WTA Madrid Draw Challenge

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The WTA has indeed started a draw challenge, for those who are interested:

https://drawchallenge.wtatennis.com/dashboard

However, the small bummer about it is that there's no provision to play as a group…purely individual. Does anyone have any interest in playing the Tennis Frontier Challenge that we set up last time, and are playing on the ATP side? If so, I'll set it up.
 

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Alright, then. Here are the rules copied from the ATP one we're doing. You have until after the first round to make your picks.

TennisFrontier Mutua Madrid Draw Challenge

Regular Picks:

Pick 8 quarterfinalists (5 points each)
Pick 4 semifinalists from your 8 quarterfinalist picks (10 points each)
Pick 2 finalists from your 4 semifinalist picks (20 points each)
Pick 1 winner from your 2 finalist picks (40 points).

Your picks above should be COMPLETELY consistent. Also, you get points for each
correct pick (and not the maximum a player reaches). So, if you pick Nadal as
winner in MC and he wins Nadal alone will fetch you 5+10+20+40 = 75 points.

Dark Horse: You cannot name the defending champion or any one of the top 4 seeds
(not rankings) of the tournament as the dark horse. Your dark horse can
be one of your regular picks as well. But, one of your regular picks can be
a dark horse only if they meet the definition. You get points only if your
dark horse wins the whole event. In that case, you get 40 points. Otherwise
you get 0 points, even if your DH ends up being a finalist.

Wild Card: You cannot name the defending champion or previous year's finalist
or any one of the top 16 seeds (not rankings) of the tournament as
the wild card. You get 5 points if your WC reaches QF and not higher,
you get 10 points if your WC reaches SF and not higher, you get 20 points
if your WC is a finalist and not higherand you get 40 points if your WC
wins the event. Note that unlike the regular picks, the points that a WC
fetches you is based on the maximum level reached by him. Your WC
can be one of the regular picks. One of your regular picks can be a WC
as long as he meets the definition above. Finally, your WC can be the
same as DH as long as he meets both definitions.

The maximum amount of points that can be won by anyone is 240 (40 for QF picks,
40 for SF picks, 40 for finalist picks and 40 for the winner pick, 40 for DH pick and
40 for WC pick).
 

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I go first!


Quarters:
Serena vs. Petra
Ana vs. Sabine
Angie vs. Sara
Li vs. Masha

Semis:
Petra vs. Ana
Angie vs. Masha

Finals:
Ana vs. Masha

Winner:
Masha
 

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Kiu said:
I go first!


Quarters:
Serena vs. Petra
Ana vs. Sabine
Angie vs. Sara
Li vs. Masha

Semis:
Petra vs. Ana
Angie vs. Masha

Finals:
Ana vs. Masha

Winner:
Masha

Kiu....you haven't posted your WC or DH?
 

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I'm going with the picks I made in the WTA challenge, which are already a little wacky:

QFs: Serena v. Pennetta, Halep v. Ivanovic, Errani v. Bouchard, Sharapova v. Li

SFs: Serena v. Ivanovic, Errani v. Li

Fs: Serena v. Li

W: Serena

WC: Bouchard

DH: Ivanovic
 

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QFs S.Williams v Kvitova Halep v Ivanovic Kerber v Radwanska Sharapova v Li

SFs S.Williams v Halep Sharapova v Kuznetsova

Final S.Williams v Sharapova

Winner S.Williams

DH Sara Errani

WC Stosur....I took meds when I made this selection:)
 

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fashionista said:
QFs S.Williams v Kvitova Halep v Ivanovic Kerber v Radwanska Sharapova v Li

SFs S.Williams v Halep Sharapova v Kuznetsova

Final S.Williams v Sharapova

Winner S.Williams

DH Sara Errani

WC Stosur....I took meds when I made this selection:)

Your choices are less hallucinatory than mine…well, except for Stosur. ;)
 

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I am picking Garcia as my dark horse and Wild card!

Just kidding, I know I forfeit those categories.
 

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I am picking Garcia as my dark horse and Wild card!

Just kidding, I know I forfeit those categories.

Cheater too late:) I did ask you when you made your selections where was your DH and WC?
 

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fashionista said:
Kiu said:
I am picking Garcia as my dark horse and Wild card!

Just kidding, I know I forfeit those categories.

Cheater too late:) I did ask you when you made your selections where was your DH and WC?

Those are the hardest picks for me!
 

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Kiu said:
fashionista said:
Kiu said:
I am picking Garcia as my dark horse and Wild card!

Just kidding, I know I forfeit those categories.

Cheater too late:) I did ask you when you made your selections where was your DH and WC?

Those are the hardest picks for me!

Well at least Moxie and I had a go......it also gives you extra points.....;)
 

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Here are the results:

Kiu is our winner with a commanding 105 points!

Fashionista: 75
Moxie: 25 (wah wah wah….)

Thanks to those who played. I hope more will play for the Madrid one. :heart: