Power Play League #2 (PPL) - French Open 2010

SCHEDULE OF PLAY - WEDNESDAY, 2 JUNE 2010


123. [22] J. Melzer (AUT) vs. [3] N. Djokovic (SRB) - (21-5)
124. [19] N. Almagro (ESP) vs. [2] R. Nadal (ESP) - (20-5)

The rankings will be updated after tomorrow's quarterfinal matches have been completed.

The standings page in the league file have already been updated with the Soderling & Berdych results. Please use that as a reference for scores until tomorrow.

Thank you.

League File: https://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0AuAGbSw9J3gzdDRRb0RHVUFmRk5YaXduSU9SYks0S1E&hl=en&ui=2#gid=9
 
I powered up last with Fed and Youzhny...how prescient can one get? :)

Thus, my 32nd - and last - pick of the tournament:

Almagro (Vamos Rafa!!!!!!!)
 
djokovicgonzalez2010 said:
The chokers (If you need their names, Melzer and (Al)Mug(Ro))
At this point, his real name is beginning to fade from my memory
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Well, I just finished watching the Fed/Sod match (a replay from ESPN3, as I was at work when it was live)....and after that, I realized - yet again - that nothing's a sure thing...

That said, I'm rooting for Rafa to make Almagro's choking reputation the one sure thing for tomorrow!
 
Just to rub it in the face of the world yet again...

djokovicgonzalez2010 said:
[1] R. Federer (SUI) vs. [5] R. Soderling (SWE) - Robin in 5
[11] M. Youzhny (RUS) vs. [15] T. Berdych (CZE) - Youzhny in 3
[22] J. Melzer (AUT) vs. [3] N. Djokovic (SRB) - Melter in 4
[19] N. Almagro (ESP) vs. [2] R. Nadal (ESP) - Almagro in 4

I agree, actually. Or I don't but I'd only give Nadal a slight advantage, and need points
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Nah, I always get the easier ones wrong so...go Almagro!
He's the "DG most improved player"
Always one of my least favorites til I suddenly warmed up to him in last few months
 
123. [22] J. Melzer (AUT) vs. [3] N. Djokovic (SRB) - (21-5)31 Melzer

124. [19] N. Almagro (ESP) vs. [2] R. Nadal (ESP) - (20-5)32 Almagro

I believe I will capitalize on Nadal and Djokovic poor play from their last rounds!
 
kishnabe said:
123. [22] J. Melzer (AUT) vs. [3] N. Djokovic (SRB) - (21-5)31 Melzer

124. [19] N. Almagro (ESP) vs. [2] R. Nadal (ESP) - (20-5)32 Almagro

I believe I will capitalize on Nadal and Djokovic poor play from their last rounds!
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I hope not! - They're probably my two favorite players.
 
ROLAND GARROS - FRENCH OPEN 2010 SEMI-FINALS


125. [5] R. Soderling (SWE) vs. [15] T. Berdych (CZE) - (7-15)
126. [22] J. Melzer (AUT) vs. [2] R. Nadal (ESP) - (21-5)
 
Yea not worth picking these matchups. The first are going to be a coin flip I think. Nadal probably wins and gets very few points. Ill wait till the finals for my last pick :).
 
125. [5] R. Soderling (SWE) vs. [15] T. Berdych (CZE) - (7-15) 30th- Berdych
126. [22] J. Melzer (AUT) vs. [2] R. Nadal (ESP) - (21-5) 31st- Nadal
 
I'm not gonna be here this weekend to make a finals pick, so i'll have to make it now before I leave.

Pick #32- The Berdych vs Soderling SF winner to win the Final.
 
ROLAND GARROS - FRENCH OPEN 2010 SEMI-FINALS

125. [5] R. Soderling (SWE) vs. [15] T. Berdych (CZE) -- (7-15) -- 30 Berdych
126. [22] J. Melzer (AUT) vs. [2] R. Nadal (ESP) -- (21-5) -- 31 Nadal
 
RANKINGS AFTER QUARTERFINALS:

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I'm confused as to my tally, and seem to have forgotten to pick todays matches so I'll void my last 1-3 (depending on who's count is wonky heh)
 
shadows said:
I'm confused as to my tally, and seem to have forgotten to pick todays matches so I'll void my last 1-3 (depending on who's count is wonky heh)
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What do you mean? I have to count DG's matches since I haven't done that yet but once I'm done with that I'll count yours.

Your last picked match according to board is 122 - which you earned 11 pts for. You only have one pick left but I'll try to check it out.

EDIT: Finished checking DG2010's matches - all your picks are accounted for so you will not be able to make all 32 picks. The problem was you kept jumping around with picks - you made 2 twice. You made 2 #8 picks, and two #4 picks and skipped from #21 to #24. For the next tournament if you, or anyone for that matter, isn't sure how many picks you've made just refer to the league file. Sorry about not being able to make all 32. Here's to next time.

EDIT: This is messy:

shadows said:
90 [30] P. Kohlschreiber (GER) vs. A. Seppi (ITA) 7 13 Kohli 13th
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shadows said:
90. [30] P. Kohlschreiber (GER) vs. A. Seppi (ITA) - (7-13) 21st Seppi
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shadows said:
106. [22] J. Melzer (AUT) vs. [9] D. Ferrer (ESP) - (14-7) Ferrer 24th
111. [14] I. Ljubicic (CRO) vs. [24] T. Bellucci (BRA) - (8-12) Bellucci 24th
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Shadows - you picked match #90 twice - I erased the 2nd one. It was my mistake to not catch it earlier and I apologize. Also, you picked match #24 twice that's why the counts were off. As of now, you have pick #21 and pick #32 remaining. Sorry about the confusion.
 
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NYKings said:
What do you mean? I have to count DG's matches since I haven't done that yet but once I'm done with that I'll count yours.

Your last picked match according to board is 122 - which you earned 11 pts for. You only have one pick left but I'll try to check it out.

EDIT: Finished checking DG2010's matches - all your picks are accounted for so you will not be able to make all 32 picks. The problem was you kept jumping around with picks - you made 2 twice. You made 2 #8 picks, and two #4 picks and skipped from #21 to #24. For the next tournament if you, or anyone for that matter, isn't sure how many picks you've made just refer to the league file. Sorry about not being able to make all 32. Here's to next time.

EDIT: This is messy:







Shadows - you picked match #90 twice - I erased the 2nd one. It was my mistake to not catch it earlier and I apologize. Also, you picked match #24 twice that's why the counts were off. As of now, you have pick #21 and pick #32 remaining. Sorry about the confusion.
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NYKings .... This has happened to me and others, namely, not realizing that we had made two different picks for the same match ......... Luckily, I noticed it in time ..... but could you please make a general, standardized rule to cover this situation?

To me it seems unreasonable to expect the scorekeeper, who are donating your time to make this game run smoothly, responsible when we the participants make such a mistake, especially since it sometimes happens that you may not realize the player's error until after the match in question has already started.

I assume none of us would want the pick to be totally invalidated by the inadvertent violation of picking both tennis players to win the match.

But it seems we do need a rule as to whether the first choice will uniformly be the valid one or whether the second choice will always be the valid one, since two picks makes it seem that we have changed our minds.

Just double checking for the future.

Thanks, King ... and thanks for all your hard work in making Power Play League a success! :mrgreen:
 
Love Game said:
NYKings .... This has happened to me and others, namely, not realizing that we had made two different picks for the same match ......... Luckily, I noticed it in time ..... but could you please make a general, standardized rule to cover this situation?

To me it seems unreasonable to expect the scorekeeper, who are donating your time to make this game run smoothly, responsible when we the participants make such a mistake, especially since it sometimes happens that you may not realize the player's error until after the match in question has already started.

I assume none of us would want the pick to be totally invalidated by the inadvertent violation of picking both tennis players to win the match.

But it seems we do need a rule as to whether the first choice will uniformly be the valid one or whether the second choice will always be the valid one, since two picks makes it seem that we have changed our minds.

Just double checking for the future.

Thanks, King ... and thanks for all your hard work in making Power Play League a success! :mrgreen:
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I've been thinking about this since I rummaged through 25 pages of picks to find DG's and shadows. While it isn't that big a deal (took 10 or 15 minutes) it's unnecessary. The FAQ won't be changed until seffina is back since she helps with that but for Queens/Halle we will have a formal ruling and I'll make a post in that thread with the final decision.

As of now this is how I see it: If you make a pick more than once.

Ex. Gulbis vs. Ferrer - 5th Ferrer
Federer vs. Nadal - 5th Nadal

The second pick will just be slotted over into the next available slot so in this case Nadal will become the 6th pick.

If you pick the same match twice without acknowledging the change, I think we should go with keeping the second pick valid. I want to talk it over with Jay and if Seff has any input I'll welcome it but she's on vacation so I rather not bother her.

Again, something will be posted in the Queens/Halle thread.

Thanks for your patience.
 
NYKings said:
I've been thinking about this since I rummaged through 25 pages of picks to find DG's and shadows. While it isn't that big a deal (took 10 or 15 minutes) it's unnecessary. The FAQ won't be changed until seffina is back since she helps with that but for Queens/Halle we will have a formal ruling and I'll make a post in that thread with the final decision.

As of now this is how I see it: If you make a pick more than once.

Ex. Gulbis vs. Ferrer - 5th Ferrer
Federer vs. Nadal - 5th Nadal

The second pick will just be slotted over into the next available slot so in this case Nadal will become the 6th pick.

If you pick the same match twice without acknowledging the change, I think we should go with keeping the second pick valid. I want to talk it over with Jay and if Seff has any input I'll welcome it but she's on vacation so I rather not bother her.

Again, something will be posted in the Queens/Halle thread.

Thanks for your patience.
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Excellent!!!!!
 
NYKings said:
ROLAND GARROS - FRENCH OPEN 2010 SEMI-FINALS


125. [5] R. Soderling (SWE) vs. [15] T. Berdych (CZE) - (7-15)
126. [22] J. Melzer (AUT) vs. [2] R. Nadal (ESP) - (21-5)
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Can you post the scoring points for the possible finalists as well? Valuable information for those of us having less than 3 picks left.
 
ahah, i am clearly in possession of a poor memory and am incapable of counting up incrementally =(

Think I'll make some kind of notepad file next time around, gets awkward trying to backtrack through posts, particularly when the unfortunate conditions meant some matches got carried over/delayed etc
 
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I think the best idea would be to QUOTE YOUR LAST PICKS.

I've been trying to use a spreadsheet to keep track of each individual's scores. but that is a bust. I'll think of another way to go through everyone's scores
 
Locotus said:
Can you post the scoring points for the possible finalists as well? Valuable information for those of us having less than 3 picks left.
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Here you go:

Berdych vs. Nadal ( 18-6 )
Berdych vs. Melzer ( 8-12 )
Soderling vs. Nadal ( 12-8 )
Soderling vs. Melzer ( 6-18 )
 
ROLAND GARROS - FRENCH OPEN 2010 SEMI-FINALS


125. [5] R. Soderling (SWE) vs. [15] T. Berdych (CZE) - (7-15) - 30th Berdych
126. [22] J. Melzer (AUT) vs. [2] R. Nadal (ESP) - (21-5) - 31st Nadal
 
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