Talk About Tennis 2.0

No problem, I just wanted to see if I have to remember to do my pick in the morning )), and I would prefer to do it tonight, so I don't forget.

Thank you!

One of the main reasons I picked Minnen today was to see what JTContinental would say in the writeup for the second round if she lost, although someone else surprisingly picked her, too.

The snarky comment would have been fun, but alas, it won't happen after Minnen saved two break points at 3-4 in the third set and won the next two games to get past fellow qualifier Vickery.

jazzyg wrote: ↑Fri Sep 01, 2023 3:15 am One of the main reasons I picked Minnen today was to see what JTContinental would say in the writeup for the second round if she lost, although someone else surprisingly picked her, too.

That other Minnen picker was me, and that was not for kicks but after serious thought. One co-player friend was baffled by my choice and another urged me to change pick, so I considered shifting to Haddad Maia. Eventually, I refused to suffer from pick changer's remorse and stuck with the Venus beater. Lucky decision...

I picked Samsonova for Day 4, not Pliskova

aidsasis wrote: ↑Fri Sep 01, 2023 7:47 am

jazzyg wrote: ↑Fri Sep 01, 2023 3:15 am One of the main reasons I picked Minnen today was to see what JTContinental would say in the writeup for the second round if she lost, although someone else surprisingly picked her, too.

That other Minnen picker was me, and that was not for kicks but after serious thought. One co-player friend was baffled by my choice and another urged me to change pick, so I considered shifting to Haddad Maia. Eventually, I refused to suffer from pick changer's remorse and stuck with the Venus beater. Lucky decision...

Yeah, it looked like a good pick to me on paper, but there's a reason I've never gotten a medal in a women's Survivor Pool. Invariably when I try to be the smartest guy in the room, I lose, sometimes in smackdown fashion. I watched the second half of that match last night and there was nothing between them. Could have gone either way.

KMF716 wrote: ↑Fri Sep 01, 2023 2:21 pm I picked Samsonova for Day 4, not Pliskova

Fixed--TMQ regrets the error

After discounting 2 more zombies, 46 players remain, half of whom have chosen the same unreliable player

The breakdown

Jelena Ostapenko 23
Xinyu Wang 10
Belinda Bencic 7
Karolina Muchova 2
Caroline Wozniacki 2
Coco Gauff 1
Elena Rybakina 1

TMQ will be out and about today, but will have the Round 2 recap available tonight

JTContinental wrote: ↑Fri Sep 01, 2023 5:53 pm After discounting 2 more zombies, 46 players remain, half of whom have chosen the same unreliable player

We kindly call that ye olde calculated risk

Oploskoffie wrote: ↑Fri Sep 01, 2023 7:38 pm
We kindly call that ye olde calculated risk

It worked! Congratulations!

aidsasis wrote: ↑Fri Sep 01, 2023 7:45 pm It worked! Congratulations!

Thank you, and likewise

Picking players like Ostapenko was the reason the pool used to have a different name.

Oploskoffie wrote: ↑Fri Sep 01, 2023 7:38 pm

JTContinental wrote: ↑Fri Sep 01, 2023 5:53 pm After discounting 2 more zombies, 46 players remain, half of whom have chosen the same unreliable player

We kindly call that ye olde calculated risk

NOW the problem is- we may have picked ye olde calculated risk too soon.

nah, she plays Iga next. That's the reason you picked her in the first place.

Fun Fact: At this moment in time- every single player I've picked so far is still alive in this Open.