Friday, January 16, 2009

Austrailian Open

All right, it's time to find our well rounded sports prognosticators. The new tennis season starts Sunday with the first Grand Slam of the year. I will post all four Grand Slam events this year. Since I am giving late notice I will push the deadline to Monday.

Here's what I want. Predict who will win both the men's and women's tournaments and who they will beat in the final.

Scoring will be as follows.
1pt for each person you predict correctly in the final.
2pts for each person you correctly predict their finish.
4pt bonus for getting both.
These points are cumulative.

Examples:
0pts - Neither of your picks participate in the finals.
1pt - One of your picks participates in the finals but does not finish where you said they would. (Your winner is runner up, or your runner up is the winner.)
2pts - Both of your picks participate in the finals but your winner loses the match.
3 pts - One of your picks participates in the finals and finishes where you said they would.
10 pts - You correctly predict the finals match up and the winner of that match up.

To give you a little help I am attempting to post links to both the men's and women's draws below.

***Scoring adjustment below***

New Tennis scoring system looks like this: 3 points for each person you correctly guess will participate in the finals and a 5 point bonus for correctly predicting the champion.

Sample scores:
11 points - you correctly predict the final match and the winner.
8 points - you correctly predict the winner of the final match but not their opponent.
6 points - you correctly predict the final match but choose the wrong winner.
3 points - you correctly predict one of the two people who particpate in the final but have the wrong champion.

Men's Draw:
http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/tennis/bracket?tournamentId=154&type=1
Women's Draw:
http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/tennis/bracket?year=2009&type=2&tournamentId=154

Actual Result: Nadal def. Federer 7-5, 3-6, 7-6 (3), 3-6, 6-2
Men's Predictions:
Aaron G: (3) Djokovic over (1) Nadal (3pts)
Carmen: (2) Federer over (4) Murray (3pts)
Jeff: (2) Federer over (7) Roddick (3pts)
Kubatski: (2) Federer over (1) Nadal (6pts)
Kubatski Sr: (2) Federer over (4) Murray (3pts)
Marty: (1) Nadal over (2) Federer (11pts)
McClain: (2) Federer over (1) Nadal (6pts)
Murray: (1) Nadal over (2) Federer
(11pts)
Paulie: (1) Nadal over (2) Federer (11pts)
Princess G: (2) Federer over (4) Murray (3pts)
Ronnie “Butters” Rowe: (2) Federer over (1) Nadal (6pts)
Ryan G: (1) Nadal over (2) Federer (11pts)
Scott: (2) Federer over Nadal (6pts)
Wade: (1) Nadal over (7) Roddick (8pts)
Wild Bill: (1) Nadal over (3) Djokovic
(8pts)

Actual Result: S. Williams def. Safina 6-0, 6-3
Women's Predictions:
Aaron G: (2) S. Williams over (1) Jankovic (8pts)
Carmen: (2) S. Williams over (3) Safina (11pts)
Jeff: (1) Jankovic over (6) V. Williams (0pts)
Kubatski: (5) Ivanovic over (4) Dementieva (0pts)
Kubatski Sr: (2) S. Williams over (1) Jankovic (8pts)
Marty: (8) Kuznetsova over (3) Safina (3pts)
McClain: (2) S. Williams over (3) Safina (11pts)
Murray: (2) S. Williams over (5) Ivanovic
(8pts)
Paulie: (2) S. Williams over (3) Safina (11pts)
Princess G: (1) Jankovic over (2) S. Williams (3pts)
Ronnie “Butters” Rowe: (2) S. Williams over (1) Jankovic (8pts)
Ryan G: (1) Jankovic over (2) S. Williams (3pts)
Scott: (1) Jankovic over (8) Kuznetsova (0pts)
Wade: (2) S. Williams over (3) Safina (11pts)
Wild Bill: (2) S. Williams over (3) Safina
(11pts)

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