2009 AOSP WOMENS DAY 1 (Mon) PICK

[Moose]

Welcome to TAT's 2009 Australian Open Ladies' Suicide Pool! Big greetings to our first timers and a hearty welcome back to our veteran SP'ers. This is our 5th anniversary, and in case you missed it, we have an outstanding prize package for this years' winner - be sure to check the announcement!

Two important guidelines:
You will be making one pick EACH DAY of the women’s event (NOT one each round), and
Once you use a player, you CAN NOT use her again in the 2009 AOSP.
There will be a “picks and results thread” posted shortly after the day 1 threads are closed so you can check the choices you have already made.

It is very important you follow the schedule of play for the day posted below. This may be the first round, but only half of the draw plays Monday. And we don't want to have to eliminate you because you picked from the wrong half of the draw (sadly, it seems that every year we lose a player or two for this reason).

Since the object of the game is to pick a player that you are sure is going to win on that day, should your player withdraw, she obviously cannot win his match. You do not get a substitute (lucky loser) - you have chosen a player, not a spot in the draw. You might want to scout your player and make sure there is not a known injury or illness issue.

Post your Day 1 pick by replying IN THIS THREAD. Your pick must be in before the start of play for the day in Melbourne -Monday, 11:00 AM in AUSTRALIA/ Sunday 7:00 P.M. US Eastern time, 4:00 PM Pacific time. Please do not be late as we hate making those hard decisions, but we will. This thread will be locked at the deadline, so please don't wait until the last minute or you may find it locked when you hit "post".

Best of luck and thanks for joining us. All of us at TAT thank you for joining us over the past 5 years of the game, and we look forward to more fun and excitement over the next 5.

Monday’s Order of Play consists of 32 matches from the TOP half of the women’s draw:

JANKOVIC, Jelena SRB [1] v MEUSBURGER, Yvonne AUT
FLIPKENS, Kirsten BEL v DE LOS RIOS, Rossana PAR
DECHY, Nathalie FRA v (Q) KUTUZOVA, Viktoriya UKR
(Q) DUBOIS, Stephanie CAN v SUGIYAMA, Ai JPN [26]

BAMMER, Sybille AUT [24] v SAFAROVA, Lucie CZE
CETKOVSKA, Petra CZE v ERAKOVIC, Marina NZL
(Q) SPREM, Karolina CRO v PIRONKOVA, Tsvetana BUL
SOUTH, Melanie GBR v BARTOLI, Marion FRA [16]


PETROVA, Nadia RUS [10] v SHVEDOVA, Yaroslava KAZ
MIRZA, Sania IND v DOMACHOWSKA, Marta POL
KNAPP, Karin ITA v WEJNERT, Monika AUS (W)
VOSKOBOEVA, Galina KAZ v SZAVAY, Agnes HUN [23]

KIRILENKO, Maria RUS [27]v ERRANI, Sara ITA
NICULESCU, Monica ROU v (Q) O'BRIEN, KATIE GBR
CAMERIN, Maria Elena ITA v GALLOVITS, Edina ROU
RYBARIKOVA, Magdalena SVK v ZVONAREVA, Vera RUS [7]


SAFINA, Dinara RUS [3]v KUDRYAVTSEVA, Alla RUS
MAKAROVA, Ekaterina RUS v REZAI, Aravane FRA
(Q) SCHRUFF, Julia GER v MAYR, Patricia AUT
(Q) DATE KRUMM, Kimiko JPN v KANEPI, Kaia EST [25]

HANTUCHOVA, Daniela SVK [19]v DELLACQUA, Casey AUS
CRAYBAS, Jill USA v JOHANSSON, Mathilde FRA
PETKOVIC, Andrea GER v (Q) WOERLE, Kathrin GER
KORYTTSEVA, Mariya UKR v CORNET, Alize FRA [15]

WOZNIACKI, Caroline DEN [11]v PEER, Shahar ISR
RUANO PASCUAL, Virginia ESP v DUQUE MARINO, Mariana COL
DOKIC, Jelena AUS (W) v PASZEK, Tamira AUT
KEOTHAVONG, Anne GBR v CHAKVETADZE, Anna RUS [17]

KLEYBANOVA, Alisa RUS [29] v ARVIDSSON, Sofia SWE
COHEN-ALORO, Stephanie FRA v ZAHLAVOVA STRYCOVA, Barbora CZE
WICKMAYER, Yanina BEL v (Q) BRIANTI, Alberta ITA
GOERGES, Julia GER v IVANOVIC, Ana SRB [5]

[munchin]

Okay, I'm attempting to open this thread for picks (I'm new at this). I hope this worked. If it did, we're open for business.

[patrick]

Marion Bartoli

TW

[FIFAKILLER]

SUGIYAMA, Ai JPN [26]

[Charlie02123]

Ana Ivanovic

[flyingswan]

First Pick : Nadia Petrova

[patrick]

Ana Ivanovic

Thought about it as it was b/w her and Marion

[danutz]

WOZNIACKI, Caroline

[tinica]

JELENA DOKIC

TW - (tina)

[Swiss Viking]

SZAVAY, Agnes HUN [23]

[Charlie02123]

Thought about it as it was b/w her and Marion
My first thought was Marion. :cheesy:

[pbutler50]

Kanepi please

[juandixonformvp]

Niculescu is the pick

[pfj1976]

Kaia Kanepi

[johnnw45]

KNAPP, Karin please.

[kzt123]

CORNET, Alize plse.

[Drop-shot]

Sugiyama

[GVGirl]

Monica Niculescu

TW

[luvs10s]

Day 1: Ruano Pascual, please

[igorwright]

Marion Bartoli for my day 1 - God bless me!

[AnneP]

Sugiyama please

[fatboy]

Petrova
TW

[eskimo_53]

Day 1: I will go with Ai SUGIYAMA

Thanks

[evil_juju]

Bartoli

[deb10s]

?agnes Szavay?

tw djatns

[rashmi]

Alisa KLEYBANOVA, please

[kcgregg]

My pick is Kaia Kanepi.

[djoker]

DECHY, Nathalie FRA

[elenas]

TW- Agnes Szavay

[maxim]

Alize CORNET for me, please.

maxim

[mataeo1983]

This is an awful half. Karin Knapp??????

[nelslus]

Sugiyama.

[vexchaps]

Bammer

[slamdog]

PETROVA, NADIA

[Martini4me]

Day 1: Kaia Kanepi

[thotchkin]

I wish she had a better draw because she's almost always a solid third round SP pick, but sometimes the draw does not favor her and I end up making what (I hope) is a solid First Round pick. So my Day 1 pick on the Women's Side is...

SUGIYAMA!

[lukeorion]

DECHY, Nathalie FRA

[FEBravo]

Maria KIRILENKO, plese (TW)

[doubledogbrewer]

Also time to try my new strategy again: only picking players in the top 14 seeds (unless forced to do otherwise). Used it twice, gotten to week 2 in both draws each time except for Ivanovic's Wimbledon upset.

(Hmm, after looking through my choices here (Jankovic (too early), Petrova (ugh), Zvonareva, Safina (too early), Wozniacki (too early), Ivanovic (could be too early or ugh) I may already be rethinking my strategy.)

Well, this is probably too early, but I like following my own rules, so let's do:

Day 1: ZVONAREVA, Vera RUS [7]

[Aabye]

Day 1: Nathalie Dechy

TW (Aabye)

[snapcracklepop1988]

Ai Sugiyama

[Phantomas]

DECHY, Nathalie FRA

[gibbermiata]

Bartoli, please.

[repoman]

Kanepi, Kaia

TW, repoman13

[waylandboy-tw]

Knapp

TW- Waylandboy
(although I've still never seen a prize from TW for winning Wimbledon last year)

[beths]

this is beth from TW
my pick is Agnes Szavay

[myt1320]

Day 1: Bartoli

[glarange]

KIRILENKO, Maria RUS [27]

[zephblabs]

Ai Sugiyama

For her sake I do hope she does not fail us.

[ktothem1]

I'll take Marion Bartoli also.

[tennisbrp]

Karin Knapp - no Knapping on court against an Aussie....

[gauloises]

Ai Sugiyama

TW

[glarange]

Change from Kirilenko to BARTOLI please.

Tks
G

[IntnstyAngle]

I don't normally go with a seed on the first day but I'll do it today.

(16) Marion Bartoli FRA for me, please.

[csgnyc]

I came close to picking Kaia Kanepi (who's playing Date, and I hate sentimentality), but I'm saving her for the next round. So, I'm going with a suicide pool favorite:

Ai Sugiyama, please.

[Nancy]

DOKIC, Jelena

TW

[natkl]

Marion Bartoli

TW, lira vega

[Tscott415]

Day 1: Knapp

[gff0]

Karin Knapp to start

[lemons]

SUGIYAMA, Ai

[mjschaefer]

Wickmayer please.

[greenhopper]

Nathalie Dechy

TW

[kirby077]

Anna Chakvetadze

[blomgren]

Kaia Kanepi

[alex42387]

Karin Knapp for me

[izidane]

Julia Schruff
TW, izidane

[djanga]

Day 1: BARTOLI, Marion FRA [16]

[suliso]

Marion Bartoli

[Jenni]

KANEPI, Kaia EST [25]

TW

[hurricanejeanne]

Day One: Alisa Kleybanova

[Christopher]

BARTOLI, Marion

TW, Christopher

[wfwalsh]

Bartoli.

[Jewell]

Sybille Bammer.

TW.

[alvinlimtc]

DECHY, Nathalie

[TW_Rani]

DECHY, Nathalie FRA

TW, Rani

[Federex]

Marion Bartoli .

banker against a British ;)

[likembrave]

SUGIYAMA, Ai

[nandogoescommando]

Day 1: Marion Bartoli

[mrjiggyfly2]

SUGIYAMA, Ai

[marieJ]

kirilienko for me and for tw contest ;)

[Togtdyalttai]

Monica Niculescu

[iamco_CO_nut]

Day 1: Alize Cornet

[ponchi101]

Day 1: Anna Chakvetadze

[beaujarkko]

I think I want to be out already: Julia Schruff

[aedra1119]

Ai Sugiyama

[riley371]

kanepi (slamming a sixer of fosters as i make the pick)

tw

[Swiss Viking]

Forgot to add:

TW Swiss Viking

(My pick is still Agnes Szavay)

[craighickman]

Marion Bartoli, please

[jjnow]

Virginia Ruano Pascual

[lknobel]

Monica Niculescu
TW, lknobel

[redscalp]

maria kirilenko! please
(like mariej ;)

[leemur]

Bartoli TW

[marsny]

SZAVAY, Agnes

[jlhct]

My pick: KNAPP, Karin

[jsd123789456]

REZAI, Aravane FRA

[Miles]

SUGIYAMA, Ai JPN

[zebra]

1: Kaia Kanepi

[Kaeber]

BARTOLI, Marion FRA [16]

[Earth-dragon]

My pick: Nadia Petrova

[Jessie181]

I'll join the bandwagon and pick...

Sugiyama, Ai (ai ai ai!)

[gobows]

Marion Bartoli FRA


TW

[TennisDude]

Well I will go with a bit of an unusual pick and go with Julia Schruff

[shtexas]

Marion Bartoli :lipsrsealed:

[lilwillowb]

Maria Kirilenko, please

[headcase]

Kaia Kanepi

[fishtank]

Nadia Petrova

[Equipped]

Day 1: Karin Knapp

[Foxykhat]

Day 1: SUGIYAMA, Ai

Foxy

[rickym63]

Nadia Petrova
Thanks

[MarkB24]

Ai Sugiyama for me please

[awkw4rd nub]

Bartoli

[matt2370]

Kaia Kanepi please.

[e11even]

Day 1: SUGIYAMA, Ai JPN [26] :thumbsup:

[doktorJ]

maria kirilenko (RUS)

[phatsdawg96]

I am going with

DECHY, Nathalie FRA please

[Vlad]

BARTOLI, Marion FRA [16]

[hawkgirl98]

Aravane Rezai

[Herodotus]

Karin Knapp

[Federer70]

tough choices - going with Mirza.

[owendonovan]

Kanepi, thank you.

[krishna]

Alize Cornet, please.

[munchin]

Oooh, I almost forgot to actually pick someone. Marion Bartoli

[jbradhunter]

Aravene Rezai :hyst:
jbradhunter, TW

[PeterSkan]

Day 1: CORNET, Alize FRA [15]

[tobiasfunke]

Bartoli

[nyjaney]

Dechy, please!

[Madame]

Madame :cool:
Day1: Kaia KANEPI
TW

[kknudsen]

SUGIYAMA please

[hoppy_okapi]

KIRILENKO, Maria please.

[tennismaster8]

Day 1: Marion Bartoli

[Scotty]

SUGIYAMA, Ai!

[oliver0001]

FLIPKENS, Kirsten BEL

Hope I'll get ton the second day (unlike the last couple of times):rolleyes:

[JieOllily0001]

bartoli, please

[atlpam]

Some really surprising picks here, but I'll go with

Sugiyama

Aussie Aussie Aussie - Ai, Ai, Ai!!!

[cimmerian]

Sania Mirza

TW

[dani]

Sugiyama

[MeganFernandez]

Sugiyama... Is there a more ubiquitous pick in the 1st and 2nd rounds of suicide pools?

[adicecream]

Sugiyama for me

TW

[Kiki D]

Maria Kirilenko, please.

[Capitals32]

SUGIYAMA, Ai, Please

[tennisaaa]

BARTOLI, Marion. TW Thank you.

[Rex]

Karolina Sprem.

[Fiercehart]

Bartoli, please

[deevik]

Alize Cornet
TW (ladyjulia)

[Elchie]

Opening with Nathalie Dechy. Thanks!

[federerfan]

Marion Bartoli
TW , federerfan

[Jacko (Private Detective)]

Marion Bartoli

TW Jacko!!!

[chodanjmf]

KANEPI, Kaia EST [25]

Thanks!

[Kirkus]

Ai Sugiyama, please.

[pkultgen]

Karin Knapp

[Vuhruhto]

Marion Bartoli

[agassifan]

KIRILENKO, Maria

[oohsalmon]

Ai Sugiyama

[b-lab]

Chakvetadze

TW, VE

[Kathleen]

Kleybanova, please.

[milesb]

CHAKVETADZE, Anna, please.

[joshman_can]

Cornet

[Auburn84]

Sugiyama, please.

Good luck to everyone!

[rafadoc]

TW Ai Sugiyama

[PERRYinRO]

Marion Bartoli please

[srberg]

SPREM, Karolina CRO, please.

[winston]

Virginia Ruano Pascual

[angryduck71]

Dechy. I know NOTHING about the women, so I'll probably do better because of it. :)

[tmsenn14@gmail.com]

Nathalie Dechy please.

[mysterX]

Day 1: Agnes Szavay

[mickey]

Nadia Petrova

[Danielle]

Why I do this to myself, I do not know but...

I'm going with Tsvetana Pironkova, please.

[pinckleman]

Marion Bartoli please.

[TennisAnyone74]

Day 1: Knapp, Karin

TA

[facey007]

DECHY, Nathalie FRA

[jkfriedman]

Sara Errani

[gunner]

SZAVAY, Agnes HUN [23]

[nectar]

Marion Bartoli
TW

[SoraOblivion62]

1st pick goes to Ruano Pascual.

[amenssen]

if i go any distance in the women i am going to need a lot of antacid

i'll take Ai Sugiyama please :undecided:

[Lynn]

CHAKVETADZE, Anna for me, please.

[NasdaqBallboy]

Sania Mirza

[Cmally]

SZAVAY, Agnes HUN [23]

[MeliGirl]

DOKIC, Jelena AUS

[flowerchild39]

Nathalie Dechy

[Eugene]

KIRILENKO, Maria

[Moose]

Jon D'oh takes Ai Sugiyama for Day 1

[tecumseh]

KANEPI, Kaia EST

[tenor777]

Sugiyama, for me please. Thank you!

[blaker414]

SUGIYAMA, Ai JPN [26]

[adburton]

Ai Sugiyama

TW, Andrew

[Deuce]

I'll take . . .

SUGIYAMA, Ai JPN

Thanks.

[ernie_pantusso]

Kaia Kanepi

[nbala]

Kaia Kanepi (I didn't realize Kimiko Date was making a comeback.)

[ginger]

Nathalie Dechy. thanks

[Aquagirl]

Day 1 - Women's - Natalie Dechy

TW
Angel of the Suf

[Spencer]

Day 1: Ai Sugiyama

[lbk77]

BARTOLI, Marion

TW, lbk77

[joanna]

My pick is Barbora Zahlovova Strycova

joanna

[TennisBen21]

Alisa Kleybanova

TW

[Jackie]

Natalie Dechy

TW, Jackie

[ptmcmahon]

When in doubt, go against the Canadian

Ai Sugiyama

[Pattyfan]

I really stink at this game, but it's lots of fun!

Tamira Paszek, please.

Thanks.

Kevin

[Jillz]

Karin Knapp for me please. Thanks!

[jenninlaca]

Nadia Petrova

TW Jenn

[shrubflower]

Mirza please!

[zephyrstorm03]

Ai Sugiyama, please.

[Irena2]

Alisa Kleybanova

[musababid]

Ai Sugiyama

TW, Musab

[motobass]

Going with Kaia Kanepi.

[doubledogbrewer]

wow ... I'm amazed at how many people are picking the Frenchies. If I recall, they (Cornet, Bartoli, Dechy, etc.) went further than anyone thought all through last year. If similar happens at AO, going to be lots of people who wished they'd saved them.

Of course, better to use them too early than not at all (because you got knocked out). :o/

[Elliot]

DECHY, Nathalie

[kayce]

Ai Sugiyama

[Jose Antonio Vicuna]

Vera Zvonareva

[vivg91]

Kaia Kanepi

TW

When in doubt, bet against the 38 year old.

[cdavid99]

Kleybanova.

[tennisdoll]

MAKAROVA, Ekaterina RUS

[patmanmo]

Ai Sugiyama

[gerrywag]

Knapp, Karin

[jnnhd]

Vera Zvonareva

[mwoods]

Karin Knapp

[wingedguardian]

Aussie Open Day 1 pick: Ai Sugiyama

[shaurya]

Agnes SZAVAY

[microserfing]

Marion Bartoli

[moldytangerine]

I'll take Kanepi.
Pleeasseeee

[Justme]

Marion Bartoli

[cader]

Nathalie Dechy

[abbey]

Dechy

TW, abbey

[sophke0702]

Ai Sugiyama

[udaneri]

Day 1: Marion Bartoli
Gracias !!

[JTContinental]

Vera Zvonareva

[oploskoffie]

Day 1: Kaia Kanepi

:cool:

[lilly potter]

Pironkova
lilly potter TW

[Zolbol]

Sania Mirza

[floomby]

PETROVA, Nadia RUS [10]

[borenore2]

Maria Kirilenko please.

[PointRd]

CHAKVETADZE, Anna RUS [17]

[Fun Blame Monster]

Nathalie Dechy, please.

[led14pa2]

Aravane Rezai please

[laura]

KNAPP, Karin

TW

[spounder]

Bartoli please

[TigerTim]

Marion Bartoli for me, please.

[rktct2b]

My Day 1 Women's pick is Ai Sugiyama.

[omess]

Alize Cornet
TW, omess

[JelenaFan]

I pick Yanina Wickmayer.
TW

[backhand]

Bartoli

[Jason11E]

KNAPP, Karin ITA

TW

[Shadow]

Bartoli

[slicentice]

DECHY

[The_Hammer]

Sugiyama

[megar]

WICKMAYER, Yanina BEL

[Verbalvolleys]

CHAKVETADZE, Anna RUS [17]

[ajay.gov]

Marion Bartoli please.

[gimpyknee2004]

Dechy for me, s.v.p.

[Snoo Foo]

Knapp