Blimey, Wimbledon is here already! Time for another edition of everyone's favourite competition.
I hope most of you will know the rules already, but here they are just to make sure. There have been no rule changes compared to this year's RG edition.
Pick a player each day. If your player wins, you advance to the next day and get to pick again. At the end, glory, lots of forum cred and an entry into the competition's hall of fame (if anyone can be arsed with updating it) awaits the ultimate winner. If your player loses, you are out and eternal shame shall fall upon on. Each player can only be chosen once, so maybe don't pick your favoured finalists on the first two days. If the first set was completed and your player retires, it counts as a loss. If your pick withdraws or retires before the first set is completed, you can pick from another match that hasn't been started yet. So retirement rules are basically the same as on the Betfair Exchange.
If matches are rescheduled due to rain, you are not allowed to pick it on the new day (e.g if Lorenzi-Nakashima is originally scheduled for day 1, but it rains and doesn't start on day 1, starts on day 2 instead...you are not allowed to pick it for day 2. You are however of course allowed to use it as your day 1 pick). If it comes to such a scenario, I will try to point out which matches you are not allowed to pick on the day.
The picks continue every day until either only one person is left, or the tournament has finished.
Picks don't have to be made before all play starts for the day, but it naturally should be made before the match that your pick
Final ranking is determined by day reached (1st, most important criteria) and then average odds of winnings picks (odds taken from tennisexploter.com) to break any eventual ties if multiple people reached the same day.
I hope that covers everything. If there are any additional questions, feel free to ask.
Even if your the match of your pick from day one has not completed, or not even started, please go ahead and make your day 2 pick. Just make sure to not pick from any of the matches listed below (order of play from day 1).
If someone missed day 1, this is your golden chance to pick a day 1 match from any of the matches below that have not started yet.
CENTRE COURT - 1:30PM 1. Novak Djokovic v Jack Draper 2. Sloane Stephens v Petra Kvitova 3. Andy Murray v Nikoloz Basilashvili NO.1 COURT - 1:00PM 1. Monica Niculescu v Aryna Sabalenka 2. Stefanos Tsitsipas v Frances Tiafoe 3. Iga Swiatek v Su-Wei Hsieh NO.2 COURT - 11:00AM 1. 2. 3. 4. Fiona Ferro v Garbine Muguruza Federico Delbonis v Andrey Rublev Daniel Evans v Feliciano Lopez Mihaela Buzarnescu v Venus Williams NO.3 COURT - 11:00AM 1. 2. 3. 4. Katie Swan v Madison Keys Xinyu Wang v Sofia Kenin Marco Cecchinato v Liam Broady Denis Shapovalov v Philipp Kohlschreiber COURT 12 - 11:00AM 1. 2. 3. 4. John Millman v Roberto Bautista Agut Christopher O'Connell v Gael Monfils Karolina Pliskova v Tamara Zidansek Maria Sakkari v Arantxa Rus COURT 18 - 11:00AM 1. 2. 3. 4. Marton Fucsovics v Jannik Sinner Kristie Ahn v Heather Watson Fabio Fognini v Albert Ramos-Vinolas Elise Mertens v Harriet Dart COURT 4 - 11:00AM 1. 2. 3. 4. Marcelo Tomas Barrios Vera v Kevin Anderson Varvara Gracheva v Petra Martic Jessica Pegula v Caroline Garcia Pierre-Hugues Herbert v Pablo Andujar COURT 5 - 11:00AM 1. Jodie Burrage v Lauren Davis 2. Mackenzie McDonald v Karen Khachanov 3. Dusan Lajovic v Gilles Simon COURT 6 - 11:00AM 1. Polona Hercog v Danielle Collins 2. Roberto Carballes Baena v Vasek Pospisil 3. Soonwoo Kwon v Daniel Masur COURT 7 - 11:00AM 1. Denis Kudla v Alejandro Davidovich Fokina 2. Marie Bouzkova v Vera Zvonareva 3. Ann Li v Nadia Podoroska Not Before: 5:00pm 4. Ons Jabeur v Rebecca Peterson COURT 8 - 11:00AM 1. Ekaterina Alexandrova v Laura Siegemund 2. Oscar Otte v Arthur Rinderknech 3. Pablo Cuevas v Laslo Djere COURT 9 - 11:00AM 1. Maria Camila Osorio Serrano v Anna Kalinskaya 2. Pedro Martinez v Stefano Travaglia 3. Donna Vekic v Anastasia Potapova COURT 10 - 11:00AM 1. Andreas Seppi v Joao Sousa 2. Lloyd Harris v Ricardas Berankis 3. Liudmila Samsonova v Kaia KanepiTHE CHAMPIONSHIPS, WIMBLEDON 2021 INTENDED ORDER OF PLAY FOR DAY 1 MONDAY 28 JUNE COURT 11 - 11:00AM 1. 2. 3. 4. Facundo Bagnis v Miomir Kecmanovic Irina-Camelia Begu v Katie Volynets Tereza Martincova v Alison Riske Zhizhen Zhang v Antoine Hoang COURT 14 - 11:00AM 1. Svetlana Kuznetsova v Lesley Pattinama Kerkhove 2. Reilly Opelka v Dominik Koepfer 3. Kristina Mladenovic v Elena Rybakina Not Before: 5:00pm 4. Sebastian Korda v Alex De Minaur COURT 15 - 11:00AM 1. 2. 3. 4. Veronika Kudermetova v Viktorija Golubic Misaki Doi v Claire Liu Marc Polmans v Yen-Hsun Lu Shelby Rogers v Samantha Stosur COURT 16 - 11:00AM 1. Jiri Vesely v Yannick Hanfmann 2. Madison Brengle v Christina McHale 3. Cristian Garin v Bernabe Zapata Miralles COURT 17 - 11:00AM 1. 2. 3. 4. Danielle Lao v Katie Boulter Egor Gerasimov v Jay Clarke Diego Schwartzman v Benoit Paire Lin Zhu v Mona Barthel
Even if your the match of your pick from day one has not completed, or not even started, please go ahead and make your day 2 pick. Just make sure to not pick from any of the matches listed below (order of play from day 1).If someone missed day 1, thi
Anastasia Sevastova to back up her Eastbourne wins today.
Draw available here to let you see the two halves for picking your selection todayhttps://www.wimbledon.com/en_GB/scores/draws/2021_LS_draw.pdfAnastasia Sevastova to back up her Eastbourne wins today.
Out SamuelMertensBertens - eliminated on day 2 by Bertens (final rank to be determined after the remainder of day two finishes - odds on day 1 = 1.12) Hank Hill - eliminated on day 2 by Bertens (final rank to be determined after the remainder of day two finishes - odds on day 1 = 1.36)
Even if your day 2 pick is still pending, feel free to submit a day 3 pick if you wish to continue competing. Just make sure to pick from the Second Round matches tomorrow.
Going for the resurgent Sloane Stevens to extract revenge on behalf of Heather Watson.
By the way, it's bad enough that edy has let us down with the weather. But it's unforgivable that he couldn't organize his boys sufficiently to triumph at Wembley last night
Going for the resurgent Sloane Stevens to extract revenge on behalf of Heather Watson.By the way, it's bad enough that edy has let us down with the weather. But it's unforgivable that he couldn't organize his boys sufficiently to triumph at Wembley l
Out 4th - Platini - eliminated on day 3 by Alexandrova 5th - Hank Hill - eliminated on day 2 by Bertens (odds of winning selection = 1.36) 6th - edy - eliminated on day 2 by Pera (odds of winning selection = 1.26) 7th - n88uk - eliminated on day 2 by Pera (odds of winning selection = 1.12) 7th - SamuelMertensBertens - eliminated on day 2 by Bertens (odds of winning selection = 1.12)
Day 3 has passed and we are already down to our final three contestants:Angoose - Davis (1.27), Sevastova (1.29), Stephens (1.15)anubis7 - Rogers (1.07), Kasatkina (1.08), Mertens (1.04)GRANTCKING - Davis (1.27), Cirstea (1.09), Stephens (1.15)Out4th
Out 4th - Platini - eliminated on day 3 by Alexandrova 5th - Hank Hill - eliminated on day 2 by Bertens (odds of winning selection = 1.36) 6th - edy - eliminated on day 2 by Pera (odds of winning selection = 1.26) 7th - n88uk - eliminated on day 2 by Pera (odds of winning selection = 1.12) 7th - SamuelMertensBertens - eliminated on day 2 by Bertens (odds of winning selection = 1.12)
Day 4 has come and gone with everyone advancing to day 5Angoose - Davis (1.27), Sevastova (1.29), Stephens (1.15), Pavlyuchenkova (1.26)anubis7 - Rogers (1.07), Kasatkina (1.08), Mertens (1.04), Kerber (1.26)GRANTCKING - Davis (1.27), Cirstea (1.09),
Getting serious now, so it's Aryna Sabalenka for me, her interview after the Boulter match was delightful and will ensure she becomes a Wimbledon crowd favourite
Getting serious now, so it's Aryna Sabalenka for me, her interview after the Boulter match was delightful and will ensure she becomes a Wimbledon crowd favourite
Out 4th - Platini - eliminated on day 3 by Alexandrova 5th - Hank Hill - eliminated on day 2 by Bertens (odds of winning selection = 1.36) 6th - edy - eliminated on day 2 by Pera (odds of winning selection = 1.26) 7th - n88uk - eliminated on day 2 by Pera (odds of winning selection = 1.12) 7th - SamuelMertensBertens - eliminated on day 2 by Bertens (odds of winning selection = 1.12)
All of our remaining competitors refuse to slip up as we enter the first weekend of Wimbledon 2021.Angoose - Davis (1.27), Sevastova (1.29), Stephens (1.15), Pavlyuchenkova (1.26), Sabalenka (1.09)anubis7 - Rogers (1.07), Kasatkina (1.08), Mertens (1
Out 4th - Platini - eliminated on day 3 by Alexandrova 5th - Hank Hill - eliminated on day 2 by Bertens (odds of winning selection = 1.36) 6th - edy - eliminated on day 2 by Pera (odds of winning selection = 1.26) 7th - n88uk - eliminated on day 2 by Pera (odds of winning selection = 1.12) 7th - SamuelMertensBertens - eliminated on day 2 by Bertens (odds of winning selection = 1.12)
Steady as they come as day 6 also passes without an out.Angoose - Davis (1.27), Sevastova (1.29), Stephens (1.15), Pavlyuchenkova (1.26), Sabalenka (1.09), Kerber (1.17)anubis7 - Rogers (1.07), Kasatkina (1.08), Mertens (1.04), Kerber (1.26), KaPlis
Out 3rd - anubis7 - eliminated on day 7 by Keys 4th - Platini - eliminated on day 3 by Alexandrova 5th - Hank Hill - eliminated on day 2 by Bertens (odds of winning selection = 1.36) 6th - edy - eliminated on day 2 by Pera (odds of winning selection = 1.26) 7th - n88uk - eliminated on day 2 by Pera (odds of winning selection = 1.12) 7th - SamuelMertensBertens - eliminated on day 2 by Bertens (odds of winning selection = 1.12)
Barty had a party, but Keys did not. We are down to our two finalists after day 7.Angoose - Davis (1.27), Sevastova (1.29), Stephens (1.15), Pavlyuchenkova (1.26), Sabalenka (1.09), Kerber (1.17), Barty (1.33)GRANTCKING - Davis (1.27), Cirstea (1.09)
A double blow for anubis7 who's 1.14 ATP selection bit the dust today, especially so when you consider that he would likely have been crowned champion here were it nor the rain on Saturday
Still, a podium finish is not to be sneezed at, well done anubis7
A double blow for anubis7 who's 1.14 ATP selection bit the dust today, especially so when you consider that he would likely have been crowned champion here were it nor the rain on Saturday Still, a podium finish is not to be sneezed at, well done anu
Angoose is officially out of people to pick from. Fret not though, as not all is lost. GRANTCKING needs to make one more winning pick to become champion. The competition will come down to Sabalenka winning or losing her semifinal clash against Towering Karolina. Can she handle the pressure of it all depending on her?
If the Czech wins, Angoose will even walk away with victory as he would clinch it on the tiebreaker of average odds of winning picks.
Tune in on Thursday for the conclusion of this year's women's edition of Wimbledon Suicide Tennis.
Towering Karolina delivered and gave victory to Angoose against all odds in the historic clash of Aberdonians. Much was at stake for both. Angoose was going for his first crown ever, while GRANTCKING was hoping to bring home the prestigeous Wimbledon double in his breakthrough tournament.
Congratulations Angoose and I hope everyone had fun! Hopefully see everyone again for the US Open.
Towering Karolina delivered and gave victory to Angoose against all odds in the historic clash of Aberdonians. Much was at stake for both. Angoose was going for his first crown ever, while GRANTCKING was hoping to bring home the prestigeous Wimbledon
Well, after many years of failure, it is pleasing to see that the famous Robert The Bruce inspirational line of "if at first you don't succeed try, try and try again" finally came good
It was quite a battle though, anubis7 was likely robbed of victory by the rain before there were accusations of an imposter at large, doubts being expressed in regard to who was behind the Grantcking selections.
That particular mystery was well and truly put to bed with the events of the final day leaving no doubt that it really was Grantcking behind the selections.
With his opponent requiring snookers, only a true world class bottler could have blown it, and true to form, that is what Grantcking managed to do
Having risen to the top, I will now have to rise to the challenge of staying there. Flushing Meadows awaits and I can hardly wait
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HP-5IM48-Sk
Well, after many years of failure, it is pleasing to see that the famous Robert The Bruce inspirational line of "if at first you don't succeed try, try and try again" finally came good It was quite a battle though, anubis7 was likely robbed of victor