Around The World 2026 - The Frequent Flyer Lounge

[Oploskoffie]

Welcome one and all to Frequent Flyer Lounge! The best place to discuss, moan, vent or celebrate (and all options in between) the results of your very capable selection of players

We have chairs, sofa's, pews, hammocks, tatami mats, chaise lounges and all other manner of seating to get comfortable in with a drink and/or snack in hand. Make the best of our multi-court coverage on the big screens, or just stare out the window at the airplanes transporting the early-exit picks to their next destination

[ptmcmahon]

For a second I thought this said Frequent Fryer and was getting ready to lambaste Pliskova

[Oploskoffie]

Which you are still perfectly free to do

[ptmcmahon]

To the moon Alice!

[ptmcmahon]

Today up to be fried... Emma Navarro.

Although to be honest, I wasn't expecting much from her anyway, she's done nothing for a long time. Plus, it felt like taking Alexandrova may have even been worse. Both of them likely only picked from a lack of A players this week.

[Oploskoffie]

Make it... extra crispy

As far as selection logic and feelings: I looked at the draws and was just "meh". Like, there are opportunities for sure, but which of the three finals will feature more than a single top-4 seed?

[ptmcmahon]

Well for the A group, there were 4 players playing and all in Abu Dhabi. So it was leave out the one you feel worst about. Although Navarro and Alexandrova were pretty neck and neck for me!

[ptmcmahon]

I'd be more mad at Bencic... but looks like we all have her.

[Oploskoffie]

Sramkova and Cristian currently not doing... great

[ptmcmahon]

Ok I can definitely be mad at that pair...I was the only one with both of them.

Cristian was especially bad - she barely scraped out a round 1 win, and lost 6-1 6-0 today.

[ptmcmahon]

Alexandrova is making me eat my words.

[ptmcmahon]

Props to Ponchi for being only one with an Ostrava finalist. And one of only two people with Abu Dabhi seimifnalist Baptiste. Fortunately for rest of us he doesn't have any potential Cluj Napco finalists, but still impressive couple of pulls from C/D groups.

Boulter was my first wild card I had picked, but then saw Pliskova would be playing at least twice and switched... whoops!

[ponchi101]

I believe I am still far from the lead. If my accounting is correct, Jeff Fr Tx is scorching the contest.

[ashkor87]

Am pleased Cirstea won, and Alexandrova got to the finals...usually I am dead last after the first week. Hope to do better this time

[ponchi101]

And I just realized that Bencic, a popular pick, did not even play. Too lazy to look up what happened (we couldn't all waste one pick that easily).