Australian Open Predictions thread

[Magrat Garlick]

Federer
Agassi
Safin
Robredo
Moya
Johansson
Johansson
Malisse
Gaudio
Beck
Starace
Kiefer
Luzzi
Sargsian
Wessels
Lee H-T
Wang Y-T
Fish
Phau
Lopez
Tipsarebic
Gambill
Sanguinetti
Mirnyi
Schuettler
Karlovic
Söderling
Dent
Ancic
Enqvist
Ljubicic
Ginepri

Really don't have a clue...

 

[Simon]

Winners so far today
Federer
Baghadatis
Zib
Phau
Hrbaty
Ancic
Ljubicic
T Johansson
Robredo
Wessels
Calleri
Gaudio
Suzuki
Agassi
Monfils
Dent
Ulihrach
Tipsarevic

ill update this a couple of times in the day...

 

[Jono]

Damn it. Costa and Enqvist let me down!

 

[Pratters]

Damn it. Costa and Enqvist let me down!

Enqvist - Clearly a favourite to win that match in CW, except in the books of one or two individuals

 

[Simon]

these are updated scores providing Safin wins, ill edit this at the completion of the Kiefer vs Rochus match which is currently into the 5th set..

Broncoman 25
Biased Indian 23
thewizard1o1 22
Ed 22
Pratyush 22
V Reddy 21
Son Of Coco 21
Marc 20
Slats 20
Nikhil 1772 19
James90 19
Samuel Vimes 19
Buddhmaster 18
Blewy 18
Jono 17
Mister Wright 17

 

[Pratters]

Considering the final will be for 64 points and the semis for 32 points each, no one needs to be disappointed with first round results. As it is, it is only half over.

 

[V Reddy]

Thanks for doing the points mate and congrats on being the 1st day winner

 

[Simon]

Day Two Matches

Guillermo Coria (ARG)[6] vs Tomas Berdych (CZE)
Irakli Labadze (GEO) vs Andy Roddick (USA)[2]
Arnaud Clement (FRA) vs Lleyton Hewitt (AUS)[3]
Chris Guccione (AUS) vs Guillermo Canas (ARG)[12]
David Ferrer (ESP) vs David Nalbandian (ARG)[9]
Juan Ignacio Chela (ARG)[25] vs Wayne Arthurs (AUS)
Julien Benneteau (FRA) vs Rafael Nadal (ESP)
Tim Henman (GBR)[7] vs Cyril Saulnier (FRA)
Fernando Gonzalez (CHI)[23] vs Jose Acasuso (ARG)
Antony Dupuis (FRA) vs Nicolas Massu (CHI)[18]
Jonas Bjorkman (SWE) vs Greg Rusedski (GBR)
Florian Mayer (GER) vs James Blake (USA)
Lars Burgsmuller (GER) vs Igor Andreev (RUS)
Alex Calatrava (ESP) vs Santiago Ventura (ESP)
Mikhail Youzhny (RUS)[15] vs Jerome Haehnel (FRA)
Marc Kimmich (AUS) vs Mariano Zabaleta (ARG)
Ricardo Mello (BRA) vs Alberto Martin (ESP)
Filippo Volandri (ITA) vs Victor Hanescu (ROM)
Bobby Reynolds (USA) vs Nicolas Almagro (ESP)
Christophe Rochus (BEL) vs Albert Montanes (ESP)
Fernando Verdasco (ESP) vs Gilles Muller (LUX)
Paul-Henri Mathieu (FRA) vs Gregory Carraz (FRA)
Vincent Spadea (USA)[19] vs Radek Stepanek (CZE)
Flavio Saretta (BRA) vs Nathan Healey (AUS)
Oliver Marach (AUT) vs Jean-Rene Lisnard (FRA)
Roko Karanusic (CRO) vs Nikolay Davydenko (RUS)[26]
Sebastien Grosjean (FRA)[14] vs Michael Llodra (FRA)
Melle Van Gemerden (NED) vs Juan Carlos Ferrero (ESP)[31]
Olivier Mutis (FRA) vs Andrei Pavel (ROM)[17]
Jurgen Melzer (AUT)[32] vs Raemon Sluiter (NED)
Felix Mantilla (ESP) vs Jan Hernych (CZE)
Kenneth Carlsen (DEN) vs Philipp Kohlschreiber (GER)

 

[Simon]

Considering the final will be for 64 points and the semis for 32 points each, no one needs to be disappointed with first round results. As it is, it is only half over.

naa it wont work like that, final will be worth 7, semis 6, quarters 5 and so on...

 

[Simon]

broncoman's day 2 picks

Tomas Berdych
Andy Roddick
Lleyton Hewitt
Guillermo Canas
David Nalbandian
Juan Ignacio Chela
Julien Benneteau
Tim Henman
Fernando Gonzalez
Nicolas Massu
Jonas Bjorkman
Florian Mayer
Igor Andreev (RUS)
Santiago Ventura
Mikhail Youzhny
Mariano Zabaleta
Ricardo Mello
Victor Hanescu
Bobby Reynolds
Albert Montanes (ESP)
Fernando Verdasco
Paul-Henri Mathieu
Vincent Spadea
Flavio Saretta
Oliver Marach
Nikolay Davydenko
Sebastien Grosjean
Juan Carlos Ferrero
Andrei Pavel
Jurgen Melzer
Jan Hernych
Kenneth Carlsen

 

[_Ed_]

My Day 2 picks:

Coria
Roddick
Hewitt
Canas
Nalbandian
Chela
Nadal
Henman
Gonzalez
Massu
Rusedski
Blake
Burgsmuller
Ventura
Youzhny
Zabaleta
Martin
Volandri
Reynolds
Montanes
Verdasco
Mathieu
Spadea
Healey
Lisnard
Davydenko
Grosjean
Ferrero
Pavel
Melzer
Mantilla
Carlsen

 

[Pratters]

naa it wont work like that, final will be worth 7, semis 6, quarters 5 and so on...

Well I had queried this earlier and was said it would move in G.P.

It will be almost impossible to erase an earlier lead if we dont do it this way.

This way each round will be given equal weightage (64 points in total) and is the way to do it..

 

[Simon]

Well I had queried this earlier and was said it would move in G.P.

It will be almost impossible to erase an earlier lead if we dont do it this way.

This way each round will be given equal weightage (64 points in total) and is the way to do it..

naa that way is stupid, it means u can get flogged every day until the last 2 days and win, easily, the accumulation of adding 1 extra point per round still gives a chance to catch up if u r close enough...

 

[Pratters]

My picks -

Guillermo Coria (ARG)[6]
Andy Roddick (USA)[2]
Lleyton Hewitt (AUS)[3]
Guillermo Canas (ARG)[12]
David Nalbandian (ARG)[9]
Juan Ignacio Chela (ARG)[25]
Rafael Nadal (ESP)
Tim Henman (GBR)[7]
Fernando Gonzalez (CHI)[23]
Nicolas Massu (CHI)[18]
Jonas Bjorkman (SWE)
James Blake (USA)
Lars Burgsmuller (GER)
Santiago Ventura (ESP)
Mikhail Youzhny (RUS)[15]
Mariano Zabaleta (ARG)
Alberto Martin (ESP)
Filippo Volandri (ITA)
Bobby Reynolds (USA)
Christophe Rochus (BEL)
Fernando Verdasco (ESP)
Paul-Henri Mathieu (FRA)
Vincent Spadea (USA)[19]
Flavio Saretta (BRA)
Oliver Marach (AUT)
Roko Karanusic (CRO)
Sebastien Grosjean (FRA)[14]
Juan Carlos Ferrero (ESP)[31]
Andrei Pavel (ROM)[17]
Jurgen Melzer (AUT)[32]
Felix Mantilla (ESP)
Kenneth Carlsen (DEN)

 

[Pratters]

naa that way is stupid, it means u can get flogged every day until the last 2 days and win, easily, the accumulation of adding 1 extra point per round still gives a chance to catch up if u r close enough...

If there are 64 points for each round, and you get flogged in each round, you will be so far away, you cant win no matter what by the end of it.

By the current points system, the winners will be pretty much decided by the end of round two with practically very little chance of chasing by the others and no interest shown by those trailing..

 

[Magrat Garlick]

Day 2:

Coria
Roddick
Hewitt
Canas
Nalbandian
Arthurs
Nadal
Henman
Gonzalez
Massu
Björkman
Blake
Burgsmüller
Calatrava
Youzhny
Zabaleta
Martin
Volandri
Reynolds
Montanes
Verdasco
Mathieu
Spadea
Saretta
Lisnard
Davydenko
Grosjean
van Gemerden
Pavel
Melzer
Mantilla
Carlsen

 

[Simon]

alright fair enough, so this will be the scoring, ill just have to keep whooping ar$r every day...

round 1 matches - 1 point each
round 2 matches - 2 points each
round 3 matches - 4 points each
round 4 matches - 8 points each
Quarter finals - 16 points each
semi finals - 32 points each
final - 64 points

 

[V Reddy]

Second Day

Guillermo Coria (ARG)[6] vs. Tomas Berdych (CZE) - Coria
Irakli Labadze (GEO) vs. Andy Roddick (USA)[2] - Roddick
Arnaud Clement (FRA) vs. Lleyton Hewitt (AUS)[3] - Hewitt
Chris Guccione (AUS) vs. Guillermo Canas (ARG)[12] - Canas
David Ferrer (ESP) vs. David Nalbandian (ARG)[9] - Nalbandian
Juan Ignacio Chela (ARG)[25] vs. Wayne Arthurs (AUS) - Arthurs
Julien Benneteau (FRA) vs. Rafael Nadal (ESP) - Nadal
Tim Henman (GBR)[7] vs. Cyril Saulnier (FRA) - Henman
Fernando Gonzalez (CHI)[23] vs. Jose Acasuso (ARG) - Gonzalez
Antony Dupuis (FRA) vs. Nicolas Massu (CHI)[18] - Massu
Jonas Bjorkman (SWE) vs. Greg Rusedski (GBR) - Rusedski
Florian Mayer (GER) vs. James Blake (USA) - Blake
Lars Burgsmuller (GER) vs. Igor Andreev (RUS) - Andreev
Alex Calatrava (ESP) vs. Santiago Ventura (ESP) - Ventura
Mikhail Youzhny (RUS)[15] vs. Jerome Haehnel (FRA) - Youzhny
Marc Kimmich (AUS) vs. Mariano Zabaleta (ARG) - Zabaleta
Ricardo Mello (BRA) vs. Alberto Martin (ESP) - Martin
Filippo Volandri (ITA) vs. Victor Hanescu (ROM) - Victor
Bobby Reynolds (USA) vs. Nicolas Almagro (ESP) - Reynolds
Christophe Rochus (BEL) vs. Albert Montanes (ESP) - Rochus
Fernando Verdasco (ESP) vs. Gilles Muller (LUX) - Muller
Paul-Henri Mathieu (FRA) vs. Gregory Carraz (FRA) - Carraz
Vincent Spadea (USA)[19] vs. Radek Stepanek (CZE) - Spadea
Flavio Saretta (BRA) vs. Nathan Healey (AUS) - Saretta
Oliver Marach (AUT) vs. Jean-Rene Lisnard (FRA) - Lisnard
Roko Karanusic (CRO) vs. Nikolay Davydenko (RUS)[26] - Davydenko
Sebastien Grosjean (FRA)[14] vs. Michael Llodra (FRA) - Grosjean
Melle Van Gemerden (NED) vs. Juan Carlos Ferrero (ESP)[31] - Ferrero
Olivier Mutis (FRA) vs. Andrei Pavel (ROM)[17] - Mutis
Jurgen Melzer (AUT)[32] vs. Raemon Sluiter (NED) - Sluiter
Felix Mantilla (ESP) vs. Jan Hernych (CZE) - Mantilla
Kenneth Carlsen (DEN) vs. Philipp Kohlschreiber (GER)- Carlsen

 

[Fiery]

I couldn't give a rat's ass. (Maybe because the #1 tennis player in NZ is ranked 631 in the world...embarrassing really).
Anyone else wonder why we kiwis are so shite at tennis?
We're usually reasonable at most other ball sports and it's not as if the weather is that bad or we don't have any tennis courts.

 

[Simon]

Rochus has just beaten Kiefer in 5, ill update the points accordingly...