[erickmartins]

OOP for Wednesday

Dudi SELA (ISR) vs Kenny DE SCHEPPER (FRA) SR7
Ivan SERGEYEV (UKR) vs Olivier ROCHUS (BEL) SR8
Jonathan EYSSERIC (FRA) vs Marco CHIUDINELLI (SUI) SR9
Matthias BACHINGER (GER) vs Federico DELBONIS (ARG) SR10
Alexander RUMYANTSEV (RUS) vs Igor KUNITSYN (RUS) SR11


Matches count for Singles QF (Day 1/2), Doubles QF (Day 1/2)
Matches start at 13:00am local time (CET)
Please send your picks to erickmartins.

EXPLANATION:

Match with nothing after it's name - Just pick the winner
Match with SR after it's name - Pick the winner and the sets (Ex: Arthurs 2-1)
Match with PTS after it's name - Pick the whole score (Ex: Arthurs 6:7 7:6 6:1)

[erickmartins]

Singles R2 Results

04:03 | Blue Heart24 (CRO) vs. maldini (SUI) #SRs: 2-2
05:02 | Deathless Mortal (CRO) vs. lolada_4 (POR) #SRs: 3-1
05:06 | Kev. (AUS) vs. sfar (POR) #SRs: 1-4
04:00 | molosztash (TUR) vs. (Q) ANDRE AGASSI (UKR) #SRs: 2-0

04:05 | (6) Adder A216 (NED) vs. Crvena Zvezda (SRB) #SRs: 1-4
02:02 | Tristanslav (SRB) vs. Freshi (GER) #SRs: 1-2
05:04 | The Bulldog (GBR) vs. (Q) rajknier (NED) #SRs: 2-3
04:03 | Don Corleone (BRA) vs. ESimp (CAN) #SRs: 3-2


Doubles R1 Results

07:00 | (1) Freshi/Chrissi (GER/GER) vs. BYE/BYE #SRs: 6-0
24:16 | Zeli15/Kev. (CZE/AUS) vs. nickelS/RNW (RUS/SUI) #SRs: 12-10
16:16 | (4) Tristanslav/Nadie (SRB/RUS) vs. (LL) lolada_4/maldini (POR/SUI) #SRs: 10-11
18:15 | Vilnietė/Crvena Zvezda (LIT/SRB) vs. ESimp/ThePhenom (CAN/ROU) #SRs: 12-10

18:16 | molosztash/rajknier (TUR/NED) vs. Deathless Mortal/juakos17 (CRO/CHI) #SRs: 10-10
00:19 | BYE/BYE vs. (3) sfar/supertec (POR/ESP) #SRs: 0-12
19:21 | rodrigol_87/EnriqueIG8 (ARG/ESP) vs. Adder A216/Broseghini (NED/BRA) #SRs: 11-6
00:06 | BYE/BYE vs. (2) kr1s71an/YEBRA (BUL/ESP) #SRs: 0-4

[Deathless Mortal]

So close to win by myself. I'd win had Stakhovsky won, right?

[erickmartins]

Singles QF


00:00 | Blue Heart24 (CRO) vs. Deathless Mortal (CRO)
00:00 | sfar (POR) vs. molosztash (TUR)
00:00 | Crvena Zvezda (SRB) vs. Freshi (GER)
00:00 | The Bulldog (GBR) vs. Don Corleone (BRA)


Doubles QF

00:00 | Freshi/Chrissi (GER/GER) vs. Zeli15/Kev. (CZE/AUS)
00:00 | (ALT) lolada_4/maldini (POR/SUI) vs. Vilnietė/Crvena Zvezda (LIT/SRB)
00:00 | molosztash/rajknier (TUR/NED) vs. sfar/supertec (POR/ESP)
00:00 | Adder A216/Broseghini (NED/BRA) vs. kr1s71an/YEBRA (BUL/ESP)

[erickmartins]

Originally Posted by Deathless Mortal

So close to win by myself. I'd win had Stakhovsky won, right?

I'm afraid not, your opponents would still have 18 correct picks. But anyway, it was quite close!

[Deathless Mortal]

Originally Posted by erickmartins

I'm afraid not, your opponents would still have 18 correct picks. But anyway, it was quite close!

I'm glad that's the case. Anyhow, there go my 90 points from last year.

[erickmartins]

Tuesday recap

One more day with upsets. Our last seed in the tournament is already gone by the QFs in singles. Scientists from nearby CERN were called to evaluate this situation, and they have officially given it the status of "statistical anomaly".

One of the highlights of the day was Don Corleone's victory over ESimp. The Brazilian keeps showing a lot of promise for the future, being quite new to TT and already gathering some decent results. One to watch.

The best match of the day was sfar's epic victory against Kev. Even if the Australian performed to a very good level, there was nothing that could be done against an in-form sfar, who now sees an open draw and will try to take advantage of it.

In the secondary courts, the doubles tournament got its first round to a conclusion. The partnership of Zeli15 and Kev. appears as a force, even if the top seeds haven't been tested yet. A curious situation on Court 2: Deathless Mortal's partner juakos17 decided he had enough mid-way through and left the Croat to fend for himself. In a remarkable display of sportsmanship, DM stayed on court and gave the opponents a run for their money before being ultimately defeated.

[Kev.]

Losing with 5

[sfar]

Originally Posted by erickmartins

Tuesday recap

One more day with upsets. Our last seed in the tournament is already gone by the QFs in singles. Scientists from nearby CERN were called to evaluate this situation, and they have officially given it the status of "statistical anomaly".

One of the highlights of the day was Don Corleone's victory over ESimp. The Brazilian keeps showing a lot of promise for the future, being quite new to TT and already gathering some decent results. One to watch.

The best match of the day was sfar's epic victory against Kev. Even if the Australian performed to a very good level, there was nothing that could be done against an in-form sfar, who now sees an open draw and will try to take advantage of it.

In the secondary courts, the doubles tournament got its first round to a conclusion. The partnership of Zeli15 and Kev. appears as a force, even if the top seeds haven't been tested yet. A curious situation on Court 2: Deathless Mortal's partner juakos17 decided he had enough mid-way through and left the Croat to fend for himself. In a remarkable display of sportsmanship, DM stayed on court and gave the opponents a run for their money before being ultimately defeated.

Lovely!!!

Originally Posted by Kev.

Losing with 5

Sorry bout that. Good luck, Kev!!

[erickmartins]

3 hours to go. Missing picks from The Bulldog in singles, Chrissi, lolada_4 and kr1s71an in doubles.

[erickmartins]

Press Conference

Kev. was the highlight of the first round, with a remarkable performance to defeat a seeded player. There was so much confidence that the Australian decided to re-schedule the press conference for after the match against sfar. The Portuguese ended up having one of the best displays of the week and so we see Kev. entering the press room not as high-spirited as it was expected...

Julien Blanc (Le Temps/Genève): You have just started playing TT, but you already have some decent results. Do you have a reason for that?
Kev.: *laughing* No reason... I guess its just beginners luck, most of my picks are guesses!

Charles McFadden (Reuters): This Monday, you won in a very convincing fashion against seed #3 of the tournament - did you think you would have a shot at the title?
Kev.: Well I thought I could've gotten far here but just bundled out by sfar who had excellent picks.

Martin Fernandes (Tribune de Genève): What are your goals for next season? Do you plan on trying the Australian Open qualies?
Kev.: I think I might stay playing challengers for a bit, on MTF here its kind of hard to get up the ranks because theres so many more players compared to TF, unless if they give me a WC!

Louis Obry (FrancePress): What is the general impression people have from Switzerland in your country?
Kev.: um, well when I think if Switzerland I think of Chocolate, Europe, Their flag, Roger Federer and the Alps.

By then the Press Conference is finished since Kev. needs to go back to practice. There is still a doubles tournament to be played, after all.

[erickmartins]

Wednesday matches - H2H

		        Blue Heart24		Deathless Mortal
					
Homeplace:		Croatia			Croatia
Direct H2H:		1			2
Total W-L		117-134			193-227
Year Highlight:		Wimbledon R16		Shanghai CH W
					
		        sfar			molosztash
					
Homeplace:		Portugal		Turkey
Direct H2H:		0			0
Total W-L		56-70			61-59
Year Highlight:		Fergana CH W		Stuttgart W
					
		        Crvena Zvezda		Freshi
					
Homeplace:		Serbia			Germany
Direct H2H:		0			0
Total W-L		138-123			70-84
Year Highlight:		Umag QF			St. Remy CH W
					
		        The Bulldog		Don Corleone
					
Homeplace:		Great Britain		Brazil
Direct H2H:		0			0
Total W-L		8-8			7-2
Year Highlight:		Cali CH F		Como CH W

[erickmartins]

00:00 | Blue Heart24 (CRO) vs. Deathless Mortal (CRO) - Same winners; SR Differences: KUNITSYN 2-0 v 2-1
00:00 | sfar (POR) vs. molosztash (TUR) - Same winners; SR Differences: BACHINGER 2-0 v 2-1
00:00 | Crvena Zvezda (SRB) vs. Freshi (GER) - Same winners; SR Differences: DE SCHEPPER 2-1 v 2-0
00:00 | The Bulldog (GBR) vs. Don Corleone (BRA) - Missing picks from The Bulldog


00:00 | Freshi/Chrissi (GER/GER) vs. Zeli15/Kev. (CZE/AUS) - Missing picks from Chrissi
00:00 | (ALT) lolada_4/maldini (POR/SUI) vs. Vilnietė/Crvena Zvezda (LIT/SRB) - SELA +2 vs. DE SCHEPPER +2 SR Differences: SELA 2-1 v. DE SCHEPPER 2-0, SELA 2-1 v. DE SCHEPPER 2-1, ROCHUS 2-1 v. ROCHUS 2-0
00:00 | molosztash/rajknier (TUR/NED) vs. sfar/supertec (POR/ESP) - Same Winners; SR Differences: BACHINGER 2-1 v. BACHINGER 2-0
00:00 | Adder A216/Broseghini (NED/BRA) vs. kr1s71an/YEBRA (BUL/ESP) - DE SCHEPPER vs. SELA SR Differences: DE SCHEPPER 2-1 v. SELA 2-1, SELA 2-0 v. SELA 2-1, ROCHUS 2-1 +2 v. ROCHUS 2-0 +2, CHIUDINELLI 2-1 v. CHIUDINELLI 2-0, BACHINGER 2-0 v. BACHINGER 2-1



Singles
SELA 0 DE SCHEPPER 7
SERGEYEV 0 ROCHUS 7
EYSSERIC 0 CHIUDINELLI 7
BACHINGER 7 DELBONIS 0
RUMYANTSEV 0 KUNITSYN 7


Doubles
SELA 8 DE SCHEPPER 7
SERGEYEV 0 ROCHUS 15
EYSSERIC 0 CHIUDINELLI 15
BACHINGER 15 DELBONIS 0
RUMYANTSEV 0 KUNITSYN 15

[sfar]

Such a variety of picks...

[Crvena Zvezda]

Originally Posted by erickmartins

00:00 | Crvena Zvezda (SRB) vs. Freshi (GER) - EYSSERIC vs. CHIUDINELLI SR Differences: DE SCHEPPER 2-1 v 2-0, EYSSERIC 2-0 vs. CHIUDINELLI 2-0

Please erick, could you check your pm, I sent a new set of pick around 9:30 with Chiudinelli instead of Eysseric