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Oh hey there y'all!
I am glad to interest you in a new edition of the long-running tennis subforum tradition.
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, an entry into the competition's hall of fame awaits the ultimate winner. If your player loses, you are out and eternal shame shall fall upon you. Each player can only be chosen once, so maybe don't pick your favoured finalists on the first two days. All picks count if one ball has been played. If your chosen player withdraws before the match, please try to submit a new pick. I understand however that not everybody can monitor this all day long, so if no replacement pick is submitted, the favourite in the match that starts last will be entered automatically.
If matches are rescheduled due to rain, you are not allowed to pick from them for 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 only one person is left, everyone has been eliminated, 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 relevant match starts.
If multiple people reach the same day, they will share the same spot in the final standings.
Rule changes compared to the 2022 Wimbledon edition: None!
I hope that covers everything. If there are any additional questions, feel free to ask.
I am glad to interest you in a new edition of the long-running tennis subforum tradition.
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, an entry into the competition's hall of fame awaits the ultimate winner. If your player loses, you are out and eternal shame shall fall upon you. Each player can only be chosen once, so maybe don't pick your favoured finalists on the first two days. All picks count if one ball has been played. If your chosen player withdraws before the match, please try to submit a new pick. I understand however that not everybody can monitor this all day long, so if no replacement pick is submitted, the favourite in the match that starts last will be entered automatically.
If matches are rescheduled due to rain, you are not allowed to pick from them for 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 only one person is left, everyone has been eliminated, 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 relevant match starts.
If multiple people reach the same day, they will share the same spot in the final standings.
Rule changes compared to the 2022 Wimbledon edition: None!
I hope that covers everything. If there are any additional questions, feel free to ask.
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Rule changes compared to the 2022 Wimbledon edition: None!
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Let's go out with a bang
 Serena Williams |
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I'm feeling Riske
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I'm picking E.Mandlik
I hope she can Handlit |
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riske
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Ludmilla Samsonova
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GRANTCKING: Samsonova
aaronh: Riske |
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banned posters shouldn't be allowed to play imo. Only those deemed good enough to be respectable members of the Tennis forum fraternity by Betfair should be permitted.
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would be a cheap Slam for whoever wins if they weren't allowed to enter due to political reasons.
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will arrong & grant be allowed to vote?
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Shelby Rogers
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Samsonova
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a cheapened slam without grant
Rybakina for Tuesday |
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Marta Kostyuk
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Day 1 summary:
aaronh - Riske anubis7 - Samsonova edy - Riske GRANTCKING - Samsonova Journeyman - Mandlik mesmerised - Riske n88uk - Serena Platini - Samsonova SamuelMertensBertens - Riske wisewords - Rogers |
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aaronh day 2: Alexandrova
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Elena Rybakina
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I take van Uytvanck
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Make a referendum.
Upon reflection, I'm siding with Mes on this one and voting no. Two valid reasons 1 I've seen no evidence that both are real people, if they are figments of Edy's imagination then he is getting three shota at winning every competition. 2 Grant is a Nadal fan. |
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What use are these additional shots at winning every competition for me if others get the fame for it?
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Petra Kvitova
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Aaron isn't banned btw.
He simply closed his account while in exceptional standing with betfair. |
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GRANTCKING day 2: Kostyuk
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Well okay fair enough I accept your word that they are real people.
Still, in theory they could conspire to influence things? Even without you knowing. The thing is I never knew them when they were on here (but in fairness thats more to do with me being a part timer at the best of times.) Maybe I'm being out of line in my thinking. Tbf you said have a referendum lol |
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Journeyman • August 30, 2022 4:04 PM BST
Well okay fair enough I accept your word that they are real people. Still, in theory they could conspire to influence things? Even without you knowing. The thing is I never knew them when they were on here (but in fairness thats more to do with me being a part timer at the best of times.) Maybe I'm being out of line in my thinking. Tbf you said have a referendum lol Journeyman • August 30, 2022 3:22 PM BST Make a referendum. Upon reflection, I'm siding with Mes on this one and voting no. Two valid reasons 1 I've seen no evidence that both are real people, if they are figments of Edy's imagination then he is getting three shota at winning every competition. 2 Grant is a Nadal fan. Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm  Grant would never conspire against anyone. He is a big nice teddy bear. Aaron would, but conspiring all by himself sounds boring. That they are both real people is not something you solely have to rely on my word on. They are both on twitter, which is where I get their picks from and you can go talk to them if you wish. Alternatively, SamuelMertensBertens knows them from both here and on twitter, so he could confirm it for everyone, as could n88uk who is even present in the chat where the picks are made. With that out of the way as additional information that will hopefully erase some doubts about the legitimacy, we can still have a referendum during the next few days if you wish. Though, as I said, the original proposition by mesmerised about banned forumites wouldn't even concern Aaron. So we'd have to decide on whether to adapt the question first. |
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Day 2 summary:
edy - Riske, van Uytvanck GRANTCKING - Samsonova, Kostyuk Journeyman - Mandlik, Azarenka n88uk - Serena, Kostyuk wisewords - Rogers, Kvitova To be decided - please still make your pick for day 3 if you want to continue in the comp aaronh - Riske, Alexandrova Platini - Samsonova, Alexandrova SamuelMertensBertens - Riske, Alexandrova newly out: anubis7 - Samsonova, Rybakina mesmerised - Riske, Rybakina |
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Ajla Tomljanovic
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Ajla (and also Matteo) Ahhh
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why did aaron close his account ? I assumed he was banned along with grant
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Veronika Kudermetova
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I never asked him. I guess he eventually didn't feel like betting (on this site) and winning every argument on the politics subforum should be a continued fixture in his life. One telltale sign of whether someone isn't on the forum anymore because they've been banned or whether they simply chose not to come anymore, something happened to them, they closed their betting acounts etc. is to look for their forum profile.
If you can find it with the forum search and also access it, like so https://community.betfair.com/aaronh then they were not banned. They just don't hang around anymore for one reason or another. If their forum profile is inaccessible however, they currently serve a ban. This is true for both permanent and temporary bans. Like so: https://community.betfair.com/grantcking |
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Aaron and Grant both take Ajla
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I take Rogers
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