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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
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ptmcmahon For a second I thought this said Frequent Fryer and was getting ready to lambaste Pliskova
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Oploskoffie Which you are still perfectly free to do
by ptmcmahon To the moon Alice!
by 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.
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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?
by 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!
by ptmcmahon I'd be more mad at Bencic... but looks like we all have her.
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Oploskoffie Sramkova and Cristian currently not doing... great
by 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.
by ptmcmahon Alexandrova is making me eat my words.
by 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!
by ponchi101 I believe I am still far from the lead. If my accounting is correct, Jeff Fr Tx is scorching the contest.
by 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
by 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).
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ptmcmahon ponchi101 wrote: ↑Sat Feb 07, 2026 4:16 pm
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).
She withdrew with an "illness" announced after deadline. Announced pretty much right before she would have played.
Not our fault this time
My gamble this week is not adding Rybakina like everyone else... hoping for the .. frequent(?) .. post slam letdown.
by ashkor87 Bencic was ill.
by ashkor87 I see 4 of us have Parks, we should all be happy with her win over Shnaider in R1.. I think she has a great future, provided she learns to hit the right shot at the right time..I hear she has been hitting with Serena..
by ponchi101 You have been high on her for years, and yes, glad she is doing well. But she has been around for a while, and she is where she belongs. The UE's are too much.