I was thinking we could do our own version of the cincinnati Pick em contest but with the U.S. Open. I dont remb the exact point system i know someone posted it already. We can twick that a little bit to fit the US Open draw.
** We can even have a prize for the winner if someone has somethig they are willing to give away that is actually worth something meaning more or around 5 quid that has something to do with tennis. If know one has anything then we can just give away some AM's. Id was 200 to winner. 100 for second place. 50 for 3rd place( This could change based on number of people participating). Anyone down for this.....**
i guess ill run it or part of it someone else can help. People can just send me/who ever is helping a privite messege with there filled out draw...ill let you know the format id like it sent in...if we are even doing this
what do you guys think!!!
-- Edited by UltimateFlemingFan at 16:55, 2006-08-24
I think it sounds like a great idea Rob, count me in.
If anyone has a copy of the Murray-Federer match which they're willing to copy onto another disc, how about that for a 1st prize. If not, the prizes of 200, 100 and 50 AM sound good and could be added onto the totals amassed so far in the betting shop game.
The draw will be announced on Friday and so between Friday and Monday, those participating need to make their predictions for the entire matches in the draw and email them to Rob.
* 1 (one) point for each correct prediction in the first round * 2 (two) points for each correct prediction in the second round * 4 (four) points for each correct prediction in the third round * 8 (eight) points for each correct prediction in the quarterfinal round * 16 (sixteen) points for each correct prediction in the semi-final round * 32 (thirty-two) points for each correct prediction in the final round * 0 (zero) points for each incorrect pick or segment left blank.
-- Edited by UltimateFlemingFan at 11:31, 2006-08-23
I'll play, I'm not too good at the betting so need to earn a few AMs somehow (although, having said that I do appear to be third at the moment, I'm not really sure how!)
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here's the draw...will update with qualifiers later...
(1) FEDERER, Roger SWI vs Wang Yeu-Tzuoo TPE Tim Henman GBR vs Greg Rusedski GBR Gilles Muller LUX vs Vincent Spadea USA Scoville Jenkins USA vs Jonas Bjorkman SWE (29)
Gaston Gaudio ARG (21) vs Andreas Seppi ITA Sam Querrey USA vs Philipp Kohlschreiber GER Marc Gicquel FRA vs Christophe Rochus BEL QUALIFIER vs Juan Carlos Ferrero ESP (16)
Tomas Berdych CZE (12) vs Boris Pashanski SCG Florian Mayer GER vs QUALIFIER QUALIFIER vs QUALIFIER Igor Kunitsyn RUS vs Dmitry Tursunov RUS (23)
Agustin Calleri ARG (28) vs Carlos Moya ESP Paul-Henri Mathieu FRA vs QUALIFIER Teimuraz Gabashvili RUS vs Marcos Daniel BRA Juan Monaco ARG vs James Blake USA (5)
David Nalbandian ARG (4) vs. Michael Berrer GER Robin Vik CZE vs. Marat Safin RUS Guillermo Coria ARG vs. Ryan Sweeting USA Olivier Patience FRA vs. Olivier Rochus BEL (26)
Robby Ginepri USA (18) vs. Julien Benneteau FRA Paul Goldstein USA vs. QUALIFIER Wayne Odesnik USA vs. Raemon Sluiter NED Alex Kuznetsov USA vs. Tommy Haas GER (14)
Fernando Gonzalez CHI (10) vs. QUALIFIER Jan Hajek CZE vs. Lukas Dlouhy CZE Alessio Di Mauro ITA vs. Jurgen Melzer AUT QUALIFIER vs. Andy Murray GBR (17)
Kristof Vliegen BEL (32) vs. QUALIFIER Potito Starace ITA vs. QUALIFIER Nicolas Mahut FRA vs. Rainer Schuettler GER Ramon Delgado PAR vs. Nikolay Davydenko RUS (7)
Marcos Baghdatis CYP (8) vs. Alexander Waske GER Andrei Pavel ROM vs. Andre Agassi USA QUALIFIER vs. Filippo Volandri ITA Thomas Johansson SWE vs. Sebastien Grosjean FRA (30)
Fernando Verdasco ESP (22) vs. Fabrice Santoro FRA Mariano Zabaleta ARG vs. QUALIFIER QUALIFIER vs. Alberto Martin ESP Florent Serra FRA vs. Andy Roddick USA (9)
Lleyton Hewitt AUS (15) vs. Albert Montanes ESP Kevin Kim USA vs. Jan Hernych CZE Mardy Fish USA vs. Simon Greul GER Donald Young USA vs. Novak Djokovic SCG (20)
Richard Gasquet FRA (25) vs. Phillip Simmonds USA Gilles Simon FRA vs. Daniele Bracciali ITA QUALIFIER vs. Fernando Vicente ESP Feliciano Lopez ESP vs. Ivan Ljubicic CRO (3)
Tommy Robredo ESP (6) vs. Flavio Saretta BRA Hyung-Taik Lee KOR vs. Ruben Ramirez Hidalgo ESP Ivo Karlovic CRO vs. Robin Soderling SWE Stanislas Wawrinka SUI vs. Juan Ignacio Chela ARG (31)
Dominik Hrbaty SVK (19) vs. Mikhail Youzhny RUS Nicolas Massu CHI vs. Davide Sanguinetti ITA Oliver Marach AUT vs. Justin Gimelstob USA Nicolas Almagro ESP vs. David Ferrer ESP (11)
Jarkko Nieminen FIN (13) vs. Xavier Malisse BEL Bjorn Phau GER vs. QUALIFIER Jiri Novak CZE vs. Arnaud Clement FRA Paradorn Srichaphan THA vs. Jose Acasuso ARG (24)
Gael Monfils FRA (27) vs. QUALIFIER Max Mirnyi BLR vs. Wesley Moodie RSA Luis Horna PER vs. Guillermo Garcia-Lopez ESP Mark Philippoussis AUS vs. Rafael Nadal ESP (2)