the clay season continues to grind on this week with the Hamburg Masters and the ladies' Tier I Rome. day 1 predictions will be up starting with Tuesday's Order of Play.

It is a punishjing predictions scehdule I tell ya! :D

Are you able to get the next lot going then Viva? If so I'll leave that to you and do what I can. Scoringshould not be a problem. The FO however could be. :unsure:

Ok folks, 5 matches from the WTA were not completed, if they ever started, so I'm going to leave them out as I don't wan to get behind on scoring.

ATP Hamburg

Janko TIPSAREVIC (SRB) vs. Andreas BECK (GER) 2-1
Nikolay DAVYDENKO (RUS) vs. Ivan LJUBICIC (CRO) 2-0
Tommy ROBREDO (ESP) vs. Philipp KOHLSCHREIBER (GER) 2-1
Andreas SEPPI (ITA) vs. Richard GASQUET (FRA) 2-0 oh dear! :unsure:
Luis HORNA (PER) vs. Potito STARACE (ITA) VOID
Julien BENNETEAU (FRA) vs. Carlos MOYA (ESP) 1-2
Ivo MINAR (CZE) vs. David FERRER (ESP) 0-2
Stanislas WAWRINKA (SUI) vs. Alberto MARTIN (ESP) 2-0
Fernando VERDASCO (ESP) vs. Michael LLODRA (FRA) 2-0
Igor ANDREEV (RUS) vs. Robin SODERLING (SWE) 1-2 :blink:

WTA Rome

[[Q] K. Kanepi (EST) vs [WC] R. Vinci (ITA) 1-2 :D slight shock but i like Roberta
[WC] V. Azarenka (BLR) vs [19] S. Bammer (AUT) 2-0
[D. Cibulkova (SVK) vs G. Dulko (ARG) 2-0

Review of the Day

Ferrer, Wawrinka and Davydenko were reliable and most folks got full scores. Tipsy dropping a set dropped the points swcored fore everyone, and a few messed up picking Verdasco and Moya to lose. Another openign round disaster for Gasquet out 2-0 to Seppi, Al and fah got a Seppi win :ok: A tigh ttussles between Kohly and Robredo but Al get the win and SB/Jo/GS the correct score :ok: And that 'sod' Soderling cost everyoen points beating the favoured Andreev 21-, excpet GS who got it bang on :ok: On the WTA side, congrats to Jo/SB/GS for a Cibulkova win over Dulko, and most get Azarenak. No one got Vinci though, hardly surprising being as she si a S&V grass specialist playing clay :D Go Roberta :D

SCORES

JO 25
SB 21
Fah 18
Al 17
GS 15
Viva 11

So last weeks champion Jo is off to a flying start despite those alledged blisters - all gamesmanship you know ;) :D

wow, i suck :clap:

clay has never been my fave...watch out for my underhand serve :rolleyes: :rolleyes:

Guys I've just finished scoring for today as the matches onyl just finished, but I'm off now so will bring the rersults to you tomorrow afternoon. :)

RESULTS DAY 2

ATP

Thomas BERDYCH (CZE) vs. Marat SAFIN (RUS) 0-2
Stanislas WAWRINKA (SUI) vs. Nicolas KIEFER (GER) 0-2 :blink:
Roger FEDERER (SUI) vs. Jarkko NIEMINEN (FIN) 2-0
Potito STARACE (ITA) vs. Rafael NADAL (ESP) 0-2
Juan Ignacio CHELA (ARG) vs. Novak DJOKOVIC (SRB) 0-2
Juan MONACO (ARG) vs. Simone BOLELLI (ITA) 2-0
James BLAKE (USA) vs. Janko TIPSAREVIC (SRB) 1-2
Robin SODERLING (SWE) vs. Jo-Wilfried TSONGA (FRA) 2-0
Andy MURRAY (GBR) vs. Gilles SIMON (FRA) 2-0
Tommy ROBREDO (ESP) vs. Ivo KARLOVIC (CRO) 1-2 go Ivo! :D


WTA

[1] A. Ivanovic (SRB) vs [Q] T. Pironkova (BUL) 1-2 :o
[ 8] M. Bartoli (FRA) vs V. Razzano (FRA) 2-0
D. Cibulkova (SVK) vs [2] M. Sharapova (RUS) 1-2
K. Bondarenko (UKR) vs T. Garbin (ITA) 2-0
[Q] A. Cornet (FRA) vs [17] F. Schiavone (ITA) 2-0 :blink:
[3] S. Kuznetsova (RUS) vs O. Govortsova (BLR) 2-0
[Q] M. Niculescu (ROU) vs [WC] V. Azarenka (BLR) 0-2
[Q] M. Koryttseva (UKR) vs [9] P. Schnyder (SUI) 1-2

WTA Matches Carried Over from Day 1

Petrova v Kirilenko 1-2 getting worse for Nadia :(
V. Williams v Stosur 2-0
Dushevina v Cornet 0-2
Vaidisova v Makarova 1-2 doesn't get any better for Nicole does it? :unsure:
S Williams v A Bondarenko 2-0

Scores a-coming! :D

Day 2 Review

ATP: total confidence in Fed and Rafa paid off. More confidence in Djoko and Soderling was needed for maximum points, ditto Murray (congrats GS for the right score :ok: ) and Safin (congrats Viva for right score, and also th eonly one to get the Monaco score right too :ok: ). Only SB and Viva picked a Karlovic win, and along with GS also picked a Tipsy win in a close fought encounter with Blake. Surprise of the day on which we scored nil points was Kiefer trashing Stan the Man 2-0 - life in the old dog yet. Well done Nicholas. :clap:

WTA: Full confidence in Kuzzy, the Williamses, Azarenka paid off. Of the upsets, only GS and SB got a Kirilenko win. No one picked Vaidisova, Ivanovic or Schiavone to go out, must say was tempted with the Vaidisova one - reckon Makarova is one to watch. :ok: There was too much confidence in Schnyder who dropped a set unexpectedly (although with her I am not surprised :D ) and not enough in Bartoli or K Bondarenko, both came through 2-0 and only this idiot typing got those right. :blink: Well done everyone though for spotting the threat of in form youngster Cibulkova and predicting the Sharapova win of 2-1 :clap:



SCORES

A full day yesterday, with matches carried over, making points out of a grand total of that bingo caller's delight - 69 - as in any way up. :D

SB 44 :yikes: :unsure: I did double check!
Viva 37
GS/Al 34
Jo/fah 32

So shockingly about my best day on clay ever. I doubt it will last but I'll reward myself with a :cheers: later. Great score from Viva after a slow start. :clap:

TABLE

SB 65
GS 60"
Al 51
Fah 50
Viva 48
Jo 47

I'm in disbelief, :yikes: so if anone else is please feel free to check my scores. GS hangs close behind after another good score, Al overtakes fah and Viva sneaks ahead of Jo who is suffering awfully with those blisters after her victory last week. . It's a punishing schedule. ;) :D

Right on to check out today's scores as have been out all day, but form my glance at the results briefly I can't see high scores. :unsure:

I'm rolling these out now while my iron is hot. :D

DAY 4 Results

ATP Hamburg Start 11am

Fernando VERDASCO (ESP) vs. David FERRER (ESP) 2-0
Roger FEDERER (SUI) vs. Robin SODERLING (SWE) 2-0
Ivo KARLOVIC (CRO) vs. () Novak DJOKOVIC (CRO)0-2
Nikolay DAVYDENKO (RUS) vs. Nicolas KIEFER (GER) 0-2 :o :bow:
Andy MURRAY (GBR) vs. Rafael NADAL (ESP) 0-2
Janko TIPSAREVIC (SRB) vs. Albert MONTANES (ESP) 0-2 :blink: :yikes:
Juan MONACO (ARG) vs. Andreas SEPPI (ITA) 0-2
Marat SAFIN (RUS) vs. Carlos MOYA (ESP) 1-2


WTA Rome Start 1 pm

M. Kirilenko (RUS) vs [4] J. Jankovic (SRB) 0-2
[WC] S. Errani (ITA) vs [5] S. Williams (USA) 0-2
C. Wozniacki (DEN) vs [2] M. Sharapova (RUS) 0-2
[7] V. Williams (USA) vs [10] V. Zvonareva (RUS) 2-0
[8] M. Bartoli (FRA) vs [9] P. Schnyder (SUI) 1-2 very close!
[Q] T. Pironkova (BUL) vs [WC] V. Azarenka (BLR) VOID Rtrd
[12] A. Radwanska (POL) vs [6] A. Chakvetadze (RUS) 1-2
[3] S. Kuznetsova (RUS) vs [Q] A. Cornet (FRA) 0-2 :yikes:

REVIEW

ATP: What a nightmare of upsets! We couldn't make our minds up with Safin v Moya, and only Al got Moya right and a full 3 points too. :clap: High confidence for 2-0 wins from Djoko and Fed kept us afloat, but a few of us had false confidence in Murray to get a set with Al, SB and Jo getting full points. :ok: And that is it - not a single point scored by anyone in matches won by Verdasco, Kiefer, Seppi and Montanes - who is he? :blink:

WTA: A tad odd. Confidence in 2-0s for Serena and Sharapova paying off, but a few suffering by thinking Kirilenko would beat Jankovic. Chakvetadze was the favourite against Radwanska on paper, strangely only Al picked her to win at all and got full point to boot. :clap: Not suprisingly no-one picked Cornet to upsett Kuzzy. Schnyder v Bartoli was always a close call and went 2-1, well done Al, Jo and fah for getting it spot on. :clap: We all backed Venus to win but only I picked her 2-0, which surprised me as it was never in doubt for me - or was I an optimist who got lucky? :unsure:


SCORES (out of 45)

Al 25
SB 21
fah 20
Viva 18
Jo 17
GS 14

Well done to Al, he is gathering speed very nicely here. :cheers:


TABLE

SB 86
Al 76
GS 74
fah 70
viva 66
Jo 64

ah, i knew this hectic schedule would get to me in the end :P

Oh no, that means if I win there will always be a question mark over it becuase the current clay No1 was injured :lol:

DAY 4 RESULTS

WTA ROME

[Q] T. Pironkova (BUL) vs [6] A. Chakvetadze (RUS) 1-2
[Q] A. Cornet (FRA) vs [5] S. Williams (USA) W/O Cornet VOID
[7] V. Williams (USA) or [4] J. Jankovic (SRB) 1-2
[9] P. Schnyder (SUI) vs [2] M. Sharapova (RUS) 1-2

A. Medina Garrigues/ V. Ruano Pascual (ESP) vs K. Jans (POL) / M. Jugic-Salkic (BIH) 1-2 :blink:

[1] C. Black (ZIM) / L. Huber (USA) vs S. Peng (CHN) / T. Sun (CHN) 1-2


ATP HAMBURG

Roger FEDERER (SUI) vs. Fernando VERDASCO (ESP) 2-0
Albert MONTANES (ESP) vs. Novak DJOKOVIC (SRB) 0-2
Nicolas KIEFER (GER) vs. Andreas SEPPI (ITA) 1-2 :phew: epic!
Carlos MOYA (ESP) vs. Rafael NADAL (ESP) 0-2 damp squib!

Ivan LJUBICIC (CRO)/Robin SODERLING (SWE) vs. Leander PAES (IND)
Tommy ROBREDO (ESP) 0-2

Bob BRYAN (USA)/Mike BRYAN (USA) vs. James BLAKE (USA)
Mardy FISH (USA) 2-1

REVIEW

WTA: All 2-1 tussles today. Well done Jo and fah for getting 2-1 Jankovic, most went for Venus :clap: Well done SB, Al and fah for 2-1 Sharapova :clap: Chakvetadze went to 3 sets with Pironkova. Most of us went 2-0 to Chakky but bad luck to Jo who saw 3 sets but picked Pironkova. :( Serena handed Cornet a W/O and it was no points on the doubles as we all backed the wrong team. :doh:

ATP: High confidence in Djoko and Nadal paid off. Slight uncertainty on Fed's number of sets v Verdasco, but ti was a tidy 2-0 :cheers: The real problem was Seppi and Kiefer's epic 3 setter. Everyone backed Kiefer, except Jo who got 2-1 Seppi. :clap: Points on the doubles were reasonble with correct winners being picked mainly, but it was tricky determining the number of sets. SB and Jo got both matches spot on and Al also got 2-1 to the Bryans. :clap:


SCORES - Out of 33

Jo 20
SB 19
fah 18
GS 16 (2-0)
Al 15
Viva 10

Good stuff from Jo today; if she'd have gone 2-0 Fed rather than 2-1, she'd have had an unprecidented full house on the mens. :ok:


TABLE

SB 105
Al 91
GS 90
fah 88
Jo 84
viva 76

No change really after today, but there is quite a tussle for points mid table. Still about 12 matches left in this tournie so good luck :ok:

SEMI FINALS DAY

ATP
Roger FEDERER (SUI) vs. Andreas SEPPI (ITA) 2-0
Novak DJOKOVIC (SRB) vs. Rafael NADAL (ESP) 1-2

Leander PAES (IND)
Tommy ROBREDO (ESP) vs. Daniel NESTOR (CAN)
Nenad ZIMONJIC (SCG) 1-2

WTA
Chakvetadze vs. Cornet 1-2
Jankovic vs. Sharapova W/O Jankovic

Peng/Sun vs. Chan/Chuang 0-2
Benesova/Husarova vs. Jans/Jugic-Salkic 2-1

Review:

ATP: everyone got 2-0 Fed, Most got the doubles match right. Congrats Al, fah and SB for getting the 2-1 epic to Nadal. :clap:

WTA: Well Sharapova withdrew writing off what might have been a dramatic one. :( Cornet came through 2-1 with Chakvetadze, well done to her but we all got it wrong. :lol: Low socres on Husarova/Benesova and only Jo and GS got the Chuang/Chan win on the 2-0 system. They were the seeds - wonder why we never picked them? :shrug:

SCORES

Al/fah 10
Jo/GS 9 (2-0)
Viva 7
SB 6

Well done Al and fah, a decent score out of 18 points. :cheers:


TABLE

SB 111
Al 101
GS 99
fah 98
Jo 93
viva 83

Finals day tomorrow :clap:

FINALS DAY RESULTS

ATP
Roger Federer vs Rafael Nadal (ESP) 1-2

Nestor/ Zimonjic vs. Bryan/Bryan 2-1

WTA

Alize Cornet vs. Jelena Jankovic 0-2

Chan/Chuang vs. Benesova/Husarova 2-0

Review: ATP: in the doubles, a slight upset with the number 2 seeds beating the Bryans in that silly TB thing by a ver narrow 10-8. Well done to Nestor and Zimonjic :bow: Not well done to us, only Viva picked them to win and got 3 points too :clap: In the sinlges, a very topsy turny and often frustrating match ended up with a 2-1 for Rafa, congrats to him, :bow: Only Jo scored on that match with a full 3 points. :clap:

WTA: Straighforward results, the top seeds winning 2-0 in both, for some reason we all went 2-1 Chan/Chuang though. And We all picked Jankovic, but onyl fah/viva/SB got the score right. :clap:


SCORES - out of 12

Viva 7
Jo 5
fah/SB 4
Al 2

Well donen Viva for the top score on the last day. :clap:

I'll do the final table in a moment .......

EDITED Due to previous mistake :doh:

TABLE

SB 115
Jo 108
Al 103
fah 102
GS 99
viva 90

Gret performance form Jo, the RU :cheers: Good tussle for 3rd and 4th, the very improving Al just nosing in front of fah. Well done you two. :clap:

The winner is ME by the biggest margin I think I ever had so I will celebrate :cheers:

Bad luck Viva - sadly you get a :turkey: but I am sure you'll turn it round for the FO. :ok:

Cheers for taking part all :clap:

SB, hate to tell you this, but after the second day you somehow managed to knock 10 points off my score. i got 25 on the first day and 32 on the second day, which makes me on 57 after the second day not 47. :shrug:

so i make it that i am on 108 and came in second :blink:

:bow: Well done SB.

Sorry :doh:

You are 100% correct, glad you pointed it out. :ok: Now I have to strip the RU of his title. :unsure: Sorry Al :hug: