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Well, with Robredo losing so spectacularly it's all going swimmingly for Andy should he win! He now has a guaranteed 6 places to gain.


Other than that what will happen to Andy above the table is the same as yesterday so check back at that post for the optimism.


Behind Andy things are going pretty well also.


Closest competitor is now Hewitt who will overtake if he wins his quarterfinal and Andy goes out before the semi (ie loses against Davydenko or the next person).


Youzhny is doing far better than he should so lets put a few pins in him, although he can't overtake unless he wins and Andy loses before the semis.


Finally, Gicquel and Safin can both overtake by winning.


So worst case now is a loss of two places (Hewitt plus one of the three to win), to 18 still one place up on last week.


I'd say that today our main efforts need to be directed at Davydenko please.



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Indeed. Nine inch nails into the wax model of Davydenko, never mind pins (I'm reserving the chisel for the next round if needed!)

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Madeline wrote:

Indeed. Nine inch nails into the wax model of Davydenko, never mind pins (I'm reserving the chisel for the next round if needed!)

sounds about right, I'll have the chisel prepared though, just in case I need it.

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Go Go the Voodoo Sisters!

Andy's in need a bigger effort now. 

My rain-dance should have helped to give you some extra time though.



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Sometimes I worry about you though, uninformed readers stumbling upon this page might suspect us of a weird kind of devil worship.

But I guess in this case the objective justifies the means: GO ANDY!

-- Edited by nads at 09:26, 2006-09-06

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nads wrote:

Sometimes I worry about you though, uninformed readers stumbling upon this page might suspect us of a weird kind of devil worship.


Yeah, I worry every now and then but I hope it doesn't take long to realise it's all tongue-in-cheek.

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Well I think I was suspected on here once of being a murderer because of a flippant remark, so mere devil worship is nothing!

It's all in fun, folks, hopefully to generate a bit of interest in matches we otherwise couldn't care about. If is was not for ranking tables I don't think I'd be waiting with bated breath for the results of a match between, say, Pless and Martin. . .

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Madeline wrote:

  I don't think I'd be waiting with bated breath for the results of a match between, say, Pless and Martin. . .


Today the key match is, of course, Eschauer vs Cuadrado!


(see Boggo & Greg thread for details)



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Well Andy went out so now all concentration turns to those below him.


The nearest and biggst threat is Hewitt who plays Roddick next, so all pins in Hewitt and positive thoughts to Roddick.


Similarly, we need Nadal and Federer to win against Youzhny and Gicquel so same for them.


And finally Safin is currently playing Haas and the sooner he goes out the better so pins in him right now!



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and finally Safin is currently playing Haas and the sooner he goes out the better so pins in him right now!



Safin did lose but wouldnt we be wanting Haas to lose, so that he doesnt go to far ahead of andy?

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Before this match Haas was already 200 points ahead of Andy so the chances of him overtaking anytime soon are low, Safin on the otherhand was a major threat to both Murray and Henman so get rid of him. Of course, we want Haas to lose next round for that very reason.

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Thank you, thank you Mr Roddick for disposing of Lleyton Hewitt.

Now, next round, kindly to the same to Youzhny!

It pains me to support deadly dull Davydenko, but he has my very temporary support in his attempt to stop Haas from progressing.

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Table updated


Roddick, Haas and Youzhny advance.  With Youzhny out of there, the table's changed to stretch from number 5 to number 35. (I think I'll shrink it further when we're out of Masters Series weeks)


Andy, Hewitt and  Berdych are knocked out.


There's only Youzhny left behind, so the worst possible outcome is Andy at number 17, with Mikhail Youzhny the US Open Champion.


- You all know who to target with your hexes!



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Haas is out, so his points are pegged at 300 more than Andy. But what we REALLY need now is for Roddick to beat Youzhny - come on, A-Rod, make some recompense for your nastiness last time you played our Andy!

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The Table's updated.


Blake and Haas go out.


No play today - so keep working on that Youzhny voodoo doll.



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