[shirgan]

Originally Posted by Archer16

I think it's a dubious decision. Final over SF is as clear as a tie-breaker as you can get (not to mention "last longer" in general should be seen as deeper into the draw, not time-wise).
I'd like to hear opinions of other players about this.

Originally Posted by neospecialist

I agree with Archer on the tie-break proposal. In general, I would also give an edge to a singles result over a doubles result if both players reached the same round.

Originally Posted by dresenson

I agree with Archer16 and neospecialist

I accept these suggestions in principal, although I feel somewhat uncomfortable that the only one who immediately stands to lose from this change has not weighed in (ronim1)

I will make all the corrections later in the week. I also want to update the first post with all the rules that were added since the game was first announced. Don't have the time now.

[Archer16]

Even if the rules needed some fine-tuning, I want to commend you again for coming up with the idea for this game and sparking some interest in an otherwise dying sub-forum

[shirgan]

Update after Tuesday:
Julia Glushko (25k Taipei 2nd round singles)
Keren Shlomo (25k Lagos lost in 1st round singles, QF doubles)
Valeria Patiuk (25k Lagos lost in 1st round singles, QF doubles)
Ester Masuri (25k Lagos lost in 1st round singles, QF doubles)
Deniz Khazaniuk (10k Ashkelon lost in 1st round singles)
Ekaterina Tour (10k Ashkelon 2nd round singles, QF doubles)
Amit Gavrieli (10k Ashkelon lost in 1st round singles)
Lee Or (10k Ashkelon lost in 1st round singles, QF doubles)
Talya Zandberg (10k Ashkelon lost in 1st round singles)
Saray Sterenbach (10k Ashkelon QF doubles)

[shirgan]

Corrected rankings after last week:

	Player		%right	correct/total

1	neospecialist	100%	7/7

2	Wert.		100%	3/3

3	Archer16	89%	8/9

4	dresenson	86%	6/7

5	ronim1		67%	2/3

6	shirgan		30%	3/10

[shirgan]

I put a collection of the rules gathered over time in the 1st post

[shirgan]

Originally Posted by Archer16

Even if the rules needed some fine-tuning, I want to commend you again for coming up with the idea for this game and sparking some interest in an otherwise dying sub-forum

[Archer16]

I'm losing ground fast...
That 8/8 was too good to be true.

[shirgan]

Khazaniuk's loss will put Wert. at the top of our rankings next week no matter who else wins.
So, either Wert. comes back to play some more (hopefully), or he will eventually be topped by others only because of the added rule about number of games played (but it will take some time).

[shirgan]

Update after Taipei on Wednesday:
Julia Glushko (25k Taipei lost in 2nd round singles)
Keren Shlomo (25k Lagos QF doubles)
Valeria Patiuk (25k Lagos QF doubles)
Ester Masuri (25k Lagos QF doubles)
Ekaterina Tour (10k Ashkelon 2nd round singles, QF doubles)
Lee Or (10k Ashkelon QF doubles)
Saray Sterenbach (10k Ashkelon QF doubles)

[Archer16]

Originally Posted by shirgan

Update after Taipei on Wednesday:
Julia Glushko (25k Taipei lost in 2nd round singles)
Keren Shlomo (25k Lagos QF doubles)
Valeria Patiuk (25k Lagos QF doubles)
Ester Masuri (25k Lagos QF doubles)
Ekaterina Tour (10k Ashkelon 2nd round singles, QF doubles)
Lee Or (10k Ashkelon QF doubles)
Saray Sterenbach (10k Ashkelon QF doubles)

I think that means that Roni is the winner this week (amending his near-win last week, also betting on Keren).
A bad week for the Israeli players to say the least
3 wins (one of them in an all-Israeli match, Tour upset over Khazaniuk) and 11 losses in the main draws of 10K and 25K is hardly inspiring.
Patiuk and the nearly retired Masuri deserve some credit though for taking heavily favored opponents to 3 sets.

[shirgan]

Update after Thursday:
Keren Shlomo (25k Lagos lost in QF doubles)
Valeria Patiuk (25k Lagos lost in QF doubles)
Ester Masuri (25k Lagos lost in QF doubles)
Ekaterina Tour (10k Ashkelon QF singles, lost in QF doubles)
Lee Or (10k Ashkelon lost in QF doubles)
Saray Sterenbach (10k Ashkelon lost in QF doubles)

Winner this week: Ekaterina Tour

[shirgan]

I don't think I should give any points, no one picked Tour.
The points are based on percent correct from the actual tennis player who lasted longer,
not who lasts longer among us.

So no points for the players of our game this week

[shirgan]

Updated rankings:

	Player		%right	correct/total

1	Wert.		100%	3/3

2	neospecialist	88%	7/8

3	Archer16	80%	8/10

4	dresenson	75%	6/8

5	ronim1		50%	2/4

6	shirgan		27%	3/11

[shirgan]

I really don't like the fact that a non active player who played only 3 times will be at the top of these rankings for many weeks.
I've accelerated a little bit the time it will take to catch up with him:
5 game difference is needed if %right is 90%
10 game difference is needed if %righ is 80%

still no change in rankings because of this rule this time, but I hope it will help in future weeks

[shirgan]

Next week I see no Israeli players in the main draw acceptance lists but plenty of qualifiers in the 25k that will take place in Netanya, Israel. Also I expect WCs will be given to Israelis to enter the main draw, so a contest is still expected.