Roland Garros Tennis Sweepstake! [Winners: Black Dagger & Iceman]

[Marc]

http://www.marathonsportstravel.ie/images/stories/marathon/roland-garros.jpg

Tennis is back (again)!

The second Grand Slam event of the year Is Roland Garros (The French Open) and it begins on the 27th May 2012. I'm looking for 16 forum members to participate and once I have those 16 people you will all be allocated two men and two women tennis players.

This is just a little bit of fun and there is a little forum award that will be given out to the winners. You don't need to be a fan of tennis, you don't get to pick your players, you can just sign up and let the players do the rest of the hard work!

Everybody will be RANDOMLY allocated two seeded players for the tournament. It is hugely unlikely that a unseeded player will win the French Open this year, though that is a possibility, and if that rarity occurs the forum member with the player who gets the furthest will win. Defending Champions are IheartBB and Lee who won the Australian Open 2012 sweepstake in January.

Whoever gets the female winner wins this award: http://www.thisisbigbrother.com/forums/images/medals/tennisicon.gif
Whoever gets the male winner wins this award: http://www.thisisbigbrother.com/forums/images/medals/racqueticon.png

64 tennis players, 2 forum winners

Players

IheartBB
Monaco/Cilic & Lisicki/Safarova

Lee.
Ferrer/Raonic & Williams/Petrova

Novo
Del Potro/Kohlschreiber & Na/Zheng

Iceman
Isner/Stepanek & Sharapova/Barthel

*Kate*
Murray/Youzhny & Azarenka/Kanepi

King Anton
Dolgopolov/Roddick & Kerber/Goerges

joeysteele
Verdasco/Triocki & Stosur/Medina Garrigues

Locke
Djokovic/Anderson & Ivanovic/Kuznetsova

BigSister
Berdych/Granollers & Zvonareva/Cetkovska

Jordan.
Tipsarevic/Tomic & Schiavone/Penneta

MTVN
Almagro/Seppi & Bartoli/Pavyuchenkova

Mollie.
Lopez/Wawrinka & Kvitova/Peng

Shaun
Federer/Melzer & Radwanska/Errani

tomflint
Simon/Gasquet & Wozniacki/Jankovic

Black Dagger
Nadal/Mayer & Cibulkova/Vinci

James
Tsonga/Benneteau & Kirilenko/Niculescu

Seeds
Mens Seeds:

2. Nadal [W]
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
1. Djokovic [F]
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
3. Federer [SF]
6. Ferrer [SF]
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
4. Murray [QF]
5. Tsonga [QF]
9. Del Potro [QF]
12. Almagro [QF]
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
7. Berdych [R4]
8. Tipsarevic [R4]
13. Monaco [R4]
17. Gasquet [R4]
18. Wawrinka [R4]
20. Granollers [R4]
22. Seppi [R4]
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
11. Simon [R3]
14. Verdasco [R3]
19. Raonic [R3]
21. Cilic [R3]
27. Youzhny [R3]
29. Benneteau [R3]
31. Anderson [R3]
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
10. Isner [R2]
24. Kohlschreiber [R2]
25. Tomic [R2]
28. Troicki [R2]
32. Mayer [R2]
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
15. Lopez [R1: W]
16. Dolgopolov [R1]
23. Stepanek [R1]
26. Roddick [R1]
30. Melzer [R1]

Womens Seeds:

2. Sharapova [W]
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
21. Erran [F]
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
4. Kvitova [SF]
6. Stosur [SF]
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
10. Kerber [QF]
15. Cibulkova [QF]
23. Kanepi [QF]
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
1. Azarenka [R4]
7. Li Na [R4]
26. Kuznetsova [R4]
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
3. Radwanska [R3]
9. Wozniacki [R3]
13. Ivanovic [R3]
14. Schiavone [R3]
18. Penneta [R3]
22. Pavlyuchenkova [R3]
25. Goerges [R3]
27. Petrova [R3]
28. Peng [R3]
29. Medina Garrigues [R3]
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
8. Bartoli [R2]
16. Kirilenko [R2]
19. Jankovic [R2]
20. Safarova [R2]
24. Cetkovska [R2]
31. Zheng [R2]
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
5. S. Williams [R1]
11. Zvonareva [R1: W]
12. Lisicki [R1]
17. Vinci [R1]
30. Barthel [R1]
32. Niculescu [R1]


Draws
Current Men's Draw

Nadal [2] bt. Djokovic [1] 6-4 6-3 2-6 7-5

Current Women's Draw

Sharpova [2] bt. Errani [21] 6-3 6-2


Past Sweepstakes:

Australian Open 2012, http://www.thisisbigbrother.com/forums/showthread.php?t=193874 (Winners IheartBB, Lee.)
French Open 2011, [was none]
Wimbledon 2011, http://www.thisisbigbrother.com/forums/showthread.php?t=177651 (Winners James & KG.)
US Open 2011, http://www.thisisbigbrother.com/forums/showthread.php?t=183184 (Winners Novo & IheartBB)

[Marc]

I thought I'd start recruiting people earlier this time around :D

Can probably get the 32 people that way!

[Novo]

Hope i get Vika

[Iceman]

sign me up, probably the only forum game I could win these days, **** that Niamh, Elimination was mine :sad:

[Brother Leon]

In.

[joeysteele]

Add me Marc, I love Tennis anyway.

[Locke.]

Sure

[Novo]

http://www.comparestoreprices.co.uk/images/su/sure-aero-for-men-active-anti-perspirant.jpg

[Iceman]

http://www.comparestoreprices.co.uk/images/su/sure-aero-for-men-active-anti-perspirant.jpg

he didnt ask for the mens one :idc:

[Iceman]

http://static.talkingretail.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/06/sure-for-women-new-fragrance/sure.jpg

[Marc]

Thanks guys. Any more people. We've got a long time before but I thought I'd get them in now, earlier the better!

[BigSister]

ooooh me ^_^

[Jordan.]

I will be a part of this :pipe:

[Marc]

:)

[MTVN]

Why not :pipe:

[Kate!]

I'm in :)

[Marc]

I'm not sure why I have missed out a line in the OP

Somebody must sign up to fill it

[Marc]

Oh there you go :)

[Marc]

Bump

[Maia]

Me! :amazed:

[Marc]

Bumpppp

[Marc]

Think I might just do this as 16 forum members, everybody has 2 males and 2 females allocated to them.

[Shaun]

hi

[Kate!]

I'll get Kizzy, be right back.

no, Kizzy doesn't like tennis :( was worth a try.

[tomflint]

Me

[Black Dagger]

Count me in sexi xoxoxox

[James]

I will have a shot.

[Novo]

Chop Chop Marc

[Novo]

:idc:

[Shaun]

i just did it i've been given Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal i'll get around to the others in a bit

[Novo]

Oh yes i take it i was given Azarenka and Serena Williams then

[Jordan.]

Last Activity: 25-05-2012

-concerned-

[MTVN]

He's away on a stag do or something for the weekend I think, should be back tomorrow

Edit - Which I just realised is too late :suspect:

[Ithinkiloveyoutoo]

full already. :0 Oh well i've watched rg for the past 7 yrs and I love it :D

[Marc]

Will do this when I'm back at my uni house! Don't think any big seeds are out yet (Tsonga in trouble) so shouldn't affect it. Sorry been away for the weekend!

[Shaun]

die please

[Maia]

Bit harsh

[Shaun]

he's been asking for it mollie leave it out yeah

[Marc]

-gives Shaun Roddick-

[Marc]

Draw made :) will update OP in a sec

[Marc]

OP updated.

[Iceman]

:amazed: Isner, he's got stamina at least :evilgrin:

[BigSister]

At least im stil in but not feeling very confident............

[Kate!]

are mine good? (lol)

[Black Dagger]

Oh, I got Nadal.

Well, I'm winning xoxox

[Marc]

Haha pretty much!

Fair few players already out

[Marc]

are mine good? (lol)

Haha dreaded Murray!

But the world No.1 woman! So there you go!

[Novo]

http://l.yimg.com/j/assets/p/sp/getty/42/fullj.6cb567c24cd58bdea452d8978be079a0/6cb567c24cd58bdea452d8978be079a0-getty-511266426.jpg

Lauren Davis 6-1 6-1 against Barthel

[Maia]

That's me lost then

[Maia]

Although I have Kvitova so not all hope is lost

[Shaun]

Federer and Radwanska? :amazed: pretty decent

[Marc]

I love Radwanska, she's playing so well recently.

[Marc]

Rebecca sorry, but Zvonareva withdrew today and had she withdrawn before the tournament started you'd have a different replacement player on your team but she left it until today and announce it!

[Novo]

Radwanska will play well until she plays Vika and jobs out to her like always

[Marc]

:laugh:

[BigSister]

Haha one of my women is out already.

[Marc]

Ridiculous scenes today.

[Marc]

Ridiculous

[IheartBB]

What. The. *****

[IheartBB]

I mean, What the actual ****?

[IheartBB]

Seriously, da ****?

[Maia]

What

[Locke.]

Serena taking tips from Queen Lisicki I see and purposely losing to make sure she is fit for Wimbledon.

Smart women I must say

[Marc]

Such a fairytale win for Razzano. Came to this tournament last year having just lost her fiance to cancer, comes back this year and beasts out the biggest win of her career. Very well played

[Shaun]

Such a fairytale win for Razzano. Came to this tournament last year having just lost her fiance to cancer, comes back this year and beasts out the biggest win of her career. Very well played

Aww :( :love:

[Marc]

Only Kate, MTVN, Jordan, tomflint, Locke and Joey have their 4 players still intact

Novo lost his first one today

[Jordan.]

http://www.onthegotennis.com/storage/schiavone%20pumped%20up.jpg?__SQUARESPACE_CACHEVER SION=1295814497026]

coming for your faves

[Locke.]

Need a surprise exit for Nadal then I should have this in the bag

[Marc]

Kate and Locke the only two to still have all four of their players intact!

[Marc]

Isner going for another long match

[BigSister]

I wonder who will be the first to lose all their players?

[Marc]

Ivanovic out. #facepalm

[Marc]

I wonder who will be the first to lose all their players?

IheartBB I reckon

[Iceman]

i only have sharapova left :sad:

[BigSister]

Well last time i looked both mine were losing so probably might be me LOL
Just checked again and both won. `Just`.

[Marc]

IheartBB, Iceman, joeysteele, Jordan. and James all left with just one player

[Maia]

Kvitova :lovedup:

[MTVN]

Marc are you not even playing this yourself lol

[joeysteele]

IheartBB, Iceman, joeysteele, Jordan. and James all left with just one player

:joker:Not for long will I, I dare bet. Soon it will be none.

[BigSister]

My 2 must not be playing till tommorow then

[Marc]

No body out yet, exciting! I'm glad I did the draw the way I did.

If Tsonga loses, James will be the competitions first casuality

[Marc]

Marc are you not even playing this yourself lol

No lol I was going to but James said he wanted to play so I gave him my spot!

Plus it would have been really awkward had I drawn myself Nadal and Sharapova :laugh:

[Maia]

No body out yet, exciting! I'm glad I did the draw the way I did.

If Tsonga loses, James will be the competitions first casuality

And if he loses I'll still have 2 players remaining :dance2:

[Marc]

Indeed, but I think he'll win

Stosur about to start now against Stephens, dream run at RG this year for Sloane.
Can she keep it up? (and knock joey out of this sweepstake)

[Iceman]

through to Quarter Finals :D

[Jordan.]

First out http://www.gifmix.net/smiley.php?image=annoyed-smilies/29.gif

[BigSister]

Think i may have beat you as i was also out today as well. Can we share the wooden spoon lol

[Marc]

IheartBB, BigSister, Jordan, tomflint have all been eliminated.

Surprisingly, considering BigSister had Berdych and Jordan had Schiavone and Tipsarevic

[Jordan.]

So basically I was robbed!

Anyway, thanks for how much effort you've put into this Marc, actually got me following the tennis and kept up to date. Just gotta look forward to my Wimbledon sweepstakes victory now :pipe:

[joeysteele]

Indeed, but I think he'll win

Stosur about to start now against Stephens, dream run at RG this year for Sloane.
Can she keep it up? (and knock joey out of this sweepstake)


:joker::joker:Thanks Marc.:joker:

[Marc]

We've got

Locke v. James
joeysteele v. Black Dagger
Shaun v. King Anton
Shaun v. Novo

today

[Marc]

:joker::joker:Thanks Marc.:joker:

:laugh: DW I want her to win it!

[BigSister]

I wasnt really convinced for Berdych and I `probably` would have been eliminated next round anyway as if Berdych had gone through he would have played Roger. Oh well theres still Wimbledon in a few weeks ^_^

[Marc]

Indeed! I'll start the sweepstake as soon as this one finishes :)

[Marc]

King Anton bows out.

Black Dagger down to just one player after Cibulkova loses.

[Marc]

Novo out now.

Shaun has knocked out both Novo and King Anton today.

[Locke.]

Looks like am about to knock James out in a tight game

[Marc]

And James is out.

[Shaun]

Novo out now.

Shaun has knocked out both Novo and King Anton today.

:idc:

[Iceman]

Sharapova 3-1 up. :pipe:

[Marc]

Iceman v. Kate
Mollie v. the world
MTVN v. Black Dagger
Kate v. Lee

Today

[Iceman]

4-2 now :pipe:

[Iceman]

5-2

[Iceman]

through 6-2, 6-3

[Marc]

Winner.

Nearly...

[Marc]

*Kate* out. [I'm calling it before it's even over :tongue:]

[Maia]

Poor Murray :(

[BigSister]

Eh French is the weakest he did good to even get to the quarters.

[Marc]

Yeah it's definitely his weakest (despite having trained on clay for years).

[Marc]

joeysteele v. Shaun
Mollie v. Iceman

One of you guys will win the women's award :amazed: (which says 'Wimbledon' but just get over it)

[Maia]

Fgs Sharapova :bored:

[Maia]

Ugh :bored:

Let me down Kvitova, let me down

[Novo]

For **** sake this spells the end of the world

[Marc]

Sharapova is bound to win. But I'd love a shock winner. Maria's world number one now, let somebody else have a bit of glory

[IheartBB]

That Stosur/Errani match was painful. You'd think beating Serena in a slam final would sort out Stosur's mental toughness.

Errani attempted a choke of her own in the final set but Stosur was having none of it.

[Shaun]

:amazed: Errani :worship:

[Iceman]

Fgs Sharapova :bored:

Serves you right for supporting a wally of a HM :pipe:

[Maia]

Serves you right for supporting a wally of a HM :pipe:

Hey, don't be dissing Caroline :nono: :hmph:

[Iceman]

Caroline, see she's the reason for the word bitch
I hope she's speeding on the way to the club
Trying to hurry up to get to some
Baller or singer or somebody like that
And try to put on her makeup in the mirror
And crash, crash, crash.. into a ditch!

:laugh:

[Locke.]

Me vs Black Dagger in the Men's Final

[Marc]

Locke or Black Dagger will win the men's award. Oooooooerrr

[Iceman]

Mon the POVA

[Iceman]

:D http://www.thisisbigbrother.com/forums/images/medals/tennisicon.gif

[Shaun]

sod off Eoin :bored:

[Iceman]

sod off Eoin :bored:

screw entering forum games, i'll just get awards from this stuff :thumbs2:

[BigSister]

Well done iceman ^_^