2012 TSIP Terra Cotta Lounge

[dryrunguy]

C’mon over. The clay’s fine, and you know all of your player choices will perform exactly as well as you’ve expected them to. Yikes.

Post your accomplishments, vent your frustrations, and commiserate with others over your (probably) alcoholic beverages as you watch all the action, retirements, and withdrawals.

[ptmcmahon]

Let's see if that one dummy who didn't put Nadal on his team last year to start and basically wasted a trade for next to no points has learned his lesson

[waylandboy-tw]

Just about 10 hours left to submit your team.

[waylandboy-tw]

Welcome to the 7th edition for TSiP, TAT’s longest running fantasy tennis contest!

This year we have 18 teams entered and a breakdown of the players chosen is below. Mid-week scoring updates will also be posted throughout the contest.

Good luck and enjoy the tennis!


A
15- Nadal
14- Djokovic
6- Almagro
6- Lopez
5- Fish
4- Isner
3- Ferrer
1- Tsonga

B
15- Andujar
12- Monaco
12- Mayer
7- Dolgopolov
3- Berlocq
2- Anderson
1- Gasquet
1- Verdasco
1- Davydenko

C
9- Ramos
9- Volandri
8- Starace
7- Montanes
4- Istomin
4- Fognini
3- Bellucci
2- Ferrero
2- Karlovic
2- Haase
1- Seppi
1- Nalbandian
1- Kubot
1- Chardy

D
13- Garcia-Lopez
9- Hanescu
8- Riba
5- Cipolla
4- Petzschner
3- Mayer
2- Kukushkin
2- Stakhovsky
2- Gil
2- Andreev
1- Gulbis
1- Kamke
1- Kunitsyn
1- Mahut

[shtexas]

Andreev won a match?! He was a last minute addition.

[ptmcmahon]

Yup, because he was playing Montanes, who 7 of us had (to Andreev's 2)

[waylandboy-tw]

Andreev won a match?! He was a last minute addition.

Nice call! I watched most of the match today and Andreev served very well. I wouldn't be surprised to see him beat Istomin in the next round, especially with Denis coming off a tough upset loss over the weekend in his last DC match.

Of course, the 2012 version of Montanes was on display today too. He seemed to fight at times but by the end wasn't moving well and looked like the player who surprisingly still hasn't beaten anyone in the top 100 this year rather than what we've come to expect from him in this contest in past years. At least he didn't retire from the match as he did at IW and Miami so perhaps things will improve in his upcoming clay events.

[shtexas]

The only problem is, with Andreev's ranking, he may not play any other events.

[ponchi101]

Yup, because he was playing Montanes, who 7 of us had (to Andreev's 2)

Indeed. Enough said.

[dryrunguy]

Of course Igor was on my team--last year. He got me something like 5 points. By the end of TSIP, he'll probably be ranked back in the top 40, given my luck.

[lukeorion]

Stupid school. Forgot to enter a team

[ptmcmahon]

Interesting contrast...my C team was 0/2, while D team was 3/3

[Ribbons]

Andreev leading Istomin 5-2 in the decider. *dour look at my predictions grid*

[shtexas]

I have both Istomin and Andreev on my team. But, I was rooting for Andreev because few others have him.

There will be time for Istomin later. Yeah, right...

[waylandboy-tw]

I admit it, I fell for Dolgopolov. Never again!