Men's Picks & Results

[nelslus]

Ah, ok. YES! He's through! I think that's the first time my SP pick has survived MP to win

.....This is my third time.....

P.S. One of the times I ended up being one of the Pool winners- the other time (last year)- nope. We shall now see about this year......

P.S.S. It is actually SO damned hard doing these silly things when you're actually at one of these Slams. NOT that I exactly expect to get any sympathy from anyone - but, with being away from this home and in this case being in a 6-hour-different time zone- I don't exactly have a lot of energy making my picks. (THAT is my excuse for Nadia Petrova, and I'm sticking to it.....

[Scotty]

To check who you've picked and how you've fared click on the link below:

http://www.talkabouttennis.com/contests/sp/Wimbymen.htm

Light blue are unconcluded matches
Red you're dead


It will be updated once or twice a day depending on time availability.

Just copying the link to the most recent page.

[nelslus]

BTW- we did watch the first set Mayer tiebreaker live. Well, HEY, Mayer played THAT well..... (THANK goodness, we had enough common sense not to watch the rest of THAT insanity.....)

[Woody]

YES! He's through! I think that's the first time my SP pick has survived MP to win

Well, apparently this one doesn't count I r dumb.

[Drop-shot]

-After a work induced day off, we're back!

-And to our surprise, much of you are still here... talk about over staying guests...

-Excuse my friend. Early Saturday. Now, on with the commentary. Today we'll be using the Mirka scale by which she shows how confident -or not- she is based on her Roger spectator activity.

Baker 36: she's watching the match. (that can't be too reassuring)

Cilic 43: not only is she watching the match but keeping track of the score!

Del Potro 43: mild texting with intervals of glimpses of points

Ferrer 6: she's put down her cell phone to begin watching

Fish 8: she's watching and fidgeting

Goffin 14: watching the match with mentally "checked out" stare

Kohlschreiber 9 (some people hadn't used him?! ) : she's breastfeeding

Murray 2: talking with Gavin and Anne Wintour in the box

Paire 2: she's focused on the match and celebrating points!

Roddick 2: she's put down her cell and turned it off!

Tsonga 5: calculating Roger's winnings this round and seeing what she can buy


Began with 174 and 4 NPs.

[canadafubuki]

Go Kohlschreiber!

[evanm191]

Baker won! Yay, I made it through the first week for the first time! (Watch me crash out on Monday)

[lukeorion]

156 into Week 2..if I did the simple math correctly.

[ptmcmahon]

I'm still a little surprised Goffin was a more popular pick than Fish. I took Fish but kept wondering if there was something everyone knew that I didn't...

[Drop-shot]

156 into Week 2..if I did the simple math correctly.

I can't corroborate now, but it's around there. I'm pretty sure we're close to some kind of record.

[AttackTheNet]

I can't believe I'm saying this, considering the guy was playing a Futures event this time last year, but I think I picked Baker a round too early. I think he's got a real shot to beat Kohlschreiber and get to the quarters. What a great story. Can't wait for Monday; I don't think I'll be too productive at work.

[Togtdyalttai]

I can't believe I'm saying this, considering the guy was playing a Futures event this time last year, but I think I picked Baker a round too early. I think he's got a real shot to beat Kohlschreiber and get to the quarters. What a great story. Can't wait for Monday; I don't think I'll be too productive at work.

That's the nice thing about Wimbledon: you don't get hurt as much as easily for picking someone too early.

[mysterX]

I'm still a little surprised Goffin was a more popular pick than Fish. I took Fish but kept wondering if there was something everyone knew that I didn't...

I overestimated how tired Mardy seemed to be after his second round 5-setter, and figured he had gone far enough for a first tournament back after all his health issues. I knew Goffin was a risky pick, but I didn't see a lot of good choices today. I picked PEHK already, I expect JMDP to make the quarters, and I thought Roddick had a good chance to beat Ferrer (but not good enough to pick him in SP.)

My other option was Cilic, but I looked at the head-to-head with Sam and saw that Cilic had won both meetings, but with a scoreline that looked a lot like today's. When you have one or two couple of close wins like that, I tend to think the other guy is going to turn things around. (Now that Cilic has won three of these kinds of matches, I will reverse my position and say that Cilic "owns" Querrey, and will win every future match between the two.)

[chartsmarter]

Can not believe I am not still in tournament. Picked Mayer day 5, and Del Potro Day 6. Says no pick for Day 5. Very frustrating to say the least

[Drop-shot]

Can not believe I am not still in tournament. Picked Mayer day 5, and Del Potro Day 6. Says no pick for Day 5. Very frustrating to say the least

There's no post in the Day 5 thread.