#959236 - Fri Jan 04 2013 10:33 AM
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It is hard to believe that it has been three years since I was actually walking along the banks of the Yarra river admiring the facilities for the Australian Open. Now, in the snowy Canadian winter, I will have to resort to cable to bring me the views of the first major tennis event of the year.
For the players, we had Novak Djokovic beat out Rafa Nadal in a very epic final that had momentum swinging in both players' directions. We had Victoria Azarenka beat Maria Sharapova completely and utterly on the plexicushion surface. This year, Roger Federer comes in at #2 and Andy Murray at #3 ahead of Nadal, while Djokovic is still at #1. On the women's side of things, the two finalists from last year are 1-2, while Serena Williams and Agnieszka Radwanska round out the top four.
For all of us, this will be the second competition of the 2013 tipping season, having just had the Super Bowl usurp that title from the hands of this competition (it starts tomorrow, get your tips in now!). Last year had paper_aero and illiniman14 win, but with the unpredictable nature of the tennis world, they may not be able to defend their titles. That is, if you tip against them...
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Edited by LeoDaVinci (Mon Jan 21 2013 03:47 PM)
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#959237 - Fri Jan 04 2013 10:34 AM
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A link to the tipping threads: Men's Draw
Women's Draw
Edited by LeoDaVinci (Sat Jan 12 2013 09:22 AM)
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#959242 - Fri Jan 04 2013 11:17 AM
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#959243 - Fri Jan 04 2013 12:01 PM
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#959313 - Fri Jan 04 2013 07:41 PM
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I'm also in
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#959808 - Tue Jan 08 2013 01:10 AM
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I walked past the Tennis Centre a couple of days ago! A tip- look for players that can handle hot weather. The warm-up tourney in Sydney is on at the moment, and the players are on court in temperatures of 41C (106F), and that is just the air temperature! Forecast is for hot weather for quite a time to come, and over most of Australia. Oh, count me in, please. 
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#960007 - Wed Jan 09 2013 07:10 AM
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#960328 - Thu Jan 10 2013 02:35 PM
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On Friday the brackets will be announced.
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#960372 - Thu Jan 10 2013 04:35 PM
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And this one 2
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#960422 - Thu Jan 10 2013 06:51 PM
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Chogobad,
You have to pick the 8 semi-finalists, 4 quarter-finalists, 2 semi-finalists, and the final. Points are awarded relative to the player's seeding. It will become a lot clearer when LDV posts the tipping thread.
There are two comps, women's and men's, and they run independently of each other.
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#960433 - Thu Jan 10 2013 07:28 PM
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All before the start of the second round, actually, which gives you nearly a week to get your tips in.
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#960626 - Sat Jan 12 2013 05:04 AM
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#960651 - Sat Jan 12 2013 09:22 AM
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Tipping threads are open, up at the first post here and in the forum.
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#964844 - Fri Feb 01 2013 06:55 AM
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#965603 - Tue Feb 05 2013 10:49 AM
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Leo's been busy, I presume.
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#965609 - Tue Feb 05 2013 11:36 AM
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In mourning, you mean... It will be done this weekend. Things have been busy!
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#965611 - Tue Feb 05 2013 11:51 AM
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If it is regarding the 49ers loss, it happens. If it was a family member, sorry for that loss.
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#965617 - Tue Feb 05 2013 01:31 PM
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Five yards away from victory. Three chances... I'd fire that offensive coordinator as soon as possible.
Edited by LeoDaVinci (Tue Feb 05 2013 01:31 PM)
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#967097 - Tue Feb 12 2013 04:08 PM
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Competition | Australian Open | 2013
Final Results |
13 players lodged tips:
| 4-6 6-4 6-3
6-1 6-4
6-2 6-2
7-5 6-1
7-5 6-3
3-6 7-5 6-4
6-2 6-2 | | Victoria Azarenka def. Na Li
Victoria Azarenka def. Sloane Stephens
Na Li def. Maria Sharapova
Victoria Azarenka def. Svetlana Kuznetsova
Na Li def. Agnieszka Radwanska
Sloane Stephens def. Serena Williams
Maria Sharapova def. Ekaterina Makarova |
Points distribution
Women's Competition
pts seed PP wwe N-B Diz pap ill BxB ozz sri H72 gt4 cho G95 LDV
5 Winner Victoria Azarenka (1) 6 6 6 6 6
3 Finalists Victoria Azarenka (1) 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
Na Li (6) 9 9
2 Semi-Finalists Victoria Azarenka (1) 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
Na Li (6) 8 8 8 8 8
Sloane Stephens (29) 31
Maria Sharapova (2) 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
1 Quarter-Finalists Victoria Azarenka (1) 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
Na Li (6) 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7
Sloane Stephens (29) 30 30 30 30
Maria Sharapova (2) 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
Svetlana Kuznetsova(33) 34 34
Agnieszka Radwanska (4) 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
Serena Williams (3) 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
Ekaterina Makarova (19) 20
Points 168 46 21 28 25 50 86 31 58 31 26 28 35 32
Tiebreaker 13 -6 -3 -8 -10 -4 -4 -6 -1 -3 0 0 -3 -7
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8 86 : BxBarracuda
8 58 : srini701
7 50 : illiniman14
10 46 : wwe84
8 35 : George95
7 32 : LeoDaVinci
8 31 : Howie72
5 31 : ozzz2002
7 28 : chogobad
7 28 : Dizart
7 26 : gtho4
7 25 : paper_aero
6 21 : N-Bomb
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- Congratulations to BxBarracuda for winning the 2013 Ladies Australian Open tennis competition!
- Second place goes to srini701 while thirs place goes to illiniman14.
- What do our three medalists have in common? All of them chose Sloane Stephens to get to the quarterfinals for big points.
- What did BxBarracuda do differently? He also had the cheek to pick Svetlana Kuznetsova to reach the quarters for even bigger points.
- wwe84 gets fourth place, but he did pick 10/15 for the most amount of correct picks.
- In the cellar we have N-Bomb who picked a respectable 6/15, but for only 21 points.
- More big points could have been scored had we picked Stephens to get to the semifinals, and for picking Makarova to get to the quarters.
- The tiebreaker was used twice, separating Howie72 from ozzz2002, and also chogobad from Dizart, both debutants.
- Congratulations to all the players for participating in the competition!
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#967099 - Tue Feb 12 2013 04:21 PM
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I had never heard of Sloane Stephens before the tournament, but her game against Williams was very impressive. A star in the making, I reckon.
Congrats to BxB for running away with our comp, and to Srini and Illiniman, too. Nice write-up, too, LDV!
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#967142 - Tue Feb 12 2013 11:39 PM
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Sorry to be bursting in like this, but I am pretty sure I had Svetlana Kuznetsova in my side too...think I should be the one winning this Edited to add: Read Bx's post later...think he meant the same as I did...sorry and thanks, Bx...
Edited by srini701 (Tue Feb 12 2013 11:46 PM)
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