Davis Cup Contest! Tuesday, February 5, 2008
Guys,
Firstly thankyou for your responses to my previous blog. Booty and I enjoyed reading your thoughts and ideas. We promised some contests this year and we are about to deliver. We are giving away a brand new Wilson 6.1 N Code to the person who can pick all eight winners of the Davis Cup World Group this weekend plus the winner of Australia/Chinese Taipei tie in the Asia/Oceania Group 1. Unfortunately we only have one racquet to give away so if there is more than one winner we will come up with a tie breaker. All your picks will be posted under this forum so everyone can see. Simply get your selections in by Friday morning UK time and remember to tune in and cheer home all your favorite countries. Select from the following matches :
Russia v Serbia
Czech Republic v Belgium
Argentina v Great Britain
Israel v Sweden
Germany v Korea Republic
Peru v Spain
Romania v France
Austria v USA
Australia v Chinese Taipei
If noone gets all 9 correct then we will give the racquet away to the person who gets the closest. Best of Luck.
Fish
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Feb 18, 2008 7:19 pm
Thanks. Have given you my address.
Feb 17, 2008 8:38 pm
Hi Guys, Looks like the winners were Wolf and Iron Ranger Jason. Congrats to the two of you and thank you to everyone who particapated in the contest. There will be plenty more this year and additional racquets on offer. Jason and Wolf please email me your addresses and I will send the racquets.
Feb 15, 2008 1:03 pm
Darn! I should have gone for Andy!
Feb 15, 2008 9:47 am
All mine are through to the quater-finals, and it looks like it's sewn up for me already.
Feb 13, 2008 1:14 pm
Am wishing I went for Novak now! I was tossing between Novak and GAsquet! Darn!
Feb 13, 2008 8:48 am
Andreev is out! Dammit!
Feb 12, 2008 8:56 pm
My picks Delray Beach - Blake Brasil- Moya Marseille - Gasquet
Feb 12, 2008 6:28 pm
My guesses are: Costa de Saupe: Moya Marseille: Djokovic Delray Beach: Haas
Feb 12, 2008 5:11 pm
Whoops, the last post was from me. To make it clearer, these are my picks Marseille - Gasquet (after changing my mind a million times) Brazil - Moya Delray Beach - Blake
Feb 12, 2008 5:09 pm
Ok, here goes. Just one difference from Wolfie! Marseille - Gasquet (after changing my mind a million times) Brazil - Moya Delray Beach - Blake
Feb 12, 2008 11:12 am
Marseille - Youzhny Brazil - Moya Delray Beach - Blake Blake should walk an easy Delray Beach draw, Marseille was a tough one but I went for one of the most consistent players on the tour, Youzhny. Brazil is a tough one as all the players are clay court specialists which I don't have much knowledge of, so I just went for the obvious one.
Feb 12, 2008 8:48 am
Delray Beach: Blake Marseille: Tsonga Costa do Sauipe: Andreev Thought about taking the home team in all three, and picking Guga in Brazil, but the head overruled the heart.
Feb 12, 2008 7:47 am
Ok guys this is what we are going to do. We are going to give away two racquets. One to an American and one to a European. Out of the four winners please pick one player from each event. If your player wins you get 16 points, if he finals 8 points, halving each round. We will add up the points and the highest from each continent will win. The three tournaments are Costa de Saupe, Marseille and Delray Beach. Picks will be allowed up until the start of play tomorrow. (Wednesday). Good luck
Feb 11, 2008 11:50 am
Thanks Ash. Well done everyone!
Feb 10, 2008 11:34 am
Congrats to the five winners. We are going to have to make these contests more difficult. The winners from what I can see are : Iron Ranger Jason Less Xenon Wolf Granny Unfortunately we don't have five racquets to give away so will come up with a tiebreaker in the next few days. Thanks to all you guys for entering and following the great sport of tennis this weekend. Stay posted for the tiebreaker and additional contests
Feb 10, 2008 10:02 am
well sweden won well done to the ppl who got 9 out of 9
Feb 10, 2008 9:02 am
wehay i got 8!!! im still hoping this israel/swede match will go to 5 sets its a break in the 4th so heres hoping - do you know how hard it is to live score all this tennis and watch a rugby match at the same time? haw haw
Feb 10, 2008 4:16 am
oh i lost this..but ok maybe next...
Feb 10, 2008 3:17 am
rahhh spains in
Feb 10, 2008 1:08 am
:SOBBING: I've missed this comp. :(( There'll have another comp, right? :LOL:
Feb 9, 2008 7:10 pm
You have a very good chance of getting all 9 right Claire! Good luck. I'm pretty much out, haha. And the Bryans rolled!
Feb 9, 2008 5:25 pm
well 5 of mine are in whooooo i need spain , russia ,isreal and germany to get that 1 point yes 1 point!! dont let me down haha oo and id just liek to say rahhhh to usa amazing matches to watch - much better after the event, and of course the bryans made it look easy
Feb 8, 2008 10:19 am
4 hours and 8 mins man phewwwww!!!
Feb 8, 2008 9:42 am
in case there was any oubt in who wrote the last comment that would be me blahh
Feb 8, 2008 9:39 am
you feel sorry for serbia - try live scoring roddicks match 3 and half hours long and into the 5th set i hate clay !!!
Feb 8, 2008 9:14 am
Oh, come on, Serbia (and not in the Lleyton Hewitt way)! I feel really bad for everyone who picked them to win (myself included). Nole is sick now too, and missed singles today! Zimo has already lost to Youzhny, and Victor Troicki is down 2 sets to 1 against Davydenko. That, as my wife would say, is Bad News Bears.
Feb 7, 2008 2:34 pm
Great competition :) I'm going to go for: Serbia Czech Republic Argentina Israel Germany Spain France USA Australia
Feb 7, 2008 12:19 pm
Oh, man, I just read that Janko "Beauty will save the World" Tipsaravic (one of my favorite players) won't be playing on Friday due to a stomach virus. He might be able to play on Sunday, should he be needed, but my confidence in my Serbia pick just went from shaky to paraplegic. I'm going to stick with it, but there goes my dream of Nole loosing both his singles and Janko winning both of his and the doubles with Zimo, thereby becoming the new Serbian Superstar. I think he's way more deserving of admiration. Too bad the rankings and results don't match with my bias.
Feb 7, 2008 9:28 am
Mine was the entry prior to Fish which didn't have a name by it. Forgot to sign in, here are my picks again to save confusion. Serbia Czech Republic Agentina Israel Germany Spain France USA Australia
Feb 6, 2008 9:19 pm
Serbia Belgium Argentina Sweden Germany Spain France USA Australia
Feb 6, 2008 6:11 pm
My picks are Russia (real tough one to choose and I agree that the doubles match may be the pivotal tie) Czech Republic Argentina (cries) Sweden Germany Spain France USA Australia
Feb 6, 2008 4:23 pm
Fantastic and good luck everyone. My picks Serbia Czech Republic Argentina Sweden Germany Spain France USA Australia
Feb 6, 2008 4:01 pm
I picked Russia to win because they are more experienced, it is at home, and I don't know if Nole can play as good as he did at the Aussie Open. I hope the USA wins 5-0, haha!! Peru was my upset special. Horna is a decent clay court player, and it is not Verdasco's best surface and Ferrer is out. We'll see what happens. Thanks for running this!
Feb 6, 2008 3:50 pm
ah you see i was gonna go for serbia buttttt saffy is back for russia as a leader he'll hold the team together .. oo can i just add gooooo usa!!!!! haha
Feb 6, 2008 3:06 pm
I am excited to see so many of you guys particapating. Whoever wrote before me should identify themselves. The tie that I find most interesting is Russia/Serbia. I am looking forward to seeing if Djokovic can continue with his brilliant form from Melbourne. Going into Russia and beating Davydenko and Youzhny will make a statement to Federer that he really is ready to step up and battle for the number 1 spot. Pivotal match in this tie will be the doubles. Enjoy the contest and the great weekend of tennis.
Feb 6, 2008 2:56 pm
I'll throw my hat in the mix: Serbia Czech Republic Agentina Israel Germany Spain France USA Australia
Feb 6, 2008 10:42 am
Russia Czech Argentina the Swedes Germany Spain France USA Australia
Feb 6, 2008 9:35 am
Wow, that's a fantastic racquet! Way more than I could justify buying for myself at the level I play, but I sure wouldn't complain if I won it. And I live in Rochester, so I could just pick it up at your house, Eric, or at the RTC. Anyway here are my picks. Serbia Czech Republic Argentina Sweden Germany Spain France (Go Richard!) USA Australia I think a fair tie break would be the number of times posting on the site, though I'm pretty sure that would eliminate me, since I've only posted about 3 times now. (I'm you're traditional lurker, so when I do finally post, I can't shut up. See!)
Feb 5, 2008 7:38 pm
Here's my shot: Russia Czech Rep. Argentina Israel Germany Spain France USA Australia
Feb 5, 2008 7:03 pm
Russia Czech Republic Argentina Sweden Germany Spain France USA Australia Butorac send me that racket...I need a backup to Whips spray painted Hornet.
Feb 5, 2008 5:18 pm
Serbia *Czech* cancel that and change to Belgium, see below Argentina Sweden Germany Spain France USA Australia Oops, don't want to duplicate one before me, so I'll alter #2 from Czech to Belgium and hope the Rochus boys both grow a foot. wmarkhay@frontiernet.net (realized I didn't identify myself upon first post, sorry for duplicating)
Feb 5, 2008 5:02 pm
Serbia *Czech* cancel that and change to Belgium, see below Argentina Sweden Germany Spain France USA Australia Oops, don't want to duplicate one before me, so I'll alter #2 from Czech to Belgium and hope the Rochus boys both grow a foot.
Feb 5, 2008 4:46 pm
Russia Czech Republic Gr.. yeah right Argentina Sweeden Germany Spain France USA Australia
Feb 5, 2008 4:15 pm
Serbia Czech Argentina Sweden Germany Spain France USA Australia
Feb 5, 2008 4:04 pm
My guesses are: Russia Czech Republic Argentina Sweden Germany Spain France USA Australia From Linda (Granny)
Feb 5, 2008 2:53 pm
Russia Czech Republic Argentina Israel Germany Peru France USA Australia
Feb 5, 2008 11:14 am
Serbia Czech Republic Argentina Sweden Germany Spain France USA Australia (And I think Canada will beat Mexico - not that it counts here but I just thought I'd give a shout-out to my home team!)
Feb 5, 2008 11:01 am
ok mine are russia czech republic argentina israel germany spain france usa australia
Feb 5, 2008 10:30 am
oh man i hope i dont jinx my team um ill have to have a good luck at this
Feb 5, 2008 10:02 am
Awesome contest guys! My picks Russia Czech Republic Argentina Sweden Germany Peru France USA Australia