Fantasy Tennis 2013: * final results *

[Surprised]

Murray being taken apart by Verdasco.

[jimmy ching]

What is happening? Is he in your team Chalkie?

[Surprised]

What is happening? Is he in your team Chalkie?

Certainly is. Goes without saying really!

[jimmy ching]

There we are just cured your curse

[AKNel1]

Such a crazy bottom half of the draw. Just compare the seeds left

1 Djokovic (Ser) v Berdych (Cze) 7
4 Ferrer (Spa) v Del Potro (Arg) 8

Kubot (Pol) v Janowicz (Pol) 24
Verdasco (Spa) v Murray (GB) 2

A bit of an odd system for QFinals, typically #1 plays #8, 2v7, 3v6 and 4v5. Struggling to see the logic here ?

[blahblah]

Murray being taken apart by Verdasco.

Quite impressive jinxing there

[Surprised]

Murray being taken apart by Verdasco.

Quite impressive jinxing there

Players always seem to do the opposite of what I think they will do. Murray will not win Wimbledon.

[rossn13]

Such a crazy bottom half of the draw. Just compare the seeds left

1 Djokovic (Ser) v Berdych (Cze) 7
4 Ferrer (Spa) v Del Potro (Arg) 8

Kubot (Pol) v Janowicz (Pol) 24
Verdasco (Spa) v Murray (GB) 2

A bit of an odd system for QFinals, typically #1 plays #8, 2v7, 3v6 and 4v5. Struggling to see the logic here ?

It's always like this at Wimbledon for some reason. The top 2 are drawn into random halves of the draw. The top 4 are drawn into random separate quarters. The top 8 into random separate eighths of the draw and so on.

[Mike_]

WIMBLEDON SPOILER

Andrew Castle.

[Surprised]

Brilliant win by Murray. Both players played great tennis and Murray did superbly to win from 2 sets down.
A few years ago he would have just given up but he has learnt to fight back.

[Moist von Lipwig]

only saw the last 2 sets but I'm not entirely sure just how Murray won that.

[blahblah]

Brilliant win by Murray. Both players played great tennis and Murray did superbly to win from 2 sets down.
A few years ago he would have just given up but he has learnt to fight back.

Henman saying: "Where there is a will there is a way" had me laughing...

[SamD]

The latest TFF update takes in three of the Men's QFs played on Wednesday but not the Murray-Verdasco match:

• Jerzy Janowicz 29 - 13 Lukasz Kubot
  Novak Djokovic 29 - 13 Tomas Berdych
  Juan Martin Del Potro 29 - 12 David Ferrer

[workie-ticket]

i could be bottom by the time this finishes....

[SamD]

Wed, Day Nine of 13

All eight Singles quarter-final matches at Wimbledon are now complete.

In the Fiso league, scopsm, 1,382, stretches his lead by an impressive 76 points.
The next two, gkb and GM, move up a rung each as Ashers slips to fourth.
And in fifth and sixth, stitchy and nigel1305 stay within 100 of the pacesetter.
Further down, Knulpuk makes the biggest move in the table.

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Rank                  FISO Federation
dy9 dy8 overall    manager          team          points
-  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -   -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -
01  01    12   scopsm          Donegal Deuce       1,382
02  03    23   gkb             GB Smashers         1,305
03  04    31   GM              Chat's Noir         1,290
04  02    32   Ashers          No Draw             1,288
05  07    36   stitchy         Beefy               1,285
06  05    37   nigel1305       Love Fool           1,283
07  06    54   jimmy ching     Francedance         1,254
08  09    85   Herc6           Match Point         1,204

09  08         kizkiz          Kizkiz Losers       1,188
10  11         heakee29        Heakee              1,155
11  10         SamD            Forever Changes     1,147
12  13         yorkshiredragon Yorkshire Dragons   1,140
13  14         Moist v Lipwig  A.M. Postal Service 1,139
13  12         LuckyPete65     Bahrami's Army      1,139
15  15         Des             Yatta               1,119
16  16         Grant           Pimms O'Clock       1,104

17  17         Two left feet   Slippery When Wet   1,071
18  20         trampie         Pathetico Athletico 1,068
19  18         Big Bird        Big Bird            1,052
20  19         geoffv          Court Napping       1,033
21  25         Knulpuk         Eenog Koning        1,032
21  22         murf            Murf's Mob          1,032
23  23         Ralfbergs       Lazy Raccoons       1,031
23  20         workie-ticket   Workies Racqueteurs 1,031

25  26         robot           Strawberries&Cream  1,020
26  27         BoltonBoy       Centre Court Flops    985
27  24         foreverengland  Forever England       969
28  28         Spencer4        Pigeons               953
29  29         juckster        Love Deuce            950
30  31         blahblah        Serena's Thighs&Ass   934
31  30         met_matt        Slice of Luck         913
32  32         Surprised       Chalk Dust            876

      Overall leaders of 775 I want to win/ireland 1,502
               Top mini-league          Strawberry 1,163
11  11          Fiso ranking        points average 1,105

[robot]

i could be bottom by the time this finishes....

You'll need Radwanska to score 144 points in 2 games for that to happen so you should be safe.

[workie-ticket]

i think one unfortunate wretch below me has lost all their players, so yes, i'm safe!

[Knulpuk]

Further down, Knulpuk makes the biggest move in the table.

3 of the mens semi finalists - but no women for a while now - here's hoping I gan get to mid table.

[scopsm]

2nd overall in men's comp now, 32 points behind leader.
However, we both have all 4 semi-finalists.
If Verdasco had beat Murray yesterday (as I had both), I may have had a chance of making up the 32 point difference and getting 1st depending on Verdasco's progress.

Aiming for top 10 finish now overall (12th currently, got Lisicki).

The overall top 2 teams in comp is interesting (both are level on points currently)

[kizkiz]

Lisicki busy throwing it away by playing about as well as me right now

[Geoffv]

Donegal Deuce you have produced an Impressive array of predictions. All 4 men's semi finalists and Lisicki. Well done sir.

[jimmy ching]

Well, this is the first time in my life I've hit it lucky with the women. I hope it's a sign of things to come.

[Surprised]

A surprising stat wholst I was watching the tennis.

Djokovic has only lost 4 matches in a Slam after he's won the first set and in 3 of those he retired.

[Surprised]

What an incredible game. One of, if not the best, I have ever seen.

[SamD]

Fri, Day 11 of 13

All four semi-finals are complete, leaving just the two Finals to come.

Mini-league frontrunner scopsm is on 1,498 points, 97 clear of the field.
With rises of three and four rungs, stitchy and jimmy ching are next best.
Ashers, gkb, GM and nigel1305 cluster within 13 points of the lead trio.

Further below, robot registers the biggest move, up six to 19.
In all, nine FISOns now reside in the overall top 100.

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Rank                  FISO Federation
d11 dy9 overall   manager           team           points
-   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -
01  01    10   scopsm          Donegal Deuce        1,498
02  05    24   stitchy         Beefy                1,401
03  07    46   jimmy ching     Francedance          1,350
04  04    47   Ashers          No Draw              1,349
05  02    49   gkb             GB Smashers          1,347
06  03    51   GM              Chat's Noir          1,341
07  06    55   nigel1305       Love Fool            1,337
08  08    77   Herc6           Match Point          1,296

09  09    90   kizkiz          Kizkiz Losers        1,284
10  13         Moist v Lipwig  A.M. Postal Service  1,232
11  10         heakee29        Heakee               1,226
12  12         yorkshiredragon Yorkshire Dragons    1,211
13  11         SamD            Forever Changes      1,201
14  13         LuckyPete65     Bahrami's Army       1,196
15  15         Des             Yatta                1,190
16  16         Grant           Pimms O'Clock        1,185

17  18         trampie         Pathetico Athletico  1,157
18  17         Two left feet   Slippery When Wet    1,125
19  25         robot           Strawberries & Cream 1,118
20  19         Big Bird        Big Bird             1,106
21  21         Knulpuk         Eenog Koning         1,104
22  21         murf            Murf's Mob           1,103
23  23         Ralfbergs       Lazy Raccoons        1,102
24  23         workie-ticket   Workies Racqueteurs  1,085

25  20         geoffv          Court Napping        1,063
26  26         BoltonBoy       Centre Court Flops   1,053
27  29         juckster        Love Deuce           1,026
28  30         blahblah        Serena's Thighs&Ass  1,015
29  28         Spencer4        Pigeons              1,007
30  27         foreverengland  Forever England        969
31  31         met_matt        Slice of Luck          967
32  32         Surprised       Chalk Dust             947

        Overall leaders of 775  ireland             1,640
               Top mini-league  Strawberry          1,226
09  11            Fiso ranking  points average      1,175

[murf]

Surprised to drop a spot with having both winners yesterday.

3 finalists should get me up into the top 20 but not get the 80+ extra points needed to be top half.

[Surprised]

Surprised to drop a spot with having both winners yesterday.

I can't drop any further!

[SamD]

In answer, note Fiso league update compares rankings between day nine and 11.
In other words, it includes all four semi-finals played on Thurs AND Fri:

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    Marion Bartoli   22	-	 3	Kirsten Flipkins
    Agni' Radwanska  17	-	17	Sabine Lisicki
    Jerzy Janowicz   18	-	24	Andy Murray
    Novak Djokovic   30	-	27	Juan Martin Del Potro 

Similarly, next update (on Sun night or Mon morning) will take in both Finals.

[SamD]

After Sun, Day 13 of 13

The Finals:

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  W   6 July    Marion Bartoli  22 -  5  Sabine Lisicki
  M   7 July    Andrew Murray   29 - 13  Novak Djokovic

Congratulations to scopsm who, at his first attempt, takes the Fiso title with 1,545 points.
Static in second comes stitchy, 102 points behind, while jimmy ching hangs on to third.
In all, eight FISOns make the overall top 100 of 775 Wimbledon teams.

Surprisingly, the French Open winner, foreverengland, finishes at the opposite end this time.
And scopsm and jimmy ching also head the respective men's and women's mini-tables.

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   Rank               FISO Federation                     Points
d13 d11 overall     manager        team                 M    W   Total
-  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -
01  01    11   scopsm          Donegal Deuce         1,052  493  1,545
02  02    27   stitchy         Beefy                   969  474  1,443
03  03    47   jimmy ching     Francedance             759  631  1,390
04  07    52   nigel1305       Love Fool               905  474  1,379
05  05    54   gkb             GB Smashers             872  504  1,376
06  06    57   GM              Chat's Noir             825  545  1,370
07  04    68   Ashers          No Draw                 794  560  1,354
08  09    86   kizkiz          Kizkiz Losers           700  624  1,324

09  08   102   Herc6           Match Point             890  419  1,309
10  10   107   Moist v Lipwig  A.M. Postal Service     736  565  1,301
11  11   145   heakee29        Heakee                  762  506  1,268
12  12   158   yorkshiredragon Yorkshire Dragons       828  425  1,253
13  13   174   SamD            Forever Changes         734  509  1,243
14  15   184   Des             Yatta                   707  525  1,232
15  16   196   Grant           Pimms O'Clock           823  404  1,227
16  14   223   LuckyPete65     Bahrami's Army          749  460  1,209

17  17   239   trampie         Pathetico Athletico     791  408  1,199
18  18   286   Two left feet   Slippery When Wet       826  341  1,167
19  19   298   robot           Strawberries & Cream    795  365  1,160
20  22   318   murf            Murf's Mob              675  475  1,150
21  20   324   Big Bird        Big Bird                784  364  1,148
22  21   327   Knulpuk         Eenog Koning            741  405  1,146
23  23   331   Ralfbergs       Lazy Raccoons           706  438  1,144
24  24   359   workie-ticket   Workies Racqueteurs     673  454  1,127

25  27   420   juckster        Love Deuce              582  508  1,090
26  26   431   BoltonBoy       Centre Court Flops      653  429  1,082
27  25   445   geoffv          Court Napping           710  366  1,076
28  28   473   blahblah        Serena's Thighs&Ass     736  321  1,057
29  29   488   Spencer4        Pigeons                 674  375  1,049
30  31   552   met_matt        Slice of Luck           650  359  1,009
31  32   579   Surprised       Chalk Dust              644  345    989
32  30   602   foreverengland  Forever England         570  399    969

        Overall leaders of 775     ireland                       1,709
               Top mini-league     Grass Monkeys                 1,266
09  09            Fiso ranking     points average                1,212

[Surprised]

yay!...I'm not last