Title: Wimbledon mini-predictions!
Description: quarter-final line-up onwards...
MrInvisible - June 25, 2007 10:09 AM (GMT)
The 'mini-predictions contest' is for those who like to analyse the draw and predict the quarter-finalists onwards, along with shock upsets and outsiders.
For both men and women, you have to predict the following
8 quarter-finalists (5 points each correct one)
4 semi-finalist (10 points each correct one)
2 finalists (20 points each correct one)
1 winner (30 points if correct)
1 seeded player to lose in 1st round (5 points if correct)
1 unseeded player to go furthest in draw (5 points if correct)
Draws can be found here:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/tennis/6229638.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/tennis/6229650.stmAs there is probably going to be v little tennis played today, you have all day Monday to get your entries in - good luck!
MrInvisible - June 25, 2007 10:20 AM (GMT)
Here's my entry to kick things off:
MEN
Q-FINALS
Federer v Ferrero, Roddick v Mahut, Nalbandian v Djokovic, Berdych v Nadal
S-FINALS
Federer v Roddick, Djokovic v Berdych
FINAL
Federer v Djokovic
WINNER - Federer
1st round seeded 'upset': Monaco to lose to Vliegen
unseeded star: Mahut
WOMENS:
Q-FINALS
Henin v Serena, Jankovic v Hingis, Ivanovic v Mauresmo, Kuznetsova v Sharapova
S-FINALS
Serena v Jankovic, Mauresmo v Sharapova
FINAL
Serena v Mauresmo (Winner: Serena)
1st round seeded 'upset': Dementieva to lose to Dechy
unseeded star: Kirilenko
ObL!v!0N - June 25, 2007 10:42 AM (GMT)
I thought u wouldn't do it this year :P
MEN
Q-FINALS
Federer v Gonzalez
Roddick v Tsonga
Nalbandian v Hewitt
Berdych v Youzhny
S-FINALS
Federer v Roddick
Hewitt v Youzhny
FINAL
Federer v Hewitt
WINNER - Federer
1st round seeded 'upset': Davydenko
unseeded star: Tsonga
WOMENS:
Q-FINALS
Henin v Serena
Jankovic v Hingis
Ivanovic v Mauresmo
Kuznetsova v Sharapova
S-FINALS
Serena v Hingis
Mauresmo v Sharapova
FINAL
Serena v Sharapova
(Winner: Serena)
1st round seeded 'upset': Dementieva
unseeded star: Paszek
MrInvisible - June 25, 2007 11:02 AM (GMT)
Oblivion, we've both definitely gone out on a limb with our predictions...will be interesting to see what the others go for. Remember folks, due to the rain, you have until the end of today to post your entries in for this!
MrInvisible - June 25, 2007 12:16 PM (GMT)
So far its just me and Oblivion on this...fine by me - at least I'm guaranteed 2nd place.
Dinky Jo - June 25, 2007 12:19 PM (GMT)
| QUOTE (MrInvisible @ Jun 25 2007, 01:16 PM) |
| So far its just me and Oblivion on this...fine by me - at least I'm guaranteed 2nd place. |
I will do it - just later when i'm not at work and have time to have a look at the draw in more detail :)
although i suppose i could just make up the women's one now like i did last time ;)
SuperBRAT - June 25, 2007 12:21 PM (GMT)
I've just seen it and will give ti a go if we have all today to do it. :)
MrInvisible - June 25, 2007 03:42 PM (GMT)
Come on folks - lets have more of you on this...remember, you have all day today (MONDAY) to get your entries in!
liam_valid - June 25, 2007 04:26 PM (GMT)
mens 1/4
bagdhatis vs Djokovic
Berdych vs Nadal
Federer vs Blake
Henman vs Roddick
Djoko vs Berdych
Federer vs Roddick
Djoko vs Federer
winner Federer
seed out monaco
unseeded star johansson
womens 1/4
Ivanovic vs Momo
Kuznetzova vs Sharapova
Henin vs Serena
Jankovic vs Chakvetadze
Ivanovic vs Sharapova
Henin vs Jankovic
Henin vs Sharapova
winner Henin
seed out dementieva
unseeded star dechy
Dinky Jo - June 25, 2007 06:05 PM (GMT)
Men's quarters
Federer vs. Blake
Mahut vs. Roddick
Djoko vs. Baghdatis
Nadal vs. Berdych
semis
Federer vs. Roddick
Berdych vs. Djoko
Final
Federer vs. djokovic
Winner - federer
seed out in first round: davydenko
unseeded star: Mahut
women's quarters
Henin vs. serena
jankovic vs. Hingis
Ivanovic vs. mauresmo
Sharapova vs. kuznetsova
semis
Henin vs. jankovic
Ivanovic vs. sharapova
Final
Henin vs. sharapova
winner - Henin
Seed out in first round: bartoli
Unseeded star: sania mirza :shrug:
Wise_Analyst - June 25, 2007 06:51 PM (GMT)
Men's quarters
Safin vs. Gonzalez
Gasquet vs. Roddick
Nalbandian vs. Djokovic
Nadal vs. Berdych
semis
Gonzalez vs. Roddick
Nalbandian vs Berdych
Final
Roddick vs Berdych
Winner - Roddick
seed out in first round: Chela
unseeded star: Mathieu
women's quarters
Henin vs. serena
Jankovic vs. Chakvetadze
Ivanovic vs. Mauresmo
Sharapova vs. kuznetsova
semis
Serena vs. Chakvetadze
Mauresmo vs. Sharapova
Final
Serena vs Sharapova
winner - Serena
Seed out in first round: Medina-Garrigues
Unseeded star: Paszek
vivahate - June 26, 2007 07:05 AM (GMT)
Ladies' Singles
1/4
Henin Serena
Jankovic Hingis
Ivanovic Vaidisova
Kuznetsova Sharapova
1/2
Henin Hingis
Ivanovic Sharapova
F
Henin Sharapova
W
Henin
seeded loser: no. 28 Schiavone
unseeded star: Dechy
Gentlemens' Singles
1/4
Federer Gonzalez
Roddick Gasquet
Nalbandian Djokovic
Bjorkman Nadal
1/2
Federer Roddick
Djokovic Nadal
F
Federer Djokovic
W
Federer
seeded loser: no. 28 Soderling
unseeded star: Kiefer
fah51 - June 26, 2007 08:18 AM (GMT)
Hope it's OK to post these still MrI - couldn't see much difference between Monday evening and Tuesday morning :)
Men's Quarters
Federer v Gonzalez
Roddick v Gasquet
Baghdatis v Djokovic
Berdych v Nadal
Federer v Roddick
Djokovic v Berdych
Federer v Djokovic
Federer
Seed to lose 1st round - Chela
Unseeded star - Becker
Ladies' Quarters
Henin v S Williams
Jankovic v Chakvetadze
Petrova v Mauresmo
Kuznetsova v Sharapova
Henin v Jankovic
Mauresmo v Kuznetsova
Henin v Mauresmo
Henin
Seed to lose 1st round - Poutchkova
Unseeded star - Szavay
MrInvisible - June 26, 2007 09:28 AM (GMT)
Deadline for these extended to midday British summer time today (Tuesday) - that's an hour and a half left!
SuperBRAT - June 26, 2007 10:31 AM (GMT)
MEN
Q-FINALS
Federer v Gonzo,
Roddick v Mahut
Baghdatis v Hewitt
Berdych v Nadal
S-FINALS
Federer v Mahut
Baghi v Berdych
FINAL
Federer v Baghi
WINNER - Federer
1st round seeded 'upset': Blake to lose to Andreev
unseeded star: Mahut
WOMENS:
Q-FINALS
Henin v Serena
Jankovic v Chakvetadze
Petrova v Mauresmo
Radwanska v V Willaims
S-FINALS
Henin v Jankovic, Mauresmo v V Williams
FINAL
Henin v Mauresmo (Winner: Mauresmo)
1st round seeded 'upset': Olga Puotchkova (No 30 seed) to lose to whoever she is playing? vesnina?
unseeded star: Radwanska
Hope this is Ok, I did it in about 10 mins to meet the deadline and I really had to rush and bodge! I may have made mistakes! roflmao
trisco - June 26, 2007 10:56 AM (GMT)
| QUOTE (MrInvisible @ Jun 25 2007, 11:20 AM) |
Here's my entry to kick things off: |
MEN
Q-FINALS
Federer v Andreev, Roddick v Henman, Bhagdatis v Djokovic, Berdych v Youzhny
S-FINALS
Federer v Henman, Djokovic v Berdych
FINAL
Federer v Djokovic
WINNER - Federer
1st round seeded 'upset': Robredo to lose to Kendrick
unseeded star: Mahut
WOMENS:
Q-FINALS
Henin v Hantuchova, Jankovic v Hingis, Petrova v Mauresmo, Kuznetsova v Sharapova
S-FINALS
Henin v Hingis, Mauresmo v Sharapova
FINAL
Henin v Sharapova (Winner: Sharapova)
1st round seeded 'upset': Dementieva to lose to Dechy
unseeded star: Bondarenko
SuperBRAT - June 26, 2007 02:41 PM (GMT)
I did want to predict Moya as the seeded casualty and possibly Henman sa the unseeded hero but I dared not jinx him! :D
MrInvisible - July 4, 2007 08:57 AM (GMT)
Well, as things stand so far, its a mixed picture for me. I did a good call on Ferrero, which I went out on a limb on. I was way off the mark with Mahut and Nalbandian though.
On the womens' side, Mauresmo and Jankovic have let me down big time!
| QUOTE |
Here's my entry to kick things off:
MEN
Q-FINALS
Federer v Ferrero, Roddick v Mahut, Nalbandian v Djokovic, Berdych v Nadal
S-FINALS
Federer v Roddick, Djokovic v Berdych
FINAL
Federer v Djokovic
WINNER - Federer
1st round seeded 'upset': Monaco to lose to Vliegen unseeded star: Mahut
WOMENS:
Q-FINALS
Henin v Serena, Jankovic v Hingis, Ivanovic v Mauresmo, Kuznetsova v Sharapova
S-FINALS
Serena v Jankovic, Mauresmo v Sharapova
FINAL
Serena v Mauresmo (Winner: Serena)
1st round seeded 'upset': Dementieva to lose to Dechy unseeded star: Kirilenko
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SuperBRAT - July 4, 2007 09:05 AM (GMT)
Mr I, I was let down by Mahut too. Maybe if he wasn't in qualies things would have been different. I've lost Gonzo too. Looks like the unseeded stars were Mathieu, Tsonga and Tipsy. I'm annoyed with Blake, he went out at the wrong time - I wante dhim as first round exit.
On the women's it's a disaster. I did not realise that Jankovic would play so badly and that Vaidisova and Ivanovic would go so far. And whoever picked Paszek has played a blinder fo rthe unseeded heroine. I did Radwanska. roflmao
MrInvisible - July 8, 2007 10:24 AM (GMT)
Update...I'll do the scores for these tomorrow (probably during my lunch break) - got a feeling the scores will be on the low side, especially for womens singles!
MrInvisible - July 9, 2007 10:34 AM (GMT)
Update everyone!! I've added all the scores, and will put up a league table in a separate thread in a couple of minutes.
Here was what actually happened at Wimbledon this year:
Mens
quarters: Federer v Ferrero, Roddick v Gasquet, Baghdatis v Djokovic, Berdych v Nadal
semis: Federer v Gasquet, Nadal v Djokovic
Final: Federer v Nadal (winner: Federer)
seeds losing in 1st round: Monaco, Volandri
unseeded star: Tipsarevic
Womens
quarters: Henin v Sharapova, Bartoli v Krajicek, Ivanovic v Vaidisova, Venus v Kuznetsova
semis: Henin v Bartoli, Ivanovic v Venus
Final: Bartoli v Venus (winner: Venus)
seeds losing in 1st round: Bondarenko, Poutchkova, Medina Garrigues
unseeded star: Granville!
vivahate - July 9, 2007 01:21 PM (GMT)
that first ladies quarter was henin/serena :P