!FranNa by Jackie Roe, TW Social Director
Hi everyone. Apologies for not posting a Deuce Club last week—and for putting this one up at such a late hour. (If you only knew how tumultuous the last two weeks have been . . . and it had nothing to do with the tennis, either.)
Let’s start with our Suicide Pool update, from TalkAboutTennis.com’s Mariya:
Both Suicide Pools have found their winners. On the men's side, csgnyc is the last one standing, though he didn’t beat the draw, having saved Djokovic for the final.
Many entrants, including those from TW who made it to Day 8, went out with the losses of David Ferrer and Albert Montañes (to Monfils and Fognini, respectively), and only two players remained in the overall pool by Day 9. Those last standing TWibesmen/women were:
dave g
evie
Jenn
Mr. X
The women's pool saw multiple winners—8 of them. However, their run ended on Day 12, as everyone ran out of picks, having used both of the surprise finalists in previous rounds. TW is represented among the nine winners by GVGirl. Here are her picks:
GVGirl: Hercog - Peng - Medina Garrigues - Rodionova - Vinci - Pavlyuchenkova - Kirilenko - Bartoli - Petkovic - Schiavone - Sharapova - Li
Awesome job, TWibers! Thanks for doing us proud. And Mariya, we appreciate all your work and can’t wait ‘til we get to do it all over again in a couple of weeks.
Last week was supposed to be our RG fashion post, but since I was MIA, let’s do it now. Put on your fashion arbiter hat and tell us what you think about the looks at this year’s RG. Here are some names to get you started:
Guys: Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic, Roger Federer, Juan Martin del Potro, Gael Monfils (purple people eater), John Isner
Gals: Caroline Wozniacki, Kim Clijsters (don’t even get me started), Maria Sharapova, Jelena Jankovic, Victoria Azarenka, Na Li, Bethanie Mattek-Sands (just for kicks)
Thumbs up or down?
If fashion isn’t your cup of tea, tell us your thoughts on the tournament as a whole. What was your favorite match? Biggest shocker? Most memorable moment? Spill in the comments.
Enjoy the finals this weekend—I know I will—and I’ll see you next week!