Tim's competitors week 5

RobC · All-time great

RE: Tim's competitors week 5

RobC · All-time great

Massu wins, and advances

. Mayer loses to Blake

. Becker wins as well

Massu and Becker are the two remaining threats. Massu plays Gonzo- slayer Montanes and Becker plays Blake in their respctive semis.

Voodoo curses please!

RobC · All-time great

Sorry for the late update.

Last night Blake did the business and saw off Becker

Unfortunately, Massu was too good for Montanes, and advances to just 20 points behid Tim

He plays Luis Horna in the final, tonight, so we need your best and sharpest pins to go into the Massu wax doll, oh ladies of the coven, otherwise Tim'll be down to World number 40

Madeline · Admin:Moderator + Tennis Legend

I'll do my best

RobC · All-time great

Madeline wrote:

I'll do my best

Your best, as ever, was more than enough

Horna sees off Massu 75 63

Tim ends the week down 3 at World number39

RobC · All-time great

I'm very confused

:

The ATP has placed Tim above Chela. They're on the same number of points, but Chela has (on my reckoning) 365 points from mandatory tournaments, while Tim only has 355, which should put Chela above Tim???.....

The rulebook says:

Ties. When two or more players have the same total number of points, ties shall be broken as follows:
1) the most total points from the Grand Slams, ATP Masters Series tournaments and Tennis Masters Cup main draws, and if still tied, then,
2) the fewest events played, counting all missed Grand Slams, ATP Masters Series Tournaments and Tennis Masters Cup they could have played (as described under 1.above) as if played, and if still tied, then,
3) the highest number of points from one single Tournament, then, if needed, the second highest, and so on.

Anyone got any ideas??

-- Edited by RobC at 08:43, 2007-02-07

imoen · Admin: Moderator+Tennis Legend

that is very confusing. The only thing I can think is that the ATP has made a mistake.

Have you double checked both player's mandatory points? Could it be you have it down wrong?

RobC · All-time great

I've double checked. But please do check as well..

Maybe they've made a mistake. Maybe they're only counting points from matches won (i.e. a first round loss counts zero??) the same thing has happened with Gimelstob & Lopez.

imoen · Admin: Moderator+Tennis Legend

RobC wrote:

I've double checked. But please do check as well..

Maybe they've made a mistake. Maybe they're only counting points from matches won (i.e. a first round loss counts zero??) the same thing has happened with Gimelstob & Lopez.

well I've double checked now and the points you have are right. If they only count points from matches won then the maths works but logically that doesn't because you still get 5 points for a first round loss at grandslam (and masters?) level so it would be stupid if that's what they've done. And making a mistake with two sets of players is a bit strange.

The only thing I can suggest is that you try and email them to find out what's going on!

RobC · All-time great

email sent. let's see if they respond.

imoen · Admin: Moderator+Tennis Legend

Did they reply Rob? If so what's the verdict?

RobC · All-time great

Nothing as yet.

I'll email steveg - see if he has an idea.