Womens Day 5 Pick - USO Suicide Pool

[Moose]

after the comfort of an extra day with 32 matches...we now go directly to Round 3, as the pool walls start closing in. 8 matches from the bottom half of the Womens Draw. I'm thinking some people might miss that two days of 16 match picks, because its good practice.

REMINDER: now is when you want to be checking the Picks and Results thread regualrly. You cannot use any player that you have allready used, so be sure and keep an eye of your previous picks.

Your Day 5 selection is due no later than the start of play on Friday September 1.

Here's your matches:

Women's Singles - 3rd Rnd.
Ai Sugiyama (JPN)[28] vs. Justine Henin-Hardenne (BEL)[2]
Katarina Srebotnik (SLO)[22] vs. Lindsay Davenport (USA)[10]
Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS)[6] vs. Anastassia Rodionova (RUS)
Vera Zvonareva (RUS)[33] vs. Elena Dementieva (RUS)[4]
Francesca Schiavone (ITA)[14] vs. Shahar Peer (ISR)[21]
Aravane Rezai (FRA) vs. Maria Kirilenko (RUS)[20]
Jelena Jankovic (SCG)[19] vs. Nicole Vaidisova (CZE)[9]
Patty Schnyder (SUI)[7] vs. Marion Bartoli (FRA)[26]

[Moose]

srberg left his pick in a different thread, and chooses Kirilenko

[netplay225]

Ai or Anastassia? Maria or Marion? Schiavone or Schnyder? A Major Schism? I will plump for:

PATTY SCHNYDER!

[evil_juju]

OK....
this was not easy but.... i pick KUZNETSOVA :-?

[joshman]

Vaidisova...banking that her 0-2 record v Kuznetsova holds..even though neither meeting was on hardcourt

[borenore2]

Maria Kirilenko please.

[fish]

Maria Kirilenko

[suliso]

Patty Schnyder

[Justme]

Patty Schnyder

[tennisbrp]

Kirilenko

[Herodotus]

Maria Kirilenko

[leemur]

Yikes... um.... Peer!

[blackgirltennis]

The Pretty Maria please! ;D

[AdMoya]

Schnyder

[munchin]

Dang, I blew Kuznetsova one day too early. I'll have to settle for Maria Kirilenko

[Buffalo]

Maria Kirilenko, come on down, you're the next contestant on My Suicide Pool Pick Is Right!

[jbruggen]

Kirilenko

[bp_cooke]

Lindsay Davenport

[jsd123789456]

Schnyder please

[bp_cooke]

If I'm still around for Saturday, Dinara Safina.

[wfwalsh]

Kirilenko.

[augietoast]

Shahar Peer

[fedpras]

Yikes...Kirilenko for me, I guess.

[Insane_Jane]

Ms. Rezai, you've had a nice little run, but it's over tomorrow. You're going home at the hands of my pick, Maria Kirilenko.

Maria. Don't blow it.

[MitchGo21]

SCHNYDER please

[catz33]

Schnyder

[aggierules]

Maria Kirilenko

[enigmaticdan]

Patty Schnyder

[lemons]

Patty Schnyder

[dryrunguy]

Patty Schnyder...

I have to hurl now...

Dry

[Irena]

Maria Kirilenko please...

btw, even though she may be a Russian national, she's of Ukrainian ethnic origin (at least on her father's side) by virtue of her last name... as an Ukrainian-American, just though I should let my fellow pool members in on that one (I know, as if anyone cares...)

good luck all!

Thanks, TonyVch! I wonder if her mom is Russian.

I went for Maria in an earlier round, so today I will go for the remaining Swiss Miss: Patty Schnyder.

[Spotty_Dog]

Schnyder

[MariaFan]

Kirilenko please :)

[Eugene]

Maria Kirilenko

[Jack]

Good God, it's come to this? There's no way I trust Schnyder to pull me through so I'll go with Kirilenko.

My picking her may be Kirilenko's kiss of death, but I feel like Rezai's carriage has to turn back into a pumpkin at some point...

[mysterX]

Shahar Peer. Gotta gamble a little bit here.

[oohsalmon]

Sveta Kuznetsova

[Elchie]

Schnyder

[bcSLICE]

Lindsay Davenport

[debbmo_nyc]

davenport

ok changed my mind. Â*new pick is vaidisova.

thanks!

[slicerdicer]

Schnyder

[SmallSlice]

Svetlana Kuznetsova, please

[jadesa]

I think I have to go with Kirilenko :-/

[improbabledream]

kirilenko

[winston]

Schnyder

[Martini4me]

Yeah, "the walls start closing in" is exactly right. I'll go with Kirilenko.

[Duke_of_Sardinia]

Nicole Vaidisova

[vilaine_lulu]

Patty Schnyder, S'il vous plait

[Kirkus]

I'm goin' with the upset:

Jelena Jankovic, please.

[mrjiggyfly2]

Svetlana Kuznetsova

[cupie]

Maria Kirilenko

[flowerchild39]

I go with Kuznetsova.

[D3nn15]

Kuznetsova for me :)

[Spencer]

S. Kuznetsova

[Lemnos]

Davenport

[oploskoffie]

I do believe I am the first to show Francesca Schiavone some love ;D

that sounds wrong I'm sure....

[bartman2099]

Crazy Patty Schnyder

[Jidkova_Fan]

My day 5 pick:-

Lindsay Davenport

[Instant_coffee]

My pick..... like my "brother" Oploskoffie.......

Francesca Schiavone

;)

[Scudder]

Svetlana Kuznetsova

[milesbma]

Lindsay Davenport, please.

[ProfChrisser]

M Kirilenko for Day 5 smiles

PC

[jabrot11]

Patty Schnyder

[qwix]

Patty Schnyder

[mainetennis]

Davenport

[sarlitos]

Schiavone

[lizchao]

patty schnyder please

[calvin_hobbes29]

Lindsay Davenport

[DeeCee]

my pick day #5 Patty Schnyder (SUI) 8-)

[Moose]

hawkgirl98 emailed her pick and takes SCHNYDER

[Moose]

Jon D'oh! also emailed in his pick, and takes SCHNYDER

[sluggo-13]

Yikes, I wouldn't touch Kirilenko or Schnyder (esp after Schnyder took me out in the Wimby pool), so I'll so with

Vaidisova.

[thekaoboy]

Wow...this does get pretty tough. I'm hanging my hat on Kirilenko.

[sblanc]

L. Davenport for me please

[Jason11E]

Schnyder

[mu_royals]

I'll go with Svetlana Kuznetsova

[t0atiam]

Maria Kirilenko (RUS)[20]

[butters]

Kirilenko

[Jaamis]

I will take the lovely but often streaky Maria Kirilenko...

I HAVE FAITH!!!! :-/

[GernBlandston]

This bottom half is a mess. Will the Kooz make it through the top half of the bottom half? Will Dementieva finally second serve herself to death (PLEASE!!)?

Anyway, Schnyder for me!

[michelle78]

I just can't bring myself to trust picking Schnyder, so I'll go with:

Svetlana Kuznetsova

[rph506]

I'll take Svetlana Kuznetsova

[bluereggie]

Kirilenko

[wycombe7]

Ok, I've just discovered that we have to pick from this part of the draw again! Who am I going to pick next? All of the next matches may be 50-50s.

I've gotta get there first. I'll have Kirilenko. I can't possibly choose Schynder.

[Moose]

TEN MINUTES TIL PLAY BEGINS

[jkfriedman]

I'm saving Davenport for next round, Â* No bandwagon pick here
my pick is>>>>>>>>>Elena Dementieva

--please get those first serves in!!! ;)

[Moose]

PLAY HAS BEGUN...AND PICKS ARE CLOSED.

We lost one more player for not getting an entry in under the wire