Tennis Player - Cryptic Clue Thread

[JuliusHMarx]

First topic message reminder :

Let's see how this pans out.

First person to get the confirmed correct answer gets to post the next clue. No need to give the number of characters in the name, but the clue must be for the first and last name (although variants of first name are allowed e.g. Andy or Andrew)

1. Delivered without Jay, a robot, without Cy.

[laverfan]

We switched to Cricket?

Clive Lloyd, Viv Richards, Kapil Dev, Imran Khan, Ricky Ponting, Allan Border, De Silva, Dhoni

It could be duPont?

It could be any DuDe(v) or DuDe (silva) or Duk(han)?

It cannot be DuDhoni?

[amritia3ee]

It's not 'du.'
Look at julius' post.

[Mad for Chelsea]

Somdev Devvarman

[amritia3ee]

Yes MFC is spot on.

'Some' 'Dev'
The surname Devvarman' also has 'Dev' so this would have been a further clue.

But that was not needed, MFC

[laverfan]

MfC... your turn now.

[newballs]

Somdev Devvarman

Now I'm confused. Is this a tennis player a tennis playing cricketer or just a cricketer turning up on this forum in disguise?

[Mad for Chelsea]

Indian tennis player who Murray beat in R1 of last year's US Open NB. Can someone else take my turn please?

[JuliusHMarx]

Cleopatra's bloke sounds like a horrible little bug.

[newballs]

Mfc yep funny I'd forgotten that match.

Cleopatra's bloke? Well she had many lovers but I guess you're referring to Mark Anthony

[laverfan]

It could be Caesar, too?

Tony 'something' (like a 'bug') or Augustin Gensse?

[JuliusHMarx]

Tony something

[newballs]

Tony Roche

[JuliusHMarx]

Correct

[newballs]

Why thankyou.

Befuddled Iceman loses

[laverfan]

Befuddled 'iceman loses' ? Anagram of 'iceman loses'?

Milos (Seance)?

or

Miles (canoes?)

Iceman = Cool + loses ?

[JuliusHMarx]

Anagram of 'iceman loses'?

Ace, no smiles.
I clean Moses
Melanie Coss

[newballs]

Yep, an anagram. But not actually male.

[JuliusHMarx]

Monica Seles. How could I miss that?

[newballs]

Yep, correct. And she can't even be called "the Ice Maiden" because wasn't that Chris Evert's nickname?

[JuliusHMarx]

Wagner's on the sofa

[laverfan]

The apostrophe 's' is throwing me a off a bit. Is it related to Richard Wagner's music?

Sofa (Rafa?) or Safina?

Male/Female Active/Retired?

[JuliusHMarx]

Female retired.
Not related to Richard Wagner (there are other well-known Wagners).
The apostrophe 's' is simply because it sounded better than 'Wagner is...'

[laverfan]

The only tennis-related Wagner person I know of is David Wagner, a quadriplegic player. I remember someone posting a video of him on 606v2.

[laverfan]

'on the sofa' = Sofia something?

[JuliusHMarx]

Wagner is not tennis-related, it's just a clue to the first name.
Think of another word for sofa, mainly used in America.

[Mad for Chelsea]

couch?
can't think of any other famous Wagners

[time please]

Lindsay Davenport

Wagner as in bionic woman not Wilhelm Richard, or even Robert and Davenport make of US sofas

Oh please say I is right Julius

If so, will retire with head held high immediately!

[time please]

I think I meant Lindsey!

[JuliusHMarx]

Lindsay Davenport

Wagner as in bionic woman not Wilhelm Richard, or even Robert and Davenport make of US sofas

Oh please say I is right Julius

If so, will retire with head held high immediately!

You is right t_p!

[time please]

I think that might just be my finest hour on this thread..........so triumphantly I am going to make myself a celebratory cuppa (yes it really was that kind of weekend!) and retire for the evening

I is man sausage a hoop!

[time please]

Before I go, I just want to explain my last sentence - automatic editing/censuring whatnot changed my 'I is c0ck a hoop' to the above

It is certainly not another cryptic clue in case anyone is trying to decipher

[JuliusHMarx]

auto-edit thinks 'man sausage' is a suitable alternative to 'c0ck' - brilliant!

Next clue -
Largest man sausages

(It's on the ATP database, honest! Although maybe the result of a hacker)

[laverfan]

Dick Norman?

[JuliusHMarx]

Nope. The surname is obvious, surely?

[laverfan]

Perhaps, not to me.

Could be John, Dick, Thomas, Richard?

[Mad for Chelsea]

something Cox I'd guess, no?

[JuliusHMarx]

Something 'C0cks' to be accurate.
I'd never heard of the guy and the ATP site has no details other than his somwhat unfortunate name (esp. when you get the first name, what were his parents thinking?) - but I just wanted to get 'man sausage' into a clue!

[laverfan]

Mark Cox - like this one... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vl6csu9wuvY

[JuliusHMarx]

It's not Mark Cox - it's a worse (or better!) name than that - it's the name a p0rn star would have, not a tennis player.
I was on the ATP site, where it auto-fills the player names, e.g. type in 'Andr' and it will give a list of Andrews to choose from. I entered 'C0ck' (with an 'o' not a '0' obviously) hoping to find Cockerill or Cockburn or something that would allow 'man sausage' as part of the clue - yes, I know that's silly and juvenile, but it's also silly and fun!

Anyway, if you do what I did on the ATP site you'll get the name.

[laverfan]

The only one I can find is Max C0c*s.

[JuliusHMarx]

The only one I can find is Max C0c*s.

Yes, it is indeed the one and only (I hope) Max C0cks! One of the all-time great names in tennis. Not a great player, but an all-time great name!

[lydian]

lol...is that seriously the name of a tennis player, and not some hollywood guy?

[newballs]

Well there was a guy called King Dong but I don't think that was a name I came across on the ATP website...

[laverfan]

lol...is that seriously the name of a tennis player, and not some hollywood guy?

Three career matches with a 0-3 W/L in one of 1971, 72 and 73 each. A true GOAT.

http://tinyurl.com/7swzzvm (Had to use TinyURL or my esteemed Moderator partner-in-crime, JHM, will definitely ban me for my transgressions. )

[laverfan]

Well there was a guy called King Dong but I don't think that was a name I came across on the ATP website...

Were you referring to this player, perhaps? http://www.atpworldtour.com/Tennis/Players/Do/T/Tin-Dong.aspx -

[newballs]

Not sure about Tin Dong - maybe that's his brother.

This thread is though staring to get a little bit silly. Max COcks? You'll be telling me there's a Biggus Dickus next!

[newballs]

On the theme of real tennis players here's another clue for you:

And dicky rod confusingly is a player too

[JuliusHMarx]

Andy Roddick

[laverfan]

JHM... please find a non-c0c* name, so NB will continue to hang out on this thread.

[laverfan]

This thread is though staring to get a little bit silly.

It is the least stressful thread on 606v2, and perhaps will become the most commented one to rival the thread. (Even if the Two 606v2 Tennis Moderators choose to ignore the rest of the threads).

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