Day 3 (Wed) Men's USO Suicide Pool Pick

[shtexas]

Welcome to to Day 3 of the Fifth Annual United States Open Men’s Suicide Pool!

This is day 3 of the men's first round (unlike the women, who have moved on to round 2).

You will be making one pick EACH DAY of the Men’s event (NOT one each round), and once you use a player, you can never use him again. There is a “picks and results thread” posted so you can check the choices you have already made.

IT IS VERY IMPORTANT YOU FOLLOW THE POSTED SCHEDULE OF PLAY BELOW. BE CAREFUL.

Post your Day 3 pick by replying IN THIS THREAD. Your pick must be in by the start of play in New York, rain or shine, that is Wednesday, September 2, 2009 at 11:00 AM New York time (east coast), 8:00 AM on the west coast. For those in Europe, London is five (5) hours later than the east coast. Don’t be late as we hate making those hard decisions, but we will. This thread will be locked at 11:00 AM EDT, so please don't wait until the last minute or you may find it locked when you hit "post".

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, he 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.

If you change your mind after you make your pick, and before the deadline, please make a second post advising us of your change - PLEASE DO NOT make your change in your original post, as we often go through the posts before closing to begin the task of updating the picks and results, and we might miss a change if you edit your original pick.

Best of luck, and thank you for joining us!

Wednesday’s schedule of play consists of the last 16 FIRST ROUND MATCHES FROM BOTTOM half of the men’s draw PLUS two second round night matches:

1st round:

MONFILS, Gael FRA [13] vs CHARDY, Jeremy FRA
KOROLEV, Evgeny RUS vs BECK, Andreas GER
DANIEL, Marcos BRA vs ACASUSO, Jose ARG
MARTIN, Alberto ESP vs FERRER, David ESP [18]
ALMAGRO, Nicolas ESP [32] vs DARCIS, Steve BEL
GINEPRI, Robby USA vs PAVEL, Andrei ROU
LLODRA, Michael FRA (W) vs KIEFER, Nicolas GER
GASQUET, Richard FRA vs NADAL, Rafael ESP [3]
DEL POTRO, Juan Martin ARG [6] vs MONACO, Juan ARG
MELZER, Jurgen AUT vs SAFIN, Marat RUS
CUEVAS, Pablo URU vs GUCCIONE, Chris AUS (W)
KOELLERER, Daniel AUT vs MACHADO, Rui POR (L)
FERRERO, Juan Carlos ESP [24] vs SANTORO, Fabrice FRA
PETZSCHNER, Philipp GER vs STAKHOVSKY, Sergiy UKR
BELLUCCI, Thomaz BRA (Q) vs LU, Yen-Hsun TPE
GIMENO-TRAVER, Daniel ESP vs SIMON, Gilles FRA [9]

2nd round:

FEDERER, Roger SUI [1] vs GREUL, Simon GER
CHELA, Juan Ignacio ARG vs HEWITT, Lleyton AUS [31]

[shtexas]

Open!

Note, there are the final 16 first round matches and 2 second round matches on Wednesday's schedule.

[dryrunguy]

Nicolas Almagro. :o

[zephblabs]

ALMAGRO, Nicolas ESP

[elisat]

Ferrero for me, please.

[kmart93]

Hewitt

[prince49]

Juan Carlos Ferrero

[gibbermiata]

Ferrrer

[johnnw45]

Lleyton Hewitt please

[cader]

PETZSCHNER, Philipp GER

[capri]

Del potro

[Beckham]

Ferrer

[lknobel]

Nicolas Almagro

[evietoo]

Ferrer

[manolo]

Hewitt, please.

[Danielle]

Those of us who didn't jump on the Day 1 bandwagon will now form our own Day 3 bandwagon. Add me to it: Lleyton Hewitt, please.

(Granted, Sam needs to win first before this really counts...)

[Edmond Dantès]

GINEPRI, Robby

[tennismaster8]

David Ferrer

[suliso]

Philipp Petszhner

Sometimes I feel the need to be original...

[Robert_E TW]

Gilles Simon, please

[3mlm]

Getting a little more serious now. Hewitt.

[srberg]

FERRER, David ESP, please.

[patrick]

David Ferrer

[spt]

FERRERO, Juan Carlos ESP [24

[lukeorion]

Day 1: Robredo
Day 2: Querrey
Day 3: Juan Carlos Ferrero

[Marcelo Rios is the GOAT]

HEWITT, s'il vous plait.

[rickym63]

Can't see Mardy Fish so it will have to be David Ferrer.

[igorwright]

Men:
Day 1: Lleyton Hewitt
Day 2: Marin Cilic
Day 3: Juan Carlos Ferrero

[inkblot1983]

Ferrer please.

[thekaoboy]

I'll go with Ferrero

[Tigress]

Juan Carlos Ferrero, Spain.

[Aabye]

Acasuso

[gerrywag]

SIMON

[Tigress]

Sorry, I didn't see those two 2nd round matches on tomorrow's schedule.

Please change my pick to: Lleyton Hewitt

Thanx

[protennisfan]

Hewitt please

[chicamafalda]

Day 3: Ferrero ;)

[Tartlet]

Ferrer, please.

[brownbear87]

Nicolas Almagro Please

[beths]

Nicolas Almagro

although this could be trouble
lots of people are picking him
uh-oh

[jesmall]

Lleyton Hewitt

[bridgepea]

Ferrero please
Cayman Karen - TW
bridgepea

[mu_royals]

Lleyton HEWITT (31)

[aedra1119]

HEWITT, Lleyton AUS [31]

[riley371]

Nicolas Almagro

[csgnyc]

Gilles Simon, s.v.p.

[cneblett]

hewitt

[njdesantis]

Simon for me, please.

[led14pa2]

David Ferrer

[JBK-50]

David Ferrer

[toonie]

Ferrer!

[volleyllama]

Ferrer please!

[MeganFernandez]

Almagro

[Meowy]

Simon please.

[Charlie02123]

Gilles Simon!

[gff0]

Avoided the day 2 debacle by going with my 3rd choice. Will do it again today for JC Ferrero.

[BoliDijaspora]

GINEPRI, Robby

[Net_Raider]

FERRER, David

[thisiscmt]

Juan Carlos Ferrero

[carlitos2006]

I really hate these choices. I'll take Gilles Simon because most of the other matches look too uncertain.

[aroque]

FERRERO, Juan Carlos ESP [24]

[mocam57]

ACASUSO, Jose

[illi10nis27]

David Ferrer for me please.
Thanks!

~harini

[roshweb]

Nicolas Almagro

[Synth]

Lleyton Hewitt

[ashok]

Juan Carlos Ferrero

[agassifan]

SIMON, Gilles

[blomgren]

Acasuso

[BHar11]

FERRERO, Juan Carlos ESP [24]

[tmsenn14@gmail.com]

David Ferrer please.

[repoman]

Petzschner, Philipp

[Naughty T]

Gilles Simon, please.

[OSoliman]

FERRERO, Juan Carlos ESP [24]

[kzt123]

FERRERO, Juan Carlos plse

[jjames]

ferrero

[scotteb]

David Ferrerr

[VamosLvRafa]

MONFILS, Gael

[Martini4me]

Lleyton Hewitt

[tenor777]

PETZSCHNER for me please.

Thank you!

[AceHole]

Ferrer, David please.

[owendonovan]

Ferrer gracias.

[Elchie]

Jose Acasuso please!

[TennisAnyone74]

Day 3: Almagro, Nicolas
Day 2: Troicki, Viktor
Day 1: Robredo, Tommy

TA

[Yacobs27]

PETZSCHNER, Philipp

Thanks

[mrjiggyfly2]

Ferrer

[pkultgen]

Nicolas Almagro

(drat! that I picked Hewitt on day 1!)

[gavbruss]

Lleyton Hewitt please

[Equipped]

Day 3: Lleyton Hewitt

[udaneri]

My pick NICOLAS ALMAGRO
Gracias !!

[jazzyg]

Simon

[rafadoc]

FERRERO, Juan Carlos

[MonkeyPants]

Nicolas Almagro

[likembrave]

ALMAGRO, Nicolas

[fedpras]

Gilles Simon, please.

[phatsdawg96]

ALMAGRO, Nicolas ESP [32] please

[BackcrtXchange]

Day 3: David Ferrer

[Codge]

Simon
TW

[jlhct]

My Pick: PETZSCHNER, Philipp GER

[AnneP]

Hewitt please

[Foxykhat]

Gilles Simon

Foxy

[epetersen27]

Hewitt

[illholdyourburgerking]

HEWITT, Lleyton AUS [31]

[lululala]

Ginepri

[dolphins343]

Makes me sad to take Lleyton Hewitt, thank you to all who do work on this.

[PeterSkan]

Day 3: Simon

Day 2: Cilic
Day 1: Haas

[shaurya]

Ginepri

[lizchao]

Petzschner pls

[lena_galich]

Juan Carlos Ferrero

[zubarry]

Day 3: Philipp Petzschner

[muffin]

Ginepri

[LoveThirty]

Tempted to pick Marat Safin, for old time sake, then I saw the two 2nd round matches.
So my pick for today is Lleyton Hewitt.

[maxim]

Juan Carlos Ferrero, please.

[kayce]

Lleyton Hewitt

[sblanc]

SIMON, Gilles FRA [9]
s'il vous plait

[moonbeam]

PETZSCHNER, Philipp GER please.

[richie1801]

SIMON

[morct]

Ginepri for me please.

[e11even]

FERRER, David ESP [18] :thumbsup:

[Madame]

Madame :cool:
Day1: J. Blake
Day2: V. Troicki
Day3: L. Hewitt

[nicole]

FERRER, David ESP [18]

[Justme]

Nicolas Almagro

[kornaglen]

Day 1 : Lleyton Hewitt
Day 2 : Marin Cilic
Day 3 : Robby Ginepri

[saiful]

SIMON, Gilles

[naneld]

Almagro day 3

[roeeorland]

Ginepri, please

[Takao]

Lleyton Hewitt

[Jensen2426]

Hewitt

[Jensen2426]

Sorry...FERRER - already had picked Hewiit

[jmcguire]

SIMON, Gilles

[RJ0528]

MONFILS, Gael FRA

[Sideshow]

Gilles Simon

[jkfriedman]

Lleyton Hewitt please

[wycombe7]

I'll take FERRER, David ESP [18] please.

[glarange]

ALMAGRO, Nicolas ESP [32]

[yools]

PETZSCHNER, Philipp

[dachen]

Juan Carlos Ferrero

[frost]

almagro

[Stinger]

Day 3 pick:

Robbie Ginepri USA

[safingirll]

hewitt

[lilly potter]

D.Ferrer

[TennisRone 1000]

Juan Carlos Ferrero

[kanda]

ALMAGRO, Nicolas ESP [32]

[jaimetennis]

Phillip Petzschner

[Jessie181]

Almagro

[Verbalvolleys]

FERRER, David ESP

[scineram]

HEWITT, Lleyton AUS [31]

[gauloises]

Day 3: Lleyton Hewitt, please

Day 2: Marin Cilic
Day 1: Philipp Kohlschreiber

[Elliot]

ALMAGRO, Nicolas

[oliver0001]

GINEPRI, Robby:shocked:

[shtexas]

I'm missing about 9 people

[shtexas]

Closed!