Picks Game - Leaderboard

By Peter BodoPublished July 05, 2007

Updated Thursday, July 5th after R16

47 matches in (Federer - Haas counts in the record books, but not in the Picks Game.

Die Kugel liegt auf dem drehenden Roulette-Spieltisch waehrend der Eroeffnung der ersten Spielbank in Thueringen am Donnerstag, 15. Dezember 2005, in Erfurt. Die Betreibergesellschaft hat nach eigenen Angaben 5,7 Millionen Euro in das Spielkasino investiert und 21 neue Arbeitsplaetze geschaffen. Das Projekt ist heftig umstritten, weil das Land bereits weit mehr als eine halbe Million Euro Miete an Steuergeldern zahlen musste, bevor der erste Spieler ueberhaupt sein Geld setzen konnte. (AP Photo/Jens Meyer) — © ASSOCIATED PRESS

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The members of the Tribe, at the moment, resemble a Marathon field, with 20 miles down, and six to go. The field is strung out. Who's going to make a finishing kick?

The Mothership now has picks through the Women's SF stage (the Women's QFs are done and dusted, but the Men's QFs are still to play. So we'll update you on where we stand after R32 and R16.

As in R32, we had some picks that took the Tribe by surprise. Amelie Mauresmo fell to Nicole Vaidisova - 93% of the Tribe (plus XMF) yelled a collective "Non!" to that result. But lbk77, Matt Zemek and Rani were hugging Vaidisova with a resounding "Si!"

Even more surprising to the tribe, one of the "Vitches," Jelena Jankovic, was taken out by Marion Bartoli. Not a single - no, wait... Arvydas! With the Tribe going 98% for Jankovic, 2% for Bartoli, the 2% came through - proving, once again, that you never, ever know.

The leaders have changed:

Well done, Beckham, Madame and kiwibee! Special mention for jb, who takes a self-denying ordinance for Federer matches...

So far in R32, the Tribe is at 74%, down from the 82% overall for RG.

I'm also going to post the leaders in the two individual tournaments:

Now, there is a very high probability that I've bungled something. If so, please let me know, either here or at The Mothership. Good luck, all, and may the sun shine on your endeavors...

--Andrew