FULL ANALYSIS OF ROUND 4


Federer-Canas analysis

Everyone went for Fed, though I don't think anyone expected Canas to get the chance to have another pop at him this soon after his shock win in IW!

Swing: There was never going to be any chance of a swing in this match.

Stepanek-Robredo analysis

Only Xenon from AM (looking good here!) and Roberta the Robot went for Robredo, nobody went for Stepanek.

All of the BTs and 23 AMs went for Haas
Matt F from AM went for Verdasco

Swing: 8 to AM if Robredo wins, no change if Count Duckula wins.

Delic-Chela analysis

2 BTs (seagull & DouglasM) and 2 AMs (cazza & speedy) went for Chela

Nobody went for Delic, but those hoping for Delic to win in order to limit the damage will be:

18 BTs and 18 AMs, who went for the Undertaker
5 BTs and 5 AMs who went for Berdych

Swing: Look at the figures above - there was never going to be any chance of a swing in this match!

Nieminen v Ljubo analysis:

18 BTs and 14 AMs went for Ljubicic

Rob Harris (BT) went for Santoro

Nobody went for Nieminen, but those hoping for a Nieminen win to limit the damage will be:

4 BTs (ForeverDelayed, Aria, DUSTY & mkkreuk) and 8 AMs (Shaun, andy's ipod, Spraggs, Sound, silk, Chrissi, AllyB & mintsauce), who went for big Dave
1 BT (Josh) and 3 AMs (Vamos, Speedy & Matt F), who went for Moya
1 BT (Rob Harris), who went for Santoro
1 BT (Grundon), who went for Mahut

Swing: 32 to BT if Ljubo wins, no change if Nieminen wins.


Mathieu-Murray analysis

This match (tomorrow) will be easily the most important match for the team competition so far.

22 AMs and 11 BTs picked Andy

Nobody went for Mathieu but those who will drop a lot if he does not beat Andy include:

13 BTs and 3 AMs, who went for Gonzo
1 BT (ForeverDelayed) went for Hewitt.

Swing: 88 to AM if Andy wins, no change if Mathieu wins


Ferrer-Roddick analysis

22 BTs and 23 AMs went for Duckboy

2 BTs (FD & Guy, both in the top 10) went for Ferrer

Those also hoping for Ferrer to win in order to limit the damage will be:

Akhenaten from BT and silk & mintsauce from AM, who went for Monfils

Swing: 8 to AM if Duckboy wins, 16 to BT if Ferrer wins.


Lopez-Djokovic analysis

11 BTs (seagull, FD, RC, Guy, goldfish, Grundon, DouglasM, Rob Harris, andyjmr, Akhenaten & Josh) and 8 AMs (cazza, Shaun, Paul Dyer, lj2007, Sarah, AllyB, mintsauce & Donna) went for Djokovic

Nobody went for Lopez, but those hoping for Lopez to win in order to limit the damage will be:

12 BTs and 11 AMs who went for Blake
2 BTs and 6 AMs who went for Safin

Swing: 24 to BT if Djokovic wins, no change if Lopez wins.


del Potro-Nadal analysis

22 BTs and 23 AMs went for Rafa

Nobody went for del Potro, but those hoping for del Potro to win in order to limit the damage will be:

Josh from BT, who went for Baggy
Rob Harris & Imoen from BT and Speedy & Matt F from AM, who all went for Youzhny

Swing: 8 to AM if Rafa wins, no change if del Potro wins.


Possible swings in R4:

Maximum swing to AM.com in R4 is 112 if Robredo, Andy, Duckboy & Rafa win and Ljubicic & Djokovic lose.

Maximun swing to BT.net in R4 is 72 if Ferrer, Djokovic & Ljubicic win and Andy, Rafa and Robredo lose - it could be the first time we've ever cheered for Count Duckula!

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