TW Fantasy Tennis - Match 12 (July 9-22)

[jamesblakefan#1]

Hello all and welcome to the 12th match of our TW Fantasy Tennis Season. This match will include the 250 events in Newport, Bastad, Stuttgart, Umag, Atlanta, Gstaad, and the 500 event in Hamburg.

LEAGUE FILE
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Ajf9GyLc48StdDU5VUxTclRpbzlPN2xwSDJmTXRkVnc#gid=31

The rules are the same as usual - each player will choose one player 1-20, one 21-40, one 41-60, one 61-80, and one 81-100+, based on the current ATP rankings. Please refer to the current ATP rankings when selecting players.
http://www.atpworldtour.com/Rankings/Singles.aspx

Here is the entry info for these events.

Newport
http://www.tennisfame.com/atp-tournament/tournament-home/players/2012-player-field-singles
Bastad
http://www.atpworldtour.com/Tennis/Tournaments/Bastad.aspx
Stuttgart
http://www.mercedescup.iwebfree.de/cms/iwebs/default.aspx?mmid=11009&smid=38042
Umag
http://www.croatiaopen.hr/eng/players/player-profiles/

Atlanta
http://www.bbtatlantaopen.com/Players/?intloc=headernav
Gstaad
http://www.creditagricolesuisseopengstaad.ch/content.php?type=article&id=10
Hamburg
http://bet-at-home-open.com/turnier/gemeldete-spieler/

Here is the selection order for this match:

1. wrxinsc
2. purespin
3. jbf#1
4. boredone3456
5. Eternity
6. kishnabe
7. Walenty
8. seffina
9. FEDERERNADAL13
10. ???

As with in the past, each person will have 12 hours to make their picks, if they don't pick in that time then the person behind them in the order may pick. The person who gets skipped can still make their picks whenever, but of course may miss out on a player they want.

Here are the matchups for this match:

seffina vs kishnabe
Walenty vs Eternity
??? vs jbf#1
wrxinsc vs boredone3456
purespin vs FEDERERNADAL13

If a player withdraws late from the event, you may replace him with another player from the same range who has not been chosen.

If there are any questions, feel free to post, otherwise, good luck to all!

 

[wrxinsc]

5 David Ferrer
22 Milos Raonic
59 Ivo Karlovic
66 Olivier Rochus
126 Brian Baker

 

[purespin]

8. Tipsarevic, Janko (SRB)
30 Kohlschreiber, Philipp (GER)
41 Haase, Robin (NED)
80 Bellucci, Thomaz (BRA)
85 Stakhovsky, Sergiy (UKR)

 

[jamesblakefan#1]

11 Almagro
32 Benneteau
46 Bogomolov
64 Querrey
93 Andreev

 

[boredone3456]

10 Isner
25 Roddick
50 Haas
71 Mahut
87 Gulbis

Hopefully my Americans hold it together

 

[wrxinsc]

^ I really debated that Roddick vs. Raonic vs. Kohls decision. I eventually went the way of Raonic 'cause I think he is well rested and hungry. plus that way purespin couldn't pick him.:razz::mrgreen::wink:

 

[boredone3456]

I am hoping Andy is on an upswing after winning a title not to long ago. I had the hardest time with my top 2 choices. I debated Cilic or Monaco over Isner and Istomin over Roddick. In the end I just went with my gut. Its been serving me.ok thus far so we'll see. We both have the potential for a fair amount of points, hopefully its a close one.

 

[boredone3456]

And I am really hoping Haas continues his form in German tournaments HAHA

 

[Eternity]

14 Monaco
38 Ferrero
44 Nieminen
68 Fognini
91 Dodig

 

[kishnabe]

16 Fernando Verdasco
23 Marcel Grannolers
52 Jeremy Chardy
70 David Goffin
100 Lukas Rosol

 

[jamesblakefan#1]

Random question, but does anyone know why the Croatia Open is sponsored by a Dragonball Z character?

I guess the prize total is over $9000.

 

[wrxinsc]

^ that is super strange jbf#1.

 

[purespin]

^ I really debated that Roddick vs. Raonic vs. Kohls decision. I eventually went the way of Raonic 'cause I think he is well rested and hungry. plus that way purespin couldn't pick him.:razz::mrgreen::wink:

Haha...I definitely will pick Raonic if you didn't.
Let's see how it turns out...

 

[jamesblakefan#1]

12 hours up for Walenty, seffina is now on the clock. Also if anyone is interested in joining feel free to post.

 

[Walenty]

#20 Nishikori
#39 Istomin
#43 Ramos
#76 Ebden
#90 Montanes

 

[jamesblakefan#1]

In case you missed it, here are the updated standings after Wimbledon.

UPDATED STANDINGS

1. jbf#1 - 7-2-2, +96 PTD, W1
2. boredone3456 - 7-3-1, -66 PTD, W2
3. kishnabe - 7-4, +40 PTD, L1 [.63]
4. seffina - 5-4-1, +80 PTD, T1 [.5]
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5. FEDERERNADAL13 - 5-5-1, +43 PTD, L1
6. purespin - 4-4, +11 PTD, W1
7. Eternity - 4-6-1, +47 PTD, T1
8. wrxinsc - 4-7, +5 PTD, W2 [.33]
9. Walenty - 4-7, -87 PTD, L4

As of now, there are 4 matches left in the season. The top 4 teams will compete in the playoffs.

Since right now there is no one stepping up to fill our 10th spot, the 10th spot will instead be a placeholder where a player will have to face the highest ranked non-selected and active players from a particular point range - i.e. for example from Wimby that team would have been Ferrer, Grannolers, Haase, L. Mayer, & Ungar. So I'll be the one facing that placeholder team this match. That's the way it'll be for the rest of the season, and if you lose to the placeholder team it does count as a loss instead of a glorified bye since it's too late to really add another owner.

 

[jamesblakefan#1]

seffina is currently on the clock.

 

[boredone3456]

I like that idea JBF. I just have 1 question. Next week the placeholder will pick 9th, does that mean that team will consist of the highest ranked active players not taken at that time or will you wait till the end of overall selection? Just wondering for those who will in future be picking behind it and well..for all of us. Probably a dumb question haha.

 

[FEDERERNADAL13]

19. Dolgo
28. The Youz
45. Tomic
69. Dimitrov
95. Dodig

 

[jamesblakefan#1]

I like that idea JBF. I just have 1 question. Next week the placeholder will pick 9th, does that mean that team will consist of the highest ranked active players not taken at that time or will you wait till the end of overall selection? Just wondering for those who will in future be picking behind it and well..for all of us. Probably a dumb question haha.

The placeholder will always pick the last remaining players, i.e. 10th.

 

[jamesblakefan#1]

19. Dolgo
28. The Youz
45. Tomic
69. Dimitrov
95. Dodig

Dodig's already been taken by Eternity

 

[FEDERERNADAL13]

Dodig's already been taken by Eternity

106. Vasik pospisil

Does this work?

 

[jamesblakefan#1]

Yes............

 

[jamesblakefan#1]

Still waiting on seffina to make picks.

 

[jamesblakefan#1]

UPDATED SCORES - AFTER TUESDAY'S MATCHES

seffina (5-4-1) - 0 trails kishnabe (7-4) - 4
Walenty (4-7) - 0 leads Eternity - -2
Placeholder - 0 trails jbf#1 - 2
wrxinsc (4-7) - 2 trails boredone3456 (7-3-1) - 9
purespin (4-4) - 0 leads FEDERERNADAL13 (5-5-1) - -2

PLAYERS IN ACTION - WEDNESDAY

seffina
NO PLAYERS CHOSEN
kishnabe
Granollers (vs Starace), Rosol (vs Phau)

Walenty
Nishikori (vs Rochus)
Eternity
Nieminen (vs Hajek), Fognini (leads Beck)

Placeholder
Cilic (vs Brands)
jbf#1
Querrey (vs Sela)

wrxinsc
Ferrer (vs Bolleli), Rochus (vs Nishikori)
boredone3456
Isner (vs Mahut), Mahut (vs Isner)

purespin
Tipsarevic (vs Darcis)
FEDERERNADAL13
Dimitrov (vs Dutra Silva)​

 

[boredone3456]

Is there a record for the most times your players end up playing each other? Because I think I own it this is like the 5th or 6th time haha. Oh well at least I am gauranteed a point

 

[wrxinsc]

Is there a record for the most times your players end up playing each other? Because I think I own it this is like the 5th or 6th time haha. Oh well at least I am gauranteed a point

...and given their history playing each other i don't foresee any bagels and bread sticks being served.

 

[wrxinsc]

UPDATED SCORES - AFTER WEDNESDAY'S MATCHES

seffina (5-4-1) - 0 trails kishnabe (7-4) - 5
Walenty (4-7) - 3 leads Eternity - -3
Placeholder - 2 tied with jbf#1 - 2
wrxinsc (4-7) - 4 trails boredone3456 (7-3-1) - 11
purespin (4-4) - 2 leads FEDERERNADAL13 (5-5-1) - 1​

 

[jamesblakefan#1]

PLAYERS IN ACTION - THURSDAY

seffina
NO PLAYERS CHOSEN
kishnabe
Verdasco (vs Gulbis), Chardy (vs Stebe)

Walenty
Nishikori (vs Ram), Ramos (vs Korolev)
Eternity
Monaco (vs Kamke), Fognini (vs Dolgopolov)

Placeholder
NONE
jbf#1
Almagro (vs Minar)

wrxinsc
Raonic (vs Becker)
boredone3456
Haas (vs Cervenak), Gulbis (vs Verdasco)

purespin
Bellucci (vs Tomic)
FEDERERNADAL13
Dolgopolov (vs Fognini), Tomic (vs Bellucci), Dimitrov (vs Gil)[/CENTER]

 

[jamesblakefan#1]

UPDATED SCORES - AFTER THURSDAY'S MATCHES

seffina (5-4-1) - 0 trails kishnabe (7-4) - 7
Walenty (4-7) - 5 leads Eternity - 0
Placeholder - 2 tied with jbf#1 - 2
wrxinsc (4-7) - 4 trails boredone3456 (7-3-1) - 10
purespin (4-4) - 4 trails FEDERERNADAL13 (5-5-1) - 5

PLAYERS IN ACTION - FRIDAY

seffina
NO PLAYERS CHOSEN
kishnabe
Verdasco (vs Kuznetsov), Granollers (vs Bachinger)

Walenty
Ramos (vs Dimitrov)
Eternity
Monaco (vs Cervenak)

Placeholder
Cilic (vs Odesnik)
jbf#1
Almagro (vs Gimeno-Traver)

wrxinsc
Ferrer (vs Robredo)
boredone3456
Isner (vs Van der Merwe)

purespin
Tipsarevic (vs Phau), Bellucci (vs Stebe)
FEDERERNADAL13
Dolgopolov (vs Berlocq), Dimitrov (vs Ramos)​

 

[wrxinsc]

UPDATED SCORES - AFTER FRIDAY'S MATCHES

seffina (5-4-1) - 0 trails kishnabe (7-4) - 9
Walenty (4-7) - 5 leads Eternity - 0
Placeholder - 6 leads jbf#1 - 3
wrxinsc (4-7) - 7 trails boredone3456 (7-3-1) - 12
purespin (4-4) - 8 trails FEDERERNADAL13 (5-5-1) - 9​

 

[jamesblakefan#1]

UPDATED SCORES - AFTER FRIDAY'S MATCHES (ONE CORRECTION)

Walenty (4-7) - 5 tied with Eternity - 5

PLAYERS IN ACTION - SEMIFINALS

seffina
NO PLAYERS CHOSEN
kishnabe
Verdasco (vs Granollers), Granollers (vs Verdasco)

Walenty
NONE
Eternity
Monaco (vs Garcia Lopez)

Placeholder
Cilic (vs Dolgopolov)
jbf#1
Almagro (vs Hajek)

wrxinsc
Ferrer (vs Dimitrov)
boredone3456
Isner (vs Harrison)

purespin
Tipsarevic (vs Bellucci), Bellucci (vs Tipsarevic)
FEDERERNADAL13
Dolgopolov (vs Cilic), Dimitrov (vs Ferrer)​

Two inter-team SF matchups, that's a definite first.

 

[jamesblakefan#1]

UPDATED SCORES - AFTER SEMIFINAL MATCHES

seffina (5-4-1) - 0 trails kishnabe (7-4) - 10
Walenty (4-7) - 5 trails Eternity - 6
Placeholder - 8 leads jbf#1 - 5
wrxinsc (4-7) - 9 trails boredone3456 (7-3-1) - 14
purespin (4-4) - 9 tied with FEDERERNADAL13 (5-5-1) - 9

PLAYERS IN ACTION - FINALS

seffina
NO PLAYERS CHOSEN
kishnabe
Granollers (vs Cilic)

Walenty
NONE
Eternity
Monaco (vs Tipsarevic)

Placeholder
Cilic (vs Granollers)
jbf#1
Almagro (vs Ferrer)

wrxinsc
Ferrer (vs Almagro)
boredone3456
Isner (vs Hewitt)

purespin
Tipsarevic (vs Monaco)
FEDERERNADAL13
NONE​

 

[jamesblakefan#1]

UPDATED SCORES - AFTER FINAL MATCHES

seffina (5-4-1) - 0 trails kishnabe (7-4) - 10
Walenty (4-7) - 5 trails Eternity - 6
Placeholder - 12 leads jbf#1 - 5
wrxinsc (4-7) - 13 trails boredone3456 (7-3-1) - 18
purespin (4-4) - 9 tied with FEDERERNADAL13 (5-5-1) - 9

PLAYERS IN ACTION - HAMBURG/ATLANTA/GSTAAD

seffina
NO PLAYERS CHOSEN
kishnabe
Verdasco (vs Reister), Granollers (1R Bye), Chardy (vs Montanes), Rosol (vs Troicki)

Walenty
Nishikori (1R Bye), Ramos (vs Andujar), Ebden (vs Qualifier), Montanes (vs Chardy)
Eternity
Monaco (vs Stebe), Nieminen (vs Davydenko), Fognini (vs Ilhan), Dodig (vs Kubot)

Placeholder
Cilic (vs Cipolla), Mayer (vs Zeballos), Giraldo (vs Laaksonen), Ramirez Hidalgo (vs Munoz De La Nava)
jbf#1
Almagro (vs Kamke), Benneteau (vs Dimitrov), Bogomolov (vs Sock), Andreev (vs Mathieu)

wrxinsc
Baker (vs Kunitsyn)
boredone3456
Isner (1R Bye), Roddick (1R Bye), Haas (vs Klizan), Mahut (vs Capdeville), Gulbis (vs Volandri)

purespin
Tipsarevic (1R Bye), Kohlschreiber (vs Phau), Haase (vs Bachinger), Bellucci (vs Kavcic), Stakhovsky (vs Brown)
FEDERERNADAL13
Youzhny (1R Bye), Tomic (vs Paire), Dimitrov (vs Benneteau)​

 

[purespin]

How come I didn't get any point when Tipsarevic won the Mercedes Cup 2012 title? My points remain 9 after the final...

 

[wrxinsc]

How come I didn't get any point when Tipsarevic won the Mercedes Cup 2012 title? My points remain 9 after the final...

purespin (4-4) - 12 leads FEDERERNADAL13 (5-5-1) - 9​

^ fixed

 

[purespin]

Thank you, wrxinsc!

 

[jamesblakefan#1]

UPDATED SCORES - AFTER FINAL MATCHES

seffina (5-4-1) - 0 trails kishnabe (7-4) - 10
Walenty (4-7) - 5 leads Eternity (4-6-1) - 4
Placeholder - 13 leads jbf#1 (7-2-2) - 5
wrxinsc (4-7) - 13 trails boredone3456 (7-3-1) - 19
purespin (4-4) - 14 leads FEDERERNADAL13 (5-5-1) - 7

PLAYERS IN ACTION - TUESDAY

seffina
NO PLAYERS CHOSEN
kishnabe
Verdasco (vs Reister), Chardy (vs Montanes), Rosol (vs Troicki)

Walenty
Ramos (vs Andujar), Ebden (vs Bubka), Montanes (vs Chardy)
Eternity
Monaco (vs Stebe), Fognini (vs Ilhan), Dodig (vs Kubot)

Placeholder
Cilic (vs Cipolla), Mayer (vs Zeballos), Giraldo (vs Laaksonen)
jbf#1
Almagro (vs Kamke), Benneteau (vs Dimitrov)

wrxinsc
NONE
boredone3456
Haas (vs Klizan), Gulbis (vs Volandri)

purespin
Kohlschreiber (vs Phau), Bellucci (vs Kavcic), Stakhovsky (vs Brown)
FEDERERNADAL13
Dimitrov (vs Benneteau)​

 

[wrxinsc]

jbf#1 updated​

 

[jamesblakefan#1]

UPDATED SCORES - AFTER TUESDAY'S MATCHES

seffina (5-4-1) - 0 trails kishnabe (7-4) - 13
Walenty (4-7) - 11 leads Eternity (4-6-1) - 7
Placeholder - 17 leads jbf#1 (7-2-2) - 7
wrxinsc (4-7) - 13 trails boredone3456 (7-3-1) - 23
purespin (4-4) - 19 leads FEDERERNADAL13 (5-5-1) - 9

PLAYERS IN ACTION - WEDNESDAY

seffina
NO PLAYERS CHOSEN
kishnabe
Rosol (vs Ramos)

Walenty
Nishikori (vs Berankis), Ramos (vs Rosol), Ebden (vs Blake)
Eternity
NONE

Placeholder
Cilic (vs Delbonis), Mayer (vs Haase), Giraldo (vs Laaksonen)
jbf#1
NONE

wrxinsc
NONE
boredone3456
Isner (vs Belemans), Roddick (vs Mahut), Haas (vs Simon), Mahut (vs Roddick), Gulbis (vs Paire)

purespin
Haase (vs Mayer), Bellucci (vs Youzhny), Stakhovsky (vs Brown)
FEDERERNADAL13
Youzhny (vs Bellucci)​

 

[boredone3456]

The placeholder is GOATing like..all of us....what does that say...nevamind I do not wanna know haha.

 

[jamesblakefan#1]

UPDATED SCORES - AFTER WEDNESDAY'S MATCHES

seffina (5-4-1) - 0 trails kishnabe (7-4) - 13
Walenty (4-7) - 13 leads Eternity (4-6-1) - 7
Placeholder - 24 leads jbf#1 (7-2-2) - 7
wrxinsc (4-7) - 13 trails boredone3456 (7-3-1) - 27
purespin (4-4) - 19 leads FEDERERNADAL13 (5-5-1) - 9

PLAYERS IN ACTION - THURSDAY

seffina
NO PLAYERS CHOSEN
kishnabe
Granollers (vs Kubot), Chardy (vs Reister)

Walenty
Ebden (vs Blake)
Eternity
Monaco (vs Munoz De La Nava), Fognini (vs Kohlschreiber)

Placeholder
Giraldo (vs Hernych)
jbf#1
Almagro (vs Davydenko)

wrxinsc
NONE
boredone3456
Isner (vs Belemans)

purespin
Tipsarevic (vs Fischer), Kohlschreiber (vs Fognini)
FEDERERNADAL13
Dimitrov (vs Brown)​

 

[jamesblakefan#1]

UPDATED SCORES - AFTER THURSDAY'S MATCHES

seffina (5-4-1) - 0 trails kishnabe (7-4) - 15
Walenty (4-7) - 14 leads Eternity (4-6-1) - 9
Placeholder - 24 leads jbf#1 (7-2-2) - 9
wrxinsc (4-7) - 13 trails boredone3456 (7-3-1) - 28
purespin (4-4) - 22 leads FEDERERNADAL13 (5-5-1) - 10

PLAYERS IN ACTION - QUARTERFINALS

seffina
NO PLAYERS CHOSEN
kishnabe
Chardy (vs Monaco)

Walenty
Nishikori (vs Soeda), Ramos (vs Cilic), Ebden (vs Muller)
Eternity
Monaco (vs Chardy)

Placeholder
Cilic (vs Ramos), Mayer (vs Haas), Giraldo (vs Hernych)
jbf#1
Almagro (vs Kohlschreiber)

wrxinsc
NONE
boredone3456
Isner (vs Sock), Roddick (vs Russell), Haas (vs Mayer), Gulbis (vs Mathieu)

purespin
Tipsarevic (vs Hernych), Kohlschreiber (vs Almagro)
FEDERERNADAL13
Dimitrov (vs Kubot)​

 

[jamesblakefan#1]

UPDATED SCORES - AFTER QUARTERFINAL MATCHES

seffina (5-4-1) - 0 trails kishnabe (7-4) - 15
Walenty (4-7) - 13 leads Eternity (4-6-1) - 11
Placeholder - 25 leads jbf#1 (7-2-2) - 11
wrxinsc (4-7) - 13 trails boredone3456 (7-3-1) - 34
purespin (4-4) - 27 leads FEDERERNADAL13 (5-5-1) - 12

PLAYERS IN ACTION - SEMIFINALS

Walenty
NONE
Eternity
Monaco (vs Almagro)

Placeholder
Cilic (vs Haas)
jbf#1
Almagro (vs Monaco)

wrxinsc
NONE
boredone3456
Isner (vs Roddick), Roddick (vs Isner), Haas (vs Cilic)

purespin
Tipsarevic (vs Mathieu), Bellucci (vs Dimitrov)
FEDERERNADAL13
Dimitrov (vs Bellucci)​

 

[jamesblakefan#1]

UPDATED SCORES - AFTER SEMIFINAL MATCHES

seffina (5-4-1) - 0 trails kishnabe (7-4) - 15
Walenty (4-7) - 13 leads Eternity (4-6-1) - 12
Placeholder - 23 leads jbf#1 (7-2-2) - 11
wrxinsc (4-7) - 13 trails boredone3456 (7-3-1) - 39
purespin (4-4) - 31 leads FEDERERNADAL13 (5-5-1) - 12

PLAYERS IN ACTION - SEMIFINALS

Walenty
NONE
Eternity
Monaco (vs Haas)

wrxinsc
NONE
boredone3456
Roddick (vs Muller), Haas (vs Monaco)

purespin
Tipsarevic (vs Bellucci), Bellucci (vs Tipsarevic)
FEDERERNADAL13
NONE​

 

[kishnabe]

I'm gonna call JBF on tanking....when he clearly gave better picks for Placeholder than himself.

 

[jamesblakefan#1]

FINAL SCORES

seffina (5-4-1) - 0 loses to kishnabe (7-4) - 15
Walenty (4-7) - 13 loses to Eternity (4-6-1) - 16
Placeholder - 23 defeats jbf#1 (7-2-2) - 11
wrxinsc (4-7) - 13 loses to boredone3456 (7-3-1) - 41
purespin (4-4) - 34 defeats FEDERERNADAL13 (5-5-1) - 12​

 

[jamesblakefan#1]

UPDATED STANDINGS

1. boredone3456 - 8-3-1, -38 PTD, W3
2. kishnabe - 8-4, +55 PTD, W1
3. jbf#1 - 7-3-2, +84 PTD, L1
4. purespin - 5-4, +33 PTD, W2

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5. seffina - 5-5-1, +65 PTD, L1
6. Eternity - 5-6-1, +50 PTD, W1
7. FEDERERNADAL13 - 5-6-1, +15 PTD, L2
8. wrxinsc - 4-8, -23 PTD, L1
9. Walenty - 4-8, -90 PTD, L5

3 matches left in the regular season. The top 3 seem to be clear, but the 4th spot is still well up for grabs. Thanks to all for participating, thanks to wrxinsc for helping out with the scoring, and good luck for the rest of the season!