[Chaz22]

OK, since there is not much time, here we go with the thread for the bracket contest.

If Shari shows up and decides to take over - I do not see any problem with that.

Yes, I can and will count points.

Entry fee will be 50 points. You can send points to Shari if she agrees so and does this in time, if not then send them to me but no later then first match gets underway.

Pro's only contest. No offence we have only 2 weeks and thats merely 30 points form non-pros. Dont wanna risk it....also less entry fee would not be very motivating.

Prize payout -

6 or less gamers - then winner takes it all.

7-10 gamers - Top3 get paid (50% - 30% - 20%).

11+ we cut it extend it top5 (40% - 25% - 20% - 10% - 5%)

One more thing, will do this only for ATP part.




So here are rulles copy/pasted from previous contests.










1. This is a bracket contest which starts at the First Round of US Open. Entries need to be submitted to me via PM no later than at the start of the first match local time on MONDAY 11:00 AM AUGUST 26th.


2. Each person is to post in this thread or send PM to ME their winners all the way through from the First Round until the Final before the first match commences. I'll post everyone's picks at some point in the day so all of us can follow along. I suggest using one of the free bracket sites to complete your bracket and then just copying and pasting the players' names into the format I supply below. Optional has a nice link which can be used for filling up your brackets.


3. SCORING WILL BE AS FOLLOWS:


First Round correct picks receive 1 point(s)
Second Round correct picks receive 2 point(s)
Third Round correct picks receive 3 point(s)
Fourth Round correct picks receive 5 point(s)
Quarterfinals correct picks receive 10 point(s)
Semifinals correct picks receive 20 point(s)
Finals correct picks receive 30 point(s)


4. In the event of a tie when grading for contest purposes, the first tiebreak will go to the person who picked the highest number of number of dog winners correctly throughout the first round based on Pinny's closing number. The second tiebreak will go to the person who picked the number of Second Round winners correctly.


*** In the event of a retirement, if one set is complete then the advancing player will count as the winner.




Below is Wimbledon 2013 as an example entry


ROUND TWO


Group 1


Djokovic vs Reynolds
Kavcic vs Chardy
Simon vs Berankis
Odesnik vs Haas


Gasquet vs Haider-Maurer
De Bakker vs Querrey
Anderson vs Petzschner
DGT vs Berdych




Group 2


Ferrer vs Agut
Giraldo vs Dolgopolov
Raonic vs Sjisling
Duckworth vs Kohlschreiber


Nishikori vs Mayer
Nieminen vs Seppi
Dimitrov vs Zemlja
Levine vs Del Potro


Group 3


Nadal vs Andreev
Falla vs Paire
Isner vs Andujar
GGL vs Wawrinka


Almagro vs Matosevic
Stepanek vs Janowicz
Fognini vs Rosol
Stakhovsky vs Federer


Group 4


Tsonga vs Gulbis
Verdasco vs Benneteau
Monaco vs Lacko
Lorenzi vs Cilic


Tipsarevic vs Montanes
Pospisil vs Youzhny
Robredo vs Mahut
Lu vs Murray


ROUND 3


Group 1


Djokovic vs Melzer


Seppi vs Verdasco


Simon vs Cipolla


Bellucci vs Tsonga




Group 2


Federer vs Roddick


Bogo vs Lopez






Del Potro vs Ferrero


Anderson vs Berdych






Group 3


Ferrer vs Youzhny


Granollers vs Isner






Dolgo vs Gasquet


Tomic vs Murray






Group 4


Tipsarevic vs Benneteau


Kohl vs Amalgro






Monaco vs Raonic


Mayer vs Nadal






ROUND 4






Djokovic vs Verdasco


Progress to QF: Djokovic






Simon vs Tsonga


Progress to QF: Tsonga






Federer vs Lopez


Progress to QF: Federer






Del Potro vs Berdych


Progress to QF: Del Potro






Ferrer vs Isner


Progress to QF: Ferrer






Dolgo vs Murray


Progress to QF: Murray






Tipsarevic vs Amalgro


Progress to QF: Tipsarevic






Raonic vs Nadal


Progress to QF: Nadal






QF #1 Winner


Djokovic






QF#2 Winner


Federer






QF#3 Winner


Ferrer






QF#4 Winner


Nadal






Semi Final #1 Winner: Djokovic


Semi Final #2 Winner: Nadal






Final Winner: Nadal



GL everyone !

[Chaz22]

Here is my selection. Going for Fed.

I challenge anybody (pro's only and EP36 can also participate) who wants easy 50 points as I did not pick winner from the so called Big Three.



ROUND 2

Group 1

DJOKOVIC, Novak SRB [1]
BECKER, Benjamin GER

NIEMINEN, Jarkko FIN
DIMITROV, Grigor BUL [25]

PAIRE, Benoit FRA [24]
SMYCZEK, Tim USA (W)

GRANOLLERS, Marcel ESP
FOGNINI, Fabio ITA [16]

HAAS, Tommy GER [12]
LU, Yen-Hsun TPE

DOLGOPOLOV, Alexandr UKR
YOUZHNY, Mikhail RUS [21]

MELZER, Jurgen AUT [29]
SIJSLING, Igor NED

BAKER, Brian USA (W)
DEL POTRO, Juan Martin ARG [6]

Group 2

MURRAY, Andy GBR [3]
HANESCU, Victor ROU

KLIZAN, Martin SVK
MAYER, Florian GER

MALISSE, Xavier BEL
DEVVARMAN, Somdev IND (Q)

JOHNSON, Steve USA
ALMAGRO, Nicolas ESP [15]

WAWRINKA, Stanislas SUI [9]
KARLOVIC, Ivo CRO (Q)

BAGHDATIS, Marcos CYP
ANDERSON, Kevin RSA [17]

BENNETEAU, Julien FRA [31]
CHARDY, Jeremy FRA

KUDLA, Denis USA
BERDYCH, Tomas CZE [5]

Group 3

GASQUET, Richard FRA [8]
ROBERT, Stephane FRA (Q)

RUFIN, Guillaume FRA (W)
TURSUNOV, Dmitry RUS [32]

LOPEZ, Feliciano ESP [23]
KLAHN, Bradley USA (W)

DE BAKKER, Thiemo NED
RAONIC, Milos CAN [10]

JANOWICZ, Jerzy POL [14]
SOCK, Jack USA

KUZNETSOV, Andrey RUS
TIPSAREVIC, Janko SRB [18]

GULBIS, Ernests LAT [30]
KUKUSHKIN, Mikhail KAZ (Q)

BELLUCCI, Thomaz BRA
FERRER, David ESP [4]

Group 4

FEDERER, Roger SUI [7]
GIRALDO, Santiago COL

ZEBALLOS, Horacio ARG
QUERREY, Sam USA [26]

ROBREDO, Tommy ESP [19]
HAASE, Robin NED

TOMIC, Bernard AUS
NISHIKORI, Kei JPN [11]

ISNER, John USA [13]
MONFILS, Gael FRA

ROGER-VASSELIN, Edouard FRA
KOHLSCHREIBER, Philipp GER [22]

DODIG, Ivan CRO
DAVYDENKO, Nikolay RUS

POSPISIL, Vasek CAN
NADAL, Rafael ESP [2]
----------------------

ROUND 3

Group 1

DJOKOVIC, Novak SRB [1]
DIMITROV, Grigor BUL [25]

PAIRE, Benoit FRA [24]
GRANOLLERS, Marcel ESP

HAAS, Tommy GER [12]
YOUZHNY, Mikhail RUS [21]

MELZER, Jurgen AUT [29]
DEL POTRO, Juan Martin ARG [6]

Group 2

MURRAY, Andy GBR [3]
MAYER, Florian GER

MALISSE, Xavier BEL
ALMAGRO, Nicolas ESP [15]

WAWRINKA, Stanislas SUI [9]
BAGHDATIS, Marcos CYP

BENNETEAU, Julien FRA [31]
BERDYCH, Tomas CZE [5]

Group 3

GASQUET, Richard FRA [8]
TURSUNOV, Dmitry RUS [32]

LOPEZ, Feliciano ESP [23]
RAONIC, Milos CAN [10]

JANOWICZ, Jerzy POL [14]
TIPSAREVIC, Janko SRB [18]

GULBIS, Ernests LAT [30]
FERRER, David ESP [4]

Group 4

FEDERER, Roger SUI [7]
QUERREY, Sam USA [26]

ROBREDO, Tommy ESP [19]
NISHIKORI, Kei JPN [11]

ISNER, John USA [13]
KOHLSCHREIBER, Philipp GER [22]

DODIG, Ivan CRO
NADAL, Rafael ESP [2]
----------------------

ROUND 4

DJOKOVIC, Novak SRB [1]
PAIRE, Benoit FRA [24]

HAAS, Tommy GER [12]
DEL POTRO, Juan Martin ARG [6]

MURRAY, Andy GBR [3]
ALMAGRO, Nicolas ESP [15]

WAWRINKA, Stanislas SUI [9]
BERDYCH, Tomas CZE [5]

GASQUET, Richard FRA [8]
RAONIC, Milos CAN [10]

JANOWICZ, Jerzy POL [14]
GULBIS, Ernests LAT [30]

FEDERER, Roger SUI [7]
NISHIKORI, Kei JPN [11]

ISNER, John USA [13]
NADAL, Rafael ESP [2]
----------------------

QUARTER FINALS

DJOKOVIC, Novak SRB [1]
DEL POTRO, Juan Martin ARG [6]

MURRAY, Andy GBR [3]
BERDYCH, Tomas CZE [5]

GASQUET, Richard FRA [8]
GULBIS, Ernests LAT [30]

FEDERER, Roger SUI [7]
NADAL, Rafael ESP [2]
----------------------

SEMI FINALS

DJOKOVIC, Novak SRB [1]
MURRAY, Andy GBR [3]

GULBIS, Ernests LAT [30]
FEDERER, Roger SUI [7]

----------------------

FINAL

DJOKOVIC, Novak SRB [1]
FEDERER, Roger SUI [7]
----------------------

CHAMPION

FEDERER, Roger SUI [7]
----------------------

Just post your selection and send 50 points to me by 11:00 AM New York Time.

[yisman]

I would enter but I went on tilt in the casino and ran out of time to fill this whole thing out

next time maybe I'll challenge you

[yisman]

part1.jpgpart2.jpgpart3.jpg


I tried to copy and paste but it was a mess.

[yisman]

sent 50

anyway I did it in a hurry on tennis channel

not exactly what I would've picked but it'll have to do

if you can't see it I can upload another way

[Chaz22]

sent 50

anyway I did it in a hurry on tennis channel

not exactly what I would've picked but it'll have to do

if you can't see it I can upload another way

I see only part of that and its low quality.

Try another way. for ex. >>

http://indycash.com/tennis/men.php

[yisman]

it's three links

I can't do the indycash thing right now

[yisman]

I'll take better screenshots




http://imageshack.us/a/img51/6056/y4dj.png

http://img153.imageshack.us/img153/8507/1qu9.png

http://img716.imageshack.us/img716/1776/ftwg.png

[Chaz22]

Scores after Round 1 are equal..

yisman 43 points.
Chaz22 43 points

[Optional]

would have played if i had seen

[Chaz22]

Scores after Round 2 ...

yisman 81
Chaz22 87

[Chaz22]

Scores after Round 3 ...

yisman 108
Chaz22 111

[Optional]

nail biter

[dwight_yorke]

Philipp Kohlschreiber - Rafael Nadal
Can this match go over 31.5 games? Odds @ 1.85 seems quite interesting

[Chaz22]

Scores after Round 4 ...

yisman 128
Chaz22 131

[Chaz22]

Scores prior to Semis ...

yisman 148
Chaz22 141

Yisman wins this, since Fed was blowed away....