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Yeeee-haaaah! Welcome to the final major of the season to complete our competition year. Will one of TheCarambaExperience and wiseword be able to create separation from the other to claim lone most titles of the season? Will Journeyman or snowynoon add to their Wimbledon glory and tie the others on the year or even overtake them? Is it finally my time to be serious and win one of these? Stay tuned for the thrilling final!
Basic rules are very simple (no changes compared to the previous edition, so veterans need not read)
1. For each day of play, pick one player that you think will win their match.
2. If your player wins, you advance to the next day and get to pick again. If your player loses, you are out.
3. Each player can only be chosen once over the course of the tournament.
4. The picks continue every day until only one person is left, everyone has been eliminated, or the tournament has finished. If there is no single contestant that made it the furthest, a tiebreaker will commence (click spoiler a bit below this for details)
5. 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.
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
Tiebreaker rules and sort of FAQ for additional rules/way things are handled:
Spoiler: Show
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!
Case: The Great Leader edy lost before the final day of the tournament. That makes me very sad.
Decision: If it looks like someone else than edy is going to win, edy gets put back into the competition (pending approval from a majority of other contestants) until he has beaten everyone.
Sunday start, so that's when the first pick is due.
Basic rules are very simple (no changes compared to the previous edition, so veterans need not read)
1. For each day of play, pick one player that you think will win their match.
2. If your player wins, you advance to the next day and get to pick again. If your player loses, you are out.
3. Each player can only be chosen once over the course of the tournament.
4. The picks continue every day until only one person is left, everyone has been eliminated, or the tournament has finished. If there is no single contestant that made it the furthest, a tiebreaker will commence (click spoiler a bit below this for details)
5. 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.
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
Tiebreaker rules and sort of FAQ for additional rules/way things are handled:
Spoiler: Show
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!
Case: The Great Leader edy lost before the final day of the tournament. That makes me very sad.
Decision: If it looks like someone else than edy is going to win, edy gets put back into the competition (pending approval from a majority of other contestants) until he has beaten everyone.
Sunday start, so that's when the first pick is due.
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Marozsan
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Alejandro Davidovich Fokina
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GRANTCKING takes Machac
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I take Davidovich Fokina.
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aaronh takes Mensik
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Marozsan
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Advancing to Day 2:
aaronh - Mensik Anubis8 - Lehecka edy - Davidovich Fokina GRANTCKING - Machac Journeyman - Davidovich Fokina n88uk - Davidovich Fokina snowynoon - Shelton TheCarambaExperience - Nakashima wisewords - Lehecka Freshly Out: Blanchet def. SabineIsGOAT, stocks 6-4, 3-6, 7-6(7), 6-2 |
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Kamil Majchrzak
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I take....Majchrzak.
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day 3 Popyrin
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Advancing to day 3:
aaronh - Mensik, Majchrzak Anubis8 - Lehecka, Cobolli edy - Davidovich Fokina, Majchrzak GRANTCKING - Machac, Majchrzak Journeyman - Davidovich Fokina, Cobolli n88uk - Davidovich Fokina, Majchrzak snowynoon - Shelton, Diallo TheCarambaExperience - Nakashima, Majchrzak wisewords - Lehecka, Majchrzak |
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Grant takes Popyrin
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I also take Popyrin.
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That was a struggle for all of us on day 2 to get through.
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Auger Alassime.
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Alexei Popyrin
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Aaron takes Popyrin.
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What can possibly go wrong
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Advancing to day 4:
aaronh - Mensik, Majchrzak, Popyrin Anubis8 - Lehecka, Cobolli, Auger Aliassime edy - Davidovich Fokina, Majchrzak, Popyrin GRANTCKING - Machac, Majchrzak, Popyrin Journeyman - Davidovich Fokina, Cobolli, Popyrin n88uk - Davidovich Fokina, Majchrzak, Popyrin snowynoon - Shelton, Diallo, Auger Aliassime TheCarambaExperience - Nakashima, Majchrzak, Popyrin wisewords - Lehecka, Majchrzak, Popyrin |
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Grant takes Rublev
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Though Rublev doesn't even play on day 4.
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I'll have to use my best diplomatic skills to convince him he needs to make a replacement pick.
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I take Nakashima.
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edy • August 27, 2025 5:46 AM BST
Grant takes Rublev edy • August 27, 2025 5:46 AM BST Though Rublev doesn't even play on day 4 He's too busy trying to cheer up Daniil with amusing tiktoks |