Day 1 Picks - AO MENS SUICIDE POOL

[shtexas]

Happy New Year, hello and welcome to day 1 of the Australian Open menÂ’s suicide pool. Â*

Remember you will be making one pick EACH DAY of the men’s event, and once you use a player, you can never use them again. There will be 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 for the day.

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. For day 1, thatÂ’s Monday, 11:00 AM in AUSTRALIA. For those in the US, that is Sunday 7:00 PM EST. DonÂ’t be late as we hate making those hard decisions, but we will.

Best of luck and thanks for joining us.

MondayÂ’s Order of Play:

Roger Federer (SUI)[1] Â*vs. Bjorn Phau (GER)
Marcos Baghdatis (CYP)[11] Â*vs. Rainer Schuettler (GER)
Marat Safin (RUS)[26] Â*vs. Benjamin Becker (GER)
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA) Â*vs. Andy Roddick (USA)[6]
Ivan Ljubicic (CRO)[4] Â*vs. Mardy Fish (USA)
Stefan Koubek (AUT) Â*vs. Wayne Arthurs (AUS)
Thomas Johansson (SWE) Â*vs. Marco Chiudinelli (SUI)
Nicolas Massu (CHI) Â*vs. Novak Djokovic (SRB)[14]
Filippo Volandri (ITA) Â*vs. Richard Gasquet (FRA)[18]
Dudi Sela (ISR) Â*vs. Paradorn Srichaphan (THA)
Mario Ancic (CRO)[9] Â*vs. Go Soeda (JPN)
Ruben Ramirez Hidalgo (ESP) Â*vs. Tommy Robredo (ESP)[7]
Zack Fleishman (USA) Â*vs. Agustin Calleri (ARG)[30]
Jose Acasuso (ARG)[27] Â*vs. Sam Querrey (USA)
Juan Carlos Ferrero (ESP)[24] Â*vs. Jan Hajek (CZE)
Gael Monfils (FRA) Â*vs. Daniele Bracciali (ITA)
Danai Udomchoke (THA) Â*vs. Martin Vassallo Arguello (ARG)
Jonas Bjorkman (SWE) Â*vs. Olivier Patience (FRA)
Lukas Dlouhy (CZE) Â*vs. Teimuraz Gabashvili (RUS)
Gilles Simon (FRA) Â*vs. Amer Delic (USA)
Simon Greul (GER) Â*vs. Yen-Hsun Lu (TPE)
Marc Gicquel (FRA) Â*vs. Alun Jones (AUS)
Radek Stepanek (CZE)[20] Â*vs. Michael Llodra (FRA)
Nicolas Mahut (FRA) Â*vs. Juan Monaco (ARG)
Florent Serra (FRA) Â*vs. Nicolas Devilder (FRA)
Ivo Karlovic (CRO) Â*vs. Jurgen Melzer (AUT)
Joachim Johansson (SWE) Â*vs. Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (ESP)
Jan Hernych (CZE) Â*vs. Mikhail Youzhny (RUS)[25]
Jiri Vanek (CZE) Â*vs. Dominik Hrbaty (SVK)[22]
Kristian Pless (DEN) Â*vs. David Ferrer (ESP)[16]
Vincent Spadea (USA) Â*vs. Igor Andreev (RUS)
Feliciano Lopez (ESP) Â*vs. Brian Wilson (USA)

[Moose]

you did perfect, Leela. Welcome and good luck

[shtexas]

My pick? Thomas Johansson.

P.S.:This is the first time I'm doing this...have I posted too early?

Perfect timing Leela. Once the thread for that day is up, you can pick away.

[ptmcmahon]

Let's go with Roger Fe....nah, better save him another round! ;)

My real pick is Mikhail Youzhny (RUS)[25] - the US Open gained me some trust in him...

[jsd123789456]

oh boy, i'll go with Agustin Calleri for day 1.

[Danielle]

I'll take Calleri too, please.

[Jessie181]

EEeeEEK!!! i'm scared i might lose in the first round... I think i'm gonna go on the Calleri bandwagon. I pick him.

[oploskoffie]

I'm counting on Jose Acasuso to work his magic :P

[gamper]

My first pick: Joachim Johansson

[Charlie02123]

Mario Ancic is my pick for today. I deliberated A LOT, but I think this is the right choice (at least I hope so).

[Vlad]

I pick Felithiano Lopeth!

[udaneri]

HOLA A TODOS !!! .. AND GOOD LUCK TO EVERYONE !!!

MY PICK FOR DAY 1 GOES TO Thomas Johansson (SWE)

[incubo]

I'm picking Srichaphan.

[alvinlimtc]

Jonas Bjorkman, please.

[gita]

For the first day I feel it for Mikhail Youzhny!


I fixed some bad code. --Kirkus

[GVGirl]

The only chance that I get to pick this hottie- Feliciano Lopez.

[Jidkova_Fan]

My day 1 pick:-

Mario Ancic

[thumm]

I will go with Srichaphan for today

[Justme]

Agustin Calleri

[mrjiggyfly2]

Youzhny

[dryrunguy]

Bjorkman

[morct]

Youzhny for me please.

[augietoast]

ummm, ferrero please

[owendonovan]

I'll take Thomas Johansson

[Janoma]

AgustÃ*n Calleri.

[Martini4me]

Feliciano Lopez for me, por favor.

[Foxykhat]

It's a toss of for me, but I'm thinking I should save my second choice for another round so I'll go with

Feliciano Lopez

Foxy

[evil_juju]

Calleri for me too!

[Jack]

Agustin Calleri, please.

[IceBud241]

Day one pick is: Agustin Calleri

[likembrave]

I pick Thomas Johansson.

[Snidely]

I'm going with Feliciano Lopez, too.

[kmart93]

Feliciano Lopez

[didgeridoo33]

Youzhny, please!

[one_shot07]

I'm picking Florent Serra for day 1

[Marathongirl]

Good morning. I would like to select Feliciano Lopez.

[urn1813]

My pick is Jonas Bjorkman 8-)

[doubledogbrewer]

Day 1: Feliciano Lopez is a winner!

[jjnow]

David Ferrer

[TennisAnyone74]

After much deliberation, I have decided to go with Johansson! But which one? :-/

Okay, my pick is Thomas Johansson.

TA

[tennisbrp]

Marc Gicquel so I can outfox myself and lose round 1 yet again

[phatsdawg]

I am going with

Joachim Johansson (SWE)

[mysterX]

Thomas Johansson

[Spencer]

I'm happy that the GS (and Suicide Pool) season is started again.

My first day pick is Baghdatis.

[marsny]

Thomas Johansson

[TennisDude]

My day 1 pick is David Ferrer

[naranjo]

Gael Monfils its my pick

[Moose]

hate to be a bandwagon jumper...but it looks safe

Feliciano (F-Lo) Lopez

[PeterSkan]

Gilles Simon

[AnneP]

Srichaphan

[hawkgirl98]

Marc Gicquel please... :)

[shtexas]

I am going with Mario Ancic

[kzt123]

Bjorkman for me too ....

[nlsf]

Koubek, please. Thank you.

[Miles]

Thomas Johansson. Why? He is a former champion who will fight like hell not to lose in the first round. Ultmately he won't go very far in the draw so it is a safe first round pick.

[DeeCee]

My First pick also is Thomas Johansson (SWE) , Â*:)

[epetersen]

Jonas Bjorkman

[lrakotom]

Schrichapan for me please

[winston]

Jonas Bjorkman

[Vuhruhto]

I'll take Marc Gicquel

[netplay225]

I'ld love to go with Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, but I think he'll be tsingin' the blues apres son match, so I'll go with A for Australian and A for the first slam of the year, and choose:

MARIO ANCIC!

[spounder]

Srichaphan please

[munchin]

Paradorn Srichaphan all the way!!!! And by all the way, I mean just for the first day...

[KDK]

I would like to choose Jonas Bjorkman .

[wfwalsh]

Srichaphan.

[mocam57]

mario ancic

[thotchkin]

I was going to take Bjorkman (cuz he'd see Federer in Round 2), but he hasn't made it past the first round down under for several years, so I'm shying away from that. Â*I was also going to go with Lopez until I saw he's playing a Qualifier (and I've been burned repeatedly by that lot of scrappy fighters. So instead, I'm going to go with...

TOMMY ROBREDO!

[oploskoffie]

ToBro seems like a good pick to me! :)

[calvin_hobbes29]

Feliciano Lopez

[thrynny]

Hi everyone,

My first post, and looking forward to participating in the pool Â*:)

First choice is Jonas Bjorkman.

[suliso]

Mark Gicquel

[flowerchild39]

1st day of the 1st grand slam - Ancic.

[yaoming1988]

I'll take Srichaphan.

[fish]

Youzhny

thanks.

[jabrot11]

I'll take Feliciano Lopez.

[Net_Raider]

Feliciano Lopez

[gff0]

Florent Serra

I've never heard of his opponent. Looks like he's been wallowing away in the Challenger's circuit his entire career.

[carlitos2006]

No bandwagons for me yet. I'll try Stefan Koubek.

[joshman]

I'll take Juan Carlos Ferrero

[led15pa]

I'll take Calleri for day 1.

Is this all I have to do to enter? This is my first time and I want to make sure i get into the contest. Thanks.

[Kirkus]

I'll take Calleri for day 1.

Is this all I have to do to enter? This is my first time and I want to make sure i get into the contest. Thanks.
You're good, led!
If you're still in after day 1, don't forget to make your day 2 picks after the schedule of play is posted and before day 2 matches start. We don't have quite as much time from this point on. Good luck.

[aggierules]

Thomas Johansson

[oploskoffie]

I'll take Calleri for day 1.

Is this all I have to do to enter? This is my first time and I want to make sure i get into the contest. Thanks.

This will do just fine for day 1 ;) Be sure to check how you did in both pools to see if you get to pick another day ;)

[Kirkus]

Joachim Johansson, please.

[beaujarkko]

It has begun again and I am yet to have picked a winner in the first round in four tries. That being said...

I'll take David Ferrer, please.

Thanks,

Phil

[leemur]

Stepanik

[Deuce]

So exciting to start a new year with the Aus Open SP. My Day One pick . . .

Paradorn Srichaphan (THA)

[zephyrstorm03]

It's great to be in the suicide pool again!
I'm going to pick Paradorn Srichaphan because this is the only round I could safely pick him. Don't let me down!

[jaimetennis]

I am highly tempted to pick Bjorn Phau, but I think I'm a little safer with....

Paradorn Srichapan as my Day 1 pick.

[cdavid99]

Gicquel.

[jharrisct]

My Pick:

Wayne Arthurs (AUS)

[Lynn]

My pick for the first day is Agustin Calleri.

[ekeller]

Jonas Bjorkman

[lemons]

I'll take Radek Stepanek for the 1st day.

[ajstew]

The first round is always a scary one for me... since the first time I played this game and was knocked out in round one. Difficult choices, because there seem to be some good ones out there. I like Paradorn.... but not against a qualifier who already has won three matches in the tourney. And I'm tempted to take any established player over the young Americans... however

I'm gonna pick... Igor Andreev to knock out old man Spadea.

[t0atiam]

Mikhail Youzhny (RUS)[25]

[aedra1119]

Mikhail Youzhny

(This is harder than it looks!)

[dedee]

Jose Acasuso please

[matt2370]

I'll go with Feliciano Lopez.

[jmplumley]

Paradorn Srichaphan [smiley=beer.gif]

[IntnstyAngle]

(24) Juan Carlos Ferrero over Jan Hajek

There's my first pick.

[MeganFernandez]

ThoJo... Johannson the older, that is.

[Eugene]

Dominik Hrbaty

[elliot02]

Juan Carlos Ferrero

[catz33]

Mario Ancic

[Merlyn]

Give me Gilles Simon :)

[Hatrack]

Srichaphan

[nelslus]

Koubek.

[oohsalmon]

Joachim Johansson

[aceoftennis87]

stepanek

[mmmm8]

This was excruciating, because of the more attractive matches for this pick, practically none of the men had met before. It's like they've been playing different tours (completely different tours, since I've included challengers)

I'm going to play it safe with

David Ferrer

[bingham1973]

Florent Serra.

[Jillz]

Feliciano Lopez :)

[Lemnos]

Srichapan

[juandixonformvp]

Feliciano Lopez for me.

[patamf]

Feliciano Lopez

[slicerdicer]

Stepanek. Thanks

[mainetennis]

I'll take Hrbaty

[sblanc]

Bonjour
I'm taking a pick outta the all french option. So Nicolas Mahut (FRA) for me please.
Merci,
S

[shmintz]

Paradorn Srichaphan

[GernBlandston]

Hi everyone, and Happy New Year!

Man, day 1 isn't supposed to be this tricky! Where's the obvious pick?

Er. Gael Monfils please. I'm hoping his fond memories of beating the Federer (of paddle tennis) last year will carry him!

[shariq_g]

I'm going to have to go with

Joachim Johannson

Admittedly this is slightly risky as G G Lopez took out my pick Taylor Dent in the first round last year but I'm banking on the fact that the courts are slightly faster this year.

[sluggo-13]

Marc Gicquel please.

[spt]

Agustin Calleri

[lizchao]

Jonas Bjorkman please

[angelina]

Here it goes!

Agustin Calleri!

[MarkB24]

Thanks for organising this again - it's so much fun! I'll take Mario Ancic please ;-)

[bp_cooke]

Mario Ancic

[facey007]

Feliciano Lopez

[Elchie]

I've never gone with Paradorn Srichaphan, so let's give him try...

[NasdaqBallboy]

Super Mario Ancic.

-Josh

[jhl9]

My true Suicidal choice is, Spadea. ::)

[Takao]

David Ferrer

[Siena]

I pick Mario Ancic.

[SpiceMan]

Thomas Johansson

[blaker414]

Paradorn Srichaphan

Thanks!

[FourTeller]

My first ever suicide pool selection is...

[eyes squeezed shut and fingers tightly crossed]

Marc Gicquel!

Tempted as I was to make a slightly safer pick, I'd rather go down in flames now than back myself into a corner within a few days. Still, it's amazing how tricky these early matchups are and how they can test one's faith in even the more accomplished/talented/veteran players :-/

FT

[bartman2099]

El Mosquito: Juan Carlos Ferrero

[mu_royals]

Feliciano Lopez

[Moose]

bumping to keep near the top. About 6 hours left to make picks

[bosmikeyb]

Feliciano Lopez for the block.

[3Rivers]

I pick Paradon Srichaphan

3Rivers

[cupie]

Srichaphan

[krishna]

Day 1: Paradorn Srichaphan, please.

[jbruggen]

Lopez

[TigerTim]

I'll take Srichapan please.

[mustbeatypo]

Serra

[Bagster]

I am going to go safe and take Gasquet.

[improbabledream]

Youzhny

[bluereggie]

Youzhny for me please

[NYCTennis]

Monfils for me please

[jkfriedman]

After reading 150+ entries, I will stick with my first thought, Mr. Srichiphan please. Looks as though the pool is a HUGE success.

JKF

[MH1212]

Neither T. Johansson nor Srichaphan may go past Round 2...

but I think I'll pick PARADORN SRICHAPHAN.

Thanks!

[srberg]

I like Dominik Hrbaty!!!

[Lone-star]

And off to the races! Jonas-jonas, please (Bjorkman) [smiley=woo_hoo.gif]

[SmallSlice]

Joachim Johansson, please

[3mlm]

Melzer. Hope he's recovered from food poisoning!

[aufty]

I'll go with Thomas Johansson.

[gibbermiata]

GAsquet

It's in the basquet
If you pick gasquet

[JBIMH]

My pick is Dominik Hrbaty

[agassifan]

Mario Ancic for the first day

[fedpras]

I'll pick Youznhy

[debbmo_nyc]

mario ancic for me please.

[slicentice]

Hrbaty

[Shadow]

Scrichaphan.

[The_Hammer]

Lefty Lopez

[backhand]

F. Lopez

[michelle78]

I'll take Agustin Calleri, please.

[MariaFan]

If you would not mind, I would like Juan Carlos Ferrero ;)

[Spotty_Dog]

Srichaphan . . .

[uibristol]

Gicquel

[Scotty]

Feliciano Lopez, please.

VIVA ESPANA !

[Mikel]

Feliciano Lopez

[danutz]

Mario Ancic

[Buffalo]

Feliciano Lopez. Thanks.

[AdMoya]

Agustin Calleri

[rph506]

Paradorn Srichaphan

[Insane_Jane]

Call me crazy, but Agustin Calleri, please.

[shtexas]

ONE HOUR TO GO UNTIL PICKS ARE CLOSED!

[Jaamis]

Joachim Johannson (with 50-odd minutes to spare...)

[jesmall]

Agustin Calleri

[rktct2b]

Sorry this is so late. :-[

My Men's Day 1 pick is Joachim Johansson.

[jadesa]

I have changed my mind like five times in the last ten minutes, but I think I will take Srichaphan :-/

[shtexas]

30 MINUTES!!!

[shtexas]

WARNING: 15 MINUTES!!!!!!!

[wycombe7]

Hey its a fresh start!

having always done terribly on the men's side of these (I keep going for long shots and losing), my hopes aren't extremely high, but I'm looking forward to the losers lounge!

As usual I'm torn, it's either a certain Mr Lopez, or Mr Srichaphan!

I can't believe that someone called Brian Wilson can make the second round, let alone the tournament, so with logic on my side, I'm going with:

Feliciano Lopez (I actually wrote Paradorn's name for about 5 mins, but have changed my mind (again)! - its going to get me, I know it)

Good luck to all.

[shtexas]

Gavinm has chosen Richard Gasquet.

[borenore2]

Mario Ancic please.

[shtexas]

sorry...i want to change mine to Stanislas Wawrinka instead of Fabrice Santoro. thanks. that's my final choice.

Got it!

>:( (just kidding)

[shtexas]

okay looks like i picked from people not playing ....i'm going with Juan Carlos Ferrero. sorry for all the changes.

Got it! Lol!

[shtexas]

PICKS ARE NOW OFFICIALLY CLOSED!!!!!!!!!!!!!