The "Race" is a year-long competition to see who is best at picking WTA tour event winners.
Like the tour, the "Race" continues right up to the WTA finals.
Come and join "Race the Game"
you don´t need to commit for this Game, just post your picks and you are in
http://img185.imageshack.us/img185/5348/2008howtoplaycn3.jpg
Pick two women for each event.
One pick MUST be 8th seed or unseeded
if you pick a seeded player, please post her seed # behind her Name
just post your picks here in this thread
you can change your picks til deadline as often you want, but please don´t "edit" your original post - please post new
you can also change your picks til "Late Entry Deadline" but then it will count as "Late Entry"
what if my picked player withdraw late?
withdrew is a part of the game
so don´t post any replacement picks before one of your picks withdraw
if your picked player withdraw after deadline it is bad luck for you.
so take this in consideration when you post your picks.
Points:
you get points if you picked the Winner or the Runner up at a Tournament
Grand Slams: maximum 100 points - but never reached so far
IndianWells+Miami: maximum (TBD)
Tier I: Winner 10 - Runner up 5
Tier II: Winner 8 - Runner up 4
Tier III: Winner 6 - Runner up 3
Tier IV: Winner 4 - Runner up 2
Tier V: Winner 2 - Runner up 1
"Late Entry" Rule:
each player can make a "Late Entry" 3 times per year.
"late entry - Deadline" is 24 hours after regular Deadline!!!
no "late entries" at Grand Slams
if your player lose or withdraw before deadline you can change
but please don´t edit your post, just post a replacement pick
if you change after deadline, but before late-entry deadline it will count as a late-entry
so think about first if you want to use a late-entry just to change 1 pick
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(1) Jelena Jankovic (SRB) vs. BYE
Nadia Petrova (RUS) vs. Flavia Penetta (ITA)
Katarina Srebtonik (SLO) vs. (WC) Timea Baczinsky (SUI)
(5) Agnieska Radwanska (POL) vs. Qualifier
(4) Vera Zvonareva (RUS) vs. BYE
Anabel Medina-Garrigues (ESP) vs. (WC) Na Li (CHN)
Amelie Mauresmo (FRA) vs. Victoria Azarenka (BLR)
(7) Anna Chakvetadze (RUS) vs. BYE
(8) Daniela Hantuchova (SVK) vs. Maria Kirilenko (RUS)
Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) vs. Francesca Schiavone (ITA)
Alona Bondarenko (UKR) vs. Alize Cornet (FRA)
(3) Venus Williams (USA) vs. BYE
(6) Patty Schynder (SUI) vs. Qualifier
Sybille Bammer (AUT) vs. Qualifier
Marion Bartoli (FRA) vs. Agnes Szavay (HUN)
(2) Ana Ivanovic (SRB) vs. BYE
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Deadline: Monday 13th October 11 pm CET
Late-Entry Deadline: Tuesday 14th October 11pm CET
(AO/RG/WB/US) = here will your GrandSlam points appear
(01/01/x) .007 ..07
..|.|..|....|....|.
..|.|..|....|....|____ your points earned last week
..|.|..|....|......
..|.|..|....|_________ your total points
..|.|..|...........
..|.|..|______________ Number of late entries already used
..|.|..............
..|.|_________________ Number of week you earned points
..|................
..|___________________ Number of week you entered
the player with the most points is #1
if two or more players have the ammount of points then the player with more entered weeks will be ranked higher, if the number of entered weeks is the same then the player with less used Late-Entries is ranked higher.
if both the same then the players are ranked the same.
i choosed this because this game is just fun when many players enter, and so i give a little credit to player who play each week over player who play just few weeks the year
Player of the week - Award
8-01 Goldcoast/Auckland ...................... kfh_9118
8-02 Sydney/Hobart ........................... Naldo
8-03 Melbourne ............................... Barbapapa
8-04 Paris/Pattaya ........................... raquel
8-05 Antwerp/Vina del Mar .................... Aleksz
8-06 Doha/Bogota ............................. Hashim.
8-07 Dubai/Memphis/Acapulco .................. Naldo
Player of the Month - Award
January ...................................... Barbapapa
February ..................................... go hingis
March ........................................ meelis13
April ........................................ Elisse
May .......................................... Freakan
June ......................................... raquel
July ......................................... Ceze + go hingis
August ....................................... santhuruu
September .................................... In The Zone
8-11 AmeliaIsland ............................ Meelis
8-12 Chalreston - Estoril .................... Meelis
8-13 Fes - Prague ............................ Meelis
8-14 Berlin .................................. Meelis
8-15 Rome .................................... Meelis
8-16 Istanbul - Strasbourg ................... Meelis
8-17 RolandGarros ............................ Meelis
8-18 Birmingham - Barcelona .................. Meelis
8-19 Eastbourne - s´Hertogenbosch ............ Meelis
8-20 Wimbledon ............................... Meelis
8-21 Budapest - Palermo ...................... Meelis
8-22 Stanford - BadGastein ................... Meelis
8-23 L.A. - Portoroz ......................... Meelis
8-24 Montreal - Stockholm .................... Meelis
8-25 Olympics ................................ Meelis
8-26 NewHaven - Forrest Hill ................. Meelis
8-27 US-Open ................................. santhuruu - In The Zone
8-28 Bali .................................... In the Zone
8-29 Tokyo - Guangzhou ....................... In The Zone
8-30 Beijing - Seoul ......................... In The Zone
8-31 Stuttgart - Tokyo - Tashkent ............ In The Zone
8-32 Moscow .................................. In The Zone
final ranking "Race - the Game 2006"---> http://www.wtaworld.com/showthread.php?t=274315
final ranking "Race - the Game 2007"---> http://www.wtaworld.com/showthread.php?t=323808
My CORRECT pick is = [WC]Na Li - [3]Venus Williams
MH0861
Oct 12th, 2008, 10:03 PM
(1) Jankovic
Schnyder
Ravin
Oct 13th, 2008, 03:15 AM
Zurich
Venus Williams (3), Na Li
go hingis
Oct 13th, 2008, 08:46 AM
Jankovic & Wozniacki
Beny
Oct 13th, 2008, 08:50 AM
Ivanovic
Hantuchova
rockstar
Oct 13th, 2008, 10:10 AM
jankovic, bartoli
SloKid
Oct 13th, 2008, 11:03 AM
V.Williams(3)
Petrova
JonBcn
Oct 13th, 2008, 11:24 AM
Venus, Mauresmo
Imperfect Angel
Oct 13th, 2008, 12:58 PM
(3) V. Williams
Petrova
adner
Oct 13th, 2008, 01:08 PM
(3)Venus Williams
Agnieszka Radwanska
adner
Oct 13th, 2008, 01:09 PM
(3)Venus Williams
Agnieszka Radwanska
Whoops sorry, I forgot about the seeds rule.
5 Agnieszka Radwanska
Caroline Wozniacki
matthias
Oct 13th, 2008, 04:58 PM
ranking and last week points posted
congrats DarkchildSwiss :wavey:
raquel
Oct 13th, 2008, 05:07 PM
Williams, Petrova
Aleksz
Oct 13th, 2008, 07:14 PM
jankovic (1)
bartoli
darkangel23
Oct 13th, 2008, 08:29 PM
(4) Zvonareva
(3) V.Williams
darkangel23
Oct 13th, 2008, 08:31 PM
Who cares about the rules? Of course you can't win the full points, but when you take two seeds then you're chance of winning at least SOME points is higher, right?!
DarkchildSwiss
Oct 13th, 2008, 08:49 PM
Thanks matthias for the update. Hopefully I can end the season in the top 10 and I am happy to be POTW once again after nearly 2,5 years.
santhuruu
Oct 13th, 2008, 08:56 PM
Zürich
(3) Venus Williams
Amelie Mauresmo
I think I'm still in the deadline, I'd like to change my picks