AUSTRALIAN OPEN 2012 - Women's Singles Contest

[moses millsap]

Only 18 entries? So assuming top 3 will get paid?

[shari91]

Only 18 entries? So assuming top 3 will get paid?

18's good for women at the start of the year... like I said it's usually around 20. As long as everyone's paid up by the time the contest ends, the prizes will be for the top 3 and a refund of entry in the form of a SBR Sportsbook freeplay for last place.

[moses millsap]

Sounds good, pretty sure I'll get last for one of them.

[shari91]

Sounds good, pretty sure I'll get last for one of them.

Stay out of my way pal! I'm gunning for last in both of them.

[jjgold]

You fukked me here Shari

I left you a voice message and only lost 3

I could not PM you as they are blocked

I hope you slip into mud and ruin your clothes in the next rain storm

[yisman]

[jjgold]

Yiser I am withdrawing right NOW

I did not know this was going to be so difficult

Yiser if you talk to Shari tell her to get automated bracket software for french

[moses millsap]

CHAMP2399 (and good luck to you too )


ROUND TWO

Group 1
Wozniacki vs Tatishvili
Kudryavtseva vs Niculescu

Safarova vs Erakovic
Martic vs Jankovic

Clijsters vs Baltacha
Rus vs Hantuchova

Birnerova vs Govortsova
Arvidsson vs Na Li

Group 2
Azarenka vs Jovanovski
Keothavong vs Cetkovska

Pennetta vs Falconi
Benesova vs Peng

Schiavone vs Yakimova
Date-Krumm vs Goerges

Wickmayer vs Pironkova
Halep vs Radwanska

Group 3
Zvonareva vs Hradecka
Makarova vs Kanepi

Cibulkova vs Arn
Strycova vs Williams

Lisicki vs Peer
Soler-Espinosa vs Kuznetsova

Kerber vs E. Vesnina
Minnella vs Sharapova

Group 4
Stosur vs U. Radwanska
Errani vs Petrova

Vinci vs Zheng
Chakvetadze vs Bartoli

Pavly vs Bondarenko
Krajcek vs Ivanovic

Kirilenko vs Wozniak
Suarez-Navarro vs Kvitova

ROUND 3

Group 1
Wozniacki vs Kudrya
Safarova vs Martic

Clijsters vs Hantuchova
Birnerova vs Na Li

Group 2
Azarenka vs Cetkovska
Pennetta vs Peng

Schiavone vs Goerges
Wickmayer vs Radwanska

Group 3
Zvonareva vs Kanepi
Cibulkova vs Williams

Lisicki vs Kuznetsova
Kerber vs Sharapova

Group 4
Stosur vs Petrova
Zheng vs Chakvetadze

Pavly vs Ivanovic
Kirilenko vs Kvitova


ROUND 4

Wozniacki vs Safarova
Progress to QF: Woz

Clijsters vs Na Li
Progress to QF: Clijsters

Azarenka vs Panetta
Progress to QF: Azarenka

Goerges vs Radwanska
Progress to QF: Radwanska

Kanepi vs Williams
Progress to QF: Williams

Kuznetsova vs Sharapova
Progress to QF: Kuznetsova

Stosur vs. Chakvetadze
Progress to QF: Stosur

Pavly vs Kirilenko
Progress to QF: Pavlyuchenkova

QF #1 Winner
Clijsters

QF#2 Winner
Azarenka

QF#3 Winner
Williams

QF#4 Winner
Pavlyuchenkova

Semi Final #1 Winner: Clijsters
Semi Final #2 Winner: Stosur

Final Winner: Samantha Stosur

Think this entry is wrong. Stosur isn't one of the QF winners, yet she is picked to win the championship?

[shari91]

Thanks Moses, I'll send him a PM. I assume he meant for Stosur to beat Pavly but I'll double check.

[moses millsap]

Assuming he meant Stosur, this is how the contest picks are lined up (just wrote down everybody's final 4 to get an idea of what the consensus was, didn't bother with men's assuming a large % is the big 4, lol):

QF Winners

Na 8, Clijsters 7, Hantuchova 1, Jankovic 1, Wozniacki 1

Azarenka 14, Radwanska 2, Schiavone 1, Barthel 1

Serena 7, Sharapova 4, Kanepi 4, Lisicki 2, Zvonareva 1

Kvitova 12, Bartoli 2, Pavlyuchenkova 1, Kirilenko 1, Ivanovic 1, Stosur 1

Winner

Kvitova 8, Azarenka 3, Serena 2, Kanepi 1, Na 1, Wozniacki 1, Bartoli 1, Stosur 1

[Champ2399]

Yep, meant for Stosur to beat Pavly and then Stosur wins the final. Good catch!

[makman]

Yep, meant for Stosur to beat Pavly and then Stosur wins the final. Good catch!

He made a good catch, you made a great catch !!!
marked Stosur for the championship, she is defeated in straight sets.
what a shame for Stosur in her home slam.
Unstable women tennis !!!
Even steroids do not help

[yisman]

Yiser I am withdrawing right NOW

I did not know this was going to be so difficult

But you made the same posts last year!

[Champ2399]

He made a good catch, you made a great catch !!!
marked Stosur for the championship, she is defeated in straight sets.
what a shame for Stosur in her home slam.
Unstable women tennis !!!
Even steroids do not help

No doubt...guess I have to cheer for Sharapova to win the whole thing now? Maybe Pavly. Knew I should have just picked the hottest girls.

Anyway, remember me when we get to the French Open -- fade my picks and make a killing...

[shari91]

SCORES AFTER ROUND 1

Imaproblem: 49

Shari, Carolina: 48

Jake, Betthehook, Diesel: 47

Makman, Greg, ttwarrior: 46

Moses: 45

Jeff, Aggie, vladfan: 44

Brian, Horja, Champ, EP: 43

Blax0r: 41

[shari91]

SCORES UP UNTIL TODAY

Shari: 111

Diesel: 106

Jeff, Greg: 105

ttwarrior: 104

Blax05: 103

jake, Horja: 102

Carolina: 101

Aggie: 100

vladfan, Brian: 99

betthehook, makman: 96

EP, Imaproblem: 93

Moses, champ: 92

[shari91]

UPDATED SCORES

Shari: 120

Diesel: 118

Jeff: 117

Carolina: 116

Blax0r: 115

Greg, vladfan: 114

ttwarrior: 113

jake, bth: 111

aggie: 109

horja, champ, brian, makman: 108

EP, imaproblem: 105

moses: 104

[EaglesPhan36]

Damn it. I gotta pick up the pace if I am gonna finish last.

[moses millsap]

No chance EP; I'm gonna nail last for both contests. And I should get an extra bonus prize if I can accomplish that

[EaglesPhan36]

In all reality, both of these are going to change a lot once the QFs start. One upset on the men's side and everyone is thrown off. Women's contest I fully expect lots of movement after the 4th round ... if you nail double last ... epic accomplishment.

[moses millsap]

I had Barthel and Kanepi in the semis, lol. I am the only one who has Na winning, so if she does, perhaps I have a shot, but doubt it. I might be the only one who has Nadal winning on men's side as well, but I didn't check those as when I scanned, almost everyone had the big 4 in the semis.

[aggieshawn]

Serena Williams and Li Na are out. No more points for Shari?
Aggie will make a big sweeping move to front of the pack when Ms Woz wins it all.

[shari91]

UPDATED SCORES AFTER 4TH ROUND

Diesel: 148

Jeff: 147

Greg: 144

Carolina, Jake: 141

Shari: 140

Vlad: 139

ttwarrior: 138

Blax0r: 135

Makman: 133

Aggie: 129

Champ, Brian: 128

Horja: 123

BTH: 121

EP: 120

Moses: 119

Imaproblem: 105 DONE

[jjgold]

Shari these numbers are so confusing
I know you spend a lot of time on this but there has to be an easier way

Shari I want a bracket type thing where I just click the players and it gets submitted instantly and everything is autograded

Hun make it happen for the French

[shari91]

Shari these numbers are so confusing
I know you spend a lot of time on this but there has to be an easier way

Shari I want a bracket type thing where I just click the players and it gets submitted instantly and everything is autograded

Hun make it happen for the French

What's confusing about it? These are the exact scores you'd have if you'd entered the bracket contest at the Tennis Channel. It's not difficult. The only person who gets a bit of a rough go here is me because I have to grade.

Going to kick your trolling hoop soon.

[jjgold]

Shari let me put this real simple

Go look at ncaa tourney sites..all automated brackets software

[shari91]

Shari let me put this real simple

Go look at ncaa tourney sites..all automated brackets software

Let me put this simply and for the 2000th time... my tennis contest budget = zero. These contests are ran 4x a year. Go talk to John and see if he'll buy something. Big hint though: The answer will be no.

[jjgold]

Ask Lou Shari

Bracket software soooooooooooooooooooooooo smooth and sooooooooooo easy

Get it done Maria

[JAKEPEAVY21]

looks like there is zero chance that I can win this, jeffdane has a few more points than me as of now and we have the exact same picks the rest of the way! 2nd or 3rd will have to do

[jeffdane]

UPDATED SCORES

Diesel: 158 80 pts remaining, kvit, clij and kvit, kvit

Jeff: 167 90 pts remaining, shara and kvit, aza and kvit, kvit

Greg: 164 80 pts remaining, kvit, aza and kvit, kvit

Jake: 161 90 pts remaining (same as jeff)

Carolina: 151 90 pts remaining (shara and kvit, aza and kvit, aza wins)

Shari: 150 pts remaining 60 if kvit wins

Vlad: 149 30 pts remaining, kvit to semi and aza lose in finals

ttwarrior: 158 80 pts remaining. kvit, clij and kvit, kvit

Blax0r: 155 20 pts rem if aza wins one more round.

Makman: 143 60 pts rem, all kvit

Aggie: 139 (done)

Champ: 148 20 pts rem if clijsters wins one more.

Horja: 133 (done)

BTH: 131 60 pts rem (az wins it all and sharapova one more round)

EP: 130 80 pts remaining (kvit, aza and kvit, aza wins)

Moses: 119 30 pts rem, kvit loses in finals

Imaproblem: 105 DONE

I dont see brian laverty on here? I dont think hes in the running though.

Im just screwing around, these are not the official standings, I may have made mistakes, but if not here is where we stand.

Look like the Clijsters/Azarenka match will be pivotal.

[JAKEPEAVY21]

here's to us sweeping the rest of the picks, jeff..2nd in this one and 1st in the men's will have to suffice..

[jeffdane]

here's to us sweeping the rest of the picks, jeff..2nd in this one and 1st in the men's will have to suffice..

i actually hope i dont win this jake, i got a future on sharapova and would much rather win that, but if not ill take a few points. and im taking the mens too jake.,

[JAKEPEAVY21]

i actually hope i dont win this jake, i got a future on sharapova and would much rather win that, but if not ill take a few points. and im taking the mens too jake.,

doubt it pal..I'm in the lead and like the picks I have going forward

[CarolinaDaze]

If i read this right, if Azarenka wins the Austrailian Open, i could win this contest.

[shari91]

UPDATED SCORES BEFORE SEMIS

Jeff: 187 Aza/Kvit, Kvit

Jake: 181 Aza/Kvit, Kvit

Greg: 174 Aza/Kvit, Kvit

Carolina: 171 Aza/Kvit, Aza

ttwarrior and Diesel: 168 Clijsters/Kvit, Kvit

Shari: 160 Kvitova, Kvitova

Vlad: 159 Aza, N/A

Blax0r: 155 Aza, N/A

Makman: 153 Kvit, Kvit

Champ: 148 Clijsters, N/A

BTH: 141 Aza, Aza

EP: 140 Aza/Kvit, Aza

Aggie: 139 DONE

Brian: 138 Kvit, Kvit

Horja: 133 DONE

Moses: 129 Kvit, Kvit

Imaproblem: 105 DONE