2025 The Slide into Paris: The Mud Puddle

[ptmcmahon]

I (we?) have offended the draw gods again! Third round, have 6 players... and 4 going head to head.

[ponchi101]

I don't even want to count how many players I have left. Maybe 3.

[patrick]

I am not going to look at my team until Monday on Madrid survivors

[ashkor87]

I still have 7 ..they will of course beat each other now!
My biggest regret is I didn't pick Alexandrova .couldn't afford her..

Kudermetova, Svitolina, Sakkari are the ones I will probably lose today...I want Rybakina to beat Svitolina but I NEED Svitolina to win! that is the trouble with these fantasy games!

[ponchi101]

I did not pick Svitolina. That will do me in. I mean, more than I already am.

[ashkor87]

me rooting for Andreeva to beat Coco, just because she is on my team, and Coco isnt.. how this game distorts! same with Sabalenka vs Kostyuk (normally one of my favorite players except I didnt pick her)

[ponchi101]

I have no such qualms. I have Andreeva, and I like her. So, since I like both players, I will go for the one that can give me points.
My regret of not picking Svitolina grows with every round.

[ashkor87]

Semifinals..I have 3 of them, all except Coco (whom I actually like the best) - too bad!

[patrick]

Gauff is beginning to be a pain eliminating two of my players in the last two rounds.

[ptmcmahon]

Fortunately no one has her - would have been the winning move this week but I took a flyer on Paolini instead.

[ponchi101]

Madrid always has weird results. Last year Iga was expected, but let's not forget than on the men's side, the winner was Rublev. Very hard to know what will happen.

[ashkor87]

Gauff is beginning to be a pain eliminating two of my players in the last two rounds.

Same here..but I like her so it is ok...

[ashkor87]

Madrid always has weird results. Last year Iga was expected, but let's not forget than on the men's side, the winner was Rublev. Very hard to know what will happen.

Remember Aravane Rezai,?!

[ashkor87]

My strategy of not trading, seems to be working, again. I have used up all my trades deliberately... on to Rome!

[ptmcmahon]

Yes, but how are you going to gain points this week if you can't trade? It would be working good if you were in top 3, but going to be hard to gain ground without a trade.

Then again, it may be hard to gain ground even with trades Qualifying won't be done until post deadline too so hard to even do a trade there for someone to try to gain a round or two of points.