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Pick the future stars aka the Flag thread! (WTA)
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welcome to the competition, wisewords.
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Selected players as of December 3, 2021
Clara Tauson Daria Lopatetska Polina Kudermetova Whitney Osuigwe Marta Kostyuk Michaela Laki Leylah Fernandez Linda Fruhvirtova Daria Snigur Joelle Lilly Sophie Steur Brenda Fruhvirtova Noma Noha Akugue Katrina Scott Alex Eala Qinwen Zheng Olivia Gadecki Emma Raducanu Ane Mintegi del Olmo Sara Bejlek Diane Parry Linda Noskova Victoria Jiménez Kasintseva |
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Guess I'll just have to rely on Alex Eala developing a serve then.
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shame about Qinwen and no more tournaments in China. You can't count on the freebies that is lower level Chinese tournaments and will have to rely on her winning elsewhere.
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E.Andreeva
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Nikola Bartunkova
Ksenia Efremova Thanks everyone else for participating, but certain victory is mine now. |
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I officially select Taylah Preston
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Leylah made Top 20.
1) SamuelMertensBertens 4,5 pts (Emma Raducanu 2,5 pts for winning a Grand Slam, 1 pt for winning her first title, 1 pt for making top 20) 2) Journeyman 3,5 pts (Leylah Fernandez 1 pt for winning WTA title, 1,5 pts for reaching Slam final, 1 pt for making top 20) 3) arrong 1 pt (Clara Tauson 1 pt for winning WTA title) 4) everybody else 0 pts. With more and more and players getting results, I might miss something, so while I will try to add points as they happen, keep track of your players and let me know if I missed anything. |
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Petra Marcinko
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Fantastic flag.
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Tennis Talk 2021: Vol 12 (Madrid, Estoril, Munich) By edy on 29 Apr 21 12:48 btw., SaMeBe...flag Petra Marcinko! Tennis Talk 2022: Vol 3 (Australian Open) By edy on 29 Jan 22 07:56 Hey SaMeBe, flag Petra Marcinko. She just won the AO juniors and already turned heads on the ITF tour last season (beat Nara in her very first match as a pro) It's testament to Edy's sphinxlike activity around flag-selling that she lasted this long  This sadistically conceived format still has years to run but we might just look back on today as one of the key twists in the matrix |
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Mirra Andreeva
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Emma made Top 10.
1) SamuelMertensBertens 5,5 pts (Emma Raducanu 2,5 pts for winning a Grand Slam, 1 pt for winning her first title, 1 pt for making top 20, 1 pt for making top 10) 2) Journeyman 3,5 pts (Leylah Fernandez 1 pt for winning WTA title, 1,5 pts for reaching Slam final, 1 pt for making top 20) 3) arrong 1 pt (Clara Tauson 1 pt for winning WTA title) 4) everybody else 0 pts. |
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Lucie Havlickova
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Wd. Even further behind I go. Thanks to Diane Parry for mugging in Slovenia.
Good to see some proper action on here though, really since last September. |
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1) SamuelMertensBertens 6,5 pts (Emma Raducanu 2,5 pts for winning a Grand Slam, 1 pt for winning her first title, 1 pt for making top 20, 1 pt for making top 10, Linda Fruhvirtova 1 pt for winning WTA title)
2) Journeyman 3,5 pts (Leylah Fernandez 1 pt for winning WTA title, 1,5 pts for reaching Slam final, 1 pt for making top 20) 3) arrong 1 pt (Clara Tauson 1 pt for winning WTA title) 4) everybody else 0 pts. |
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There should be more points soon from the likes of Zheng, Kostyuk and Noskova. Will be interesting to see what Brenda can do on the big tour. Cleaning up at w25's at the moment.
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2023 picks:
Renata Jamrichova Julia Stusek |
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Barbora Palicova
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V.Mboko
K.Dmitruk |
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Selected players as of January 2, 2023
Clara Tauson Daria Lopatetska Polina Kudermetova Whitney Osuigwe Marta Kostyuk Michaela Laki Leylah Fernandez Linda Fruhvirtova Daria Snigur Joelle Lilly Sophie Steur Brenda Fruhvirtova Noma Noha Akugue Katrina Scott Alex Eala Qinwen Zheng Olivia Gadecki Emma Raducanu Ane Mintegi del Olmo Sara Bejlek Diane Parry Linda Noskova Victoria Jiménez Kasintseva Erika Andreeva Robin Montgomery Nikola Bartunkova Ksenia Efremova Taylah Preston Petra Marcinko Mirra Andreeva Lucie Havlickova Renata Jamrichova Julia Stusek Barbora Palicova Victoria Mboko Kristina Dmitruk |
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I have a query that is probably worth bringing up now.
It's to do with clarifying the 'can't get points for things that hvae already happened' rule. Firstly, let say there is an unpicked player that meets criteria, is in form and has qualified for a big event. The obvious example here is Séléna Janicijevic who has just gone through three decent players in qualies for the loss of one set. Let's say she goes on a run, gets to Week 2 of the AO and then somebody flags her. Can they get points from an event that is already underway when she is picked? (This would give the picker a significant edge imo as there is a possible 3.5 points for winning a slam and whereas for example when you picked Emma after Wimbledon she then had to win ten games to win a slam later that year, a player could potentially be picked with three or less matches left to play) Secondly, lets say someone picks a player after they have done something that would have been awarded points. can they then get points from the player doing the same thing again? eg Let's say you had picked Linda after she won the Chennai Open. Would you still be able to get points from her doing that 'thing that's already happened' again, ie if she won another 250 or higher? Just feel it's probably worth clarifying this one rule before one of these situations actually arise. By and large the rules have been effective, clear and covered most bases so you structured this well. You also set what seems like a sensible points target (although the way the womens' comp is going, one or more of us may have expired by the time the comp ends ) |
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Firstly, let say there is an unpicked player that meets criteria, is in form and has qualified for a big event.
The obvious example here is Séléna Janicijevic who has just gone through three decent players in qualies for the loss of one set. Let's say she goes on a run, gets to Week 2 of the AO and then somebody flags her. Can they get points from an event that is already underway when she is picked? YES Secondly, lets say someone picks a player after they have done something that would have been awarded points. can they then get points from the player doing the same thing again? eg Let's say you had picked Linda after she won the Chennai Open. Would you still be able to get points from her doing that 'thing that's already happened' again, ie if she won another 250 or higher? NO, cause her winning a title has already happened. |
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Ok thanks that's clear.
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You also set what seems like a sensible points target (although the way the womens' comp is going, one or more of us may have expired by the time the comp ends Grin )
I'm convinced there will be points distributed soon. With the likes of Zheng, Noskova and Kostyuk it's only a matter of time. Then there are some others looking to break through soon and with the older guard being phased out over the years and new players getting picked I every year I am not too worried about a stalemate here. Unlike with the maiden Slam winner comps ...  |
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If Zheng was a vulture she would have already won 250's but that is not her strategy.
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There should be some Slam winners in our list above or have collectively done a really poor job.
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I do think most of these players will achieve their most meaningful successes between 21 and 27 years old anyway.
I wasn't at all bothered Noskova didn't win her 500 final because it's inevitable she'll picks up main tour titles and there's only point for that anyway. The ranking surge and the experience are much more important at this stage. VJK has experienced so much.. a junior slam winning year, then a 'buzz' year, then a sort of consolidation year and now a new year and she's still only 17. They're all still so young and the headline grabbing teenage slam finals don't come along very often. |
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I officially give up Diane Parry.
This is simply a personal choice and nothing to do with the rules as set by Caramba. I would just prefer to play with picks that have not yet played on the main tour. |
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Sofia Costoulas
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Journeyman going into warfare in 2023 with sticks and stones
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I officially select Sofia Costoulas.
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1) SamuelMertensBertens 6,5 pts (Emma Raducanu 2,5 pts for winning a Grand Slam, 1 pt for winning her first title, 1 pt for making top 20, 1 pt for making top 10, Linda Fruhvirtova 1 pt for winning WTA title)
2) Journeyman 3,5 pts (Leylah Fernandez 1 pt for winning WTA title, 1,5 pts for reaching Slam final, 1 pt for making top 20) 3) arrong 1 pt (Clara Tauson 1 pt for winning WTA title) edy 1 pt (Marta Kostyuk 1 pt for winning WTA title) 5) everybody else 0 pts. |
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edy making moves
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Go edy!
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I officially select Priska Madelyn Nugroho
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I can't believe you fell for that one.
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