Good job, Andrew as always. Hope the Picks Game will be back during the US Open.

As far as myself, finishing 3rd overall is good especially when I started the men 3rd round with a 10-6 record.

Congratulations to all the winners in the Picks Game. Will be bakc for the US Open.

Once again...second place...is this some sort of conspiracy to keep Beckham from making her victory speech???? unfreakingbelievable!!! :)

Tied for first in the men's category! I knew I should have picked Roger for the final, but I couldn't turn my back on Rafa.

congratulations andrew for a job well done :)

i will definitely join in the USO version

oops my bad...forgot to say fantastic job as usual Andrew.

And if I come in second again at the USO...it would be quite clear to everybody that there is a conspiracy between you, the players, and the Tribe to keep Beckham from her preordained destiny to be the winner of the picks...

Can someone say roadtrip!!!! Bring on the USO!!!

Andrew this was great fun. Makes me ALMOST wish I picked Fed's matches - but really, its best I don't.

Hopefully you'll bring this back for the US Open. (If you do - I'm totally NOT placing my picks after GE's - I got HOSED in the mens quarters - every one was wrong! well, the 3 I picked anyhow.)

Thank you again for doing this. Safe trip home from Calgary!

Roadtrip starts next Monday in LA and the playing of the Lever 2000 commericals. Also, the USO brings us Tracy Austin.

i´ve got it!!!! i wooooonnnnnn!!!!

oh.

wait.

i´m not Tribe... i´m Bismarck.

duh.

OMG!!!!I'm the winner.I can't believe I won and this is the first time I played the pick game. I guess the $8 feder-bear as a gift was well spent..lol
Sorry Beckham...:)

Thanks to Andrew for doing such a wonderful job. Can't wait for the US Open...Yeah!!!!

I also want to congratulate everyone for playing the game...:)

Thanks again Andrew. I can't wait for the US Open picks game!

Congrats, Kiwibee and everyone else up at the top!

Thank you again, Andrew, for all the work!

Shoot - I didn't post any picks until near the end, but here at home I picked Tipsarevic over Gonzo, too. Props to kiwibee for that one, especially. If I manage to meet with Janko at Umag, I'll be sure to tell him he's got another believer on here!

Andrew, great job. Thanks. But I think you missed two of my picks. I picked all 61, but you counted my picks as 59 (I picked all 31 women's games but my count is 29). Here are all my picks compiled together:

Posted by lbk77 06/28/2007 @ 10:15 PM

R32 (Friday - Saturday)

Men

Federer 1 - Safin
Tursunov 1 - Haas
Blake - Ferrero 1
Tipsarevic - Gonzalez 1
Roddick 1 - Verdasco
Mathieu - Ljubicic 1
Gasquet 1 - RogerVasselin
Lopez - Tsonga 1
Davydenko - Monfils 1
Nalbandian - Baghdatis 1
Hewitt 1 - Canas
Kiefer - Djokovic 1
Berdych 1 - Lee
Bjorkman 1 - Arthurs
Youzhny 1 - Nieminen
Soderling - Nadal 1

Women

Henin 1 - Vesnina
Bondarenko - Schnyder 1
Hantuchova 1 - Srebotnik
Sequera - S Williams 1
Jankovic 1 - Safarova
Bartoli - Peer 1
Hingis 1 - Granville
Krajicek - Chakvetadze 1
Ivanovic 1 - Rezai
RuanoPascual - Petrova 1
Vaidisova 1 - Azarenka
Santangelo - Mauresmo 1
Kuznetsova 1 - Radwanska
Paszek 1 - Dementieva
Morigami - V Williams 1
Sugiyama - Sharapova 1

Posted by lbk77 07/01/2007 @ 7:39 PM

R16 (Monday)

Men

Roddick 1 - Mathieu
Gasquet 1 - Tsonga
Ferrero 1 - Tipsarevic

Women

Henin 1 - Schnyder
Hantuchova - S Williams 1
Jankovic 1 - Bartoli
Granville - Krajicek 1

Posted by lbk77 07/02/2007 @ 9:08 PM

R16 (Tuesday)

Men

Roddick 1 - Mathieu
Gasquet 1 - Tsonga
Ferrero 1 - Tipsarevic

Women

Vaidisova 1 - Mauresmo
Ivanovic 1 - Petrova
Jankovic 1 - Bartoli
Kuznetsova - Paszek 1
V Williams - Sharapova 1

Posted by lbk77 07/04/2007 @ 12:57 AM

Women - QF

Henin 1 - S Williams
Bartoli 1 - Krajicek

Posted by lbk77 07/05/2007 @ 1:55 AM

Men - R16

Hewitt 1 - Djokovic
Youzhny 1 - Nadal
Davydenko 1 - Baghdatis
Berdych 1 - Bjorkman

Men - QF

Federer 1 - Ferrero
Roddick 1 - Gasquet

Women - QF

Kuznetsova - V Williams 1
Ivanovic - Vaidisova 1

Posted by lbk77 07/06/2007 @ 1:32 AM

QFs and SFs (Friday)

Men - QF

Roddick 1 - Gasquet
Baghdatis - Djokovic 1
Berdych 1 - Nadal

Women - SF

Henin 1 - Bartoli
Ivanovic - V Williams 1

Posted by lbk77 07/07/2007 @ 1:11 AM

Semi Finals / Women's Final (Saturday)

Men

Federer 1 - Gasquet
Djokovic - Nadal 1

Women

Bartoli - V Williams 1

Posted by lbk77 07/08/2007 @ 12:07 AM

Men's Final (Sunday)

Men

Federer 1 - Nadal

Thanks!

Thanks tina. I don't know why I picked Tipsarevic. It must be his unusual fighting spirit...:)

Peter
We're all waiting for your take on the men's final! Soon?
VH

kiwibee: I watched Tipsarevic lose a hard-fought match to Ljubicic at IW 2006 in very cold conditions (for the desert) and with the distraction of Serb supporters who came out for him and tried to make it political (Milosevic had just died.) I was so intrugued by his performance under the circumstances, that I wondered where Pete Bodo was - which is how I found TW in the first place. So I have him to thank for that. And I knew that he wouldn't get flustered by the occasion when playing Gonzo.

A great dark horse pick!

Andrew -

Nothing short of Herculean on your part.

Many, many thanks for all your immense and tireless efforts.

lbk77: thanks for the post. Let me review (I'm travelling on business right now) and if/when I find a discrepancy I'll update.

Zzzzzzzzzzz

once again bodo's blog is a complete bore. who care about how the snotty federkad cliquie here did with their picks? lets get back to talking about tennis!

steve tignor is where its at!

tina:I hope Tipsarevic will have a more consistent showing in all his matches.Then he can be one of the new up and comers....:)

Hi everyone. Not sure where to put this, so I'm putting it in all recent threads. Enjoy!

WIMBY LOVE

Out of the gloom of the fortnight from Hell
Stepped Roger the Great and young Rafael,
On a glorious Sunday which showcased our sport,
And the moment enshrined on that green tennis court.

In attendance were some of the greats from the past,
In that coverless stadium, so bright and so vast.
There were blue skies with clouds, but gone was the squall,
And the magic of Wimbledon cast a spell on us all.

Roger’s goal was to equal Borg’s five in a row,
But before him stood Rafa, his most formidable foe,
The man who took Paris and stomped on his plan
For two years in a row to win The Grand Slam.

There were questions galore at the start of this thing,
Would the weather disrupt and what would the day bring?
Both players had pressure, but was Roger’s worse?
Would Borg in the stands be a blessing or curse?

Would Rafa’s hard play in the fortnight affect him?
Would this match be a dud or inspire perfection?
Would the coverless court be too harsh in the sun?
Would the tourney be saved? Would we even have fun?

All our questions were answered by two guys with great class,
Who left it all out there on the Wimbledon grass.
What a privilege it was to watch them compete
And take it to five sets … now wasn’t that sweet?

Roger was pounding those aces like missiles,
And Rafa’s ground strokes provoked many whistles.
Nadal had improved beyond anyone’s doubt,
And Roger stepped up with a champion’s clout.

That fine speech by Federer told what it cost,
And who can forget Rafa’s face when he lost?
The sights and the sounds for all those who cheered
Will resonate always in this place so revered.

This match was a classic one, make no mistake,
And tennis reborn in its earth shaking wake.
A ten percent boost in the ratings, they say.
What more could you ask from this wonderful day?

Fantastic poem, loved it.

amazing poem........keep it up highpockets...would like to see somemore of these at USO...

ok, heres my poem:

wimbledon is pretty neato
nice to see fed repeato
his serve was like a torpedo
and um, nads took the backseato

yay me

Poems are fun... but no more on this thread, please. Locker Room is the appropriate thread. Please keep this one open for your triumphs and disasters in the Picks Game.

Teutonic gloom is optional.