Wimbledon '07 Suicide Update 2

The highlight of today's update has to be the bloodbath that ensued in J-Block. With 37 eliminations (9 from TW), in one fell swoop, Blake dethroned Bondarenko (36) for the dubious distinction of most casualties in a single pick.

Juanqui went 20/20 on service points **in that second set. And what an amazing set point. And, I am not sure If I imagined this, but I could have sworn that Blake high-fived JCF when they crossed over. It's a terrific gesture, and kudos to James for doing that, but isn't that the kind of thing that gives him the "too nice" label?

I myself went with Gasquet (seemed the obvious choice after it was pointed out to me).  Mariya tells me that a Reeshard loss would have been more calamitous. 53 picks (10 from TW)! Given his reputation, it was probably a good thing the kid didnt know that so many had picked him no?

I was going to wait till the list go shorter before reproducing it here, but just this once, I would like to post the complete list mostly because of Pete's favourite Teddy Roosevelt quote.

Lastly, a hat-tip to awkw4rd nub for that wilanderific JWT pick.  It seems to fit all the requirements for a WM.

GENTLEMEN'S STANDINGS - DAY 5
awkw4rd nub - Ferrer - Bjorkman

• Safin - Nalbandian - Tsonga
  Beckham

• Safin - Mayer - Tursunov - Nalbandian - Gasquet

Beni - Safin - Mirnyi - Tursunov - DID NOT PICK
Beth

• del Potro - Vliegen - Safin - Nalbandian - Blake
  Bismarck

• del Potro - Grosjean

• Tursunov - Lee - Haas
  BorgMcEnroe - Nieminen (not a Day 1 match pick)

Christopher - Ljubicic - Mirnyi - Safin - Bjorkman - Blake

Deejay000 -

Ljubicic - Bjorkman - Tursunov - Nalbandian - Gasquet
e11even

• Verdasco - Mayer

• Haas - Nalbandian - Gasquet
  Elevennis Anytwo?

• Lopez - Mayer

• Verdasco - Nieminen - Tursunov
  Eric
  • del Potro - Grosjean

• Safin - Nalbandian - Blake
  FEBravo - Gasquet - Bjorkman - Haas

• Robredo

gerrynjapan - Querrey

glarange -

Verdasco - Mayer - Safin - Bjorkman - Blake
green1

• del Potro - Mirnyi
• Tursunov - Baghdatis - Lopez
  GSte

• Tipsarevic - Mirnyi

• Verdasco - Youzhny - Blake
  GVGirl - Lopez - Grosjean - Safin - Nalbandian - Gasquet

jb - Lopez - Mirnyi - Ljubicic - Bjorkman - Gasquet

Jenn

• Tursunov - Mirnyi - Haas - Bjorkman - Blake
  joy - Mathieu - Zabaleta

kastennis - Gasquet - Mirnyi - Haas - Nieminen - Ljubicic
Katie -

del Potro - DID NOT PICK
kknudsen - Pavel - Grosjean - Haas - Bjorkman - Ljubicic

lbk77 - Ferrer - Mirnyi - Tursunov - Nalbandian - Ljubicic

leemur - Ferrer - Canas - Safin - Nalbandian - Ljubicic

lilly potter - Tipsarevic - Mayer

• Haas - Nieminen - Gonzalez
  Luke - del Potro - Korolev

Madame - del Potro - Garcia Lopez
maintennis - Kohlschreiber

Mark - Ljubicic - Bjorkman - Safin - Soderling - DID NOT PICK
mireilledale

• Muller - Mirnyi - Tursunov - Bjorkman - Lopez
  nectar - Safin - Mirnyi

• Haas - Nalbandian - Gonzalez
  Nigel - Lopez - Arthurs - Safin
• Bjorkman
  • Tursunov
    njdesantis - Kohlschreiber

patrick - Safin - Bjorkman - Ljubicic - Nalbandian - Gasquet
phenylalanine

• del Potro - Grosjean - Tursunov - Bjorkman - DID NOT PICK
  prince49 - Tipsaveric - Mirnyi

• Haas - Nalbandian - Gonzalez
  ptenisnet

• Qureshi - Delic - Tipsarevic - Nieminen - Gasquet
  RedClaw

• del Potro - Mirnyi

• Ljubicic  - Bjorkman - Haas
  Renee0108 - Tursunov -Mirnyi - Chela

riley371 - del Potro - Mirnyi - Safin - Youzhny - Gasquet

Robert_E - Haas - Nalbandian - Safin - Bjorkman - Blake
Sahadev

• Muller - Grosjean - Tursunov - Youzhny - Blake

saiful - Verdasco - Nieminen

• Blake - Bjorkman - Gasquet

servesmasher -  Querrey
shrubflower - Vedasco - Mirnyi

• Safin - Monfils - Haas
  susi - Tipsarevic - Mirnyi

• Verdasco
• Youzhny - Haas
  Tari - Querrey

temes

• Safin - Mirnyi - Haas - Nalbandian - Gasquet
  Victor -

Safin - Grosjean - Verdasco - Nalbandian - Haas
Viktor

• Ferrer - Mirnyi
  • Ljubicic - Nalbandian - Blake
    waylandboy - Lapentti - Mirnyi

• Chela
  **

LADIES' STANDINGS - DAY 5**

awkw4rd nub - Hingis - Sugiyama - Krajicek - Santangelo - A. Bondarenko
Beckham

• Stosur - Schiavone - Krajicek - Santangelo - Hingis
  beni - Harkleroad

Beth

• Shaughnessy

Bismarck - Krajicek - Sugiyama - Bammer

BorgMcEnroe - Bartoli - Mattek - Bammer
Christopher - Krajicek - Safina - Bammer
e11even - Safarova - Morigami - Stosur
Elevennis Anytwo? - Groenefeld

Eric - Srebotnik - Sugiyama - Krajicek - Schiavone
FEBravo

• Hingis - Sugiyama
  • Hantuchova - Dementieva - Peer
    gerrynjapan - Srebotnik - Sugiyama

• Bartoli - Santangelo - Hantuchova
  Glarange - Shaughnessy

green1 - Peer - Sugiyama - Schnyder - Schiavone
GSte - Likhovtseva - Paszek - Krajicek - Safina

GVGirl - Hingis - Paszek - Bartoli - V. Williams - Hantuchova
jb - Krajicek - Schiavone - Bammer

Jenn - Krajicek - Sugiyama - Bammer
Joy - Krajicek - Kirilenko

Katie - Dushevina - DID NOT PICK
kastennis - Bammer - Sugiyama - Bartoli - Safina
kknudsen - Molik - Sugiyama - Stosur
lbk77 - Srebotnik - Sugiyama - Krajicek - Safina

leemur - Srebotnik - Schiavone - Safarova - Santangelo - Peer

lily potter - Stosur -Sugiyama

• Bartoli - Safina
  Luke - Daniilidou - Santangelo - Safarova - Dementieva -

Hantuchova
Madame -

Likhotseva - Bremond - Safarova - Santangelo - Hantuchova
maintennis

• Shaughnessy

Mark - A. Bondarenko - Sugiyama - Bartoli - Santangelo - DID NOT PICK
mireilledale -

Daniilidou - Mirza - Krajicek - Sugiyama - Hingis

nectar - Hingis - V. Williams - Hantuchova - Safina

Nigel

• Srebotnik - Schiavone - A. Bondarenko - Muller
  njdesantis - Shaughnessy

patrick - A. Bondarenko - Tu - Peer - Santangelo - Hantuchova
phenylalanine

• Krajicek - Sugiyama
  • Stosur
    prince49 - Molik - Shuai Peng

RedClaw - A. Bondarenko - Sugiyama - Stosur
renee0108 - Safarova - Golovin - Bammer

riley371 - Stosur - Sugiyama - Bartoli - Santangelo - Hingis
Sahadev

• Stosur - Sugiyama
  • Bartoli - Safina
    servesmasher - Stosur - DID NOT PICK

Shrubflower - Krajicek - Kirilenko
Tari

• Stosur - Safina - Safarova - Cornet

temes - Stosur - Sugiyama - Bartoli - Vaidisova - Hingis
Victor -

Dushevina - Sugiyama - Stosur
waylandboy - Granville - Perry

Pete was kind enough to give us a Locker Room post for the weekend. So you shouldn't need to go OT here. However, I'll totally not mind if you do.

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--ptenisnet