12. [LL] T Kamke (GER) vs. [3] T Berdych (CZE) - (23-4) 3rd Kamke
15. [Q] D Brands (GER) vs. [Q] J Nieminen (FIN) - (13-8 ) 4th Nieminen

VALENCIA
19. [WC] P Andujar (ESP) vs. D Tursunov (RUS) - (5-19) 5th Tursonov
21. [3] F Verdasco (ESP) vs. [Q] M Russell (USA) - (4-24) 6th Russell
22. S Stakhovsky (UKR) vs. G Simon (FRA) - (9-11) 7th Simon
29. [8] G Monfils (FRA) vs. E Schwank (ARG) - (6-17) 8th Monfils
 
BASEL

3. R Stepanek (CZE) vs. T de Bakker (NED) - (9-11)
5. [4] A Roddick (USA) vs. S Querrey (USA) - (7-14)
8. [WC] M Chiudinelli (SUI) vs. [6] M Cilic (CRO) - (19-5)
9. [7] I Ljubicic (CRO) vs. F Mayer (GER) - (7-14)

VALENCIA

19. [WC] P Andujar (ESP) vs. D Tursunov (RUS) - (5-19)
21. [3] F Verdasco (ESP) vs. [Q] M Russell (USA) - (4-24)
22. S Stakhovsky (UKR) vs. G Simon (FRA) - (9-11)
27. [Q] T Gabashvili (RUS) vs. A Clement (FRA) - (12-8 )
28. G Garcia-Lopez (ESP) vs. [4] D Ferrer (ESP) - (16-6)
31. N Almagro (ESP) vs. D Gimeno-Traver (ESP) - (6-16)
 
BASEL
11. YH Lu (TPE) vs. R Gasquet (FRA) - (11-9) - Gasquet
12. [LL] T Kamke (GER) vs. [3] T Berdych (CZE) - (23-4) - Kamke
15. [Q] D Brands (GER) vs. [Q] J Nieminen (FIN) - (13-8 ) - Nieminen

VALENCIA
19. [WC] P Andujar (ESP) vs. D Tursunov (RUS) - (5-19) - Tursunov
21. [3] F Verdasco (ESP) vs. [Q] M Russell (USA) - (4-24) - Russell
22. S Stakhovsky (UKR) vs. G Simon (FRA) - (9-11) - Simon
27. [Q] T Gabashvili (RUS) vs. A Clement (FRA) - (12-8 ) - Gabashvili
31. N Almagro (ESP) vs. D Gimeno-Traver (ESP) - (6-16) - Gimeno-Traver
 
Pick #2 ... 22. S Stakhovsky (UKR) vs. G Simon (FRA)
Pick #3 ... 27. [Q] T Gabashvili (RUS) vs. A Clement (FRA)
 
Replacing
12. [LL] T Kamke (GER) vs. [3] T Berdych (CZE) - (23-4) - Kamke

27. [Q] T Gabashvili (RUS) vs. A Clement (FRA) - (12-8 ) - Gabashvili
with

3. R Stepanek (CZE) vs. T de Bakker (NED) - (9-11) - de Bakker
9. [7] I Ljubicic (CRO) vs. F Mayer (GER) - (7-14) - Mayer
 
@TJfederer16 and FEDERERNADAL13:

Due to Baghdatis withdrawing from Basel, I have cancelled your match 14 picks. I have shifted your picks now.

TJfederer16: You now have 5 picks
FEDERERNADAL13: You now have 6 picks
 
LJUBICIC, MELZER AND TSONGA HAS WITHDRAWN FROM THE VALENCIA AND BASEL EVENTS; MATCHES 4, 9 AND 20 HAS BEEN VOIDED AND HAS BEEN REPLACED WITH THE FOLLOWING:

4. S Giraldo (COL) vs. [LL] K Beck (SVK) - (9-11) (Replacement of Melzer)
9. [LL] PH Mathieu (FRA) vs. F Mayer (GER) - (15-7) (Replacement of Ljubicic)
20. [Q] B Paire (FRA) vs. [LL] M Granollers (ESP) - (14-7) (Replacement of Tsonga)

The following players are affected by this change, and has had their picks shifted:
  • 24*7 Tennis (match 9) - updated to 4 picks now
  • FEDERERNADAL13 (match 4) - updated to 4 picks now
  • jamesblakefan#1 (match 9) - updated to 7 picks now
  • Li Ching Yuen (match 9) - updated to 7 picks now
  • Maestro Nalbandian (match 9) - updated to 9 picks now
  • robin7 (match 9) - updated to 7 picks now
  • wintintu (match 9) - updated to 6 picks now
 
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