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Pick the future stars aka the Flag thread! (ATP)
Pick the future stars aka the Flag thread! (ATP)
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you're only going for 10 pts?
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I was, but I now see that you totally must have changed the initial rules, because I would never get these things wrong otherwise.
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I don't have editing powers anymore now that bcm3 is no more.
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Ben Shelton
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K. Feldbausch
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No reason why you should have to do all the work.
Players picked so far. Lorenzo Musetti Holgar Rune Carlos Alcaraz (despite Edy spelling error) Martin Damm Rafael Nadal (good pick but invalid under Rule 2) Zachary Svajda Shintaro Mochizuki Harold Mayot Juncheng Shang (despite Edy spelling error) Dominic Stricker Flavio Cobolli Luca van Assche Jack Pinnington-Jones Dalibor Svrčina Jérôme Kym Arthur Fils (sulker but breaks through in 2023) Arthur Cazaux Hamad Medjedovic Martin Landaluce Luca Nardi (who?) Ben Shelton Kilian Feldbausch Gilles-Arnaud Bailly |
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thanks :)
I was dreading this due to some of my terrible pics early on so thanks for doing it for me. I've heard some good things about Luca Nardi btw. Agreed about Rafael Nadal being invalid, even now with there being another Rafael Nadal in the tennis world. For the next edition, I'll add the rule that players have to be actually born in order to be eligible. |
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and to maintain fairness, not only edy's spelling errors should be mocked. I mean Holgar
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thanks :)
I was dreading this due to some of my terrible pics early on so thanks for doing it for me. Speaking of which, woops I missed out Maks Kasnikowski. let's not forget Maks Kasnikowski. Just checked again, definitely not missed anyone else. |
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he's not my worst. made the semis of a challenger recently, beating players such as Tracy's son's got it goin on and Vasek Pospisil
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my flag Cazaux, who I had given up on, on a nice run in Challengers at the moment. 12-0 to start the year including wins over Sandgren x2, Harris and Dennis Novak.
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Caramba pretending not to be excited by Shelton steamrolling into last 16 |
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That's cool too, but it's more special when a player that hasn't already done things on the main tour, starts having success.
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plus everyone knows about his success already, so no need for me to post updates
 Everyone doesn't follow the hipster circuit. |
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it's more special when a player that hasn't already done things on the main tour, starts having success
Exactly. That's a more succint version of the point I was making (badly) on the WTA thread. It's apples and oranges really. |
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STANDINGS:
1) Edy 7.5 pts (Alcaraz 7.5 pts: 1 for winning title, 1 for making top 20, 1 for making top 10, 1 for making top 5, 1 for making no 1, 1.5 for making Slam final, 1 for winning a Slam) 2) arrong 5 pts (Holger Rune 3 pts: 1 pt for winning title, 1 for making top 20, 1 for making top 10, Lorenzo Musetti 2 pts: 1 pt for winning title, 1 for making top 20) 3) everybody else on 0 pts Lorenzo top 20 was a while ago, I had missed it. |
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STANDINGS:
1) Edy 7.5 pts (Alcaraz 7.5 pts: 1 for winning title, 1 for making top 20, 1 for making top 10, 1 for making top 5, 1 for making no 1, 1.5 for making Slam final, 1 for winning a Slam) 2) arrong 5 pts (Holger Rune 3 pts: 1 pt for winning title, 1 for making top 20, 1 for making top 10, Lorenzo Musetti 2 pts: 1 pt for winning title, 1 for making top 20) 3) Journeyman 1 pt (Arthur Fils 1 pt for winning title) 4) everybody else on 0 pts |
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go Fils!
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pick 1 2023: Alex Michelsen
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why you pick local waiter?
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despite not winning a match since Wimbledon, Holger Rune reaches a CH ranking of no 5.
STANDINGS: 1) Edy 7.5 pts (Alcaraz 7.5 pts: 1 for winning title, 1 for making top 20, 1 for making top 10, 1 for making top 5, 1 for making no 1, 1.5 for making Slam final, 1 for winning a Slam) 2) arrong 6 pts (Holger Rune 4 pts: 1 pt for winning title, 1 for making top 20, 1 for making top 10, 1 for making top 5, Lorenzo Musetti 2 pts: 1 pt for winning title, 1 for making top 20) 3) Journeyman 1 pt (Arthur Fils 1 pt for winning title) 4) everybody else on 0 pts |
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pick 2 2023: Jakub Mensik
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STANDINGS:
1) Edy 7.5 pts (Alcaraz 7.5 pts: 1 for winning title, 1 for making top 20, 1 for making top 10, 1 for making top 5, 1 for making no 1, 1.5 for making Slam final, 1 for winning a Slam) 2) arrong 6 pts (Holger Rune 4 pts: 1 pt for winning title, 1 for making top 20, 1 for making top 10, 1 for making top 5, Lorenzo Musetti 2 pts: 1 pt for winning title, 1 for making top 20) 3) Journeyman 1 pt (Arthur Fils 1 pt for winning title) 4) SamuelMertensBertens 1 pt (Ben Shelton 1 pt for making top 20) 5) everybody else on 0 pts |
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So people can get an overview on everybody's selections and how they are doing, I have posted the team the players belong to, how many points they have acquired and their current ranking. I might do the same with the WTA picks one day. I only came up with a witty name for Journeyman's team, but I am open to suggestions.
Team arrong Lorenzo Musetti 2 pts Current ranking 18 Holgar Rune 4 pts Current ranking 4 Team edy Carlos Alcaraz 7.5 pts Current ranking 2 Martin Damm Current ranking 365 Juncheng Shang Current ranking 160 Luca van Assche Current ranking 69 Martin Landaluce Current ranking 667 Luca Nardi Current ranking 135 Alex Michelsen Current ranking 110 Team nofx Zachary Svajda Current ranking 167 Team SamuelMertensBertens Shintaro Mochizuki Current ranking 195 Harold Mayot Current ranking 175 Maks Kasnikowski Current ranking 308 Dominic Stricker Current ranking 90 Flavio Cobolli Current ranking 122 Arthur Cazaux Current ranking 125 Hamad Medjedovic Current ranking 120 Ben Shelton 1 pt Current ranking 20 Jakub Mensik Current ranking 152 The Journeymen Jack Pinnington-Jones Current ranking 608 Dalibor Svrčina Current ranking 158 Jérôme Kym Current ranking 472 Arthur Fils 1 pt Current ranking 44 Kilian Feldbausch Current ranking 822 Gilles-Arnaud Bailly Current ranking 637 |
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The Journeymen
 The rankings of my guys look relatively poor but come on. Edy and I are working hard to pick players that are either juniors or hipsters. You picked Shelton and you've just picked a player that was in the third round of a slam when you picked him! It would be fairer to put * astersisks after the players who had been picked BEFORE they played on the main tour? I still believe in Kilian. He has had some horrid orthopedic issues but he is probaly 4-6 years away from when he will really deliver.None of which detracts from how cool Aaron's picks look. Just the two of them picked 4 years ago, Rune is one good coaching decision away from multiple slams and Musetti is probably the most exciting young player on the planet. |
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Arrong's picks not that impressive imo. He had first dibs on Alcaraz and went with other players. 2002-2003 a fairly strong generation, it's been slim pickings after that.
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Team arrong trousers
Team edy's steady-men Team nofx-ing chance Team caramba mamba |
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STANDINGS:
1) Edy's steady-men 7.5 pts (Alcaraz 7.5 pts: 1 for winning title, 1 for making top 20, 1 for making top 10, 1 for making top 5, 1 for making no 1, 1.5 for making Slam final, 1 for winning a Slam) 2) arrong trousers 6 pts (Holger Rune 4 pts: 1 pt for winning title, 1 for making top 20, 1 for making top 10, 1 for making top 5, Lorenzo Musetti 2 pts: 1 pt for winning title, 1 for making top 20) 3) Caramba mamba 2 pts (Ben Shelton 2 pts, one for making top 20, one for winning title) 4) They Journeyman 1 pt (Arthur Fils 1 pt for winning title) 5) Team Nofx-ing chance and everybody else on 0 pts |
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https://pbs.twimg.com/media/F9CFh3FWYAA31LW?format=jpg&name=small
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Better than your ascii art skills anyway  |
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Tbf you came very close to being the first contestant to have two of their own flags contest a final.
I wonder who will be the first to manage that, probably aarong's trousers. Edy needs a second 'steady-man' to go on a run, at the moment he's poking them with a stick saying do something. |
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my ascii art is fine, just not on this phorum
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slightly offtopic, but what a shame this guy didn't choose tennis.
https://twitter.com/DraftExpress/status/1718977782443565463 |
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pick 2 2023 - Dino Prizmic
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The third French Arthur (Gea)
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Will trade Prizmic for a package of Fils and the first round picks of the 2025, 2026 and 2027 draft.
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Withdrawing the offer. Not trading for someone who loses sets to Vesely in 2024.
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pick 1 2024: Joel Josef Schwärzler
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Jagger Leach
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