Sport Predicta! (French Open) *DEADLINE WEDNESDAY*

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It's Round 2 of May's Sport Predicta and for this round, we're having the French Open tennis!

Pick THREE men and THREE women from those taking part in the tournament.

They will score points as follows:

Winner: 60 points
Runner-up: 40 points
Semi-finals: 25 points
Quarter-finals: 15 points
Last 16: 10 points
Last 32: 5 points

Below are the men's and women's draws. Seeds are in bold. Unseeded players will score double points.

Men's draw:
(1) Roger Federer (Swi) v Dudi Sela (Isr)
Nicolas Almagro (Spa) v Philipp Kohlschreiber (Gwe)
Christophe Rochus (Bel) v Tomas Behrend (Ger)
Michael Llodra (Fra) v (25) Fernando Gonzalez (Chi)
(17) Dominik Hrbaty (Svk) v Janko Tipsarevic (Ser)
Sjeng Schalken (Ned) v Fernando Vicente (Spa)
Robin Vik (Cze) v Kevin Kim (USA)
Alberto Martin (Spa) v (14) Carlos Moya (Spa)
(10) David Nalbandian (Arg) v Marcos Baghdatis (Cyp)
Tomas Berdych (Cze) v Jeff Morrison (USA)
Oscar Hernandez (Spa) v Daniel Gimeno-Traver (Spa)
Marcos Daniel (Brz) v (18) Mario Ancic (Cro)
(31) Juan Ignacio Chela (Arg) v Rainer Schuettler (Ger)
Victor Hanescu (Rom) v Michal Tabara (Cze)
Luis Horna (Per) v Jerome Haehnel (Fra)
Juan Pablo Brzezicki (Arg) v (7) Tim Henman (GB)
(4) Rafael Nadal (Spa) v Lars Burgsmuller (Ger)
Mardy Fish (USA) v Xavier Malisse (Bel)
Peter Wessels (Ned) v Ricardo Mello (Bra)
Daniele Bracciali (Ita) v (30) Richard Gasquet (Fra)
(23) Sebastien Grosjean (Fra) v Juan Monaco (Arg)
Thierry Ascione (Fra) v Davide Sanguinetti (Ita)
Andrei Pavel (Rom) v Florent Serra (Fra)
Paradorn Srichaphan (Tha) v (16) Radek Stepanek (Cze)
(33) Robin Soderling (Swe) v Fernando Verdasco (Spa)
Hyung-Taik Lee (Kor) v Alex Calatrava (Spa)
Gilles Simon (Fra) v Olivier Patience (Fra)
Jiri Vanek (Cze) v (20) David Ferrer (Spa)
(26) Jiri Novak (Cze) v Bjorn Phau (Ger)
Felix Mantilla (Spa) v Thomas Zib (Cze)
Dmitry Tursunov (Rus) v Stefan Koubek (Aut)
Julien Benneteau (Fra) v (5) Gaston Gaudio (Arg)
(8) Guillermo Coria (Arg) v Kenneth Carlsen (Den)
Novak Djokovic (SeM) v Robbie Ginepri (USA)
Jurgen Melzer (Aut) v Wayne Arthurs (Aus)
Gilles Muller (Lux) v (29) Mikhail Youzhny (Rus)
(21) Tommy Haas (Ger) v Florian Mayer (Ger)
Vincent Spadea (USA) v Albert Costa (Spa)
Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (Spa) v Olivier Rochus (Bel)
Sasa Tuksar (Cro) v (12) Nikolay Davydenko (Rus)
(15) Tommy Robredo (Spa) v Peter Luczak (Aus)
Dick Norman (Bel) v Jean-Rene Lisnard (Fra)
Gustavo Kuerten (Bra) v David Sanchez (Spa)
Scott Draper (Aus) v (19) Thomas Johansson (Swe)
(32) Juan Carlos Ferrero (Spa) v Karol Beck (Svk)
Fabrice Santoro (Fra) v Jan Hernych (Cze)
Thomas Enqvist (Swe) v Lukas Dlouhy (Cze)
Raemon Sluiter (Ned) v (3) Marat Safin (Rus)
(6) Andre Agassi (USA) v Jarkko Nieminen (Fin)
Jonas Bjorkman (Swe) v Igor Andreev (Rus)
Arnaud Clement (Fra) v Alexander Popp (Ger)
Ivo Karlovic (Cro) v (28) Nicolas Kiefer (Ger)
(24) Feliciano Lopez (Spa) v Paul-Henri Mathieu (Fra)
Chris Guccione (Aus) v Santiago Ventura (Spa)
Albert Montanes (Spa) v Sargis Sargsian (Arm)
Gael Monfils (Fra) v (9) Guillermo Canas (Arg)
(13) Ivan Ljubicic (Cro) v Mariano Puerta (Arg)
Antony Dupuis (Fra) v Kristof Vliegen (Bel)
Tomas Tenconi (Ita) v James Blake (USA)
Stanislas Wawrinka (Swi) v (22) Nicolas Massu (Chi)
(27) Filippo Volandri (Ita) v Cyril Saulnier (Fra)
Greg Rusedski (GB) v Flavio Saretta (Brz)
Jose Acasuso (Arg) v Max Mirnyi (Blr)
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (Fra) v (2) Andy Roddick (USA)

Women's draw:
(1) Lindsay Davenport (USA) v Katerina Srebotnik (Slo)
Mailyne Andrieux (Fra) v Peng Shuai (Chn)
Tatiana Panova (Rus) v Clarisa Fernandez (Arg)
Virginie Razzano (Fra) v (25) Dinara Safina (Rus)
(20) Daniela Hantuchova (Svk) v Michaella Krajicek (Ned)
Denisa Chladkova (Cze) v Catalina Castano (Col)
Ludmila Cervanova (SVK) v Aiko Nakamura (JPN)
Meilen Tu (USA) v (14) Kim Clijsters (Bel)
(9) Vera Zvonareva (Rus) v Yvonne Meusberger (Aut)
Eva Birnerova (Cze) v Maria Kirilenko (Rus)
Jelena Kostanic (Cro) v Tamarine Tanasugarn (Tha)
Vera Douchevina (Rus) v (21) Mary Pierce (Fra)
(32) Flavia Pennetta (Ita) v Jill Craybas (USA)
Marta Domachowska (Pol) v Stephanie Cohen-Aloro (Fra)
Sandra Kloesel (Ger) v Mara Santangelo (Ita)
Yeon Jong Cho (Kor) v (8) Patty Schynder (Swi)
(4) Elena Dementieva (Rus) v Barbora Strycova (Cze)
Sanda Mamic (Cro) v Lisa Raymond (USA)
Akiko Morigami (Jpn) v Angela Haynes (USA)
Maria Elena Camerin (Ita) v (31) Karolina Sprem (Cro)
(18) Silvia Farina Elia (Ita) v Anne Kremer (Lux)
Shenay Perry (USA) v Arantxa Parra Santonja (Spa)
Sophie Ferguson (Aus) v Mariana Diaz-Oliva (Arg)
Yuliana Fedak (Ukr) v (16) Elena Likhovtseva (Rus)
(11) Venus Williams (USA) v Marta Marrero (Spa)
Fabiola Zuluaga (Col) v Libuse Prusova (Cze)
Alyona Bondarenko (Ukr) v Sesil Karatantcheva (Bul)
Julia Schruff (Ger) v (19) Shinobu Asagoe (Jpn)
(27) Amy Frazier (USA) v Meghann Shaughnessy (USA)
Emilie Loit (Fra) v Claudine Schaul (Lux)
Tatiana Perebiynis (Ukr) v Emmanuelle Gagliardi (Swi)
M Sanchez Lorenzo (Spa) v (5) Anastasia Myskina (Rus)
(7) Nadia Petrova (Rus) v Mashona Washington (USA)
Abigail Spears (USA) v Severine Beltrame (Fra)
Kveta Peschke (Cze) v Dally Randriantefy (Mad)
Shahar Peer (Isr) v (28) Marion Bartoli (Fra)
(17) Tatiana Golovin (Fra) v Lilia Osterloh (USA)
Antonella Serra Zanetti (Ita) v Marlene Weingartner (Ger)
Martina Sucha (Svk) v Tathiana Garbin (Ita)
Maria Vento-Kabchi (Ven) v (12) Elena Bovina (Rus)
(15) Jelena Jankovic (Ser) v A Smashnova-Pistolesi (Isr)
Roberta Vinci (Ita) v Anna-Lena Groenefeld (Ger)
Lucie Safarova (Cze) v Nicole Vaidisova (Cze)
Zheng Jie (Chn) v (22) Francesca Schiavone (Ita)
(29) Ana Ivanovic (Ser) v Stephanie Foretz (Fra)
Iveta Benesova (Cze) v Pauline Parmentier (Fra)
Alina Jidkova (Rus) v Alize Cornet (Fra)
Evie Dominikovic (Aus) v (3) Amelie Mauresmo (Fra)
(6) Svetlana Kuznetsova (Rus) v Mathilde Johansson (Fra)
Sofia Arvidsson (Swe) v Eleni Daniilidou (Gre)
Marissa Irvin (USA) v Nicole Pratt (Aus)
Sania Mirza (Ind) v (30) Gisela Dulko (Arg)
(24) Magdalena Maleeva (Bul) v Rika Fujiwara (Jpn)
Petra Mandula (Hun) v Anabel Medina Garrigues (Spa)
Virginia Ruano Pascual (Spa) v Anastasiya Yakimova (Bel)
Conchita Martinez (Spa) v (10) J Henin-Hardenne (Bel)
(13) Nathalie Dechy (Fra) v Michaela Pastikova (Cze)
Silvija Talaja (Cro) v Samantha Stosur (Aus)
Youlia Fedossova (FRA) v Kristina Brandi (Pue)
Nuria Llagostera Vives (Spa) v (23) Ai Sugiyama (Jpn)
(26) Paola Suarez (Arg) v Anna Chakvetadze (Rus)
Mervana Jugic-Salkic (Bos) v Klara Koukalova (Cze)
Camille Pin (Fra) v Aravane Rezai (Fra)
Evgenia Linetskaya (Rus) v (2) Maria Sharapova (Rus)

The deadline for predictions is 10am (UK time) on Wednesday.

[Robin]

I'll do this later!

[Admin]

Robin said:

I'll do this later!

Me too, as davenport lost the first set;)

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My picks:

MEN:
(4) Rafael Nadal
(8) Guillermo Coria
(1) Roger Federer

WOMEN:
(3) Amelie Mauresmo
(11) Venus Williams
(2) Maria Sharapova

[Pablo]

oooo, French Open...Always tough with the clay surface

Men: -
- Roger Federer
- Guillermo Canas
- Tim Henman (Take a chance because he did perform well last year)

Women: -
- Kim Clijsters
- Daniela Hantuchova (cos she is my fave player but don't think she'll get very far)
- J Henin-Hardenne

[Kristofferson67]

Men:

Rodger Federer
Marit Safin
Ivan Ljubicic

Women:

Justinne Henin
Svetlana Kuznetsova
Venus Williams

[Arcadia]

MEN
Henman
Safin
Coria

WOMEN
Henin
Mauresmo
Demetieva

[Robin]

Federer
Nalbandian
Coria

Mauresmo
Sharapova
Davenport

Sorry it's a bit late!

[Admin]

I thought we had til midday

Gaudio
Federer
Safin

Kuznetsova
Mauresmo
Sharapova

[Panda]

I'm going to check the start times of today's matches. If anyone has selected a player who was already playing, they won't score points for him/her.

[Panda]

Andy & Mel, I'm sorry, but you won't score points for Gaudio and Dementieva. Dementieva's match started at 10 this morning. Gaudio received a bye because his opponent withdrew injured.

[Robin]

misterhamster said:

Andy & Mel, I'm sorry, but you won't score points for Gaudio and Dementieva. Dementieva's match started at 10 this morning. Gaudio received a bye because his opponent withdrew injured.

Harsh! In fairness they probably didn't know they'd played! I say let them off!

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Robin said:

Harsh! In fairness they probably didn't know they'd played! I say let them off!

Well if everyone else is OK with it... Pablo? Krist?

[Admin]

I saw Gaudio had a bye, didn't know the other and to be honest I thought we had til midday not 10am, I shoulda checked, I had my lists, just didn't get round to posting em til later, sorry mrh

[Panda]

Congratulations to Tim Henman on a another gutsy display today!

[Pablo]

misterhamster said:

Well if everyone else is OK with it... Pablo? Krist?

I'm ok with it, let them off just this once!

Damn, next match for women is against Clijsters and Hantuchova! should have known!

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Henin-Hardenne has won the women's title, earning some good points for Pablo, Arcadia and kristofferson.

The men's final is between Rafael Nadal (only I have him) and Mariano Puerta (no-one has him).

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Scores for this round:

1. misterhamster 120
Nadal 60
Coria 10
Federer 25
Mauresmo 5
Williams 5
Sharapova 15

2. Pablo 115
Federer 25
Canas 15
Henman 0
Clijsters 10
Hantuchova 5
Henin-Hardenne 60

3. kristofferson 110
Federer 25
Safin 10
Ljubicic 0
Henin-Hardenne 60
Kuznetsova 10
Williams 5

4. Arcadia 95
Henman 0
Safin 10
Coria 10
Henin-Hardenne 60
Mauresmo 5
Dementieva 10

5. Robin 80
Federer 25
Nalbandian 10
Coria 10
Mauresmo 5
Sharapova 15
Davenport 15

6. andy 75
Gaudio 10
Federer 25
Safin 10
Kuznetsova 10
Mauresmo 5
Sharapova 15

Final standings for May will be up soon...

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Final standings for May:

1. misterhamster 375
2. Robin 350
3. andy 320
4. Arcadia 215
5. Mark 210
6. kristofferson 120
7. PaulM 110
8. ManicKangaroo 80

So May's winner is...me! Well done, me!!

The first round for June will be posted soon...

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ROLL OF HONOUR:

April: misterhamster/Zodiac
May: misterhamster

;D