Day 6 (Friday) F.O.S.P. Mens Pick

[Moose]

Your Friday pick is Round 3, top half of the mens draw. Things are starting to tighten up, only 8 matches to choose from, and some players you want to save for next week (if you survive that long).

REMEMBER - check your previous picks...a duplicate pick disqualifies you, as once you use a player, you cannot use him again for the rest of the game.

Your pick is due by start of play 11:00 a.m. Paris time Friday 6/2:

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Roger Federer SUI (1) vs. Nicolas Massu CHI (32)
Tomas Berdych CZE (20) Â*vs. Â*Nicolas Kiefer GER (13)
MarioAncic CRO (12) vs. Albert Montanes ESP
Lukas Dlouhy CZE vs. Tommy Robredo ESP (7) Â* Â*
David Nalbandian ARG (3) Â*vs. Â*Dmitry Tursunov RUS (31)
Martin Vassallo Arguello ARG Â*vs. Raemon Sluiter NED
Gaston Gaudio ARG (10) vs. Juan Carlos Ferrero ESP (24)
Carlos Moya ESP (30) Â*vs. Â*Nikolay Davydenko RUS (6)

[dougforte]

Nicolas Kiefer.

[mmmm8]

Mario Ancic

[calvin_hobbes29]

Mario Ancic

[thotchkin]

I'm going with Sluiter this round. He's had a couple of quick wins and maybe the qualifier will be tired after winning a tough five setter today.

[dkleedean]

Mario "don't touch me" Ancic

[Jidkova_Fan]

My day 6 pick:-

Tommy Robredo please

[spounder]

Mario Ancic please

[Sebastien447]

Robredo

[jmplumley]

Ancic ;D

[MitchGo21]

Some tough matches here, I have a feeling Ferrero will pull through, but I am going with:

Tommy Robredo

[Feech]

Tommy Robredo

[Moose]

Jon D'oh takes Tommy Robredo for Day 6

[Moose]

if Charlie02123 doesn't get in to change this, I have his email pick for Friday.

Charlie02123 takes Mario Ancic

[jaucoin]

Nicolas Kiefer (hopefully Verdasco will come through for me).

[wfwalsh]

Robredo.

[benkenjor]

Nicolas Kiefer

[lrakotom]

tough one: robredo

[MarkB24]

Tommy Robredo please.

[Danielle]

Puttin' all the chips on Nikolay Davydenko for this round. [smiley=rockon.gif]

[IceBud241]

I have to do picks for Day 6 and Day 7 since I won't have access to a computer tomorrow:

Day 6 Pick is: Nicolas Kiefer

Day 7 Pick is: Tommy Haas

Going with the Germans this weekend!

[cphsrsh]

Tomas Berdych, por favor.

[dryrunguy]

I guess I'll go with Ancic... Why do I put myself through this stuff?

Dry

[Betsmoyo]

Tommy Robredo

[thumm]

Well, Mr. Dlouhy had e-e-eh... Rikifujiwara'ed 22 players in two rounds, so I just don't fill it is a good idea to bet against him on this tournament.
And, frankly, it is hard to understand the guys picking a player who have just had a tough 5-setter against a nobody-knows-who and who is now to meet a guy who stormed over Lopez and Volandri - and they (especially - the latter) are not the last men on clay, you know...
So, may be I'm crazy and the Kiefer fans will be loughing me over next evening, but I'm going to die or (hopefully) survive with Mr. Tomas BERDYCH!

[winston]

Robredo

[Takao]

Martin Vassallo Arguello!

[topazkarma]

Mario Ancic, please.

[elliot02]

Ancic

[Obelix]

I'm going with Sluiter this round. He's had a couple of quick wins and maybe the qualifier will be tired after winning a tough five setter today.

I will blame this on you if Sluiter lets us down .... :p

I pick Raemon Sluiter.

[toneeg78]

Ancic

[lizchao]

berdych

[Mikel]

Mario Ancic

[aufty]

Based on his 2-0 record against Kiefer, my pick is Berdych.

[jadesa]

Berdych :-/

[shtexas]

I thought I'd be the only one, but:

Tomas Berdych [smiley=nutso.gif]

[phatsdawg]

Alright this is getting harder :) Hoping that Ferrer comes thru from a ppd match, i am taking

Tommy Robredo

[Charlie02123]

if Charlie02123 doesn't get in to change this, I have his email pick for Friday.

Charlie02123 takes Mario Ancic

Or I would have if Christophe Rochus had not unfortunately had to retire. I am out of the suicide pool on the mens side. I changed my pick from Ollie to Christophe because I wanted to save Ollie for a later round. After seeing his 2, 0, and 2 demolition of his opponent, I am convinced that he will do some damage later on and that it was a smart choice to save him. Unfortunately, Christophe couldn't finish his match and I get knocked out of the pool by a retirement. What a way to go!

[shtexas]

if Charlie02123 doesn't get in to change this, I have his email pick for Friday.

Charlie02123 takes Mario Ancic

Or I would have if Christophe Rochus had not unfortunately had to retire. Â*I am out of the suicide pool on the mens side. Â*I changed my pick from Ollie to Christophe because I wanted to save Ollie for a later round. Â*After seeing his 2, 0, and 2 demolition of his opponent, I am convinced that he will do some damage later on and that it was a smart choice to save him. Â*Unfortunately, Christophe couldn't finish his match and I get knocked out of the pool by a retirement. Â*What a way to go!

I agree you have to save players because the object (for me anyway) is to beat the draw, not just last the longest. If it means you go down earlier, so be it.

[backhand]

I want to use Ancic, but Montanes on clay scares me.

So I'll go with Robredo.

[MonkeyPants]

I'm putting my money on Tomas Berdych. Let's hope his record holds up against Kiefer.

[The_Hammer]

Robredo.

[Spotty_Dog]

Mario Ancic

[Shadow]

Tommy Robredo

[SmallSlice]

If James Blake comes back and wins, I choose Tomas Berdych. Quit laughing.

[Spencer]

Berdych, please.

[andrew903]

David Nalbandian

[jesmall]

Mario Ancic

[Eugene]

Mario Ancic

[3mlm]

Berdych

[borenore2]

Tommy Robredo please.

[3mlm]

Some of us are saving Robredo for the quarterfinals. And some of us are just hating on Kiefer.

And for some of us those sentiments converge for a Berdych pick.

Go Berdych.

[sgrehew]

Mario Ancic. Put up your dukes!