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| [ti]Red ribbon[/ti]US Open Prediction Contest | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: Aug 22 2013, 06:27 PM (533 Views) | |
| CJ | Aug 22 2013, 06:27 PM Post #1 |
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The US Open is due to start on Monday, and the draw has now been conducted: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2013_US_Open_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_Singles 128 players will compete in the Men's Singles. Eight of them (one from each section) will make it to the quarter-finals - but which eight? It's up to you to predict that - with a couple of special rules:
Prize structure I predict that the eight quarter-finalists will be: Section 1 - Novak Djokovic [1];Section 2 - Tommy Haas [12];Section 3 - Andy Murray [3];Section 4 - Kevin Anderson [17];Section 5 - Milos Raonic [10];Section 6 - David Ferrer [4];Section 7 - Bernard Tomic;Section 8 - Rafael Nadal [2].Good luck! |
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| Pokemon73 | Aug 22 2013, 10:11 PM Post #2 |
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Section 1: N Djokovic [1] Section 2: B Baker [WC] Section 3: A Murray [3] Section 4: S Wawrinka [9] Section 5: R Gasquet [8] Section 6: D Ferrer [4] Section 7: R Federer [7] Section 8: R Nadal [2] |
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| CJ | Aug 24 2013, 04:26 PM Post #3 |
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Only two days to go, if anyone else wants to guess! |
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| Luma Party | Aug 25 2013, 01:11 PM Post #4 |
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1. Novak Djokovic [1] 2. Juan Martín del Potro [6] 3. Andy Murray [3] 4. Tomas Berdych [5] 5. Richard Gasquet [8] 6. Jerzy Janowicz [14] 7. Roger Federer [7] 8. Rafael Nadal [2] Baker is not going to beat delPo or Haas, Poke, he'll probably lose in the first or second round. Raonic I say will probably fall apart in the second or third round lol. Edited by Luma Party, Aug 25 2013, 01:13 PM.
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| CJ | Aug 25 2013, 01:38 PM Post #5 |
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Well, it's worth a shot, because he gets 50 posts if he's right. I'd be very surprised if he is, but that's sort of the point - I did structure the prizes to enourage people to be adventurous with their guessing .
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| CJ | Aug 26 2013, 03:32 PM Post #6 |
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Well, the first matches have begun, so the contest is now closed. Good luck, everyone !
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| Luma Party | Aug 30 2013, 06:27 PM Post #7 |
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So much for Janowicz... Also Poke, Baker went out in the first round like I thought. |
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| CJ | Aug 30 2013, 06:30 PM Post #8 |
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So much for Tomic too.... I'm starting to get worried that it'll end up just being the top 8 seeds - the one prediction I didn't allow .
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| Pokemon73 | Aug 30 2013, 06:38 PM Post #9 |
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There is always another prediction we could do with this
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| CJ | Aug 30 2013, 07:00 PM Post #10 |
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I suppose so. We could always do a Round 2 .
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| Pokemon73 | Sep 1 2013, 01:01 AM Post #11 |
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[6] is out, so no one will get all right |
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| CJ | Sep 1 2013, 01:02 AM Post #12 |
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Well, at least it won't just be the top 8 seeds .
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| Luma Party | Sep 1 2013, 04:07 PM Post #13 |
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........ delPo is out... Old Man Hewitt bet him. Well, good for the Aussies. |
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| Luma Party | Sep 4 2013, 11:49 AM Post #14 |
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Let's see, every one got section 1 right with Djokovic. No one got Youzhny for the second section. Every one got Andy Murray right (section 3). Poke got Wawrinka right (section 4). Poke and myself got Gasquet right (section 5). Poke and CJ got Ferrer right (section 6). No one got Robredo right (section 7). Everyone got Nadal right (section 8). Poke got 6 right. I got 4 right. CJ got 3 right. |
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| CJ | Sep 4 2013, 11:51 AM Post #15 |
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The actual quarter-finalists are: Section 1: Novak Djokovic [1] (CJ, Luma, P73: +2 posts);Section 2: Mikhail Youzhny [21];Section 3: Andy Murray [3] (CJ, Luma, P73 +2 posts);Section 4: Stanislas Wawrinka [9] (P73 +10 posts);Section 5: Richard Gasquet [8] (Luma, P73 +2 posts);Section 6: David Derrer [4] (CJ, P73 +2 posts);Section 7: Tommy Robredo [19];Section 8: Rafael Nadal [2] (CJ, Luma, P73 +2 posts).The scores are, therefore, as follows: Pokemon73: 20 posts Luma Party: 8 posts CJ: 8 posts Congrats, Pokemon73 !EDIT: And I get ninja'd. XD Edited by CJ, Sep 4 2013, 11:51 AM.
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| Pokemon73 | Sep 4 2013, 12:40 PM Post #16 |
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This is why you always go with what who you know is good! |
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| CJ | Sep 4 2013, 12:42 PM Post #17 |
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Except that there are a lot of good people. Too many people to guess them all . Anyway, now that the contest has been completed, I'll close this. |
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A Red Ribbon if you either predict all of them correctly or win at least 35 posts.
Novak Djokovic [1];
Tommy Haas [12];
Andy Murray [3];
Kevin Anderson [17];
Milos Raonic [10];
David Ferrer [4];
Bernard Tomic;





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Mikhail Youzhny [21];
Stanislas Wawrinka [9] (P73 +10 posts);
Richard Gasquet [8] (Luma, P73 +2 posts);
12:44 AM Jul 11