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2026 French Open contest
I'm getting it posted early.
1. Pick quarterfinalists, semifinalists and champions for both men's and women's draws. You will receive 7.5 points for each correct quarterfinalist, 5 points for each correct semifinalist and 20 points for each correct champion. 2026 CAVEAT: you'll only get 10 points if Sinner is the champion. If he loses in Rome, I may revisit this.
2. SUBSTITUTE PICK: Pick a player from each draw to replace one of your quarterfinalists. If this player makes the quarters, they will take the place of whomever you picked in that section of the draw.
3: BIGGEST LOSER: Pick the highest seed that will lose in the earliest round from each draw. The player must be a top 16 seed. You will get 5 points if your seed is the highest to lose and 2 points if your seed falls in the same round as the highest seed to lose.
Picks must be posted before the start of play or soon afterward or at least before the trophy presentations at the end of the tournament.
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Re: 2026 French Open contest
ATP
Quarterfinals
Sinner over Tiafoe
Tien over Vacherot
Djokovic (Ruud) over Rublev
Zverev over Jodar
Semifinals
Sinner over Tien
Djokovic over Zverev
Final
Sinner over Djokovic 6-4, 3-6, 6-1, 6-1
BL: Fritz
WTA
Quarterfinals
Sabalenka over Pegula
Gauff (Potopova) over Noskova
Svitolina over Swiatek
Rybakina over Muchova
Semifinals
Sabalenka over Gauff
Rybakina over Svitolina
Final
Sabalenka over Rybakina 6-3, 5-7, 6-4
BL: Paolini
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Re: 2026 French Open contest
Les hommes
Quarterfinals
Sinner v. Tsitsipas
Vacherot v. Cerundolo
De Minaur (Blockx) v. Djokovic
Lehecka v. Zverev
Semifinals
Sinner d. Cerundolo
Zverev d. Djokovic
Final
Sinner d. Zverev
BL: Fritz
Les femmes
Quarterfinals
Sabalenka v. Pegula
Gauff v. Anisimova
Svitolina (Bencic) v. Ostapenko
Andreeva v. Rybakina
Semifinals
Sabalenka d. Anisimova
Rybakina d. Svitolina
Final
Rybakina d. Sabalenka
BL: Gauff
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Re: 2026 French Open contest
I am going to take some credit for Sinner losing, as saying he would only be worth half points was clearly a jinx on him.
Djokovic's out too! There will be a new slam champion. Will it be from the trampled generation (i.e. the ones between Fed-Rafa-Djoker and Sinner-Alcaraz like Zverev, Tsitsipas, Ruud) or from those that are peers of Sinner and Alcaraz? I might give experience the edge over youth. Zverev has to know that this is his best, possibly only, chance to win a slam. Will he rise past his nerves like Federer 2009 did? We'll know in a week.
We both get 2 points for Fritz losing in the first round, but Medvedev was the BL. Pegula is the BL for the women, so no points for us on that.
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Re: 2026 French Open contest
We don't need to wait for the results of the Men's final to see the final score.
We both had the same number of quarterfinalists (you had 2 men and 2 women, I had 1 man and 3 women), semifinalists (Zverev for each of us), but I had Zverev getting to the final, so I take the contest by 5 points. Had Djokovic ended up on Sinner's side, I would have picked Zverev to win, with the idea that he could take down a tired Djokovic. But it didn't end up that way, and we had probably the lowest scoring contest in history (maybe the 2020 US Open was lower). Final score: 37 to 42.
So, like our Women's champion Andreeva, I'd like to thank myself for winning.
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