Talk About Tennis 2.0

Welcome invitees and those who have come to bask in their greatness! 13 players have survived the treacherous first few days of this vindictive SP and have qualified for UPDATED thread infamy. TMQ doesn't want to jinx things (lies) but the revelry of the UPDATED thread often proves to be overwhelming, leading to exceedingly poor choices on the first day. But for now, let's name and celebrate our remaining players:

Ajay.gov : - Svitolina>>V. Kudermetova>>Azarenka>>Samsonova>>Kasatkina>>Zheng>>M. Andreeva>>Paolini

Catman : - Yastremska>>Alexandrova>>Azarenka>>Anisimova>>Badosa>>Svitolina>>M. Andreeva>>Zheng>>Keys>>Swiatek>>Gauff>>Sabalenka

Federex : - Yastremska>>Collins>>Azarenka>>Samsonova>>Kasatkina>>Svitolina>>Keys<<Zheng>>Pegula

GreenGourd : - Yastremska>>Collins>>Azarenka>>Tauson>>Kasatkina>>Svitolina>>Keys>>Zheng>>Pegula

IronMike : - Yastremska>>V. Kudermetova>>Azarenka>>Tauson>>Kasatkina>>Anisimova>>Alexandrova>>Zheng>>Pegula

Mu_royals : - Yastremska>>Boulter>>Azarenka>>Tauson>>Kasatkina>>Svitolina>>Alexandrova>>Zheng>>Pegula

New England Nitemare : - Yastremska>>Collins>>Azarenka>>Svitolina>>Kasatkina>>Anisimova>>M. Andreeva>>Zheng>>Keys>>Swiatek>>Gauff>>Sabalenka

Omegadoom : - Yastremska>>Collins>>Azarenka>>Samsonova>>Kasatkina>>Svitolina>>Keys>>Zheng>>Pegula

Pudding : - Yastremska>>Raducanu>>Kartal>>Tauson>>Vondrousova>>Svitolina>>Alexandrova>>Zheng>>Pegula

SMC_mom : - Yastremska>>Samsonova>>Azarenka>>Tauson>>Alexandrova>>Svitolina>>Pegula>>Zheng>>Keys>>Swiatek>>Gauff>>Sabalenka

Sh79 : - Yastremska>>Ostapenko>>Azarenka>>Anisimova>>Alexandrova>>Svitolina>>Keys>>Zheng>>Pegula

Vexchaps : - Yastremska>>Boulter>>Azarenka>>Samsonova>>Putintseva>>Zheng>>Boisson>>Svitolina>>Pegula

Webswinger88 : - Yastremska>>Collins>>Pegula>>Svitolina>>Kasatkina>>Zheng>>Alexandrova>>No Pick

Our unlucky 13th player DQ'ed by no pick, leaving us with a dozen. We've got one showdown and and huge bandwagon.

The breakdown

Qinwen Zheng 10
Jasmine Paolini 1
Elina Svitolina 1

TMQ will be out and about tomorrow, so even though this could potentially end today, I'm setting up the Day 9 thread for any survivors.

It won’t end today, although we could have a solo winner decided (since Paolini played Svitolina)

11 remaining players all making relatively safe picks today

The breakdown

Jessica Pegula 8
Madison Keys 3

Survivors: 3
Dead: 8
Unknown: 0

Opening the day 10 thread as I’ll be unavailable in the day

11 pickers made relatively safe choices. 72,73% of them were just taken out by Lois Boisson

They could still get medals (unlikely)

Down to 3.

Oploskoffie wrote: ↑Mon Jun 02, 2025 1:38 pm 11 pickers made relatively safe choices. 72,73% of them were just taken out by Lois Boisson

Oops!

Everyone took Swiatek today

Today everyone takes Gauff, all who perhaps hasn’t seen a)Coco’s record vs Keys and b)Coco’s record vs Andreeva

So much for Andreeva's record against Gauff.... Boisson strikes again!!

What to do now? Take Boisson or Sabalenka?

This is always the hardest debate in the SP. Do you go with the pick more likely to get you through, or the one more likely to give you a chance to beat the draw.