606v2 World Tour 2013 - Monte Carlo

Here's the draw:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2013_Monte-Carlo_Rolex_Masters_%E2%80%93_Singles
OR
http://www.monte-carlorolexmasters.com/Share/Event-Draws.aspx?Year=2013&Draw=ms

Please post your predictions in the following format:

Losing in QF: Del Potro, Berdych, Tsonga, Ferrer
Losing in SF: Nadal, Murray
Runner-up: Djokovic
Winner: Federer

Deadline: Monday 15th 9pm

P.S: The draw is absolutely positively definitely not rigged

Winner: Nadal
Finalist: Djokovic
Losing in SF: Murray, Berdych
Losing in QF: Almagro, Tipsarevic, Gasquet, Del Potro

sj, is your surname by any chance juan?

If so you have a brilliant opportunity to name your child 'nil'

would be better if your 2nd name was nil 2bh.

losing in QF- Murray, Berdych, Gasquet, Tsonga

Semi final- Almagro, Del Potro

Finalist- djokovic
Winner- Nadal.

Going to be bold!
qf: almagro, dimitrov, berdych, djoko,
sf: gasquet, wawrinka
f: Delpo
W: Nadal

btw kingraf delpo and djoko would meet in the quarterfinal so its not possible for what you have put to happen.

thanks LS! I was a little distracted making my draw. Revised:

Quarter final- Djokovic (year Im going brave), Berdych, Tsonga, Verdasco.
SF- Murray, Gasquet.
Finalist- jMDP
Winner- Nadal

@KingRaf - Verdasco plays Nadal in R2 if he beats Matosevic. How do you get Verdasco to QF and Nadal to Final?

PS: Your ungodly work hours are catching up with you.

W: Djokovic
Losing in F: Murray
Losing in SF - Nadal, Gasquet
Losing in QF - Del Potro, Seppi, Almagro, Dimitrov

LF- I tell you! Havent slept at night for a week now. Let me try again... (hold thumbs)
Quarter Finals-Djoko, Berdych, Murray, Dimitrov.

Semi final- Gasquet, Tsonga

Finalist- Juan Martin Del Potro

Winner- Nadal

If this one is also wrong, I dont care.

Oh I get it now this isn't a prediction game it's wishful thinking. In that case...

Losing QF Almagro, An unknown 17 year old qualifier, Ferrer, Verdasco
Losing SF Djokovic, Gasquet
Losing F Federer
Winner Nadal (Sorry Roger you can have Cincinnati instead)

Didn't know where to put this bit of nostalgia

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jtkDFx9itMA

Ha ha! As fast as things change some things remain the same

you're a bigger buzzkill than buzz killington

Seems like no one is correcting my third attempt. Third times a charm

W: Nole
F: Rafa
SF: Gasquet, Andy
QF: Delpo, Seppi, Dimitrov, Almagro

laverfan wrote:Losing in F: Murray
Losing in SF - Nadal

Interesting. I think Andy will do better on clay than most predict, and I think that he and Nole are the two guys who have the best chance to beat Rafa on clay this year, but still a bold prediction here.

It would be nice if Grigor made a bold statement here and finally beat one of the big four guys.

LuvSports! wrote:you're a bigger buzzkill than buzz killington

Do you know why W.S. Gilbert was frequently drunk on his transatlantic crossings? Because he was quartered on the port side.

AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH

Andy's first clay court title!!

Considering that MC is the strong fort of the greatest clay courter in history, a Murray win would be the greatest ever 'first clay win' in history, no¿

Losing QFs: Del Potro, fogninni, wawrinka, Tipsarvic
Losing SFs: Almagro, Gasquet
Losing finalist Djokovic
champion: Nadal

QF: Djokovic (beaten by JMDP), Berdych, Dimitrov, Murray
SF: Gasquet, Almagro
F: Del Potro
W: Nadal

(I'd be quite happy for Dimi to beat Delpo though)

So, Spring has sprung (finally) and it's Monte Carlo time again.

The tourney with perhaps one of the most picturesque locations and settings of the ATP World Tour, where 55 of the game's top players battle it out for the privilege of finishing runner-up.

The time between the draw being made and the main tournament starting is a disgrace. It's not helping my cause at all!! The deadline is tomorrow at... I dunno. 9pm. I don't think the first round affects who will win it anyway.

The Special Juan wrote:The time between the draw being made and the main tournament starting is a disgrace. It's not helping my cause at all!! The deadline is tomorrow at... I dunno. 9pm. I don't think the first round affects who will win it anyway.

Do you think any round will affect who will win it? If we were going by which round affects who will win it you could set your deadline for next Sunday night probably.

But what if my Grigor loses today? That will give people an advantage. Or even if he wins, they will be more free to pick him. Or how about those who might have picked Tomic to QF?

I will lodge a protest with the tour officials.

Anyway, mostly just kidding, but you should at least allow us to change our picks until tomorrow 9pm if we wish to do so.

summerblues wrote:

The Special Juan wrote:The time between the draw being made and the main tournament starting is a disgrace. It's not helping my cause at all!! The deadline is tomorrow at... I dunno. 9pm. I don't think the first round affects who will win it anyway.

Do you think any round will affect who will win it? If we were going by which round affects who will win it you could set your deadline for next Sunday night probably.

But what if my Grigor loses today? That will give people an advantage. Or even if he wins, they will be more free to pick him. Or how about those who might have picked Tomic to QF?

I will lodge a protest with the tour officials.

Anyway, mostly just kidding, but you should at least allow us to change our picks until tomorrow 9pm if we wish to do so.

If you want. If you edited your post before 9pm tomorrow I wouldn't have a problem with that, provided that, for example, whoever you change isn't already knocked out. If you would rather I changed the deadline time then I can do that too but it's unfair on people who maybe don't visit the site during the weekend. It's quite difficult when the tournament starts the day after the draw. And the second round begins tomorrow too and the qualifiers aren't even done

Losing in QF: Del Potro, Seppi, Simon, Murray
Losing in SF: Djokovic, Almagro
Runner-up: Gasquet
Winner: Nadal

The Special Juan wrote:If you edited your post before 9pm tomorrow I wouldn't have a problem with that, provided that, for example, whoever you change isn't already knocked out.

And why not change if my player gets knocked out? That is exactly when I may want to change.

9pm tomorrow sounds good, I agree.

Think I'm just in time....

Losing in QF: Klizan, Cilic, Tipsarevic, Murray
Losing in SF: Del Potro, Tsonga
RU: Berdych
W: Nadal

Winner: Nadal
Runner up: Djokovic
Semi Finals: Cilic, Almagro
Quarters: Murray, Simon, Ramos, Delpo

Winner: Nadal
RU: Djokovic
Semis: Berdych, Murray
QF: Delpo, Anderson, Dmitrov, Almagro

Losing in QF: Del Potro, Cilic, Tipsarevic, Almagro
Losing in SF: Murray, Berdych
Losing in F: Djokovic
Winner: Nadal

Winner - Nadal
Runner-up - Djoko
Semis - Almagro, Berdych
Quarters - Murray, del Po, Gasquet, Tipsy

I am sensing people will score highly this week
PSYCHIC! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r1azwe_ptss

Also, TSJ, if Djoko pulls out tomorrow it'll throw a spanner in the works of this thread given matches will have started. I don't think he'll withdraw though.

Winner - Nadal
Runner-up - Djoko
Semis - Almagro, Gasquet
Quarters - Murray, DelPo, Berdych, Tipsarevic

Results as per the seeding.
Winner - Djoko
Runner-up - Murray
Semis - Nadal, Ferrer
Quarters - whoever the 5 - 8 seeds are

Imagine forgetting

I'll do them when I get back tomorrow morning.

I'll start now.

And the winner is... summerblues with a massive 885 points/1000!! There were a wide range of predictions for this one and as only 3 people (sb, LF, JHM) picked Djokovic to win a lot of scores were 480 or 485 (10 or 15 for QF, 90 for SF, 380 for F).

I shall update the main table later.

TSJ- if I forget to enter at all, just assume I'm going with the seedings (so for Monte Carlo, my prediction of Ferrer wouldn't count as he didn't play)

Basically, I'm just trying to find who can beat the seedings (represented by me) over the course of the season.

Will do

The Special Juan wrote:And the winner is... summerblues with a massive 885 points/1000!!

:blushes modestly:

Well done summerblues tough tournament to predict as well, nice one!