Wanderer

Well, after spending so many time in NZ, I learned it's better to use word "cheer" when I want to cheer for some team, athlete, or anyone instead of "root" cause it means something very different Of course, paired with for, has the same meaning as cheer for but... you never know

My avatar will be "the trophy" for the "walk of shame" award, thank you

Provisional Standing after Day 1 available here Teddy Bear Award @thiago_simoes (predicted 5-0 for Russia) Walk of shame @Olympian1010 (predicted the win for Saudi Arabia)

Provisional Standing after Day 1 Rank User Nat. Total 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 TB 1 thiago_simoes 5 5 2 ady48 3 3 2 Agger 3 3 2 amen09 3 3 2 Benolympique 3 3 2 bestmen 3 3 2 chrischi08 3 3 2 CiroMennella99 3 3 2 crovitlaci 3 3 2 dcro 3 3 2 Dolby 3 3 2 Dunadan 3 3 2 Federer91 3 3 2 Felipe 3 3 2 George_D 3 3 2 Gigs 3 3 2 Glen 3 3 2 hckosice 3 3 2 Herberth Nelson Balbi Silveira 3 3 2 heywoodu 3 3 2 Jahiegel 3 3 2 James 3 3 2 juliosilva 3 3 2 LDOG 3 3 2 MCMXC 3 3 2 mihamiha 3 3 2 mrv86 3 3 2 Pablita 3 3 2 sounak 3 3 2 SteveParker 3 3 2 suchyy7 3 3 2 thepharoah 3 3 2 titicow 3 3 2 Ufilov 3 3 2 vlad 3 3 2 Vojthas 3 3 2 Wanderer 3 3 38 africaboy 2 2 38 AlFHg 2 2 38 Gianlu33 2 2 38 Henry_Leon 2 2 38 hoversaBR 2 2 38 lapaj 2 2 38 Mkbw50 2 2 38 NikolaB 2 2 38 Pavlo 2 2 38 rybak 2 2 38 Topicmaster1010 2 2 38 toulousain 2 2 38 Werloc 2 2 51 Monzanator 0 0 51 Olympian1010 0 0 51 OlympicsFan 0 0 01: June 14th - Preliminary Round - Group A 02: June 15th - Preliminary Round - Group A and Group B 03: June 16th - Preliminary Round - Group C and Group D 04: June 17th - Preliminary Round - Group E and Group F 05: June 18th - Preliminary Round - Group F and Group G 06: June 19th - Preliminary Round - Group A and Group H 07: June 20th - Preliminary Round - Group A and Group B 08: June 21st - Preliminary Round - Group C and Group D 09: June 22nd - Preliminary Round - Group D and Group E 10: June 23rd - Preliminary Round - Group F and Group G 11: June 24th - Preliminary Round - Group G and Group H 12: June 25th - Preliminary Round - Group A and Group B 13: June 26th - Preliminary Round - Group C and Group D 14: June 27th - Preliminary Round - Group E and Group F 15: June 28th - Preliminary Round - Group G and Group H 16: June 30th - Round of 16 17: July 1st - Round of 16 18: July 2nd - Round of 16 19: July 3rd - Round of 16 20: July 6th - Quarterfinals 21: July 7th - Quarterfinals 22: July 10th - Semifinals 23: July 11th - Semifinals 24: July 14th - Third Place Match 25: July 15th - Final Mistakes are always possible. PM me if you notice any.

It started! This is how you picked for the opening match: 50 1 TIE: 2 Results will be a bit late

[hide] Preliminary Round June 14th - June 28th, 2018 32 Nations, 8 Groups, the 1st and 2nd Nations from each Group will qualify for the Round of 16 Group A Date & Time Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 June 14th 2018, h. 18:00 (GMT+3) Russia 2 0 Saudi Arabia June 15th 2018, h. 17:00 (GMT+5) Egypt 0 1 Uruguay June 19th 2018, h. 21:00 (GMT+3) Russia 1 1 Egypt June 20th 2018, h. 18:00 (GMT+3) Uruguay 3 0 Saudi Arabia June 25th 2018, h. 18:00 (GMT+4) Uruguay 1 0 Russia June 25th 2018, h. 17:00 (GMT+3) Saudi Arabia 0 1 Egypt Group B Date & Time Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 June 15th 2018, h. 18:00 (GMT+3) Morocco 1 1 Iran June 15th 2018, h. 21:00 (GMT+3) Portugal 0 1 Spain June 20th 2018, h. 15:00 (GMT+3) Portugal 2 0 Morocco June 20th 2018, h. 21:00 (GMT+3) Iran 0 3 Spain June 25th 2018, h. 21:00 (GMT+3) Iran 0 2 Portugal June 25th 2018, h. 20:00 (GMT+2) Spain 3 0 Morocco Group C Date & Time Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 June 16th 2018, h. 13:00 (GMT+3) France 2 0 Australia June 16th 2018, h. 19:00 (GMT+3) Peru 1 1 Denmark June 21st 2018, h. 16:00 (GMT+4) Denmark 1 0 Australia June 21st 2018, h. 20:00 (GMT+5) France 1 0 Peru June 26th 2018, h. 17:00 (GMT+3) Denmark 1 2 France June 26th 2018, h. 17:00 (GMT+3) Australia 0 1 Peru Group D Date & Time Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 June 16th 2018, h. 16:00 (GMT+3) Argentina 2 0 Iceland June 16th 2018, h. 21:00 (GMT+2) Croatia 2 0 Nigeria June 21st 2018, h. 21:00 (GMT+3) Argentina 2 1 Croatia June 22nd 2018, h. 18:00 (GMT+3) Nigeria 0 1 Iceland June 26th 2018, h. 21:00 (GMT+3) Nigeria 0 2 Argentina June 26th 2018, h. 21:00 (GMT+3) Iceland 0 2 Croatia Group E Date & Time Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 June 17th 2018, h. 16:00 (GMT+4) Costa Rica 0 2 Serbia June 17th 2018, h. 21:00 (GMT+3) Brazil 2 0 Switzerland June 22nd 2018, h. 15:00 (GMT+3) Brazil 5 0 Costa Rica June 22nd 2018, h. 21:00 (GMT+2) Serbia 0 0 Switzerland June 27th 2018, h. 21:00 (GMT+3) Serbia 0 3 Brazil June 27th 2018, h. 21:00 (GMT+3) Switzerland 2 1 Costa Rica Group F Date & Time Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 June 17th 2018, h. 18:00 (GMT+3) Germany 3 1 Mexico June 18th 2018, h. 15:00 (GMT+3) Sweden 1 0 South Korea June 23rd 2018, h. 18:00 (GMT+3) South Korea 1 2 Mexico June 23rd 2018, h. 21:00 (GMT+3) Germany 2 1 Sweden June 27th 2018, h. 17:00 (GMT+3) South Korea 0 4 Germany June 27th 2018, h. 19:00 (GMT+5) Mexico 1 0 Sweden Group G Date & Time Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 June 18th 2018, h. 18:00 (GMT+3) Belgium 5 0 Panama June 18th 2018, h. 21:00 (GMT+3) Tunisia 0 1 England June 23rd 2018, h. 15:00 (GMT+3) Belgium 4 1 Tunisia June 24th 2018, h. 15:00 (GMT+3) England 3 0 Panama June 28th 2018, h. 20:00 (GMT+2) England 1 3 Belgium June 28th 2018, h. 21:00 (GMT+3) Panama 0 2 Tunisia Group H Date & Time Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 June 19th 2018, h. 15:00 (GMT+3) Colombia 3 1 Japan June 19th 2018, h. 18:00 (GMT+3) Poland 2 0 Senegal June 24th 2018, h. 20:00 (GMT+5) Japan 2 0 Senegal June 24th 2018, h. 21:00 (GMT+3) Poland 1 1 Colombia June 28th 2018, h. 17:00 (GMT+3) Japan 0 2 Poland June 28th 2018, h. 18:00 (GMT+4) Senegal 0 2 Colombia [/hide]

ATP finals are actually good idea and substitution for US Open. But - shall we include doubles too?

Let establish World non-European Championships then

That tortellini story is amusing.

Get that autograph @heywoodu

Final Standing available here Wanderer Pablita dcro Can't remember the last time I won gold medal, and let alone a medal in tennis I was constantly under the pressure, especially with Pablita scoring big over the last few days. I reckon my Ninomiya/Hozumi pick made the final difference and good predicting for 3rd/4th round winners. Congrats @Pablita on another silver medal, the tally just keep rising. Well done to @dcro who entered day later and still managed to win a medal. And no - his point difference mainly came for the top halves of both men's and women's draws and not from the parts and matches which have already been played. Congratulation Close finish for @Henry_Leon and @chrischi08, especially for the German who was in top 3 at some point too, but yet again went short at the end. Better luck next time Thank you all for participation. I am yet to decide about the future of Tennis US Open prediction contest. This might be the last tennis prediction contest. At least as long as I am running them. Onto FIFA World Cup!

Final Standing Rank User Nat. Total 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 TB 1 Wanderer 473 23 37 31 44 48 20 64 32 48 26 4 28 32 16 20 2 Pablita 464 20 32 27 43 48 28 56 24 48 18 18 36 26 20 20 3 dcro 454 0 33 31 48 52 28 60 32 40 26 8 28 28 20 20 4 Henry_Leon 452 21 34 30 43 46 24 60 24 40 26 12 28 28 12 24 5 chrischi08 447 22 34 33 44 46 20 44 24 56 22 12 22 36 8 24 6 africaboy 441 22 38 33 40 54 24 56 16 40 18 18 32 22 8 20 7 rybak 440 21 37 32 48 48 16 48 24 40 22 14 28 22 16 24 8 crovitlaci 432 22 37 33 44 50 24 36 24 40 22 22 24 26 8 20 9 Gianlu33 430 21 29 28 34 44 24 56 24 48 26 10 40 18 8 20 10 CiroMennella99 426 15 35 27 47 44 28 52 24 48 22 12 24 12 16 20 11 ady48 420 22 37 33 44 52 24 48 16 40 22 22 20 12 8 20 12 Federer91 418 21 36 30 43 48 32 40 24 40 26 12 20 22 12 12 13 vlad 414 17 33 25 33 46 16 36 16 40 18 22 54 30 8 20 14 heywoodu 406 20 32 28 32 42 12 48 16 40 30 16 28 26 12 24 15 Olympian1010 401 19 26 28 32 50 24 48 16 40 18 22 26 16 12 24 16 MCMXC 397 17 31 27 40 48 24 44 32 40 26 16 10 22 8 12 17 bestmen 396 21 29 24 42 48 28 52 24 32 18 22 22 18 0 16 18 hckosice 390 21 31 27 43 42 24 40 8 48 18 14 24 18 8 24 19 Herberth Nelson Balbi Silveira 380 18 34 32 40 50 24 48 16 40 22 4 20 16 8 8 20 OlympicsFan 368 23 33 24 44 48 28 44 16 48 26 18 16 0 0 0 21 stefanbg 365 18 37 35 43 50 24 48 24 40 14 22 4 6 0 0 22 LDOG 354 21 33 28 46 38 24 32 16 32 10 8 22 16 8 20 23 James 324 19 28 27 44 44 28 52 24 40 14 4 0 0 0 0 24 Ufilov 312 19 33 20 30 42 16 32 16 16 12 8 18 22 8 20 25 George_D 52 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 28 16 8 01: May 27th - Men's and Women's Singles - First Round 02: May 28th - Men's and Women's Singles - First Round 03: May 29th - Men's and Women's Singles - First Round 04: May 30th - Men's and Women's Singles - Second Round 05: May 31st - Men's and Women's Singles - Second Round 06: June 1st - Men's and Women's Singles - Third Round 07: June 2nd - Men's and Women's Singles - Third Round 08: June 3rd - Men's and Women's Singles - Fourth Round 09: June 4th - Men's and Women's Singles - Fourth Round 10: June 5th - Men's Singles Quarterfinals, Women's Quarterfinals, Mixed Doubles Semifinals 11: June 6th - Women's Singles Quarterfinals, Mixed Doubles Semifinals 12: June 7th - Men's Quarterfinals, Women's Singles Semifinals, Men's Doubles Semifinals, Mixed Doubles Final 13: June 8th - Men's Singles Semifinals, Men's Doubles Semifinals, Women's Doubles Semifinals 14: June 9th - Women's Singles Final, Men's Doubles Final 15: June 10th - Men's Singles Final, Women's Doubles Final

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Provisional Standing after Day 14 available here

Provisional Standing after Day 14 Rank User Nat. Total 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 TB 1 Wanderer 453 23 37 31 44 48 20 64 32 48 26 4 28 32 16 2 Pablita 444 20 32 27 43 48 28 56 24 48 18 18 36 26 20 3 dcro 434 0 33 31 48 52 28 60 32 40 26 8 28 28 20 4 Henry_Leon 428 21 34 30 43 46 24 60 24 40 26 12 28 28 12 5 chrischi08 423 22 34 33 44 46 20 44 24 56 22 12 22 36 8 6 africaboy 421 22 38 33 40 54 24 56 16 40 18 18 32 22 8 7 crovitlaci 420 22 37 33 44 50 24 36 24 40 22 22 24 26 16 8 rybak 416 21 37 32 48 48 16 48 24 40 22 14 28 22 16 9 Gianlu33 410 21 29 28 34 44 24 56 24 48 26 10 40 18 8 10 CiroMennella99 406 15 35 27 47 44 28 52 24 48 22 12 24 12 16 10 Federer91 406 21 36 30 43 48 32 40 24 40 26 12 20 22 12 12 ady48 400 22 37 33 44 52 24 48 16 40 22 22 20 12 8 13 vlad 394 17 33 25 33 46 16 36 16 40 18 22 54 30 8 14 MCMXC 385 17 31 27 40 48 24 44 32 40 26 16 10 22 8 15 heywoodu 382 20 32 28 32 42 12 48 16 40 30 16 28 26 12 16 bestmen 380 21 29 24 42 48 28 52 24 32 18 22 22 18 0 16 Herberth Nelson Balbi Silveira 380 18 34 32 40 50 24 48 16 40 22 4 20 16 16 18 Olympian1010 377 19 26 28 32 50 24 48 16 40 18 22 26 16 12 19 OlympicsFan 368 23 33 24 44 48 28 44 16 48 26 18 16 0 0 20 hckosice 366 21 31 27 43 42 24 40 8 48 18 14 24 18 8 21 stefanbg 365 18 37 35 43 50 24 48 24 40 14 22 4 6 0 22 LDOG 334 21 33 28 46 38 24 32 16 32 10 8 22 16 8 23 James 324 19 28 27 44 44 28 52 24 40 14 4 0 0 0 24 Ufilov 292 19 33 20 30 42 16 32 16 16 12 8 18 22 8 25 George_D 44 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 28 16 01: May 27th - Men's and Women's Singles - First Round 02: May 28th - Men's and Women's Singles - First Round 03: May 29th - Men's and Women's Singles - First Round 04: May 30th - Men's and Women's Singles - Second Round 05: May 31st - Men's and Women's Singles - Second Round 06: June 1st - Men's and Women's Singles - Third Round 07: June 2nd - Men's and Women's Singles - Third Round 08: June 3rd - Men's and Women's Singles - Fourth Round 09: June 4th - Men's and Women's Singles - Fourth Round 10: June 5th - Men's Singles Quarterfinals, Women's Quarterfinals, Mixed Doubles Semifinals 11: June 6th - Women's Singles Quarterfinals, Mixed Doubles Semifinals 12: June 7th - Men's Quarterfinals, Women's Singles Semifinals, Men's Doubles Semifinals, Mixed Doubles Final 13: June 8th - Men's Singles Semifinals, Men's Doubles Semifinals, Women's Doubles Semifinals 14: June 9th - Women's Singles Final, Men's Doubles Final 15: June 10th - Men's Singles Final, Women's Doubles Final

Men's doubles final. Or at least that is the match I coudn't find among the posts

I hope Thiem will bring brains with himself on the court tomorrow.

I am afraid the journey is not over yet But I hope new generation will bring some order in this mess.

Congrats Halep, it was log overdue! Best claycourter, and well deserved! Still, I prefer Simona's game from 2013/2014. Stephens was waaay to passive at the end of the second set and there she lost the match. Also, she just gives Halep balls with pace which Simona redirected pretty much successfully.

Incomplete predictions for Saturday: @vlad @crovitlaci @Herberth Nelson Balbi Silveira @Olympian1010

Maria Bueno passed away. She was 78 years old. RIP

Nope

Provisional Standing after Day 13 available here

Provisional Stranding after Day 13 Rank User Nat. Total 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 TB 1 Wanderer 437 23 37 31 44 48 20 64 32 48 26 4 28 32 2 Pablita 424 20 32 27 43 48 28 56 24 48 18 18 36 26 3 Henry_Leon 416 21 34 30 43 46 24 60 24 40 26 12 28 28 4 chrischi08 415 22 34 33 44 46 20 44 24 56 22 12 22 36 5 dcro 414 0 33 31 48 52 28 60 32 40 26 8 28 28 6 africaboy 413 22 38 33 40 54 24 56 16 40 18 18 32 22 7 crovitlaci 404 22 37 33 44 50 24 36 24 40 22 22 24 26 8 Gianlu33 402 21 29 28 34 44 24 56 24 48 26 10 40 18 9 rybak 400 21 37 32 48 48 16 48 24 40 22 14 28 22 10 Federer91 394 21 36 30 43 48 32 40 24 40 26 12 20 22 11 ady48 392 22 37 33 44 52 24 48 16 40 22 22 20 12 12 CiroMennella99 390 15 35 27 47 44 28 52 24 48 22 12 24 12 13 vlad 386 17 33 25 33 46 16 36 16 40 18 22 54 30 14 bestmen 380 21 29 24 42 48 28 52 24 32 18 22 22 18 15 MCMXC 377 17 31 27 40 48 24 44 32 40 26 16 10 22 16 heywoodu 370 20 32 28 32 42 12 48 16 40 30 16 28 26 17 OlympicsFan 368 23 33 24 44 48 28 44 16 48 26 18 16 0 18 Olympian1010 365 19 26 28 32 50 24 48 16 40 18 22 26 16 18 stefanbg 365 18 37 35 43 50 24 48 24 40 14 22 4 6 20 Herberth Nelson Balbi Silveira 364 18 34 32 40 50 24 48 16 40 22 4 20 16 21 hckosice 358 21 31 27 43 42 24 40 8 48 18 14 24 18 22 LDOG 326 21 33 28 46 38 24 32 16 32 10 8 22 16 23 James 324 19 28 27 44 44 28 52 24 40 14 4 0 0 24 Ufilov 284 19 33 20 30 42 16 32 16 16 12 8 18 22 25 George_D 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 28 01: May 27th - Men's and Women's Singles - First Round 02: May 28th - Men's and Women's Singles - First Round 03: May 29th - Men's and Women's Singles - First Round 04: May 30th - Men's and Women's Singles - Second Round 05: May 31st - Men's and Women's Singles - Second Round 06: June 1st - Men's and Women's Singles - Third Round 07: June 2nd - Men's and Women's Singles - Third Round 08: June 3rd - Men's and Women's Singles - Fourth Round 09: June 4th - Men's and Women's Singles - Fourth Round 10: June 5th - Men's Singles Quarterfinals, Women's Quarterfinals, Mixed Doubles Semifinals 11: June 6th - Women's Singles Quarterfinals, Mixed Doubles Semifinals 12: June 7th - Men's Quarterfinals, Women's Singles Semifinals, Men's Doubles Semifinals, Mixed Doubles Final 13: June 8th - Men's Singles Semifinals, Men's Doubles Semifinals, Women's Doubles Semifinals 14: June 9th - Women's Singles Final, Men's Doubles Final 15: June 10th - Men's Singles Final, Women's Doubles Final

[hide] Men's Singles Final Date & Time (GMT +2) Athlete 1 T1 T2 Athlete 2 May 10th 2018, h. TBD (14:00) [1] Rafael Nadal 3 1 Dominic Thiem [7] Women's Doubles Final Date & Time (GMT +2) Athlete 1 T1 T2 Athlete 2 May 10th 2018, h. TBD (12:00) Eri Hozumi Makoto Ninomiya 0 2 Barbora Krejcikova [6] Katerina Siniakova [6] [/hide]