The Numbers are In — New Winner for 2015 Tennis-X Year-End Top 10 Contest
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Some tricky bottom-ten finishers made for a third straight year that no entrant picked all 10 Top 10 finishers in the 2015 Tennis-X Top 10 Year-end Rankings Contest.
Thanks Richard Gasquet!
Who ZERO entrants had in their Top 10. How about showing the Frenchman some love? Geez people, that borders on downright meanness.
The major culprits sinking many’s Top 10 entries this year were failures-to-launch by Milos Raonic and Grigor Dimitrov, and injuries that sidelined Juan Martin del Potro (wrist) and Marin Cilic (shoulder, didn’t start season until March).
Lotsa people liked del Potro finishing in the Top 10.
Those people should have listened to Hippy Chick when she opined, “Delpo as much as i like him too i think a top 10 finish is over ambitious,a top 30/20 is more realistic at this point,the guys not even played yet,is ranked 137 or so?and rumour has it that the wrist is still an issue?”
Bam. For those liking Del Potro in a 2016 comeback, re-read that. And, also, learn capitalization and spacing.
asair had it right before the season started: “U can call me crazy, but I do think neither Raonic nor Cilic will defend their points next year.”
You’re crazy! Not.
Del Potro’s wrist sitch is not looking great (fingers crossed for a comeback), but Cilic should be 100 percent for 2016, and maybe Raonic and Dimitrov will have healed their head injuries — as in not brain cramping before crossing the finish line. No, forget we said that — pick them again! Grigor dumped Maria, so he’s got to be on the upswing.
For a while it looked like a potential 50-way tie, as no entrant could crack more than 8 of the Top 10 correct — until along came a lone individual with nine. A man who chose his own path, a rugged, strapping young…
But first, in a 22-way tie for second place with eight of the Top 10 correct were AbiertooCerrado, armelwani, asiar, dari, emm-jee, Francisco, funches, giles, Goose Egg, JD, Kimberly, madmax, Michael, N-Dru, NOSCO, okiegal, patson, Ray Bundell, rjc93, Rob, RSP, and Ryan.
Congrats! Your second-place prize is knowing you’re better than all but one person in the universe!
And that person is…
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colin09!
He was the lone entrant with nine of the Top 10 correct. His only error was thinking that Grigor Dimitrov’s handsomeness would trump his inability to finish opponents and end him among the game’s elite!
colin09 joins the illustrious list of past champions:
TENNIS-X TOP 10 YEAR-END HALL OF FAME
2015 colin09
2014 Patson
2013 Mat4
2012 emm-jee
2011 N-Dru
2010 Francisco
2009 anthony
colin09 you’re the best! Unlike Richard Gasquet, who everyone seems to hate.
colin09, contact the webmaster with your mailing address for your fabulous prize package, and see everyone soon for the 2016 contest (look for it) in a couple days.
Happy holidays — Tennis-X staff
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