Australian Open 2013: Matches of the day : Day 2 15-Jan-2013

dog blows a 2-0 lead and now is hanging onto his serve at 4-2 down

luvsports! wrote:monaco lost before him and was seeded 11th raiders

Ahh right.. Monaco lost in such silence, I could hardly notice.

Monf serving for the match....silly Dolgo...trying to engage in rallies with Monfils, really makes you wonder about his IQ sometimes, like he plays with a death wish most of the time.

But he breaks back, go Dol gooooooo

Th dog gets a break back.. My guess he will lose it again to lose the match..

Tenez wrote:I m watching bits....lots of UEs....which is not bad in itself...

so glad no silly hour matches tonight! You're right bottom half draw is a lot more interesting.

Just what I guessed.

Poor quality match that was.....certainly in teh 4th set. Looked like none wanted to win it.

..and Dolgo self-destructs with another netted forehand shame I really wanted to see the 5th set!

And what about the tragedy of draws:Palla vs Weintraub
or Duckworth vs Mitchell or Sousa vs Patrick-Smith...

Yes while we have a Davydenko v Federer at the same time.

Tenez wrote:Yes while we have a Davydenko v Federer at the same time.

AO organisers really ruin the draw and scheduling every year spreading all their wild-cards and giving them prime slots on show courts.
Is anyone watching Gaidisova Wickimayer now?

noleisthebest wrote:

And what about the tragedy of draws:Palla vs Weintraub
or Duckworth vs Mitchell or Sousa vs Patrick-Smith...

Well thats how it works. Good for these players tough for some other. Some time back I noticed a player who was almost always drawing a top-4 in R1 in slams. I forgot who he was.

Gasquet was bloody unlucky for long. Federer has had teh worst draws over the years but he managed to make them look easy.

I agree with NITB about teh AO scheduling. Particularly this PCness to always put the ladies on prime time, on best courts when frankly most fans want to watch the mens.

Results and the points table after Day2

Points table: 15-Jan-2013

1. Robin Haase (NED) [33] lost to Andy Murray (GBR) [3]

Rotla: -3
Tenez: 3
nitb: -3
SB: -3 ( Missed ) *
Luvspots: 3
LK : 3
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2. Gael Monfils (FRA) [33] def Alexandr Dolgopolov (UKR) [18]

Rotla: -33
Tenez: -33
nitb: -33
SB: -33 (Missed )
Luvspots: -33
LK: -33
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3. Tommy Haas (GER) [19] lost to Jarkko Nieminen (FIN) [33]

Rotla: -33
Tenez: 33
nitb: 33 ( good pick)
SB: -33 ( Missed )
Luvspots: -33
LK: -33


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4. Dudi Sela (ISR) [33] lost to Nikolay Davydenko (RUS) [33]

Rotla: -33
Tenez: 33
nitb: 33
SB: -33 ( Missed )
Luvspots: 33
LK: 33


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Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA) [7] def Michael Llodra (FRA) [33]

Rotla: 7
Tenez: -7
nitb: 7
SB: -7 (missed )
Luvspots: 7
LK: 7

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6. Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) [10] def Sabine Lisicki (GER) [33]

Rotla: -10
Tenez: 10
nitb: -10
SB: -10 ( Missed )
Luvspots: 10
LK:

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Points as on 16-Jan-2013

Rotla: 4 - 105 = -101 ( I might as well have missed the prediction and still wouldn't have done too much worse )
Tenez: 90 + 39 = 129
nitb: -58 + 27 = -31
SB: -58 - 119 = -177
Luvspots: 68 - 13 = 55
LK: 0 - 13 = -13

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No of correct Predictions:

Rotla: 3/6 + 1/6 = 4/12
Tenez: 4/6 + 4/6 = 8/12
nitb: 2/6 + 3/6 = 5/12
SB: 2/6 + 0/0 = 2/6
Luvspots: 4/6 + 4/6 = 8/12
LK: 0/0 + 4/6 = 4/6

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It might look harsh to put -ves for someone missing a prediction day, but its only fair. Its very likely that some one who made predictions actually ended up losing points ( as we see today ).

Thanks rotla, and thanks SB

Hi Rotla - I think you got NITB and me mixed up for Nieminen's win. I predicted Nieminen.

Cheers

Tenez wrote:Hi Rotla - I think you got NITB and me mixed up for Nieminen's win. I predicted Nieminen.

Cheers

so did I, sorry.

I love your competitive instinct. I can tell you have been playing tennis recently!

Tenez wrote:I love your competitive instinct. I can tell you have been playing tennis recently!

Me, competitive?

Tenez wrote:Hi Rotla - I think you got NITB and me mixed up for Nieminen's win. I predicted Nieminen.

Cheers

Corrected.