Wanderer

Final Standing
 
Rank User Nation Total 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 TB 1 ady48 410 48 48 34 40 28 32 40 32 4 48 28 12 8 8   2 LDOG 398 43 45 26 38 24 40 40 40 4 22 22 26 12 16   3 Wanderer 391 44 47 30 38 24 36 24 40 4 30 22 12 24 16   4 James 390 37 47 30 36 28 32 40 24 12 32 26 14 20 12   5 Gianlu33 388 47 39 28 36 24 32 40 32 4 30 36 20 12 8   6 tuniscof 387 45 42 40 30 28 24 40 16 8 44 32 14 8 16   7 africaboy 384 45 49 30 40 28 36 32 24 4 40 36 12 0 8   8 bestmen 383 40 51 30 38 20 28 32 16 8 32 36 12 20 20   9 Maйкл 380 44 44 32 44 32 32 40 24 8 22 18 12 20 8   10 thepharaoh 379 43 46 32 44 24 32 32 32 4 20 22 20 12 16   11 Herberth 376 47 39 30 34 24 28 32 32 12 22 32 16 20 8   12 heywoodu 373 42 45 26 32 24 28 40 24 4 30 32 6 24 16   13 Henry_Leon 365 45 48 28 36 24 28 40 32 8 32 16 12 8 8   14 rybak 364 45 47 32 40 24 24 40 16 8 30 22 12 8 16   15 MCMXC 360 45 43 30 34 24 32 24 24 12 32 12 20 20 8   16 vlad 329 36 45 32 36 28 28 32 24 8 12 28 12 0 8   17 Federer91 324 39 47 36 42 32 28 24 24 4 36 12 - - -   18 FC Mezhgorye 306 46 46 28 36 12 24 16 24 12 30 12 12 8 0   19 OlympicsFan 298 - 50 44 40 32 32 48 32 4 16 -- - - -   20 stefanbg 294 42 46 24 34 28 28 32 24 8 22 6 - - -   21 titicow 249 44 45 26 34 24 28 16 24 8 - - - - -    
 
01: 1st Round, January 15th
02: 1st Round, January 16th
03: 2nd Round, January 17th
04: 2nd Round, January 18th
05: 3rd Round, January 19th
06: 3rd Round, January 20th
07: 4th Round, January 21st
08: 4th Round, January 22nd
09: Quarterfinals,January 23rd
10: Quarterfinals, Women's Doubles Semifinals, January 24th
11: Women's Singles Semifinals, Men's Singles Semifinal 1,  Men's  Doubles Semifinals, January 25th
12: Mixed Doubles Semifinals, Men's Singles Semifinal 2, Women's Doubles Final, January 26th
13: Women's Singles Final, Men's Doubles Final, January 27th
14: Men's Singles Final, Mixed Doubles Final, January 28th
 
 
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Wow, looks like Vickery wants to play for  (her mother is Guyanese)
 
"Vickery, 22, recently made known her desire to compete for Guyana at the Olympics. She is one of the fastest racing players on the WTA circuit, and is currently ranked 105 in the world, her highest ranking ever.
Only last week she competed in the ASB Classic in New Zealand, bowing out at the semi-final, losing to number one seed Caroline Wozniacki. Vickery had a good run in the tournament, earlier defeating Agnieszka Radwanksa 6-2 6-2 at the quarter-final stage. 
Prior to that, she got past Veronica Cepede Royg 6-2 6-4 in the Round of 16 and Lauren Davis 6-1 6-2 in the Round of 32. In the Qualifiers, she defeated Magdalena Frech 7-5 6-3, Conny Perrin 6-0 6-3 and Deborah Chiesa 6-4 6-3."
 
https://newsroom.gy/2018/01/17/im-looking-forward-to-greatness-from-you-dr-norton-tells-vickery/

Wow, looks like Vickery wants to play for  (her mother is Guyanese)
 
"Vickery, 22, recently made known her desire to compete for Guyana at the Olympics. She is one of the fastest racing players on the WTA circuit, and is currently ranked 105 in the world, her highest ranking ever.
Only last week she competed in the ASB Classic in New Zealand, bowing out at the semi-final, losing to number one seed Caroline Wozniacki. Vickery had a good run in the tournament, earlier defeating Agnieszka Radwanksa 6-2 6-2 at the quarter-final stage. 
Prior to that, she got past Veronica Cepede Royg 6-2 6-4 in the Round of 16 and Lauren Davis 6-1 6-2 in the Round of 32. In the Qualifiers, she defeated Magdalena Frech 7-5 6-3, Conny Perrin 6-0 6-3 and Deborah Chiesa 6-4 6-3."
 
https://newsroom.gy/2018/01/17/im-looking-forward-to-greatness-from-you-dr-norton-tells-vickery/

One of my fav places - Lake of Orta (X)
 

The quality of my pics will be bad compared to leli's but here are a few from when I was in Ireland last year:
 

It's not his problem, but it is his luck  

At the end most of what I suspected beforehand of the men's competition turned out right: Roger main candidate with a distance, Zverev & Thiem will flop, Dimitrov being a big candidate was laughable, Kyrgios good but not enough, Cilic had some chance to do something important (I had him as my 5th favorite  ) 

No, it will be too much with so many matches and I don't want to complicate my life (and the contestants' too)

RIP Dolores
 

 

 

RIP Dolores
 

 

 

RIP Dolores
 

 

 

I'm so so sad... Chester in july, now her... not to count all the others who left

RIP Dolores
 

 

 

RIP Dolores
 

 

 

Ice Hockey at the Winter Olympic Games 2018 Prediction Contest is now OPEN
 
Scoring system is slightly modified - 7 points for correct winner and 5 points additionally for goal difference. 
 
Best of luck!

Ice Hockey at the Winter Olympic Games 2018 Prediction Contest is now OPEN
 
Scoring system is slightly modified - 7 points for correct winner and 5 points additionally for goal difference. 
 
Best of luck!

except Novak vs. Young match cuz we already know the outcome, but it's still interesting to see Novak returns after nearly 6 months of absence , i see other 5 really looks challenging and worth watching , really sad for de Menaur who'll face a very experienced player like Berdych in 1st round , especially after 2 big tournaments in 2 weeks 

As Sindo said, AO will be missed this time as we are focusing on Winter Olympic Games. But we still have enough GS tournaments left
 
Also, there won't be Jolly in 2018; scoring systems for Ice Hockey and individual sports and contests where we are predicting medal winners remains unchanged.
However, some alterations in scoring systems for other sports prediction contests may be implemented during the year.

Match of the first round: Maria vs Sharapova  
 
Now, my view of the women's draw:
 
Section 1:
A strong one. Halep-Kvitova in R3 breaks my heart. I am afraid Simona will be too much for Petra at this moment. Intriguing match between Barty and Sabalenka. Sabalenka has such raw power and on a good day can beat almost any top player. Barty is very skillful player and should find a key to neutralize Sabalenka's power and make her move, for the later being pretty bad in defense. The key in this match is Barty's mentality and ability not to break under the pressure being a favourite and at home. Giorgi this weak is on fire and if she keeps her momentum (which I doubt) can make some damage and reach R4. There are also other two of my favourite players  But both Osaka and Jabeur have been bad so far and I don't expect either of them in R3.
All in all - Halep should come through as a quarterfinalist from this section.
 
Section 2:
This section is also interesting one. Still not sure how much Konta is injured, but things don't look promising. Should be able to reach R3 but there is crafty Strycova. Safarova showed some good tennis in her match against Angelique in Sydney, so R3 for her is expected where she should be encountering another seeded Czech, Pliškova. Karolina struggled against Cepede last year at the French Open, but on hard, I expect her to be convincing. Haddad Maia (I like her!) has a rematch with Cabrera but should be able t beat her again and is definitely capable to put a big fight against Pliškova.
My pick is definitely Pliškova as most likely quarterfinalist from this section. Safarova and Strycova being serious tests.
 
Section 3:
Muguruza must reach R4 with her draw! But the bottom half of the section!  Kerber showing great form in Perth and Sydney so far, almost 2016 GS level,  with new coach, improved serve, bh, being more aggressive and sort of a first-strike player, is something very good to see on WTA these days! She'll probably overcome Friedsam and Vekic and then comes R3 against either Sharapova or Sevastova. The Latvian does have beautiful game but somehow her emotional meltdowns seem to be rather a disadvantage. She can beat Sharapova again who still cannot find her form. If Kerber does not overplay and peak too soon in Sydney during this week, I can totally see her in R4.
Potential quarterfinalist.... in this order: Kerber>Sevastova>Muguruza>Sharapova
 
Section 4:
We all already saw Mladenovic breaking her losing streak in Sydney... Anyway, Bogdan is not that easy to beat, so I expect another dramatic match from Kiki and let's hope this is the end of her agony. Putintseva-Watson is no betting zone match definitely  Keys should make R4. 
Lucic-Baroni is still bothered with injury and her form is questionable. Rogers is a tricky player and we can see last year semifinalist going out in R1. Sasnovich played beautiful tennis in Brisbane. And if she is able to repeat it, R3 here we come. My fave, Vondroušova, had bad second half of 2017 and played quite poorly (except in that match against Kuznetsova at USO). What bothers me around her is her attitude sometimes. I hope she can be motivated enough cause she has very winnable opening round and I'd like to see her pumped up against transformed Garcia. Garcia's form is unknown quantity and I hope her back is okay now (the reason she withdrew from Brisbane). If she's healthy, ball-bashing delight in R4 is upon us. 
Most likely quarterfinalists: Keys>Garcia.

18-year old Alex de Minaur reached the final in Sydney. What better place for your first ATP final than the city you were born in? 
 
Dude's on a roll btw, semi's in Brisbane last week, final now. If he wins, he'll be right at the door of the top-100 (101st most likely). 

August 27. Any other Virgos here?  

19th September

Mine is March 21, which incidentally is the same birthday as the old forum lol

Not sure if I should write here and what but... hey there!