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Maybe he didnt pick this stop of the Mare Nostrum Tour to qualify? German swimmers have to select one stop of the Mare Nostrum Tour or the German Open beforehand where they want to qualify. Maybe he selected another stop of the Mare Nostrum Tour or the German Open.

So what? He clearly made the A cut at the german nationals. I think they either just forgot him or more likely: He didnt pick this event to qualify for Rio and will try to qualify at another stop of the Mare Nostrum Tour or at the German Open.

Good result for 16 yo Leonie Ebert in Shanghai, she finished 6th in womens foil and jumped to 57th in world ranking. I thought that she would be fighting for world cup medals by now, but considering her bad results so far i guess we have to be happy about that result. Sadly she got into shape a bit too late to qualify for Rio.

Not really glad, but i know that i threw away the win on day 13, so i cant be disappointed either. The day before i was extremely tired, so i made all my predictions in about 30s without looking up any statistics (H2H, recent results) and that cost me in the end. Maybe i should take this more seriously next time, i have to admit that prediction contests can get really exhausting. I was by far the best if you only count the last 2 days (finals), so i am somehow happy anyway and i hope that i will get the gold in Wimbledon. I think overall, due to the rain, this was a very weird prediction contest, where we often didnt have much time for predictions, so i hope that everything will be back to normal for the next prediction contest and it would be great if you could always open the predictions for the next day until about 10 pm of the previous day. Edit: It would be interesting to know what happend with rybak, africaboy and gvaisakh on day 14. Were they able to post their predictions in time? A win wouldve been worthless for me if the only reason for my win wouldve been that they werent able to post their predictions in time.

I dont see any chance that the rule will be changed before Rio, IAAF has enough trouble with all the doping cases and the possible ban for Russia. I dont understand why on the one hand Rehm has to prove that he doesnt have an advantage, while on the other hand IAAF has to prove that Semenya/Niyonsaba/Wambui have an advantage. In both cases athletes have an unfair advantage, but i think both cases should be treated the same, so either IAAF or the athletes have to prove that they (dont) have an advantage. I dont really think that Wambui is really that young, many/most african athletes are older than they claim to be, so i am not sure if she really has that much (more) potential. I also dont think that you can treat womens 800 m like a normal race, Semenya/Niyonsaba arent "normal" favorites, they are miles ahead of everyone else (i am not sure about Wambui yet), so in my opinion having a bad day wont have any effect on their medal chances. I think they can only lose a medal if they fall or somehow get disqualified. For me its very hard to tell how big the probability is that those 3 are doped, then there would be at least a realistic chance that someone else will get their medal in a couple of years. They are all from poor countries without a really working anti-doping strategy, so i wouldnt be surprised if all of them would be caught in the future. Those 3 basically are "naturally" doped like all the crazy fast 800/1500 m runners about 30 years ago, who almost had the body of a male middle distance runner. It could get really interesting in the future if the rule wont be changed, then some countries might start to search for "woman" like Semenya (in all sports), just to win as many medals as possible. Just imagine China starting to do that, they would completely dominate most sports ...

Its really hard to tell how strong she is at the moment, is she in the same category as Semenya/Niyonsaba? Then we should have 3 different races in Rio. 1) Semenya against the world record 2) Niyonsaba vs. Wambui 3) Who will finish 4th? I think only Dibaba could stop one of them, but i dont think that she could beat Semenya. Arzamasova, Bishop, Sum and the rest shouldnt have a chance for a medal. I hope that we will also see Semenya in womens 400/1500 m, she could win a medal there as well, but i dont know about the schedule ... Did you ever take a close look at the shorts of Semenya/Niyonsaba/Wambui vs. the shorts of all other athletes? It would be really "interesting" to have Semenya/Wambui/Niyonsaba race in the same shorts as all other athletes ...

A bit late, but ... Go Andy, please save tennis!

[hide] Men's Singles Final Central European Summer Time (GMT +2) Date and Venue Athlete 1 T1 T2 Athlete 2 June 5th 2016, h. 15:00, Court Philippe Chatrier, Paris [1] Novak Djokovic 3 1 Andy Murray [2] Women's Singles Final Central European Summer Time (GMT +2) Date and Venue Athlete 1 T1 T2 Athlete 2 June 4th 2016, h. 15:00, Court Philippe Chatrier, Paris [1] Serena Williams 1 2 Garbine Muguruza [4] Men's Doubles Final Central European Summer Time (GMT +2) Date and Venue Athlete 1 T1 T2 Athlete 2 June 4th 2016, h. 17:00, Court Philippe Chatrier, Paris [15] Feliciano Lopez [15] Marc Lopez 2 1 Bob Bryan [5] Mike Bryan [5] Women's Doubles Final Central European Summer Time (GMT +2) Date and Venue Athlete 1 T1 T2 Athlete 2 June 5th 2016, h. 13:00, Court Philippe Chatrier, Paris [7] Ekaterina Makarova [7] Elena Vesnina 1 2 Caroline Garcia [5] Kristina Mladenovic [5] [/hide]

I dont think so and 100% not so early. Djokovic will win at least 10-12 slams in the next 4 years, the other slams will probably go to Murray, Wawrinka and maybe Nadal/Thiem. Zverev is too tall to become a dominant player, but i think he could have a career like Cilic, Del Potro or even Kuerten. I dont like Coric and his style, but he is the most likely future number 1 in my opinion, unless Kyrgios learns to work hard and control himself more on court. Thiem could also win some slams, especially on clay and in about 6-8 years Auger Aliassime should destroy everyone else, maybe Kei or Milos can also pick up some slams before that.

Why dont you quote me if you want to talk with me? Where did i say that he will win slams in 2-3 years/any slams at all? Djokovic will win 10-12 slams in the next 4 years if he stays healthy, but then there will be a new era without Federer, Nadal, Murray, Wawrinka, Gasquet, Djokovic, Ferrer, Berdych and i dont see any reason why Kyrgios shouldnt win a slam then. Of course he has a "weak mentality" and has to work on it, otherwise he will end up like Tomic or Dimitrov, but he absolutely has the potential to win a slam. He has a huge serve and an amazing forehand, in addition to that he is very mobile for his size.

Mens tennis is higher quality and you are less likely to get a heart attack, which can happen very easily if you watch womens tennis, but its also much more predictable and therefore less interesting in my opinion. I really wonder what Serena's dominance tells us about Serena herself. Is she only that dominant because everyone else is so weak or does the fact that no one else is really consistent tell us that Serena is even more special, because she is the only one who is consistent? About a decade ago we had players like Clijsters, Henin or peak Venus who also won multiple slams, i really wonder what (if anything) changed since then? I think Muguruza has the potential to win multiple slams, but i dont know about all the other upcoming players, so its very likely that we will have many different (surprising) slam winners in 2-3 years. Edit: I forgot about Bencic. In my opinion she will be the dominant player in a couple of years, who will win many slams, but only if she can solve her health problems.

Sorry, i thought that Federer won the French Open one time more than Djokovic, you should never trust Wikipedia, probably some Djokovic hater manipulated the data.

Zverev and Kyrgios are coming and dont forget Kuhn and Auger Aliassime, they are all huge talents. I agree about the final, Djokovic should win in 3 sets, Wawrinka wouldve had a realistic chance to beat Djokovic. Really sad times without Federer and Nadal. Lets hope for a miracle, go Andy!

Go Stan and Muguruza, please save tennis! Hopefully Stan will defend his title and Muguruza has to stop Serena from winning her 22nd title, the record belongs to Steffi! Stan-Djokovic and Serena-Muguruza would be the finals that almost everyone hoped for, we are almost there ... Mens junior tournament has reached the quarterfinal stage and the 2 favourites are (in my opinion) two guys born in 2000! Nicola Kuhn, who sadly now plays for Spain , will play against his former german teammate Marvin Möller and Felix Auger Aliassime has already beaten 14th seed Olivieri from Argentina. Shapovalov, also from Canada, has already reached the semifinal by beating number 1 seed Tsitsipas from Greece. The 4th semifinalist is Blancaneaux from France. Canada has an amazing future on the mens side with Auger Aliassime and Shapovalov, Auger Aliassime might become the youngest junior slam champion in a very long time with just 15 years and 9 months. Kuhn just turned 16, so he would also be a very young champion. I think Kuhn and Auger Aliassime will fight for slam titles on senior level in 6-8 years, Kuhn couldve become really important for german tennis together with Zverev ...

[hide] Men's Singles Semifinals Central European Summer Time (GMT +2) Date and Venue Athlete 1 T1 T2 Athlete 2 June 3rd 2016, h. 15:00, Court Suzanne Lenglen, Paris [1] Novak Djokovic 3 0 Dominic Thiem [13] June 3rd 2016, h. 15:00, Court Philippe Chatrier, Paris [3] Stan Wawrinka 3 2 Andy Murray [2] Women's Singles Semifinals Central European Summer Time (GMT +2) Date and Venue Athlete 1 T1 T2 Athlete 2 June 3rd 2016, h. 13:00, Court Philippe Chatrier, Paris [1] Serena Williams 2 1 Kiki Bertens June 3rd 2016, h. 13:00, Court Suzanne Lenglen, Paris [4] Garbine Muguruza 2 1 Samantha Stosur [21] Men's Doubles Semifinals Central European Summer Time (GMT +2) Date and Venue Athlete 1 T1 T2 Athlete 2 June 3rd 2016, h. 13:00, Court 1, Paris [15] Feliciano Lopez [15] Marc Lopez 1 2 Ivan Dodig [3] Marcelo Melo [3] June 3rd 2016, h. 15:00, Court 1, Paris [5] Bob Bryan [5] Mike Bryan 2 1 Lukasz Kubot [9] Alexander Peya [9] Women's Doubles Semifinals Central European Summer Time (GMT +2) Date and Venue Athlete 1 T1 T2 Athlete 2 June 3rd 2016, h. 11:00, Court 1, Paris Barbora Krejcikova Katerina Siniakova 1 2 Ekaterina Makarova [7] Elena Vesnina [7] June 3rd 2016, h. 17:00, Court Suzanne Lenglen, Paris Margarita Gasparyan Svetlana Kuznetsova 1 2 Caroline Garcia [5] Kristina Mladenovic [5] Mixed Doubles Final Central European Summer Time (GMT +2) Date and Venue Athlete 1 T1 T2 Athlete 2 June 3rd 2016, h. 17:00, Court Philippe Chatrier, Paris Martina Hingis Leander Paes 1 2 Sania Mirza [2] Ivan Dodig [2] [/hide]

I think heywoodu already forgot to vote/voted too late, so you might overtake him, but you would need at least 40 points to overtake him and i dont think that you will score more than 40 points today ...

Oh god, Bertens will reach the semifinal ... Please Muguruza you have to save this tournament!

I dont express an opinion. You came up with the data to support your opinion and i just showed that the data clearly doesnt support your opinion. Its a fact that Kerber has had a much more successful slam career than Pironkova even before her title at the AO, no one can seriously doubt that. Would you say that Williams and Kerber have a similar record at slams because both have won a slam ... ? I didnt insult Pironkova, i dont care at all about her or about Rogers/Putintseva. In fact i hoped that she would eliminate Stosur, because Stosur is exactly the type of player that i dont want to see. I also wouldve been happy if one of them wouldve stopped Serena from winning her 22nd slam, because i hope that Graf will remain the number 1 for ever. Maybe Muguruza can get the job done ... My point was that nowadays pretty much everyone in the top 200 of world ranking can reach the quarterfinal or even semifinal of a slam with a random fluke run. On the one hand thats good, because most of the matches are unpredictable and often very exciting. On the other hand it isnt a sign of very high quality tennis in general, if pretty much all top 10 players (maybe except for Serena, Azarenka and Muguruza) can any time lose to any other top 100 player. I hope that players like Muguruza, Bencic, Keys or Kasatkina will become more consistent, so that we get a higher quality of tennis in general and more exciting rivalries. It would also be great if someone would finally start to challenge Serena for the world number 1.

[hide] Men's Singles Quarterfinals Central European Summer Time (GMT +2) Date and Venue Athlete 1 T1 T2 Athlete 2 June 2nd 2016, h. 13:00, Court Philippe Chatrier, Paris [1] Novak Djokovic 3 0 Tomas Berdych [7] June 2nd 2016, h. 13:00, Court Suzanne Lenglen, Paris [13] Dominic Thiem 3 2 David Goffin [12] Women's Singles Quarterfinals Central European Summer Time (GMT +2) Date and Venue Athlete 1 T1 T2 Athlete 2 June 2nd 2016, h. 15:00, Court Philippe Chatrier, Paris [1] Serena Williams 2 0 Yulia Putintseva June 2nd 2016, h. 15:00, Court Suzanne Lenglen, Paris Kiki Bertens 0 2 Timea Bacsinszky [8] Men's Singles Semifinals Central European Summer Time (GMT +2) Date and Venue Athlete 1 T1 T2 Athlete 2 June 3rd 2016, h. TBD, Court TBD, Paris TBD TBD June 3rd 2016, h. TBD, Court TBD, Paris [3] Stan Wawrinka 3 2 Andy Murray [2] Women's Singles Semifinals Central European Summer Time (GMT +2) Date and Venue Athlete 1 T1 T2 Athlete 2 June 3rd 2016, h. TBD, Court TBD, Paris TBD TBD June 3rd 2016, h. TBD, Court TBD, Paris [4] Garbine Muguruza 2 0 Samantha Stosur [21] Men's Doubles Semifinals Central European Summer Time (GMT +2) Date and Venue Athlete 1 T1 T2 Athlete 2 June 3rd 2016, h. TBD, Court TBD, Paris TBD Ivan Dodig [3] Marcelo Melo [3] June 3rd 2016, h. TBD, Court TBD, Paris [5] Bob Bryan [5] Mike Bryan 2 0 Lukasz Kubot [9] Alexander Peya [9] Women's Doubles Semifinals Central European Summer Time (GMT +2) Date and Venue Athlete 1 T1 T2 Athlete 2 June 3rd 2016, h. TBD, Court TBD, Paris Barbora Krejcikova Katerina Siniakova 0 2 Ekaterina Makarova [7] Elena Vesnina [7] June 3rd 2016, h. TBD, Court TBD, Paris Margarita Gasparyan Svetlana Kuznetsova 1 2 Caroline Garcia [5] Kristina Mladenovic [5] [/hide]

I didnt offend anyone, you are obviously completely in your own world. Kerber has reached 2 slam semifinals, 2 quarterfinals and 6 x the round of last 16 before winning the AO title. Her best result at the AO before that was the round of last 16 twice, in addition to that she is younger than Pironkova. Pironkova reached 1 slam semfinal, 2 quarterfinals and 2 x the round of last 16 before the start of 2016 french open. Her best result at the FO before the 2016 edition was the 3rd round. Its just WRONG to say that they had similar success concerning slams, its just embarrassing to write that data supports your point. Please stop it, i really dont want to expose your nonsense comments any further. NOTE: I didnt insult anyone, there is ABSOLUTELY NO NEED to moderate this post and the same was true for my last post!

Kerber has beaten Azarenka and Serena at the AO to win the title. To even mention Pironkova in the same sentence as Kerber is just a huge insult for Kerber. Pironkova is currently 102nd in world ranking, Kerber was top 10 for years before she won the AO title, its just embarrassing to compare them. ...moderated post...

WTA Tour has become a horrible joke ... Random fluke runs everywhere, i cant believe that girls like Bertens, Putintseva or Pironkova reached the quarterfinal. Especially Bertens beating Keys is like a nightmare. I am really happy that we still have Serena to stop those mugs from winning slams, hopefully Azarenka will soon be back to help her, i dont know whether Muguruza can do the job just now ... Very happy for Thiem, but he has one of the easiest ways to the semifinal ever. In general RG is by far the worst slam at the moment, which is very sad, because i actually think that RG should be the most important slam.

[hide] Men's Singles Quarterfinals Central European Summer Time (GMT +2) Date and Venue Athlete 1 T1 T2 Athlete 2 June 2nd 2016, h. TBD, Court TBD, Paris TBD TBD June 2nd 2016, h. TBD, Court TBD, Paris TBD TBD June 1st 2016, h. 14:00, Suzanne Lenglen Court, Paris Albert Ramos-Vinolas Stan Wawrinka [3] June 1st 2016, h. 14:00, Philippe Chatrier Court, Paris [9] Richard Gasquet Andy Murray [2] Women's Singles Quarterfinals Central European Summer Time (GMT +2) Date and Venue Athlete 1 T1 T2 Athlete 2 June 2nd 2016, h. TBD, Court TBD, Paris TBD TBD June 2nd 2016, h. TBD, Court TBD, Paris TBD TBD June 1st 2016, h. 16:00, Suzanne Lenglen Court, Paris Shelby Rogers Garbine Muguruza [4] June 1st 2016, h. 16:00, Philippe Chatrier Court, Paris [21] Samantha Stosur 2 1 Tsvetana Pironkova [/hide]

Weird ... Who the fuck made this schedule? So some players will have to play their quarterfinals before other players even finished their round of last 16 matches?

Germany today nominated 44 athletes for Rio. 16 in track cycling, 10 in sailing, 6 in athletics (marathon), 7 in badminton, 4 in fencing and 1 in trampoline. Maximilian Levy hasnt been nominated (a very stupid decision in my opinion, because he wouldve been a medal contender in mens keirin and Niederlag, who got nominated instead, was very weak at the world championships this year), he won silver in mens keirin and bronze in mens team sprint at the last olympic games. Robert Förstemann also hasnt been nominated, he won bronze in mens team sprint at the last olympic games. Maximilian Levy (mens keirin and mens team sprint) - Track cycling Robert Förstemann (mens team sprint) - Track cycling Note: Emma Hinze (born in 1997) has been nominated for womens team sprint, she might replace Miriam Welte who still seems to be injured. Welte won a gold medal at the last olympic games in womens team sprint. Note: Germany didnt nominate a team in sailing mixed nacra, but i dont know if we will nominate a team later on, otherwise we will give our quota place back.