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Blimey, it is already time for strawberries with cream already. How time flies. I hope everyone had a good grass season so far.

HOW TO PLAY:

Rule changes compared to Roland Garros - None (Veterans need not necessarily read the below):

Basic rules:

For each day of play, pick one player that you think will win their match. If your player wins, you advance to the next day and get to pick again. If your player loses, you are out. Each player can only be chosen once over the course of the tournament. The picks continue every day until only one person is left, everyone has been eliminated, or the tournament has finished. Each pick has to be submitted before the relevant match starts and once you've submitted the pick, you are stuck with it unless the match did not happen due to a prematch withdrawal. In that case you get to submit a new pick. That's the basic rules already.

Tiebreaker:

If multiple people go out on the same day and no-one remains, these last people to go out submit their best educated judgements regarding the outcome of the final match of the tournament - winner of the final, amount of sets lost by the winner, amount of games lost by the winner, points won by the winner. Judged also in that order. If both are the same in winner, then we go to sets. If both also had the same number of sets, then we go to games. If that's also still the same or the same difference to the actual number, then points won. That should hopefully always lead to a conclusion.

To enable that, those tiebreaker judgements will be sent to me per private message (or maybe X in some cases) instead of being publically announced in the thread. If the tiebreaker involves me, we'd have to find someone else who accepts the private messages, but I'm positive that will not be a problem.

Onto the cases:

Case: A pick I made became invalid because the match didn't happen due to a withdrawal. I have a life and don't sit on the computer all day to monitor such things, so wasn't able to submit a replacement pick. Am I screwed?
Decision: No, there is a backup solution. The last to start eligible favourite (I will use average odds on tennisexplorer.com) of the day is automatically entered for you. Eligible means player that had not been picked yet on a previous day.

Case: There was a retirement. Does the pick still count?
Decision: Yes, picks count the moment 1 ball has been played in the match.

Case: I looked at the wrong schedule and picked a player that doesn't even play. What now?
Decision: Please submit a new pick.

Case: A lot of matches were rescheduled for the next day due to rain. Can I pick from those on the new day?
Decision: No, rescheduled matches are not eligible to be picked from. If this situation arises, I will try to post a list of ineligible matches.

Case: I have the same amount of winning picks as someone else, but I ran out of picks whereas the other person was able to make another pick (which then lost). What happens?
Decision: The other person finishes ahead of you. Think of it this way. The moment you ran out of picks to make, you navigated your bicycle into a big mountain of dung. You are unharmed, but you cannot continue your ride on the bike. The other person only rode their bike into the pile of dung the moment their pick lost, which is a long time after you did it. Therefore the other person made it further and gets to finish ahead of you.

Case: I have a great suggestion for the comp. Am I allowed to tell you and others?
Decision: Sure, suggestions are always welcome!

At the end, glory, lots of forum cred, and an entry into the competition's Hall of Fame awaits the ultimate winner. The Hall of Fame can be found at:

https://community.betfair.com/tennis/go/thread/view/94186/30945693/suicide-pool-winners-throughout-the-years

I hope that covers everything. If there are any additional questions, feel free to ask.

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By:
Anubis8
When: 30 Jun 24 21:47
Madison Keys
By:
edy
When: 30 Jun 24 22:03
The current title holders are Anubis8 for the men and GRANTCKING for the women.
By:
edy
When: 30 Jun 24 23:14
GRANTCKING Day 1: Navarro
By:
mesmerised
When: 01 Jul 24 07:09
Kasatkina
By:
Blencathra
When: 01 Jul 24 08:30
Struff
By:
Blencathra
When: 01 Jul 24 08:31
Oops

Sakkari
By:
n88uk
When: 01 Jul 24 09:57
Linda Noskova
By:
edy
When: 01 Jul 24 09:58
Aaron - Navarro
By:
SamuelMertensBertens
When: 01 Jul 24 10:45
Raducanu
By:
edy
When: 01 Jul 24 10:51
I take Pavlyuchenkova
By:
snowynoon
When: 01 Jul 24 11:29
Cirstea
By:
stocks
When: 01 Jul 24 11:59
Paula bardosa
By:
Anubis8
When: 01 Jul 24 22:22
Marie Bouzkova
By:
edy
When: 01 Jul 24 22:59
After Day 1:

Anubis8 - Keys
Blencathra - Sakkari
edy - Pavlyuchenkova
GRANTCKING - Navarro
mesmerised - Kasatkina
n88uk - Noskova
SamuelMertensBertens - Raducanu
stocks - Badosa

Freshly Out:
snowynoon (Kartal def. Cirstea)
By:
edy
When: 01 Jul 24 23:00
Sorry, that list is incomplete. Here is the corrected version:

After Day 1:

Anubis8 - Keys
aaronh - Navarro
Blencathra - Sakkari
edy - Pavlyuchenkova
GRANTCKING - Navarro
mesmerised - Kasatkina
n88uk - Noskova
SamuelMertensBertens - Raducanu
stocks - Badosa

Freshly Out:
snowynoon (Kartal def. Cirstea)
By:
stocks
When: 01 Jul 24 23:49
Tues selection Layla Fernandez
By:
n88uk
When: 02 Jul 24 00:41
Anna Kalinskaya
By:
mesmerised
When: 02 Jul 24 01:09
Volynets
By:
SamuelMertensBertens
When: 02 Jul 24 04:25
Bouzkova
By:
Blencathra
When: 02 Jul 24 09:01
Samsonova
By:
edy
When: 02 Jul 24 10:14
aaron: Bouzkova
Grant: Boulter
By:
edy
When: 02 Jul 24 10:29
Fernandez
By:
edy
When: 02 Jul 24 21:07
A number of matches that were originally scheduled for day 2 had to be cancelled due to the rain delaying their start. Those are not eligible to be picked from day 3. The relevant matches are:

Linette - Svitolina
Golubic - Niemeier
Carle - Volynets
Krejcikova - V. Kudermetova
Frech - Haddad Maia
Osorio - Davis

Please do not pick any of these names for day 3. All other matches on the order of play for wednesday are eligible to be picked from. Thank you!
By:
edy
When: 02 Jul 24 22:09
Through to day 3:

Anubis8 - Keys, Bouzkova
aaronh - Navarro, Bouzkova
Blencathra - Sakkari, Samsonova
edy - Pavlyuchenkova, Fernandez
GRANTCKING - Navarro, Boulter
n88uk - Noskova, Kalinskaya
SamuelMertensBertens - Raducanu, Bouzkova
stocks - Badosa, Fernandez

To Be Decided:

mesmerised - Kasatkina, Volynets (postponed to day 3)

Freshly Out:
-
By:
mesmerised
When: 02 Jul 24 23:10
Vekic day 3
By:
Blencathra
When: 02 Jul 24 23:25
Paula Badosa
By:
Anubis8
When: 03 Jul 24 00:20
Donna Vekic
By:
n88uk
When: 03 Jul 24 00:37
Donna Vekic
By:
stocks
When: 03 Jul 24 08:39
Wed selection C Burel
By:
SamuelMertensBertens
When: 03 Jul 24 09:24
Kostyuk
By:
edy
When: 03 Jul 24 10:11
Aaron: Vekic
Grant: Kasatkina
By:
edy
When: 03 Jul 24 10:55
Badosa
By:
mesmerised
When: 03 Jul 24 14:07
Where's Journeyman and wisewords in this comp ?
By:
Blencathra
When: 03 Jul 24 22:01
I'm sure Badosa was supposed to be today ?

Oh well good luck peeps
By:
SamuelMertensBertens
When: 03 Jul 24 22:04
Day 4: Iga!
By:
edy
When: 03 Jul 24 23:34
Blencathra • July 3, 2024 10:01 PM BST
I'm sure Badosa was supposed to be today ?

Oh well good luck peeps


She was and you are still in. Her match was postponed from today to tomorrow.
By:
edy
When: 03 Jul 24 23:34
Through to day 4:

Anubis8 - Keys, Bouzkova, Vekic
aaronh - Navarro, Bouzkova, Vekic
mesmerised - Kasatkina, Volynets, Vekic
n88uk - Noskova, Kalinskaya, Vekic

To Be Decided - Please still make a pick for day 4 if you wish to continue

Blencathra - Sakkari, Samsonova, (Badosa delayed to day 4)
edy - Pavlyuchenkova, Fernandez, (Badosa delayed to day 4)
GRANTCKING - Navarro, Boulter, (Kasatkina delayed to day 4)
SamuelMertensBertens - Raducanu, Bouzkova, (Kostyuk delayed to day 4)

Freshly Out:

stocks - Kartal def. Burel

Sorry to see you go out, stocks. As SamuelMertensBertens said it's always nice to see new participants. I hope you will choose to play again here and then. We try to hold this at all four grand slam tournaments.
By:
edy
When: 03 Jul 24 23:36
The following matches were postponed from day 3 to day 4 and are not eligible to be picked from on day 4:

Kasatkina - Miyazaki
Badosa - Fruhvirtova
Kostyuk - Saville
Yafan Wang - Keys
By:
Anubis8
When: 03 Jul 24 23:56
Katie Boulter
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