US Open (Tennis) Forum Competition - £300 in prizes -Enter here

Welcome to the Forum Tennis competition, with real money prizes for the top 4 places, courtesy of Betfair.

This is how it works:

There are 12 sections.
You have to pick 1 name or number (depending on which section) for each one. The scores for each selection are listed below.
Just put the letters A to L with your choice for each – preferably going downwards, followed by a tie-break answer (Number of Aces in the Men's final).
The people with the highest scores at the end of the tournament will win as follows: 1st - £120, 2nd - £80, 3rd - £60, 4th - £40. to be paid direct into your BF account.
In the event of ties, the tiebreak will be operated, if there's still a tie, the prizes will be added and divided equally among those involved in the tie.

THE SECTIONS: and some details/clues

A. How many of the 32 Men’s seeds will be knocked out in round 1.
Score 4 points for exact, 2 points for being wrong by one, 1 point for being wrong by two.

B.How many of the 32  Women’s seeds will be knocked out in round 1.
Score 4 points for exact, 2 points for being wrong by one, 1 point for being wrong by two.

C. Del Potro v Nalbandian – (R1 match) 1st set score Please put Del Potro’s score 1st
Choose from: 0-6 (if you think Nalbandian will win the 1st set 6-0) to 7-6 (if you think Del Potro will win the 1st set 7-6)
3 points for exact, 1 point if wrong by 1 – (if 7-6 or 6-7, only 7-5 or 5-7 will score 1 point)

D. Which round – in the singles – will VENUS Williams reach?
Please put; R1, R2, R3, R4, QF, SF or Final
2 points if you’re correct

E. How many WOMEN from these (eastern European) countries will reach Round 3?    
The countries are: Belarus, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Rep, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraine.
There are 39 players in round 1 by right and some qualifiers to be added (I’d guess maybe another 5 or 6), and some of them will play each other in the first 2 rounds
put a number from 0 – (possibly up to) 30ish
4 points if spot on, 2 points if 1 out, 1 point if you're 2 out.

F. Top 16 in Last 16 – MENS How many of the top 16 seeds will actually play in the last 16?
Choose from 0 – 16
Score 3 points if exact, 1 point if wrong by one.

G. Top 16 in Last 16 – WOMENS How many of the top 16 seeds will actually play in the last 16?
Choose from 0 – 16
Score 3 points if exact, 1 point if wrong by one.

H. M is for Men, W is for Women How many men whose surname begins with the letter M AND How many Women whose surname begins with the letter W –added together, will reach the last 16?
There is only ONE eighth of the Men’s draw without a letter M, and all 6 of the W’s are in different eighths of the Women’s draw.  (I’m not including any qualifiers).
Here they are: Machado, Mahut, Malisse, Mathieu, Matosevic, Mayer (F), Mayer (L), Melzer, Monaco, Montanes, Muller, Murray – Watson, Wickmayer, Williams (S), Williams (V), Wozniacki, Wozniak.
Choose from 0 – 13
Score 3 points for exact, 1 point if wrong by 1.

I. Which of these Men will progress furthest in the singles?. Almagro, Cilic, Gasquet, Dolgolpolov, Raonic, Simon, Nishikori, Wawrinka, Kohlschreiber, Roddick
Score 3 points for correct

J. Which of these Women will progress furthest in the singles?:  Bartoli, Ivanovic, Cibulkova, Kirilenko, Safarova, Lisicki, Pavlyuchenkova, Goerges, Petrova, Vinci
Score 3 points for correct

K. How many games will be played in the WOMEN’S final? – There are tiebreaks even in the last set at the US Open,
Choose from 12 – 39
Score 5 points for being exactly right, 3 points if one away, 1 point if two away

L. Will previous winners win BOTH the Men’s AND Women’s finals? – Previous winners taking part: Federer, Djokovic, Del Potro, Roddick, Hewitt. and: Williams (S), Williams (V), Clijsters, Sharapova, Stosur.
If One of the finals is won by a previous winner and the other isn’t, the correct answer is NO. If neither final is won by any of those named, the correct answer is NO. If BOTH finals are won by previous winners, the answer is YES.
Please state either YES or NO. If correct you score 2 points.

TIEBREAK: How many Aces will there be in the MEN’S final?
In 2011 (Nadal v Djokovic – a 4 set match) there were 9 Aces.
Choose any number you like, from 0 upwards

OTHER STUFF
E&OE - If there's a player missing from any of the sections as I've listed them (I don't think I've missed anyone), he/she will be ignored for scoring purposes.
Any ties in any sections, points shared; (eg, if the score is 2 points for 3rd, 1 point for 4th, and there's a tie for 3rd, both will score 1.5)
The organiser's (that's me) decision is final. I'll try to update scores and standings at the end of each day's play, or whenever there is updating to do.
Entries accepted until 9,00AM Monday 27th August. LATE ENTRIES WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED. the thread will be closed after this time
Only ONE entry per person. Please post your entry on this thread.
Remember you MUST have an active, funded, Betfair account in order to win a prize.
Good Luck everybody and enjoy the Tennis