Quality Tennis Discussion / 2024 US Open

**Posted by Forehand_lob** 8/20/2024 4:36 pm

I thought I'd get it up early.

1. Pick quarterfinalists, semifinalists and champions for both ATP and WTA draws. You will receive 7.5 points for each correct quarterfinalist, 5 points for each correct semifinalist and 20 points for each correct champion.

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 get 5 points if your seed is the highest to lost and 2 points if your seed falls in the same round as the highest seed to lose.

Picks must be posted by the time play begins or soon afterwards.

I feel that both sides are pretty open, so the finalist is going to be worth full points on both the men and women's side.

**Posted by funches** 8/25/2024 10:48 pm

Men

Quarterfinals

Sinner over Medvedev
Alcaraz (Korda) over Safiullin
Zverev over Berrettini
Djokovic over Rublev

Semifinals

Alcaraz over Sinner
Djokovic over Zverev

Final

Alcaraz over Djokovic 6-3, 6-7, 7-5, 6-3

BL: Hurkacz

Women

Quarterfinals

Pegula over Swiatek
Noskova over Rybakina
Navarro over Badosa
Sabalenka (Keys) over Vekic

Semifinals

Pegula over Noskova
Sabalenka over Navarro

Final

Sabalenka over Pegula 6-4, 6-2

BL: Zheng

**Posted by Forehand_lob** 8/26/2024 6:31 am

Men

Quarterfinals
Sinner v. Medvedev
Alcaraz v. DeMinaur
Fritz (Bublik) v. Zverev
Fucsovics v. Djokovic

Semifinals
Sinner v. Alcaraz
Zverev v. Djokovic

Final
Zverev d. Sinner

BL: Rublev

Women

Quarterfinals
Swiatek v. Collins
Rybakina v. Paolini
Krejcikova v. Navarro (Gauff)
Zheng v. Sabalenka

Semifinals
Collins v. Rybakina
Krejcikova v. Sabalenka

Final
Sabalenka d. Collins

BL: Ostapenko

While Pegula has been playing great, it's time for her to disappoint everyone.

**Posted by Forehand_lob** 9/03/2024 8:32 am

Quarterfinals update: I am currently in the lead with 9 quarterfinalists (5 men, 4 women) to your 8 quarterfinalists (3 men, 5 women). Both my champion picks are still in the draw, while you only have a shot with the women's champ (Sabalenka for both of us). You have more potential semifinalists than I do (2 men, 3 women to my 2 men and 1 woman).

I'm picking up 2 points for my Ostapenko biggest loser (1 place off from Sakkari), while none of us pick up points for the men's biggest loser, Tsitsipas.

**Posted by funches** 9/05/2024 10:55 pm

I got the women's finalists right and three of the four semifinalists.

I can't recall doing that before in modern times.

Assuming Sinner beats Draper, it looks like I will win by a half-point if Pegula beats Sabalenka and by 20.5 points if Sabalenka wins as expected.

Last edited by funches (9/05/2024 11:35 pm)

**Posted by Forehand_lob** 9/07/2024 3:25 pm

You are winning by a half point since I have Sabalenka winning too. Congratulations, I am not sure we have had a contest this close in a long time.

**Posted by funches** 9/07/2024 10:18 pm

Um, yeah right.

Don't know what the heck I was looking at.