[i_tan7]

nar beh !!!!!!!!!

 

[Purple Rainbow]

The evil Zimbabweans have secretly taken over the USTA and rigged the draw so that Kevil Ulyett will win the US Open this year.
In other news, Robert Mugabe has secretly removed Bush from power and has crowned himself Master of the Universe.

*leaves thread started by 1_tan7 forever*

 

[Mrs. B]

deja vu thread

 

[PamV]

I don't understand why the no. 3 seed should be facing the no.1 seed, i know its a draw but it seems to me that it was drawn to favour the US playeres ie. Roddick. I think it should be no.1 seed vs no. 4 seed in the semi-final. It looks like Hewitt gets the bad draw with no.5 seed Safin in his quarter. Hmmmm. Seems very suspect this US draw.

Yeah it does seem rigged because the draw came out like we predicted. Everyone knew that Roddick would be in the bottom half and that Safin would be in the top half. This is the same draw set up as in Wimbledon.

For some reason Federer always draws Kiefer in his section. Is it just a coincidence that Nadal gets 3 Americans in his first 3 rounds? I don't know but Roddick gets lucky draws and that helps him keep his ranking where it is.

 

[PamV]

Of course, it is. They even did not have to come up with the draw, they borrowed it from Wimbledon. Just have a look at the top quarter. Federer had the same players at Wimbledon- Minar, Kiefer, Ferrero, Gonzalez.

That is too freaky. Couldn't they have Mrs. Roddick do a separate draw for the USOpen?

 

[PamV]

P.S. Why didn't you write about Wimbledon being rigged this year when seeds #1 and #3 were scheduled for the Semi's? I suppose poor Tony Blair was again forced into doing Bush's bidding so it didn't count?

Well even when Hewitt is the #2 ranked player he is still seeded 3rd and put in Roger's half. Hasn't he been in the same half at Wimbledon with Roger since 2003? No wonder it's Roddick making it to the Finals.

I don't care what the seeding numbers are.....what I notice is that Roddick gets the easy draws. Safin could have been put in Roddick quarter.....but NO that would have made Roddick nervous, so they gave him Coria.

 

[The Pro]

Thanks for making me lol @ a public internet kiosk. That was almost as awesome as the payphone beside my head continually ringing.

Should I answer?

I wish you would.

 

[Jimnik]

Looks like we're due to have the same semi-final line-up as Wimbledon:

Federer v Hewitt and
Roddick v T Johansson

I have every confidence in Thomas's ability to beat Nadal and Agassi.

 

[jenanun]

let's wait and see if all the top 4 will go through to the semi....

andy does have an easy draw compare to the rest of them....
he is lucky.....

but why people not allow to have luck then?

 

[PamV]

let's wait and see if all the top 4 will go through to the semi....

andy does have an easy draw compare to the rest of them....
he is lucky.....

but why people not allow to have luck then?

Because Roddick never gets an unlucky draw, and we all predicted this scenario before they even did the draw. Any way isn't the draw done by pulling out tokens.....not by flipping a coin?

 

[Geniey2g]

I have to say, I was a little suspicious about the draw yesterday; the American players got a damn good draw...

 

[Billy Moonshine]

All grand slam draws should be done as follows:

A blindfolded mute wearing a red velvet shroud and black catsuit is bought into the auditorium and seated beneath a blue light.
A bald witch (sent by the tennis God) dressed in retro Bjorn Borg wimbledon kit enters and places their hands on the mute's head and wails the national anthem backwards in Latin.
The mute opens it's mouth and utters the names of the players in the order that the cosmic universe has decided is right.

Thus all nonsense talk of rigged draws would end and all would be happy in tennisland.

 

[Mistaflava]

:haha:


same story every year...

 

[dylan24]

i've never liked the way they do the draws in tennis.
it should be the same way they do the ncaa basketball draws.
in top 1/2
it should be
1 vs 8
4 vs 5

lower 1/2
2 vs 7
3 vs 6

 

[LoveFifteen]

They don't do it that way because then people would purposefully try to manipulate their rankings! HELLO!

If every single tournament quarterfinal was #1 vs. #8, you can bet your sweet ass that every player would do everything in his power (rearrange his schedule and/or throw lesser matches) to avoid being the #8 tennis player in the weeks before the Grand Slams. Who wants to play against Roger?

Same logic ... if you know you dominate a certain player, you most certainly want your ranking to match up to where you always meet him in the quarter finals.

Enough of this utter nonsense about rigged draws. The drawing out of names from the cup is done by non-Americans. This year it was done by a bunch of non-Americans at the United Nations (one of the most anti-American organizations in the world).

Amazing how the draw is rigged for Americans, yet Venus and Serena are in the hardest quarter of the draw ... and are set to meet each other in the Round of 16. Oh wait, Davenport's draw isn't that tough ... maybe they do rig the draw, but just for white Americans?

 

[Purple Rainbow]

Geez, what is with Americans thinking the UN is an anti-American organisation?

 

[Angle Queen]

I want to know where the "B" sample is.

 

[wcr]

I don't understand why the no. 3 seed should be facing the no.1 seed, i know its a draw but it seems to me that it was drawn to favour the US playeres ie. Roddick. I think it should be no.1 seed vs no. 4 seed in the semi-final. It looks like Hewitt gets the bad draw with no.5 seed Safin in his quarter. Hmmmm. Seems very suspect this US draw.

Time to do your research. Look up past draws and take note where the seeds were placed. Typically the tournaments are consistent year after year. The 4 slams do differ in terms of placement. Some put #1 and #4 at the top, some put #1 and #3 at the top.

 

[Winston's Human]

Time to do your research. Look up past draws and take note where the seeds were placed. Typically the tournaments are consistent year after year. The 4 slams do differ in terms of placement. Some put #1 and #4 at the top, some put #1 and #3 at the top.

As I posted earlier, in each of the four slams, there is a 50/50 chance that #1 will be seeded against #3. In fact, of the past 40 grand slam tournaments (1996-2005), it has happened 20 times -- half the time to be exact.

It has happened in six of the last ten Wimbledons and French Opens, and in four of the last ten US and Australian Opens.

 

[LoveFifteen]

It has happened in six of the last ten Wimbledons and French Opens, and in four of the last ten US and Australian Opens.

Oh my gosh! How did the vile Americans manage to rig Roland Garros and Wimbledon TWO more times than their own US Open?