we'll start with Order of Play for Tuesday, to anyone interested :)

Yeah I'm up for it. Hadn't forgotten but couldn't get it going for today's.

Still don't knwo what happened to Liam. :shrug: I've Pmed him abotu the comps and if he si coming back but heard nothing.

Day 1 MATCH RESULTS

ATP MASTERS ROME

[6] A. Roddick (USA) d. M. Fish (USA) 2-0
[1] R. Federer (SUI) d. G. Canas (ARG) 2-0
[Q] N. Lapentti (ECU) d. F. Volandri (ITA) 2-1
S. Bolelli (ITA) d. [Q] O. Patience (FRA) 2-0
J. Ferrero (ESP) d. N. Kiefer (GER) 2-1
[12] F. Gonzalez (CHI) d. J. Tipsarevic (SRB) 2-1
F. Verdasco (ESP) d.[11] C. Moya (ESP) 2-0 :yikes:
G. Simon (FRA) d. [10] J. Tsonga (FRA) 2-1
[14] T. Robredo (ESP) d. J. Chela (ARG) 2-0
[WC] M. Ancic (CRO) d. F. Lopez (ESP) 2-0
I. Karlovic (CRO) d. [15] P. Mathieu (FRA) 2-0 :unsure:
J. Acasuso (ARG) d. D. Tursunov (RUS) 2-0


WTA BERLIN

8] M Bartoli (FRA) vs L Safarova (CZE) 2-0
F Schiavone (ITA) vs [5] S Williams (USA) 0-2
[12] N Vaidisova (CZE) vs G Dulko (ARG) 1-2
7] E Dementieva (RUS) vs K Bondarenko (UKR) 2-0
V Dushevina (RUS) vs [9] P Schnyder (SUI) 2-0 :yikes:
T Garbin (ITA) vs A Medina Garrigues (ESP) 1-2 (ret.) VOID
S Peng (CHN) vs [Q] J Craybas (USA) 2-1
V Azarenka (BLR) vs C Dellacqua (AUS) 2-0

Scores to follow later .......

Review of the Day :D

WTA: Dushevina beating Schnyder was quite shocking; hardly surprising no one picked it. Only me and GS picked Dulko over Vaidisova, but Nicole has been playing awful so it was a good 'upset' to pick. Peng and Craybas confused us (well done Viva and Jo :ok: ) and we all picked Azarenka but only Viva got 2-0. More confidence needed in Bartoli, but high confidence in Dementieva and Serena paid off. :ok:

ATP: Quite a few matches threw us. No one picked Lapentti, and only Viva picked Karlovic - what was PHM doing losing 2-0? :shrug: Tsonga confirmed fears that he might not be good on clay, Al and fah predicting his demise to Simon 2-0 :clap: Only Viva and GS got Verdasco beating Moya, and that Gonzo v Tipsy epic split opinion, Viva was spot on with the score though :ok: A littl emore confidence in Ancic. Roddick and Robredo would have boosted points as they won in straights, and little less in Ferrero who dropped a set was needed. Great to see the confidence in Federer though who everyone picked to beat his old foe Canas 2-0. :clap:

Here's DAY 1 SCORES

Out of 36 points ATP and 21 Points WTA, total 57points

Viva 33 (23 ATP/10 WTA)
SB 28 (16 ATP/12WTA)
fah 27 (17 ATP/10WTA)
Jo 26 (13 in each - :yikes: hope it's not a bad luck omen ;) )
Al 25 (15 ATP/10 WTA)
GS 19 (11 ATP/8 WTA)

Amazing score from Viva in the ATP, the only matches he got the wrong winner for were Lapentti, Acasuso and Simon :clap: Well done :ok:

Day 2 MATCHES

ATP Rome
[3] N. Djokovic (SRB) vs S. Darcis (BEL) 2-0
[8] J. Blake (USA) vs A. Seppi (ITA) 2-1
J. Ferrero (ESP) vs [2] R. Nadal (ESP) 2-0 :bow: :yikes:
N. Almagro (ESP) vs [7] D. Nalbandian (ARG) 2-0 :bow: :yikes:
[WC] M. Ancic (CRO) vs [4] N. Davydenko (RUS) 0-2
S. Bolelli (ITA) vs G. Simon (FRA) 2-0
[16] A. Murray (GBR) vs S. Wawrinka (SUI) 0-2 :(
R. Stepanek (CZE) vs [5] D. Ferrer (ESP) 2-1 :yikes: :bow:
[12] F. Gonzalez (CHI) vs [Q] E. Korolev (RUS) 2-0
[Q] N. Lapentti (ECU) vs F. Verdasco (ESP) 1-2

WTA Berlin
S Peng (CHN) vs [4] J Jankovic (SRB) 0-2
[LL] A Amanmuradova (UZB) vs [2] A Ivanovic (SRB) 0-2
[1] J Henin (BEL) vs [Q] Y Chan (TPE) 2-0
[3] S Kuznetsova (RUS) vs [Q] C Castano (COL) 2-0
V Azarenka (BLR) vs [6] A Chakvetadze (RUS) 2-1
[16] N Petrova (RUS) vs M Kirilenko (RUS) 0-2 :o
Z Yan (CHN) vs [10] A Szavay (HUN) 0-2
G Dulko (ARG) vs C Wozniacki (DEN) 2-0
[11] A Radwanska (POL) vs [Q] A Bachmann (GER) 2-0
[Q] K Kanepi (EST) vs [13] D Safina (RUS) 0-2

Day 2 Review

WTA: Pretty much as predicted, although congrats to fah for getting the Azarenka match spot on and prediting Petrova going out :bow: Good job the womens were quite predictable given the mens!

ATP: oh lord, where do I start? :yikes: Unsurprisingly no one got LCF's victory and only Viva got Stepanek :bow: GS 2 picks up a point for Almgro's shock win. :ok: We were under confident on Gonzo, Davydenko and Bolleli's straight setters and Wawrink upsetting Murray upset us!

Scores: (out of 60)

Jo 40 (ATP 26/WTA 24)
SB 36 (ATP 12/WTA 24)
Viva 34 (ATP 14/WTA 20)
fah 33 (ATP 13/ WTA 20)
GS2 32 (ATP11/WTA 21)
Al 30 (ATP10/WTA 20)

Well done Jo, great score :bow: :bow: :bow:

Table

Viva 67
Jo 66
SB 64
fah 60
Al 55
GS 51

are oyu sure SB???? :o there;s no way i can have done that well :unsure: :wacko:

Im wondering if our predictions here are much different from the BOTB?
A few of mine are, I never got a printout so couldnt remember :shrug:

False modesty ? :D

but you can check your picks on the BOTB website....although I must admit I don't check them before doing this, mainly 'cos most of my picks have already gone out :cry:

no, no, no - complete disbelief :P

:lmaao: Yeah I don't have too many left either!

Well I checked the cores and that is correct as far as I can tell; I can deduct 10 off if you like though. ;) :D

noooo........have you done todays yet? i think i'm gonna need all the help i can get!!!! :giggle:

They were a pig, and the proof will be comign righ tup! :unsure:

Thurs Match Results .... thos eor a nervou sdisposition might want ot look away ;)

ATP Rome
[3] N. Djokovic (SRB) vs I. Andreev (RUS) 2-1
[1] R. Federer (SUI) vs I. Karlovic (CRO) 2-0
[6] A. Roddick (USA) vs S. Bolelli (ITA) 2-0
[14] T. Robredo (ESP) vs [4] N. Davydenko (RUS) 2-1 :blink:
[Q] L. Horna (PER) vs R. Stepanek (CZE) 1-2
[12] F. Gonzalez (CHI) vs N. Almagro (ESP) W/O Almagro VOID
[8] J. Blake (USA) vs F. Verdasco (ESP) 2-1 :phew:
S. Wawrinka (SUI) vs J. Ferrero (ESP) 2-0

WTA Berlin
[1] J Henin (BEL) vs [13] D Safina (RUS) 1-2 :yikes:
[11] A Radwanska (POL) vs [5] S Williams (USA) 0-2
M Kirilenko (RUS) vs [4] J Jankovic (SRB) 0-2
S Bammer (AUT) vs [2] A Ivanovic (SRB) 1-2 :unsure:
[7] E Dementieva (RUS) vs V Dushevina (RUS) 2-0
[3] S Kuznetsova (RUS) vs [15] A Bondarenko (UKR) 1-2 :yikes:
[8] M Bartoli (FRA) vs [10] A Szavay (HUN) 0-2
G Dulko (ARG) vs V Azarenka (BLR) 0-2

Review:

WTA: Our most successful result was thanks to this recent new found confidence in Dementieva winning 2-0, and the girl keeps delivering lately - such a change :ok: :slap: Surprisingly (well to me anyway)confidence in Serena and Jelena was a bit low, quite a few points lost predicting them to drop sets. But we were too confident about Ana who struggled for about 2.5 hours against Bammer, and no one expected Henin and Kuzzy to lose to Safina and Bondarenko espectively. :yikes: Everyone except me :rolleyes: got Szavay but only Viva got the right score :clap: Then we are left with the tricky Azarenka v Dulko - Azarenka repeated exactly what happened the last time they met on clay winning 2-0 match - only Al and Jo got that bang on and I snook a meagre 1 point. :phew:

ATP: We all did well from confidence in Fed :ok: Ditto Djoko, SB/Jo/Al getting the score right, and Stepanek with fah/GS and Jo getting top points. :clap: In the rest, most of us didn't even get the right winner, but well done to GS and Viva for getting Robredo 2-1 - I am still in shock - and SB/Jo who were the only folks to back Blake and got the score right too - what an epic that was. :phew: Wortst scoring matches - we all expected Stan and JCF to be a tighter affair, and only Jo/Al/Viva got the right winner. Everyone except me and Viva predicted Bolelli to beat A-Rod, and we both got the score wrong. Not a great day but coudl have been worse :D Sadly Gonzo withdrew giving Almagro a W/O to th enext round, voiding that match. :(


SCORES

Out of 24 WTA and 21 ATP; scores broken down with WTA first, ATP second in brackets)

SB 22 (11/11)
Viva 21 (11/10)
Jo/Al 20 (10/10)
Fah 18 (7/11)
GS 15 (5/10)

Congrats to myself then, who just edged it :phew: I probably owe Blake and A-Rod a beer. :unsure: :cheers:


TABLE

Viva 88
Jo/SB 86
fah 78
Al 75
GS 66

Viva clings onto the lead, what a tounie he is having :D But Jo and SB and right behind him ready to pounce and with th eway thes epredictions are going it's anyone's :unsure:

FRIDAY RESULTS

ATP
[8] J. Blake(USA) vs S. Wawrinka (SUI) 1-2
[ R. Federer (SUI) vs R. Stepanek (CZE) 0-2 :bow:
[6] A. Roddick (USA) vs [14] T. Robredo (ESP) 2-1
[3] N. Djokovic (SRB) vs N. Almagro (ESP) VOID Almagro retired.

WTA
A.Bondarenko vs. Azarenka 0-2
Safina vs. S.Williams 2-1 :bow:
Dementieva vs. Jankovic 2-1
Szavay vs. Ivanovic 1-2

Review: a strange day that really did not go to form as the 2-0 system showed, picking up only 2 out fo 21 points! :yikes: Bad luck Al :hug:

WTA: 3 were technically upsets, except the one fancied to be with Szavay unlucky not to take Ana out. :wacko: Well done Jo/fah/GS for 2-1 Ana :ok: Dem was a possible upset, no one picked it. Safina put in a stunning performance to take out Serena; Viva got it spot on :bow: Viva, GS and SB picked Azarenka :ok:

ATP: A strange day :wacko: Spectacular Stepanek performance :bow: unsurprisingly no one got that right. Jo, SB and Al got an A-Rod win, and most got Stan the Man over Blake but only fah/Jo got max points. :ok: Sadly poor Almagro was forced to retire despite a very fancied chance to beat Djokovic. :( Hope he recovers soon :ok:


SCORES

Jo 9 (ATP 6/WTA 3)
fah 6 (ATP 3/WTA 3)

Viva 5 (ATP1 /WTA 4)
SB 5 (ATP 4/WTA 1)
GS 5 (ATP 1/WTA 4

Al 2 (ATP 1/WTA 1) 2-0 system

Well done Jo, saved by getting 3 scores spot on :phew: Bet you won't be saying you don't mind A Rod losing now. ;) Bad luck Al, the 2-0 really failed today :(

TABLE

Jo 95
Viva 93
SB 91
fah 84
Al 77
GS 70

Jo has taken the lead, can she cling on?

Sat Results

ATP Rome
[6] A. Roddick (USA) vs S. Wawrinka (SUI) VOID Roddick Retired
R. Stepanek (CZE) vs [3] N. Djokovic (SRB) VOID Stepanek Retired

:yikes:

[1] B. Bryan (USA)/M. Bryan (USA) vs [7] J. Bjorkman (SWE)/K. Ullyett (ZIM) 2-0
R. Gasquet (FRA)/F. Santoro (FRA) vs [2] D. Nestor (CAN)/N. Zimonjic (SRB) 1-2

WTA Berlin
[13] D Safina (RUS) vs V Azarenka (BLR) 2-0
[7] E Dementieva (RUS) vs [2] A Ivanovic (SRB) 2-0 :clap:

[1] C Black (ZIM) / L Huber (USA) vs [4] V Azarenka (BLR) / S Peer (ISR)
VOID Azarenka/Peer retired

N Llagostera Vives (ESP) / M Martinez Sanchez (ESP) vs [2] K Peschke (CZE) / R Stubbs (AUS) 2-1 :yikes:

Not many matches actually completed today then. :rolleyes:


REVIEW:

ATP: dire, both singles ended in injury WTA :( The Bryans won too easily to get many points, and Al, fah, Viva and SB score for Nestor/ Zimonjic. :ok:

WTA: One doubles ended in reitrment, the other was an utter shock with th eladies with the very long Spanish names beating the number 2 seeds 2-1. Everyone got Safina but most were under confident with only GS and SB getting 2-0. Misplaced confidence in Ivanovic this time as Dem crushed her in 2 sets, only SB and GS got a Dem win. :ok:

SCORES (out of 15)

SB 7 (WTA 4/ATP2)

Al/fah 5 (WTA 1/ATP4)
GS 5 (WTA 4/ATP1)

Viva 4 (WTA 1/ATP 3)

Jo 1 (WTA 1/ATP 0)

TABLE

SB 98
Viva 97
Jo 96
fah 89
Al 82
GS 75


Somehow I took the lead :unsure: Do wish I had kept my Nestor/Zimonjic win as 21- though! :rolleyes:

There are 12 points to gain tomorrow so all coudl change.

urgh - what an awful day :cry: not sure today will be any better mind you :shrug:

Awful day - know the feeling :ok: :turkey:

Can I give you the results tommorrow am guys? I am spent!

the clay season really grinds you down, eh SB?? :)