Men's Picks & Results

[garp6]

There's no post in the Day 5 thread.

Chartsmarter posted the Mayer pick in this thread which is the wrong thread. Someone followed this saying that it was the wrong thread and hoped they noticed it before the morning.

[ponchi101]

Chartmaster posted his Mayer pick on page 5 of this thread.

[shtexas]

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

If I were you, I would go ahead and make my day 7 pick, to be safe.

[evanm191]

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

Says someone who doesn't have five of his six picks still in the tournament?

[theotherdonald]

Says someone who doesn't have five of his six picks still in the tournament?

Haha, for real. Unless my five hangers-on lose, pronto, my future in this game is looking Road-Warrior-desolation bleak.

[Drop-shot]

So you've made it to week 2. ALL 153 of you!

Wow...

On with the breakdown:

1 double pick (please check previous pick)
3 NP

Baker 2: I think this is the end of the line for Brian, but with him anything is possible. Still, he'd lose against Tsonga next round.

Del Potro 1: I'd be more inclined to like this pick if I hadn't seen Ferrer's last two sets against Roddick. Scary stuff.

Federer 2: too soon. Walk in the park today.

Ferrer 3: if he keeps his Roddick beating form he should wear Del Potro down and win probably in 4-5 sets.

Gasquet 100: yup, the triple digit bandwagons keep on rollin'. Against Mayer you'd expect him to win, but we're too seasoned to call him a safe pick in any instance.

Istomin 2: Sayonara!

Kohlschreiber 5: I think at this point everybody has used him in one round or another. I think he wins against Baker but it's not a given.

Murray 4: Andy has not been as consistent lately, but still, he's my pick to make it out of this half. I think it's too early for him.

Tsonga 8: maybe one of the easier choices out there; but he's a solid quarter's pick as well.

Youzhny 22: excellent choice for those who had him. Win today; lose tomorrow.

[winston]

Oops, my decision to avoid the Richie bandwagon and go with Youzhny is not looking so good right now.

[luvs10s]

Oops, my decision to avoid the Richie bandwagon and go with Youzhny is not looking so good right now.

I know how you feel :sigh:, although I'd already used Gasquet so that wasn't an option....I did consider going with Federer though.

[nivek]

Oops, my decision to avoid the Richie bandwagon and go with Youzhny is not looking so good right now.

I was on the bandwagon and stepped off, talking about bad decisions.

(Unless Gasquet loses as well ofcourse, but don't see it happen.)

[Drop-shot]

I was on the bandwagon and stepped off, talking about bad decisions.

(Unless Gasquet loses as well ofcourse, but don't see it happen.)

I'm just going to take this as supreme jinxing.

[nivek]

I was on the bandwagon and stepped off, talking about bad decisions.

(Unless Gasquet loses as well ofcourse, but don't see it happen.)

Mikhail, you hero!

Breaks back at 4-3, saves breakpoints at 4-4 and 5-5 and wins it 7-5.

[garp6]

Richie's down but even if he loses I won't whine. I never hesitated and never considered any other pick.

[lukeorion]

Richie's down but even if he loses I won't whine. I never hesitated and never considered any other pick.

Same

[ktothem1]

Agreeing with garp and luke. It would be great to do a Borg/Nadal French/Wimbledon back-to-back, but no tears and had fun if the beautiful backhand doesn't come through (allons-y Gasquet).

[nelslus]

Actually, my initial intention had been to take Youzhny- but, for some reason, I went with Gasquet. UGGHHHH. (NOT that I would have enjoyed waiting for the Youzhny result after the Mayer and Cilic horror shows.....) It's always so nuts- as, I know the cliche is to stick with your first choice- BUT, sometimes of course I've gotten screwed over by sticking with my first choice, and sometimes I've gotten messed up with making the change. I did dodge a few bullets with this year's Roland Garros when I changed my mind with some of my picks.....Face it, it's always a crap-shoot making choices with these mugs for players.

SO- while I still want a new pretty little imaginary medal, which means Richie better get his pretty ass in gear tomorrow - I'm mostly content because of today's Petra, Sabine and Kerber results.