:yippee: :yeah: :hatoff: PAW 2004 Title Winners :hatoff: :yippee: :yeah:

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## Tournament Tier Champion Runner-up Third Comp

#95 Hopman Cup EXH TBA TBA TBA TBA
#95 Gold Coast III zorgzamesnip Rossana Fan aussie_stars 49
#96 Auckland IV marcobarella (7) ghosts speedster_ (1) & Philip 31

#97 Sydney II matija-seles Nathan27 yucky & Alek 68
#98 Canberra V Duleml (6) kfh_9118 aussiefan83 (7) 19
#99 Hobart V bionic71 (2) ~Isidora~ matthias 18

#100 Australian Open GS Geoffry Je_ne_sais_quoi cooldudeanzela 109

#101 Tokyo (TPP) I Rtael sandg (2) jrm 103

#102 Paris (OGF) II SpikeyAidanm (1) sandg (3) KoOlMaNsTeVeN 99

#103 Antwerp II K&J fan (7) Lady j_dementieva27 60
#104 Memphis III Alek ghosts (8) jerk-in-the-box 26
#105 Hyderabad IV Tomas11 matthias Nicky2002 20

#106 Dubai II petosp (4) butch (3) zorgzamesnip 80
#107 Bogota III Catriel speedster_ (1) Geoffry (7) 26

#108 Doha II Nicky2002 Jeff oren987 61
#109 Acapulco III Geoffry kyk710 ghosts & jrm 41

#110 Indian Wells I Hantuchov mypapa_je (30) Lady 111

#111 Miami I Hantuchov Philip Plear (WC) 112

#112 Amelia Island II sandg (2) Plear (WC) Rtael (6) 85
#113 Casablanca V korben (5) bgbgbg marcobarella (3) 23

#114 Charleston I mypapa_je kafelek Canuck_Fan 80
#115 Estoril IV bgbgbg ghosts (4) crazillo 26

#116 Warsaw II saab95 & silverwhire N/A Grice 76
#117 Budapest V paellapan (6) marcobarella (2) alwayshingis & crazillo 23

#118 Berlin I K&J fan (6) raquel kerbear 107

#119 Rome I Nathan27 47 Rambaldi <0> canuckfan 109

#120 Strasbourg III Lee-Waters’ Boy bubble kafelek 51
#121 Vienna III speedster_ (2) oren987 K&J fan (3) 41

#122 Roland Garros GS crazillo spencercarlos (7) Hantuchov (12) 119

#123 Birmingham III canuckfan & Nexeo N/A matthias 104

#124 Eastbourne II Frooty_Bazooty *Yoav* (WC) WTA Handicaper 69
#125 ‘s-Hertogenbosch III wateva (8) Edman (WC) & saab95 N/A 30

#126 Wimbledon GS TBA TBA TBA TBA

#128 Stanford II TBA TBA TBA TBA
#129 Palermo V TBA TBA TBA TBA

#130 Los Angeles (JP) II TBA TBA TBA TBA

#131 San Diego I TBA TBA TBA TBA

#132 Montreal I TBA TBA TBA TBA
#133 Stockholm IV TBA TBA TBA TBA

#134 Athens Olympics* Sp TBA TBA TBA TBA
#135 Sopot III TBA TBA TBA TBA
#136 Tijuana IV TBA TBA TBA TBA
#137 Cincinnati TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA

#138 New Haven II TBA TBA TBA TBA

#139 United States Open GS TBA TBA TBA TBA

#140 Bali III TBA TBA TBA TBA

#141 Shanghai II TBA TBA TBA TBA

#142 Leipzig II TBA TBA TBA TBA
#143 Tashkent IV TBA TBA TBA TBA

#144 Filderstadt II TBA TBA TBA TBA
#145 Tokyo (Jpn Open) III TBA TBA TBA TBA

#146 Moscow I TBA TBA TBA TBA

#147 Zurich I TBA TBA TBA TBA
#148 Bratislava IV TBA TBA TBA TBA

#149 Linz II TBA TBA TBA TBA
#150 Luxembourg III TBA TBA TBA TBA

#151 Philadelphia II TBA TBA TBA TBA
#152 Quebec City III TBA TBA TBA TBA

#153 Los Angeles (Tour Champs) Sp TBA TBA TBA 16
#154 Pattaya V TBA TBA TBA TBA

2004 PAW Tournament Commentary


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PAW #95 - GOLD COAST 2004

P . Player......................... .P .. .W .. L .. pts

1 . zorgzamesnip.................... 13 ..12 .. 1 .. 146
2 . Rossana Fan..................... 13 .. 9 .. 4 .. 139
3 . aussie_stars.................... 13 .. 9 .. 4 .. 134
4 . K&J fan......................... 13 ..10 .. 3 .. 132
. . raquel.......................... 13 ..10 .. 3 .. 132
. . WTA Handicapper (8)............. 13 .. 9 .. 4 .. 132
7 . komwalkmas...................... 13 .. 8 .. 5 .. 131
8 . polishprodigy................... 11 .. 8 .. 3 .. 129
9 . ZAK............................. 13 .. 8 .. 5 .. 126
10 . kfh_9118....................... 13 ..10 .. 3 .. 125
.. . bionic71....................... 13 .. 9 .. 4 .. 125
12 . matthias (WC).................. 13 ..10 .. 3 .. 123
13 . SpikeyAidanm (1)............... 13 .. 9 .. 4 .. 122
14 . broncosven..................... 13 .. 9 .. 4 .. 117
15 . Lee-Waters' Boy................ 13 .. 9 .. 4 .. 112
.. . Rtael.......................... 13 .. 9 .. 4 .. 112
17 . MonicaSelesFan2................ 13 .. 8 .. 5 .. 105
.. . cooldudeanzela................. 13 .. 7 .. 6 .. 105
19 . butch (4)...................... 13 .. 9 .. 4 .. 104
20 . danielrosario (6).............. 13 .. 8 .. 5 .. 102
21 . wateva......................... 12 .. 7 .. 5 .. 100
22 . CrHuAbNiDnA.................... 13 .. 7 .. 6 .. .99
23 . ozfan44........................ 11 .. 7 .. 4 .. .97
.. . bbypk (5)...................... 13 .. 7 .. 6 .. .97
25 . PointBlank (WC)................ 12 .. 9 .. 3 .. .96
26 . oren987........................ 13 .. 8 .. 5 .. .95
27 . camoya......................... 13 .. 7 .. 6 .. .92
28 . dario88 (WC)................... 13 .. 6 .. 7 .. .85
29 . Geoffry........................ 12 .. 8 .. 4 .. .84
30 . azza........................... .9 .. 6 .. 3 .. .83
.. . petosp (3)..................... 12 .. 6 .. 6 .. .83
.. . sandg (2)...................... 13 .. 7 .. 6 .. .83
33 . caramel........................ 12 .. 7 .. 5 .. .79
.. . Nir............................ 13 .. 6 .. 7 .. .79
35 . Vass22......................... 13 .. 7 .. 6 .. .78
36 . Lady (WC)...................... 13 .. 7 .. 6 .. .76
.. . Buitenzorg (7)................. 13 .. 6 .. 7 .. .76
38 . j_dementieva27................. 13 .. 6 .. 7 .. .72
39 . efss........................... .6 .. 6 .. 0 .. .71
40 . yucky.......................... 13 .. 7 .. 6 .. .68
41 . Nathan27....................... 12 .. 6 .. 6 .. .61
42 . matija-seles................... 13 .. 7 .. 6 .. .59
43 . kyk710......................... 12 .. 4 .. 8 .. .58
44 . canuckfan...................... 13 .. 4 .. 9 .. .56
45 . croat123....................... 12 .. 6 .. 6 .. .50
46 . ktwtennis...................... .8 .. 4 .. 4 .. .44
47 . mypapa_je...................... 10 .. 4 .. 6 .. .43
48 . Jeff........................... .5 .. 1 .. 4 .. .13
49 . nave 2......................... .3 .. 1 .. 2 .. ..9
50 . aimerent....................... .0 .. 0 .. 0 .. ..0
.. . chill1533...................... .0 .. 0 .. 0 .. ..0
.. . HoOvErPhOnIc................... .0 .. 0 .. 0 .. ..0
.. . ilovemomo...................... .0 .. 0 .. 0 .. ..0
.. . lukehingis..................... .0 .. 0 .. 0 .. ..0
.. . obatafan....................... .0 .. 0 .. 0 .. ..0
.. . Perfect_Stroke (WC)............ .0 .. 0 .. 0 .. ..0
.. . tennis2003 .................... .0 .. 0 .. 0 .. ..0
.. . usawildcat929.................. .0 .. 0 .. 0 .. ..0
.. . vague_boy...................... .0 .. 0 .. 0 .. ..0
.. . henenport...................... .1 .. 0 .. 1 .. ..0

Commentary:

The unpredictabe nature is indeed one of the characteristics of the game PAW (Pick-A-Winner). To open 2004, the Gold Coast tournament was just that. En route to a memorable first career title victory, Belgian zorgzamesnip witnesses a herd of defining events that would dramaticise the 8 days of “tension and excitement.” The occurrences included the early brilliant performance of the wildcard entries, a major controversery arousing surrounding an accidental misjudgement surround one of the matches, top seeded SpikeyAidanm’s collapse from 1st to 12th within a day and the disablement of efficient service from WTAWorld message boards towards the concluding stages.

In what was a sparkling third tournament, world number 162 Rossana Fan surprised everyone by coming second, the flamboyant Aussie showed great potential in registering a total of 139 points. Compatriot and reigning Wimbledon champ – aussie_stars had a solid tournament to finish 3rd, ahead of 2003 riser – K&J fan, who tied equal 4th with early leader raquel and the very experienced WTA Handicapper. Debutant komwalkmas impressed with a 7th place finish, as did first timer matthias who finished 12th.

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PAW #96 - AUCKLAND 2004

P . Player........................ .P .. .W .. L .. pts

1 . marcobarella (7).............. 13 .. 11 .. 2 .. 132
2 . ghosts........................ 13 .. 10 .. 3 .. 130
3 . speedster_ (1)................ 13 .. .9 .. 4 .. 120
. . Philip........................ 13 .. .9 .. 4 .. 120
5 . silent140..................... 13 .. .8 .. 5 .. 111
6 . Jakub (2)..................... 13 .. .9 .. 4 .. 105
7 . aussiefan83................... 12 .. 10 .. 2 .. 104
. . Nicky2002 (WC)................ 13 .. 10 .. 3 .. 104
. . firefly_ac.................... 13 .. .7 .. 6 .. 104
10 . nitsansh..................... 13 .. .9 .. 4 .. .99
.. . Alek (WC).................... 13 .. 10 .. 3 .. .99
12 . Je_ne_sais_quoi.............. 13 .. .7 .. 6 .. .97
13 . Duleml....................... 13 .. 10 .. 3 .. .91
14 . duki......................... 13 .. .7 .. 6 .. .89
15 . Tomas11...................... 11 .. .8 .. 3 .. .87
16 . AGUSTIN (WC)................. 13 .. .8 .. 5 .. .86
.. . Come-on-kim (WC)............. 13 .. .7 .. 6 .. .86
18 . St .Sebastian................ 12 .. .8 .. 4 .. .84
19 . Elisse (5)................... 12 .. .8 .. 4 .. .81
20 . koj-e........................ 12 .. .6 .. 6 .. .72
21 . YoungProfessor (6)........... 13 .. .6 .. 7 .. .70
22 . AlexSydney................... 11 .. .5 .. 6 .. .68
.. . twight6...................... 13 .. .6 .. 7 .. .68
.. . ntohir (8)................... 13 .. .5 .. 8 .. .68
.. . Grice (3).................... 11 .. .6 .. 5 .. .68
26 . Catriel...................... 13 .. .9 .. 4 .. .61
27 . Reichen...................... 13 .. .6 .. 7 .. .53
28 . Pintaled (4)................. .8 .. .4 .. 4 .. .50
29 . The Monarch Butterfly (WC)... .6 .. .5 .. 1 .. .40
30 . cheese101.................... .9 .. .3 .. 6 .. .39
31 . KoOlMaNsTeVeN................ .6 .. .3 .. 3 .. .32

Commentary:

Unfazed by a 2 month break, Portuguese marcobarella has climbed a huge ladder of the past few months, registering 4 finals in which he won Tashkent. The form that he displayed in 2003 continued on in the Auckland tournament, a Tier IV tournament with a strong field, in which the 8th seed (ntohir) was ranked a highly 23. marcobarella picked with more conscience and technique, opting for some big pointers that is all so important in the game of PAW. Like in Helsinki and Tashkent, marcobarella and speedster_ engaged in a battle of brinkmanship, one similar to that of the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis between Kennedy and Khruschev.

Top seeded speedster_ applied the pressure first opting for a final pick of “Harkleroad over Daniilidou” that would in essence bring him the title if she won, marcobarella made a tough decision to go for Daniilidou, yet it proved decisive, winning the tournament by a narrow 2 points over unseeded yet revitalized ghosts, who looks to be in sharp form heading into the 2004 form season. Newbie Philip performed with some weapons up his sleeve, reaching the semis with an equal 3rd, behind him were early pace setter silent140 (5th), 2nd seeded Jakub and aussiefan83, who despite finishing 6th, perhaps was a victim of WTAWorld’s inaccessibility over the end hours of the tournament.


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thanks! :D

good tournament :)

:hatoff: 2004 PAW Tournament Commentary :hatoff:

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PAW #97 - SYDNEY 2004

P . Player........................ .P .. W .. L . pts

1 . matija-seles.................. 13 ..11 .. 2 .. 93
2 . Nathan27...................... 13 .. 9 .. 4 .. 78
3 . yucky......................... 12 .. 9 .. 3 .. 74
. . Alek.......................... 13 .. 9 .. 4 .. 74
5 . Nir........................... 13 .. 8 .. 5 .. 73
6 . croat123...................... 13 .. 9 .. 4 .. 72
. . Grice......................... 13 .. 9 .. 4 .. 72
. . Lee-Waters' Boy............... 13 .. 7 .. 6 .. 72
9 . kimclijsters4ever............. 13 .. 7 .. 6 .. 70
10 . raquel....................... 13 .. 8 .. 5 .. 69
11 . Nica......................... 13 .. 8 .. 5 .. 68
12 . oren987...................... 12 .. 8 .. 4 .. 67
13 . PointBlank................... 10 .. 9 .. 1 .. 66
.. . Vass22....................... 12 .. 8 .. 4 .. 66
.. . Tomas11...................... 13 .. 8 .. 5 .. 66
.. . zorgzamesnip................. 13 .. 8 .. 5 .. 66
.. . duki......................... 13 .. 7 .. 6 .. 66
18 . martinafan................... 11 .. 7 .. 4 .. 65
19 . Ten_Isse_Fan................. 12 .. 8 .. 4 .. 64
.. . Geoffry...................... 13 .. 8 .. 5 .. 64
.. . Klio (WC).................... 13 .. 8 .. 5 .. 64
22 . caramel...................... 13 .. 8 .. 5 .. 63
23 . j_dementieva27............... 12 .. 7 .. 5 .. 62
.. . St .Sebastian................ 12 .. 7 .. 5 .. 62
25 . henenport.................... 12 .. 7 .. 5 .. 61
26 . Rtael........................ 13 .. 7 .. 6 .. 60
27 . bbypk (6) ................... 11 .. 7 .. 4 .. 59
.. . Buitenzorg (8)............... 13 .. 6 .. 7 .. 59
.. . SpikeyAidanm (1)............. 13 .. 6 .. 7 .. 59
30 . bartektrz (WC)............... 13 .. 7 .. 6 .. 58
31 . Lady......................... 13 .. 7 .. 6 .. 55
.. . camoya....................... 13 .. 6 .. 7 .. 55
.. . wateva....................... 13 .. 6 .. 7 .. 55
34 . cooldudeanzela............... 11 .. 6 .. 5 .. 54
.. . butch (5).................... 13 .. 6 .. 7 .. 54
36 . ktwtennis.................... 10 .. 6 .. 4 .. 52
.. . MonicaSelesFan2.............. 11 .. 6 .. 5 .. 52
38 . jerk_in_the_box.............. 12 .. 5 .. 7 .. 47
39 . speedster_ (4)............... 13 .. 5 .. 8 .. 46
40 . K&J fan...................... 13 .. 5 .. 8 .. 45
41 . WTA Handicapper.............. 12 .. 6 .. 6 .. 44
.. . nitsansh..................... 12 .. 5 .. 7 .. 44
43 . azza......................... 12 .. 5 .. 7 .. 43
44 . canuckfan.................... 12 .. 5 .. 7 .. 42
.. . danielrosario (7)............ 12 .. 5 .. 7 .. 42
46 . levos (WC)................... 12 .. 6 .. 6 .. 41
47 . saab95 (WC).................. 11 .. 5 .. 6 .. 40
48 . komwalkmas................... .9 .. 4 .. 5 .. 39
49 . SpHeErNrAyY.................. 11 .. 5 .. 6 .. 36
.. . mypapa_je.................... 11 .. 4 .. 7 .. 36
51 . twight6...................... .6 .. 4 .. 2 .. 35
52 . Hardiansf.................... .6 .. 4 .. 2 .. 33
.. . sandg (2).................... 13 .. 4 .. 9 .. 33
54 . silent140.................... 12 .. 3 .. 9 .. 32
55 . chill1533.................... .8 .. 4 .. 4 .. 31
56 . kyk710....................... 11 .. 3 .. 8 .. 29
57 . Philip....................... .6 .. 3 .. 3 .. 27
58 . tennis2003................... .4 .. 3 .. 1 .. 26
59 . Jeff......................... .7 .. 4 .. 3 .. 25
60 . petosp (3)................... .6 .. 2 .. 4 .. 24
61 . huge lina k fan (WC)......... .6 .. 2 .. 4 .. 23
62 . cheese101.................... .8 .. 2 .. 6 .. 22
.. . dario88...................... 11 .. 2 .. 9 .. 22
64 . Rossana Fan.................. .6 .. 2 .. 4 .. 21
65 . firefly_ac................... 10 .. 2 .. 8 .. 19
66 . ZAK.......................... .8 .. 1 .. 7 .. 11
67 . aimerent..................... .1 .. 1 .. 0 .. .6
.. . Edman........................ .1 .. 1 .. 0 .. .6
69 . HoOvErPhOnIc................. .0 .. 0 .. 0 .. .0
.. . ilovemomo.................... .0 .. 0 .. 0 .. .0
.. . KoOlMaNsTeVeN................ .0 .. 0 .. 0 .. .0
.. . lukehingis................... .0 .. 0 .. 0 .. .0
.. . obatafan..................... .0 .. 0 .. 0 .. .0
.. . Perfect_Stroke............... .0 .. 0 .. 0 .. .0
.. . usawildcat929................ .0 .. 0 .. 0 .. .0
.. . vague_boy.................... .0 .. 0 .. 0 .. .0

Commentary:

Like his/her performance in Philadelphia 2003, matija-seles showed great precision in all 13 of his/her PAW’s. The lack of major upsets at the 2004 Sydney International was a welcoming sign for the Polish player who thrives on correct accurate picks to build up points. Canadian Nathan27 looks to be in for a breakthrough year, finishing a solid second ahead of the equal third duo of US Open champion yucky and the lone Mexican in PAW – Alek. Big things are expected of Nir this year and he didn’t disappoint, registering a 5th place finish that is currently at the top of her CV for 2004. Further down the table saw solid performances from Grice, croat123 & Lee-Waters’ Boy who tied for 6th, ahead of Belgium prodigy – kimclijsetrs4ever.

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PAW #98 - CANBERRA 2004

P . Player........................ .P .. .W .. L . pts

1.Duleml (6)...................... 13 .. 11 .. 2 .101
2.kfh_9118........................ 13 .. 10 .. 3 ..92
3.aussiefan83 (7)................. 13 .. 10 .. 3 ..90
4.AGUSTIN......................... 13 .. .8 .. 5 ..74
..New............................. 13 .. .9 .. 4 ..74
6.The Monarch Butterfly........... 13 .. .8 .. 5 ..69
7.andrew_uk (WC).................. 12 .. .8 .. 4 ..68
8.Nicky2002....................... 13 .. .8 .. 5 ..62
9.AlexSydney...................... 13 .. .7 .. 6 ..59
10.ntohir (3)..................... 13 .. .6 .. 7 ..58
11.efss........................... 13 .. .6 .. 7 ..57
12.köj-è (4)...................... 13 .. .7 .. 6 ..55
13.Gregorian...................... 13 .. .8 .. 5 ..54
14.broncosven..................... 12 .. .7 .. 5 ..53
15.Jakub (1)...................... 13 .. .5 .. 8 ..49
16.jrm............................ 13 .. .6 .. 7 ..48
17.Benny.......................... .7 .. .4 .. 3 ..29
18.Je_ne_sais_quoi (5)............ 13 .. .2 ..11 ..23
19.YoungProfessor (2)............. 12 .. .2 ..10 ..22

Commentary:

In 2003, Duleml was one of a hefty group of talented individuals who captured two PAW titles, in the span of two months – Zurich and also Pattaya. Just one tournament after his last tournament win, Duleml, now seeded 6, claimed another victory, this time in the Australian capital city of Australia. This player who is one of a few from Serbia Cerno-Gora has the potential to be a solid top 10 player, his temperament and persistence is already up there with the greats. Having not played since Miami 2003, former world number #7 kfh_9118 bettered 2003’s Canberra performance, finishing 2 places better in second. Always a regular – aussiefan83 lived up to his first ever seeding in a tournament, compiling a juicy 90 points to finish 3rd, ahead of newcomers – New from Singapore, and AGUSTIN from the Argentine.

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PAW #99 - HOBART 2004

P . Player........................ P. . W .. L . pts

1 . bionic71 (2)................... 13 . 9 .. 4 . 110
2 . ~Isidora~...................... 13 . 7 .. 6 . 101
3 . matthias....................... 13 . 8 .. 5 .. 98
4 . Catriel........................ 11 . 7 .. 4 .. 97
5 . Pintaled (1)................... 13 . 7 .. 6 .. 88
6 . marcobarella (5)............... 13 . 7 .. 6 .. 86
7 . Joana.......................... 13 . 9 .. 4 .. 83
8 . polishprodigy (6).............. 13 . 5 .. 8 .. 81
9 . aussie_stars (3)............... 13 . 8 .. 5 .. 80
.. . tenn_ace...................... 13 . 6 .. 7 .. 80
11. paellapan (WC)................. 13 . 5 .. 8 .. 76
12. ghosts (7)..................... 13 . 5 .. 8 .. 74
13. Elisse (4)..................... 13 . 6 .. 7 .. 69
14. _shorty_....................... 13 . 5 .. 8 .. 64
15. geegables...................... 10 . 4 .. 6 .. 51
16. Pratt’s fan (WC)............... .9 . 3 .. 6 .. 48
17. rusty_red_head................. .6 . 3 .. 3 .. 45
18. supernova (WC)................. .5 . 3 .. 2 .. 43

Commentary:

Sentimental favourite – the ”old bionic battler” not only had to contend with the vastly improving newcomers but had to subjugate the harsh playing conditions characteristic of a Tier V, in a week which saw him capture his first career title since San Diego in 2002. First timer ~Isidora~ arrived to the scene and didn’t seem to display a single weakness to his/her repertoire, finishing second, yet faltering on his/her last two picks. German matthias, who debuted strongly last week on the Gold Coast proved he is indeed a force to be reckoned with this year, climbing from no where to finish 3rd. The success of Salerni helped Catriel earn his best ever tournament finish – a 4th, yet an unavailability to post his last two PAW’s ensured he is still searching fort hat elusive first title.

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:wavey: :bigwave: :wavey:

Thanks Spikey :)

Good commentary :worship:

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PAW #100 - AUSTRALIAN OPEN 2004

P . Player....................... .P .. .W .. .L .. pts

1 . Geoffry....................... 26 .. 17 .. .9 .. 247
2 . Je_ne_sais_quoi............... 26 .. 14 .. 12 .. 245
3 . cooldudeanzela................ 26 .. 12 .. 14 .. 239
4 . bbypk (6)..................... 26 .. 15 .. 11 .. 232
5 . pReUrBrIyN.................... 26 .. 15 .. 11 .. 229
. . ZAK........................... 26 .. 13 .. 13 .. 229
7 . camoya........................ 26 .. 15 .. 11 .. 222
8 . bionic71 (14)................. 26 .. 17 .. .9 .. 220
9 . levos......................... 26 .. 17 .. .9 .. 211
10 . Elisse (18).................. 26 .. 11 .. 15 .. 207
11 . korben (WC).................. 26 .. 14 .. 12 .. 206
12 . jrm.......................... 26 .. 14 .. 12 .. 204
13 . oren987...................... 26 .. 17 .. .9 .. 203
.. . mypapa_je (30)............... 26 .. 13 .. 13 .. 203
15 . Buitenzorg (9)............... 26 .. .9 .. 17 .. 199
16 . Razor........................ 24 .. 15 .. .9 .. 198
17 . duki (28).................... 26 .. 15 .. 11 .. 196
.. . Pintaled (12)................ 26 .. 15 .. 11 .. 196
19 . kyk710....................... 26 .. 13 .. 13 .. 193
20 . kimclijsters4ever............ 26 .. 13 .. 13 .. 190
21 . MonicaSelesFan2.............. 26 .. 15 .. 11 .. 189
.. . Rtael (13)................... 26 .. 14 .. 12 .. 189
.. . Gregorian.................... 26 .. 14 .. 12 .. 189
24 . polishprodigy (23)........... 25 .. 11 .. 14 .. 187
25 . marcobarella (17)............ 26 .. 15 .. 11 .. 185
26 . tenn_ace..................... 26 .. 12 .. 14 .. 181
27 . paellapan.................... 25 .. 10 .. 15 .. 179
.. . WTA Handicapper (16)......... 26 .. 13 .. 13 .. 179
29 . Hardiansf.................... 26 .. 14 .. 12 .. 176
30 . yucky (22)................... 26 .. 11 .. 15 .. 175
31 . wateva....................... 25 .. 11 .. 14 .. 174
.. . Canuck_Fan................... 26 .. 15 .. 11 .. 174
33 . sandg (2).................... 26 .. 15 .. 11 .. 171
34 . silent140 (20)............... 26 .. 13 .. 13 .. 170
35 . andrew_uk.................... 23 .. 14 .. .9 .. 169
36 . petosp (3)................... 26 .. 10 .. 16 .. 167
37 . danielrosario (7)............ 26 .. 14 .. 12 .. 166
.. . Nathan27..................... 26 .. 14 .. 12 .. 166
.. . saab95....................... 26 .. 14 .. 12 .. 166
40 . firefly_ac (26).............. 25 .. 10 .. 15 .. 165
41 . tennis2003................... 23 .. 12 .. 11 .. 164
.. . Grice (10)................... 26 .. 15 .. 11 .. 164
43 . Nir (25)..................... 25 .. 14 .. 11 .. 163
44 . aussie_stars (15)............ 26 .. 14 .. 12 .. 162
45 . ntohir (21).................. 26 .. 11 .. 15 .. 161
46 . Come-on-kim.................. 25 .. 13 .. 12 .. 160
.. . ozfan44...................... 26 .. 13 .. 13 .. 160
48 . Jakub (8).................... 26 .. 15 .. 11 .. 158
.. . speedster_ (4)............... 26 .. 15 .. 11 .. 158
50 . AGUSTIN...................... 25 .. 16 .. .9 .. 157
.. . K&J fan (11)................. 26 .. 14 .. 12 .. 157
52 . St .Sebastian................ 26 .. 14 .. 12 .. 156
.. . Nica......................... 26 .. 13 .. 13 .. 156
54 . bartektrz.................... 24 .. 19 .. .5 .. 155
.. . canuckfan.................... 25 .. 12 .. 13 .. 155
56 . Lady......................... 26 .. 12 .. 14 .. 154
57 . ghosts (24).................. 26 .. 15 .. 11 .. 153
58 . SpikeyAidanm (1)............. 26 .. 10 .. 16 .. 152
59 . Vass22....................... 26 .. 17 .. .9 .. 150
60 . twight6...................... 25 .. 13 .. 12 .. 149
61 . ~Isidora~.................... 21 .. 11 .. 10 .. 147
.. . aussiefan83.................. 26 .. 16 .. 10 .. 147
63 . broncosven................... 26 .. 14 .. 12 .. 145
64 . efss......................... 26 .. 11 .. 15 .. 143
65 . Philip....................... 25 .. .9 .. 16 .. 139
.. . Hantuchov.................... 26 .. .9 .. 17 .. 139
67 . kfh_9118..................... 26 .. 15 .. 11 .. 138
68 . _shorty_..................... 24 .. 12 .. 12 .. 137
.. . Duleml....................... 25 .. 13 .. 12 .. 137
70 . köj-è........................ 26 .. .7 .. 19 .. 132
71 . Lee-Waters' Boy (27)......... 26 .. 11 .. 15 .. 130
72 . geegables.................... 25 .. .7 .. 18 .. 129
73 . AlexSydney................... 26 .. .7 .. 19 .. 128
74 . nitsansh..................... 26 .. .8 .. 18 .. 126
.. . sPAWrty...................... 26 .. .8 .. 18 .. 126
76 . Cyobi........................ 26 .. 12 .. 14 .. 125
77 . rusty_red_head (29).......... 23 .. 15 .. .8 .. 124
.. . chill1533.................... 24 .. 18 .. .6 .. 124
.. . konijntje_00................. 25 .. 14 .. 11 .. 124
.. . raquel....................... 26 .. 11 .. 15 .. 124
81 . Alek......................... 26 .. 15 .. 11 .. 120
82 . zorgzamesnip................. 26 .. .9 .. 17 .. 118
83 . cheese101.................... 25 .. .9 .. 16 .. 117
84 . Joana........................ 17 .. .9 .. .8 .. 114
.. . matija-seles................. 24 .. 15 .. .9 .. 114
86 . Benny........................ 26 .. 11 .. 15 .. 112
87 . jerk_in_the_box.............. 24 .. .7 .. 17 .. 111
88 . azza......................... 26 .. 10 .. 16 .. 110
89 . dario88...................... 19 .. .7 .. 12 .. 109
90 . Purple_Llama (WC)............ 21 .. 14 .. .7 .. 106
.. . New.......................... 26 .. 10 .. 16 .. 106
.. . matthias..................... 26 .. .8 .. 18 .. 106
93 . aimerent (31)................ 22 .. 13 .. .9 .. 102
94 . Edman........................ 26 .. .8 .. 18 .. 101
95 . Melly_Flew_Us (WC)........... 22 .. 10 .. 12 .. 100
.. . Klio......................... 25 .. .8 .. 17 .. 100
97 . PointBlank................... 26 .. 19 .. .7 .. .99
98 . j_dementieva27............... 26 .. 10 .. 16 .. .98
99 . Jeff......................... 19 .. 10 .. .9 .. .97
100 . Catriel..................... 25 .. .9 .. 16 .. .92
--- . butch (5)................... 26 .. 10 .. 16 .. .92
102 . dubro....................... 25 .. .9 .. 16 .. .90
103 . caramel (32)................ 20 .. 11 .. .9 .. .89
104 . ktwtennis................... 24 .. .9 .. 15 .. .81
105 . croat123.................... 16 .. .8 .. .8 .. .78
106 . Ten_Isse_Fan................ 20 .. .6 .. 14 .. .61
107 . Nicky2002................... .9 .. .4 .. .5 .. .52
108 . Reichen..................... 22 .. .8 .. 14 .. .40
109 . loveulindsay................ .6 .. .4 .. .2 .. .18

Commentary:

PAW Grand Slam Champions are becoming more and more difficult to predict with the last three winners coming from players ranked well outside the top 100. #165 Geoffry did the inevitable in Melbourne, after just beginning PAW this year, he became one of two Belgians to win the possible six titles that have been contested this year. But not only did Geoffry become a Grand Slam champion but he won it like a true champion – displaying calm nerves and thoughtful moves beyond years. He ended up with 17-9 win-loss for his 26 PAW’s and was able to climb up to the top through collecting a series of points rather than going for outright winners. And that seemed to be the case at the Australian Open, most of the big points were collected in the first few rounds and it was up to players to carefully pick their matches for the last few rounds. Je_ne_sais_quoi bettered his former best PAW result in Toronto last year, by finishing runner-up. The World No #47 got up the table earlier by gaining some big points with a limited number of picks, it was just up to him to hold of his opponents the rest of the way.

Playing also in only his 3rd tournament, Sydney's cooldudeanzela finished 3rd on 239 points ahead of the all so consistent bbypk from Spain, who successfully defended his 2003 Aussie Open points from last year. Bbypk (6) is without doubt the best PAW player that has never won a title, surely he is set to get the monkey off his back this year. Further down saw a very impressive performance from Canadian pReUrBrIyN who was equal 5th with a rejuvenated ZAK. Veteran warhorses filled the rest of the table with the experienced bionic71 (14), Elisse (18) and Buitenzorg (9) being mixed with the newcomers of camoya, levos (debut tournament), jrm, korben and Razor (debut tournament).
A total of 109 players made their 2689 picks in which 78 went for “Molik over Hantuchova,” the tournament’s most popular PAW made on the day when the PAW Aussie Open thread was controversially moved to the PAW forum.

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PAW #101 - TOKYO TORAY PAN PACIFIC OPEN 2004

P.Player.......................P.....W.....L...pts

01.Rtael......................13.....8.....5...137
02.sandg (2)..................11.....9.....2...133
03.jrm........................12.....7.....4...128
04.ghosts.....................12.....8.....4...125
05.ntohir.....................12.....7.....5...115
06.andrew_uk..................13.....8.....5...109
07.j_dementieva27.............12.....8.....4...108
08.speedster_ (4).............11.....9.....2...106
09.bionic71...................13....11.....2...105
...Lady.......................12.....6.....6...105
11.Philip.....................12.....7.....5...104
12.Edman......................10.....8.....2...103
13.Pintaled...................12.....7.....5...102
...petosp (3).................10.....7.....3...102
15.paellapan..................12.....6.....6....99
16.aussiefan83................13.....8.....5....98
17.kimclijsters4ever..........12.....5.....7....96
...nitsansh...................12.....6.....6....96
19.Nicky2002..................11.....9.....2....93
20.Nir........................11.....6.....5....92
21.cooldudeanzela.............13.....4.....9....89
22.bartektrz..................12....10.....2....86
23.matija-seles...............12....10.....2....85
24.SpikeyAidanm(1)............12.....4.....8....84
25.Hantuchov..................11.....6.....5....83
...K&J fan....................12.....4.....8....83
27.AGUSTIN.....................9.....5.....4....81
28.21 Watts...................12.....4.....8....77
...Geoffry....................12.....5.....7....77
30.matthias...................13.....8.....5....76
31.croat123...................13.....5.....8....75
...broncosven.................11.....5.....6....75
33.New........................13.....7.....6....73
...camoya.....................11.....6.....5....73
...bbypk(6)...................11.....8.....3....73
36.Klio.......................13.....5.....8....72
37.Fyndh0rnElf (WC)...........12.....8.....4....70
...sPAWrty....................12.....7.....5....70
39.geegables..................11.....5.....6....69
40.Jeff........................8.....5.....3....67
...Nathan27...................10.....7.....3....67
42.loveulindsay...............10.....9.....1....63
43.Catriel.....................7.....3.....4....62
...Jakub(8)...................10.....8.....2....62
45.William Hunt (WC)..........13.....3....10....61
46.duki.......................11.....6.....5....60
47.kyk710.....................10.....5.....5....57
...efss.......................10.....8.....2....57
49.azza.......................10.....5.....5....56
...kfh 9118...................10.....6.....4....56
51.butch(5)....................9.....5.....4....54
...canuckfan...................9.....5.....4....54
...tenn_ace...................10.....6.....4....54
54.aussie_stars...............10.....5.....5....53
...Nica.......................12.....5.....7....53
56.Lee-Waters' Boy............11.....6.....5....52
57.konijntje_00...............11.....6.....5....49
58.firefly_ac..................3.....3.....0....48
...masha (WC).................10.....7.....3....48
...marcobarella...............11.....6.....5....48
61.Hardiansf...................4.....2.....2....47
62.Je_ne_sais_quoi.............6.....2.....4....45
...caramel.....................7.....5.....2....45
64.Buitenzorg.................11.....4.....7....42
65.zorgzamesnip...............12.....3.....9....39
...Vass22......................6.....5.....1....39
67.aimerent...................10.....6.....4....38
68.Elisse.....................10.....4.....6....36
69.jerk_in_the_box.............8.....4.....4....35
70.WTA Handicapper.............5.....4.....1....34
71._shorty_....................5.....2.....3....33
...Canuck_Fan.................10.....4.....6....33
...Alex........................6.....5.....1....33
...oren987....................11.....5.....6....33
75.MonicaSelesFan2.............9.....5.....4....29
76.Gregorian..................13.....4.....9....25
...levos.......................5.....3.....2....25
78.Razor.......................4.....4.....0....24
79.PointBlank..................7.....2.....5....22
...Come-on-kim.................6.....4.....2....22
...koj-e......................10.....4.....6....22
82.raquel......................2.....1.....1....21
...Duleml......................9.....4.....5....21
...cheese101...................3.....2.....1....21
85.dubro.......................5.....3.....2....20
86.Cyobi.......................3.....2.....1....19
87.Jarrett (WC)................2.....1.....1....17
...ZAK.........................3.....1.....2....17
...yucky.......................3.....1.....2....17
...Joana.......................3.....1.....2....17
...Grice.......................4.....1.....3....17
92.Reichen.....................7.....2.....5....15
...ktwtennis...................6.....2.....4....15
94.rusty_red_head..............5.....2.....3....14
95.ns_Henin....................2.....1.....1....12
96.tennis2003..................6.....1.....5.....7
...polishprodigy...............4.....1.....3.....7
98.silent140...................7.....1.....6.....6
...danielrosario(7)............3.....1.....2.....6
100.dario88....................3.....0.....3.....0
...Benny.......................3.....0.....3.....0
...Melly Flew Us...............1.....0.....1.....0

Commentary:

The always optimistic Rtael, ranked 11 after the first Grand Slam of the year was quoted saying - “I can guaranteed you that I will win one (title) this year and probably a lot more than just one!” in his pre-tournament press conference at the Gold Coast. Whilst some players may talk to talk but fail to walk to walk, Rtael has obviously proved not to be one of those. Last year’s clay court starlet found the numerous WTAWorld shutdowns as just a minor distraction, carving his way to a juicy total of 137 points from 8 correct picks. 2nd seeded sandg recuperated from his early blues after failing to defend the Gold Coast. Sandg picked smartly notching up a fancy 9-2 win-loss ratio from only 11 PAW’s. The inability to post the full amount of PAW’s was a characteristic of this tournament particularly with WTAWorld’s continuing inaccessibility and four matches in the main draw that never took place due to withdrawals. A nuisance for all 102 players, indeed.

Playing in only his/her third tournament, Slovakian jrm is starting to raise a few eyebrows for his high standard of play, after a round of 16 performance at the Australian Open, jrm added more points to his/her total, finishing a classy 3rd. The iron man of the tour – ghosts, had a return to form finishing in 4th place above last year’s Quebec City champion, the emotional and highly energetic ntohir. Unheralded Brit andrew_uk notched up his best PAW tournament performance (6th) along with j_dementieva27 (7th). Further down the table, recent Grand Slam winner Geoffry finished equal 28th.

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PAW #102 - PARIS (OPEN GAZ DE FRANCE) 2004

..#.Player................P....W....L....Pts

..1.SpikeyAidanm.(1).....13...10....3...130
..2.sandg.(3)............13....9....4...129
..3.KoOlMaNsTeVeN........13....9....4...124
..4.ZAK..................13....9....4...123
..5.bbypk.(6)............13....9....4...122
....sPAWrty..............13...11....2...122
..7.butch.(5)............13....9....4...121
..8.aussie_stars.........13...11....2...118
..9.oren987..............13....9....4...117
.10.bionic71.............13....9....4...116
.11.Gregorian............13....8....5...113
....camoya...............13....8....5...113
....jerk-in-the-box......13...10....3...113
....tenn_ace.............13....7....6...113
.15.Benny................13....8....5...111
.16.saab95...............13...10....3...110
.17.Nica.................13....8....5...109
.18.Vass22...............13....8....5...108
....canuckfan............13....8....5...108
.20.geegables............11....8....3...107
.21.Come-on-kim..........13....9....4...106
....Rtael................13....7....6...106
....ghosts...............13....8....5...106
.24.K&J fan..............13....7....6...105
....Nathan27.............13....8....5...105
.26.Nir..................13....9....4...104
.27.Canuck_Fan...........13....7....6...102
....jrm..................13....9....4...102
....wateva...............13....8....5...102
.30.ntohir...............13....7....6...101
.31.Duleml...............13....8....5...100
....efss.................13....9....4...100
.33.croat123.............11....6....5....99
.34.Geoffry..............13....6....7....98
.35.yucky................12....8....4....97
.36.Lady.................13....6....7....96
.37.tennis2003...........13....7....6....95
.38.konijntje_00.........13....6....7....94
.39.kyk710...............13....7....6....91
....raquel...............13....7....6....91
.41.ktwtennis............12....7....5....90
....cooldudeanzela.......13....5....8....90
.43.rusty_red_head.......10....7....3....89
....Kimmie's_Boy.........12....7....5....89
....MonicaSelesFan2......13....6....7....89
.46._shorty_.............13....5....8....88
....paellapan............13....5....8....88
.48.21 Watts.............12....6....6....87
....nitsansh.............13....5....8....87
.50.masha................13....7....6....86
....speedster_.(2).......13....7....6....86
.52.New..................13...10....3....85
.53.Grice................10....5....5....83
....petosp.(4)...........13....7....6....83
.55.marcobarella.........12....5....7....82
.56.William Hunt.........13....5....8....81
.57.azza.................13....6....7....80
.58.PointBlank...........13....4....9....79
.59.kfh_9118.............13....7....6....78
.60.dario88..............11....5....6....77
....Nicky2002............13....6....7....77
.62.silent140............13....7....6....76
.63.Je_ne_sais_quoi......11....6....5....75
.64.WTA Handicapper......13....5....8....74
.65.Buitenzorg.(8).......13....4....9....73
.66.chill1533............13....9....4....72
.67.aussiefan83...........8....6....2....69
....andrew_uk............13....6....7....69
.69.Elisse................9....6....3....65
.70.matthias.............13....7....6....64
.71.Hantuchov............13....6....7....62
.72.Klio.................13....6....7....61
.73.Melly Flew Us.........5....4....1....58
....matija-seles.........12....6....6....58
.75.caramel..............12....8....4....56
....Fyndh0rnElf..........13....8....5....56
.77.broncosven...........13....6....7....55
.78.Catriel..............11....4....7....54
.79.j_dementieva27.......12....6....6....49
.80.Jeff..................9....5....4....46
....danielrosario.(7)....13....3...10....46
.82.kimclijsters4ever....10....3....7....44
....Alek.................13....7....6....44
.84.Pintaled.............13....3...10....42
.85.polishprodigy.........9....3....6....41
.86.aimerent.............10....5....5....40
.87.firefly_ac............6....4....2....39
.88.bartektrz............13....5....8....36
.89.Tomas11...............5....2....3....32
.90.zorgzamesnip..........9....4....5....30
.91.Edman................13....3...10....29
.92.duki.................10....3....7....27
.93.Cyobi.................7....4....3....24
.94.Lee-Waters' Boy.......6....1....5....23
....Philip................8....1....7....23
....AGUSTIN..............10....1....9....23
.97.Jakub.................7....2....5....17
.98.crazillo..............4....0....4.....0
....levos.................4....0....4.....0


Commentary:

Having squandered early leads in Birmingham, Zurich and the Masters, world number one SpikeyAidanm (AUS), did something unique in Paris. Instead of setting the early pace, he gradually made his way up a very closely contested table for an extremely narrow victory. It what was the first World No 1 vs 2 final this year, Spikey finished just one point ahead of his versatile rival. It was sandg’s second consecutive final, having also finishing runner-up last week in Tokyo TPP. World #64 KoOlMaNsTeVeN, a former winner of Antwerp had a very promising tournament, notching a 3rd place finish.

Early joint leaders – sPAWrty and aussie_stars appeared to be unbeatable after the completion of the second round, by leaving out the “Golovin over Dementieva” pick, they both were relugated from their top position. In the end sPAWrty, playing in only his/her third tournament finished equal 5th with the steady and all to consistent bbypk, whilst aussie_stars made a third quarter-final (8th) of the year, moving up to a new career high of #13. US-Swiss giant ZAK, already a quarter-finalist at the Australian Open, finished 4th and is now 8th in the PAW Race to the Champions. Somewhat quietly, former world number 8 bionic71, notched up his five consecutive top ten finish of 2004, ending up 10th.

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Spikey....love ur commentaries!!!!!!!!!!!!

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PAW #103 - ANTWERP 2004

.#. Player................P....W....L....Pts

.1 .K&J fan.(7)..........13...11....2...127
.2 .Lady.................13...10....3...125
.3 .j_dementieva27.......13...11....2...112
.4 .Come-on-kim..........13...10....3...110
.5 .silent140............13...10....3...109
.6 .sandg.(1)............13...10....3...107
.7 .Hantuchov............13....9....4...105
.8 .Nica.................13....9....4...104
.9 .Nir..................13...10....3...100
10 .Geoffry..............13....8....5....98
11 .oren987..............13...11....2....97
12 .andrew_uk............13....8....5....94
13 .Buitenzorg.(5).......13....7....6....93
.. .WTA Handicapper......13....9....4....93
.. .bartektrz............13...11....2....93
16 .zorgzamesnip.........13....8....5....89
17 .Nathan27.............13....8....5....88
18 .Hardiansf............11....7....4....87
19 .kimclijsters4ever....13....8....5....85
20 .aussie_stars.(8).....11....9....2....83
.. .yucky................13...10....3....83
22 .mypapa_je............13....9....4....81
.. .raquel...............13....8....5....81
24 .KoOlMaNsTeVeN.........8....7....1....80
.. .Rtael.(3)............12....6....6....80
26 .The Monarch Butterfl.13....9....4....79
27 .saab95...............13....7....6....78
28 .konijntje_00.........13....8....5....77
.. .sPAWrty..............13....8....5....77
30 .ktwtennis............11....9....2....73
.. .camoya...............13....7....6....73
32 .Elisse...............13....8....5....72
.. .Kimmie's_Boy.........13....6....7....72
34 .Jeff.................13....7....6....71
35 .Edman................13....7....6....70
36 .duki.................12....6....6....69
.. .wateva...............12....8....4....69
38 .William Hunt.........13....6....7....68
39 .geegables............13....6....7....64
40 .ZAK..................12....6....6....63
41 .canuckfan............13....6....7....61
42 .masha................13....6....7....60
43 .tennis2003...........13....8....5....57
44 .caramel..............12....8....4....55
45 .Mashy................12....6....6....53
46 .MonicaSelesFan2.......9....6....3....50
47 .petosp.(2)............8....4....4....47
48 .croat123.............10....5....5....45
49 .Cyobi................12....5....7....44
50 .Vass22................9....5....4....42
51 .Nicoleke..............9....6....3....40
52 .aimerent..............8....5....3....37
53 .firefly_ac............9....3....6....36
.. .Pintaled.(6).........13....4....9....36
55 .Klio.................12....2...10....34
56 .Fyndh0rnElf...........8....3....5....26
57 .danielrosario.(4).....9....2....7....21
58 .Melly Flew Us.........2....1....1....14
.. .shap_half.............3....1....2....14
60 .levos.................4....1....3.....9


Commentary:

Like his compatriot Justine Henin-Hardenne (who debuted with a tournament win), K&J fan proved to be a force to be reckoned with in his premature years. He was a finalist at the prestigious Tier I – Berlin in only his third tournament highlighting his strong sense of composure and maturity, a final component needed to be a top PAW player. And after his first victory, in his hometown of Antwerp, K&J fan was lost for words, describing the triumph as mere “beautiful.” Not only does the title ensure a crack into the top 10 for the first time, but it crowned a third Belgian title winner this year, joining zorgzamesnip (Gold Coast) and Geoffry (Australian Open). But the Belgian success continued with 5 Belgians rounding out the top 20, Come-on-Kim (4th), Geoffry (10th), zorgzamesnip (16th) and kimclijsters4ever (19th). Latvia’s Lady, one of two players from a minor tennis playing country picked well to finish 2nd, ahead of the vastly approving j_dementieva27, who held a perfect win-loss record heading into day four. World number two sandg had a third consecutive top 10 finish, moving him to third in the race after finishing a solid 6th.

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PAW #104 - MEMPHIS 2004

P . Player.......................... .P .. W .. L .pts

1 . Alek............................ 12 .. 9 .. 3 ..107
2 . ghosts (8)...................... 13 .. 7 .. 6 .. 95
3 . jerk_in_the_box................. 12 ..10 .. 2 .. 94
4 . 21 Watts (WC)................... 13 .. 8 .. 5 .. 93
5 . Grice (4)....................... 13 .. 9 .. 4 .. 89
6 . Joana........................... 12 .. 7 .. 5 .. 84
. . AGUSTIN......................... 13 .. 6 .. 7 .. 84
8 . tenn_ace........................ 13 .. 6 .. 7 .. 81
9 . butch (2)....................... 13 .. 7 .. 6 .. 80
.. . efss........................... 13 .. 6 .. 7 .. 80
11 . ntohir (5)..................... 13 .. 7 .. 6 .. 78
12 . Lee-Waters' Boy (7)............ 13 .. 7 .. 6 .. 75
13 . jrm............................ 13 .. 6 .. 7 .. 73
14 . Philip......................... 13 .. 7 .. 6 .. 69
15 . SpikeyAidanm (1)............... 13 .. 5 .. 8 .. 68
16 . Canuck_Fan..................... 13 .. 8 .. 5 .. 67
17 . _shorty_....................... 13 .. 6 .. 7 .. 63
18 . kfh_9118....................... 11 .. 8 .. 3 .. 62
19 . Reichen........................ 13 .. 5 .. 8 .. 61
20 . Gregorian...................... 13 .. 4 .. 9 .. 58
21 . PointBlank..................... 13 .. 5 .. 8 .. 52
22 . bionic71 (6)................... 13 .. 4 .. 9 .. 50
23 . chill1533...................... 13 .. 6 .. 7 .. 48
24 . broncosven..................... 11 .. 3 .. 8 .. 35
25 . aussiefan83.................... .7 .. 4 .. 3 .. 23
26 . Jakub (3)...................... .4 .. 3 .. 1 .. 16


Commentary:

PAW was privileged when Mexican Alek – runner of the game FWTT and a respected moderator of the board joined PAW for the first time in 2004. After only five tournaments, on week 6 Alek was crowned a champion but had to withstand a very nervous last few hours, he needed Zvonareva to defeated Raymond, which was looking unlikely as she was down 2-5 and had to fight off three match points. At the same time 21 Watts (a WC) also was on the verge of his first title having picked Raymond, he would eventually have to be content with a 4th place finish. Zvonareva’s amazing comeback was a major relief not only for Alek (who now moves into the top 100), but for the revitalised ghosts, who had yet another impressive week finishing 2nd. Playing at home for the first time all year, jerk-in-the-box notched a 3rd place finish. 4th seeded Grice finally dusted some of the cobwebs, recording his/her first satisfying result of the year (5th).

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PAW #105 - HYDERABAD 2004

P.. Player............P...W..L..pts

1.. Tomas11...........12..8..4..108
2.. matthias..........13..8..5..105
3.. Nicky2002.........13..8..5..100
4.. azza..............13..9..4..99
5.. marcobarella (4)..13..7..6..90
... speedster_ (1)....13..6..7..90
7.. paellapan (6).....13..6..7..88
8.. bbypk (2).........12..6..6..80
9.. polishprodigy (5..13..5..8..79
10. Catriel...........12..8..4..74
11. New...............13..9..4..70
12. coold’anzela (8)..13..4..9..63
13. Benny.............13..7..6..62
14. Je_ne_sais_’i (3).13..5..8..53
15. nitsansh..........13..3.10..50
16. koj-e (7).........13..6..7..49
17. kyk710............10..2..8..25
18. Razor..............3..2..1..23
19. dario88............3..0..3...0
... loveulindsay.......1..0..1...0


Commentary:

Pondering retirement at the fragile age of 14, Tomas11’s career headed to a new direction after claiming his first title in Hyderabad, in only his fifth tournament. Having personal problems in Paris, this victory was one the talented Israeli deserved to treasure, vowing to return next year. Tomas11 only needed 12 picks to wear down the field, big things are expected of Matthias and he delivered with a blossomy 2nd place finish. Early leader Nicky2002, whilst disappointed of not winning should be proud of her 3rd place finish. Further down, 4th place went to the unpredictable azza, with “rivals” marcobarella and speedster_ mirroring with success, claiming equal 5th.

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:wavey: :hearts: :baby:

yay!!! im vastly improving!!!

im into the top 100 at 78 for the first time ever

spikey :wavey: you might be right, i could be top 50 by june

Hmmm, I kinda liked the comparison with Juju :bounce: :banana: :yeah:

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PAW #106 - DUBAI 2004

.1 petosp (4) ..................13.10..3.103
.2 butch (3) ...................13..8..5.102
.3 zorgzamesnip.................13..8..5..89
.4 saab95.......................13..9..4..87
.5 Benny........................13..9..4..85
.. Nicky2002....................13..9..4..85
.7 aussie_stars.................13..9..4..82
.. azza.........................13..9..4..82
.9 Klio.........................13..8..5..78
10 sandg (2) ...................13..9..4..77
11 bionic71.....................13..8..5..76
12 camoya.......................13..7..6..75
13 New..........................13..8..5..73
.. Oren987......................13..8..5..73
.. Tenn_ace.....................13..7..6..73
.. K&J fan......................13..6..7..73
17 kfh_9118.....................13..9..4..70
.. köj-è........................11..6..5..70
19 chill1533....................13..8..5..69
20 Hardiansf....................13..8..5..68
.. Edman........................13..7..6..68
.. Pintaled.....................13..6..7..68
23 SpikeyAidanm (1) ............13..6..7..67
24 aimerent.....................11..8..3..66
25 AGUSTIN......................13..8..5..65
.. danielrosario (7) ...........13..8..5..65
27 andrew_uk....................13..7..6..64
28 Nica.........................13..7..6..60
.. Jeff.........................13..6..7..60
.. sPAWrty......................13..6..7..60
.. wateva.......................12..5..7..60
32 WTA Handicapper..............13..9..4..59
.. TOMMYKA (WC) ................12..8..4..59
.. Guritna (WC) ................12..7..5..59
.. mypapa_je....................13..6..7..59
36 Buitenzorg (8) ..............13..5..8..58
37 nitsansh.....................13..5..8..57
38 j_dementieva27...............13..6..7..56
.. Lady.........................13..6..7..56
40 Nir..........................12..6..6..54
.. efss.........................13..5..8..54
42 polishprodigy.................7..5..2..53
.. konijntje_00.................13..7..6..53
44 rusty_red_head...............10..6..4..52
.. Elisse.......................10..5..5..52
46 Duleml.......................12..6..6..51
47 matija-seles..................9..6..3..50
48 bbypk (5) ...................13..6..7..48
49 MonicaSelesFan2..............12..5..7..46
50 kimclijsters4’r...............9..4..5..45
51 Lee-Waters' Boy..............11..5..6..44
52 masha .......................13..5..8..43
53 Nathan27.....................13..5..8..41
.. ntohir.......................13..4..9..41
55 Je_ne_sais_quoi...............8..6..2..40
.. loveulindsay..................7..5..2..40
.. ozfan44......................13..5..8..40
.. PointBlank...................13..3.10..40
59 ktwtennis.....................7..4..3..39
.. tennis2003...................13..5..8..39
61 jerk_in_the_box...............8..4..4..37
.. crazillo.....................10..4..6..37
63 Canuck_Fan...................13..4..9..36
64 Kimmie's Boy.................10..4..6..35
65 Mashy........................13..5..8..34
66 yucky........................10..5..5..33
67 21 Watts......................9..4..5..31
.. duki.........................11..3..8..31
69 Melly_Flew_Us.................8..2..6..30
70 geegables....................13..3.10..28
71 The Monarch B’y...............9..2..7..23
72 firefly_ac....................3..2..1..20
.. Joana.........................3..2..1..20
.. dubro.........................5..2..3..20
.. Rtael (6) ....................6..2..4..20
.. Philip........................6..1..5..20
77 canuckfan.....................8..2..6..18
78 dario88.......................3..1..2..13
79 Tomas11.......................7..1..6..10
80 bartektrz.....................4..1..3...7


Commentary:

Renowned for coming to win from "no-where" World No 8 petosp won yet again, Claiming a narrow 1 point victory over world number four butch, completing another high-class final. Petosp did not look in contention before the quarter-final, in fact he was outside the top 10 which makes his victory all the more remarkable. The pivotal pick came in "Shaughnessy over Myskina," not the most popular pick but one which gave him a juicy 15 points. He later made a critical and somewhat controversial decision to edit his final PAW - to Kuznetsova over Sugiyama, instead of the reverse, this elevated him to first place.

Last year's 3 title winner butch, who had never lost in a final until this tournament, finally made up amends for what so far has been a lacklustre 2004. One of butch's pivotal picks was "Daniilidou over Capriati." In 3rd place was zorgzamesnip, who had his best performance since winning the Gold Coast, the rapidly improving Russian saab95 placed fourth ahead of four aussies - Benny, Nicky2002, aussie_stars and azza, who occupied the 5th - 8th positions. World number two sandg continued his amazing consistency, finished in the top 10 for the 4th straight week.

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PAW #107 - BOGOTA 2004

..1.Catriel...........13.....9....4...432
..2.speedster_ (1)....13.....9....4...423
..3.Geoffry (7).......13.....8....5...418
..4.cdpoulin1 (WC)....13.....7....6...417
..5.Hantuchov.........13.....8....5...414
..6.ns_Henin..........13.....8....5...407
..7.Grice (3)..........9.....5....4...375
..8.William Hunt......13.....9....4...282
..9.jrm...............13....10....3...280
.10.Rossana Fan.......13.....7....6...275
.11.ghosts (6)........13.....7....6...267
.._.Matthias..........13.....7....6...267
.._.cooldudeanzela....13.....7....6...267
.14.silent140 (5).....12.....8....4...260
.15.raquel............12.....7....5...258
.16.marcobarella (4)..13.....8....5...256
.17.croat123..........13.....7....6...240
.18.Alek..............13.....8....5...237
.19.patM04............12.....8....4...232
.20.paellapan (8).....13.....5....8...221
.21.kyk710............12.....5....7...219
.22.Come-on-kim.......13.....8....5...218
....caramel...........11.....5....6...218
.24.aussiefan83 (WC)..12.....5....7...215
.25.Gregorian..........6.....4....2...212
.26.Dymension (WC).....9.....5....4...209
.27._shorty_...........9.....3....6...200
.28.broncosven.........10.....3....7....33


Commentary:

Playing in his first tournament in his own continent, Argentina's Catriel who may have squandered a chance to win in Hobart this year, did not look back and claimed his first title on the competitive PAW tour. In a week which say two massive excess 150 pointers from a match, the seven players who successfully opted for "Falcon over Leon Garcia" and "Schwartz over Schruff" were awarded with top 7 finishes. One of these was Australian Open champion, Geoffry, an early leader who ended up 3rd, behind speedster_, who was labelled "a lower tier expert" by Nir this week. Rounding off the podium saw cdpoulin1, playing in his first tournament in 2004 finishing 4th ahead of the dynamic Brazilian - Hantuchov who placed 5th.

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:wavey: :hearts: :baby:

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PAW #108 - DOHA 2004

.#. Player................P....W....L....Pts

.1 .Nicky2002............13....8....5...177
.2 .Jeff.................13...11....2...166
.3 .oren987..............13....8....5...158
.4 .petosp (5)...........13....6....7...157
.5 .WTA Handicapper......13....7....6...155
.6 .ntohir...............13....6....7...154
.7 .New..................13...10....3...152
.8 .Klio.................13....5....8...150
.9 .SpikeyAidanm (1).....13....6....7...148
.. .efss.................13....6....7...148
11 .jerk-in-the-box......13....8....5...147
12 .bbypk (3)............13....5....8...145
13 .bgbgbg...............13....6....7...142
14 .nitsansh.............13....7....6...141
15 .AGUSTIN..............13....7....6...137
16 .köj-è................13....6....7...134
17 .ktwtennis............12....6....6...132
18 .zorgzamesnip.........13....6....7...130
19 .wateva...............13....8....5...128
20 .kimclijsters4ever....13....7....6...127
21 .tennis2003...........11....8....3...126
.. .raquel...............13....6....7...126
23 .Rtael (4)............13....6....7...125
.. .kfh_9118.............13....6....7...125
25 .Canuck_Fan...........13....6....7...124
26 .aussiefan83..........13....7....6...118
27 .Guritna..............13....6....7...115
.. .Reichen..............13....5....8...115
29 .Edman................13....6....7...113
30 .crazillo.............11....5....6...110
.. .andrew_uk............13....6....7...110
32 .geegables............12....4....8...104
33 .konijntje_00.........12....4....8...102
.. .saab95...............13....6....7...102
35 .j_dementieva27.......13....3...10...101
.. .tenn_ace.............13....5....8...101
37 .Buitenzorg (7).......13....5....8....93
38 .Nica.................13....6....7....91
.. .azza.................13....2...11....91
40 .Rossana Fan..........13....6....7....82
41 .K&J fan (6)..........13....3...10....80
42 .dario88...............6....1....5....76
43 .sPAWrty..............13....7....6....75
44 .bartektrz............12....6....6....73
45 .MonicaSelesFan2......12....5....7....70
46 .Lady.................13....3...10....65
47 .Duleml...............13....8....5....62
48 .Lee-Waters' Boy.......9....6....3....59
49 .ozfan44...............6....3....3....58
.. .J.Capriati.Fan.......12....8....4....58
51 .matija-seles.........12....7....5....51
52 .chill1533............13....6....7....49
53 .KoOlMaNsTeVeN........12....4....8....44
54 .masha................13....4....9....38
55 .Benny................13....4....9....37
56 .Kimmie's_Boy..........8....3....5....29
57 .Catriel..............12....3....9....25
58 .ATH04.................4....2....2....24
59 .Grice (8).............4....2....2....22
60 .aimerent..............1....0....1.....0
61 .duki..................2....0....2.....0


Commentary:

Nicky2002 has been a success story in 2004. The young Australian now completes three consecutive top 10 finishes in the past three weeks and has set herself to be a forced to be reckoned with for the rest of the year. In second place placed Jeff, who despite not picking the Li over Callens (36 pointer) was still able to catapult to a whopping 166 points through careful conscience. Last week’s Doha winner petosp, proved to be yet again extremely comfortable with the Arab conditions, ending up 4th despite picking his last two PAW’s incorrectly in a last minute decision. The other semi-finalist was oren987 who has already achieved his highest PAW rank last week by breaking into the top 30, and this week will rise even higher. Yes, the Israeli bandwagon keeps on rolling.

WTA Handicapper finished 5th his best performance to date for Britain’s sentimental favourite, however he could have seriously contended for the title after being 10th from only 4 picks after day 2. Nevertheless he enters Indian Wells with newly found confidence. The vastly improving ntohir recorded a 6th spot, ahead of New (7th), Klio (8th) and equal 9th – SpikeyAidanm (1) and efss.

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PAW #109 - ACAPULCO 2004

Final Standing:

# Player Pks W L Pts Ben(11) Pen(10)
1 Geoffry 13 10 3 500 +
2 kyk710 13 10 3 493
3 ghosts 13 9 4 492 +
jrm 13 10 3 492
5 cdpoulin1 13 9 4 490 +
6 Jakub (6) 13 10 3 486
7 speedster_ (1) 13 9 4 485
8 canuckfan 13 9 4 484 +
paellapan 13 8 5 484 -
10 matthias 13 8 5 483
11 Hantuchov 13 8 5 480
12 Blind Guardian 13 8 5 478 +
_shorty_ 13 9 4 478 +
William Hunt 13 9 4 478 +
15 Gregorian 13 8 5 475
Nir 13 8 5 475 -
17 Philip 13 8 5 471
18 Dymension 9 7 2 466
Je_ne_sais_quoi (5) 13 7 6 466
levos 13 8 5 466
tuna 13 9 4 466 +
22 marcobarella (8) 12 7 5 461
23 Alek 12 7 5 448 +
24 mypapa_je 13 6 7 446 -
25 PointBlank 13 6 7 441
26 Mashy 12 6 6 435
27 caramel 11 3 8 411
28 Nathan27 13 9 4 285
29 Come-on-kim 13 8 5 284 +
30 broncosven 13 8 5 279 -
31 bionic71 13 8 5 277
32 21 Watts 13 7 6 274 -
33 Pintaled (3) 11 6 5 266
34 silent140 9 7 2 265
35 aussie_stars (4) 12 6 6 250
36 polishprodigy 9 4 5 233 +
37 butch (2) 13 4 9 231
38 Elisse 13 9 4 69
39 PatM04 10 6 4 62 +
40 rusty_red_head 11 5 6 50
41 yucky (7) 8 4 4 35
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Total 12 4
X pick not played
+ win
- loss



Commentary:

Exactly 500 points was the total, January’s player of the month yielded in 13 brilliant picks to become the first player this season to win 2 titles. The Belgian whose performance this week will give added momentum to his PAW race ranking lead looks set to be the ”SpikeyAidanm” of 2003, who similarly did not fear his inexperience in his first year of PAW. In what was an impressive performance, fellow 2004 debutant kyk710 placed 2nd for his top effort of the year, ahead of ghosts and jrm, a Bulgarian and Slovak Republican respectively who have been superb all season. This was ghosts fourth top 4 finish for the year and for February’s riser of the month – jrm, another momentous performance. Cdpoulin1 loves the clay, finishing 5th.

Former No 3 Jakub was 6th albeit hindered a chance for victory by failing his last PAW. Further down, speedster_ finished in the top 10 for the 5th time this season, “Mr Consistency” recorded a 7th place finish ahead of the equal 8th duo of paellapan and canuckfan. To emphasise the competitive nature of this tournament, paellapan could have won the title with a correct last pick, but instead finished 8th. The best of the players that failed to pick one of two 200 pointers this week was Nathan27, whose efforts were rewarded with a 28th finish and a mere 2 ranking points.

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:bigwave: :hug:[/CENTER]

Aidan :woohoo: :bowdown: ;)

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PAW #110 - INDIAN WELLS 2004

.#. Player................P....W....L...Pts

..1.Hantuchov............19...14....5...402
..2.mypapa_je (30).......19...12....7...397
..3.Lady.................19...11....8...390
..4.Philip...............19...11....8...388
..5.K&J fan (8)..........19...12....7...387
..6.nitsansh.............19...11....8...384
....Je_ne_sais_quoi (12).19...11....8...384
....geegables............19...12....7...384
..9.speedster_ (4).......19...11....8...380
....Rossana Fan..........19...13....6...380
.11.silent140 (19).......19...12....7...376
.12.Grice (14)...........19...12....7...374
.13.andrew_uk............19...10....9...373
.14.saab95...............19...11....8...372
.15.wateva...............19...11....8...371
.16.SpikeyAidanm (1).....19...12....7...369
.17.crazillo.............19...10....9...366
....tenn_ace.............19...11....8...366
.19.bionic71 (20)........19...14....5...365
....Come-on-kim..........19...10....9...365
.21.Gregorian............19...11....8...364
.22.canuckfan............19...12....7...363
....HoOvErPhOnIc.........19...11....8...363
.24.Rtael (6)............19....9...10...362
.25.matthias.............19...11....8...357
....raquel...............19...11....8...357
.27.masha................19...12....7...355
....ghosts (24)..........19...11....8...355
.29.James................19...10....9...354
.30.Buitenzorg (9).......19....9...10...353
.31.cdpoulin1............19....9...10...349
.32.sandg (2)............19...11....8...347
.33.New..................19...10....9...346
.34.camoya...............19...11....8...344
....kimclijsters4ever....19....9...10...344
.36.21 Watts.............19...12....7...343
.37._shorty_.............19...11....8...341
.38.Canuck_Fan...........19...10....9...340
.39.tuna.................19...11....8...339
.40.butch (3)............19...12....7...339
.41.Jarrett (WC).........19...12....7...337
.42.Elisse (22)..........18...12....6...336
.43.Geoffry (26).........19...10....9...334
.44.William Hunt.........19...10....9...333
.45.ZAK..................14....8....6...332
.46.bgbgbg...............19....8...11...331
....jerk-in-the-box......18...11....7...331
.48.j_dementieva27.......19...10....9...330
.49.bbypk (7)............19...13....6...329
.50.oren987 (23).........19....9...10...327
....efss.................19....9...10...327
.52.polishprodigy (21)...17....9....8...325
.53.koj-e................19...10....9...323
.54.konijntje_00.........18....9....9...322
....zorgzamesnip (31)....19...10....9...322
.56.sPAWrty..............19....9...10...321
....Nicky2002............19....9...10...321
.58.MonicaSelesFan2......19....9...10...320
.59.Hardiansf............19....9...10...319
....Lore.................19...10....9...319
.61.AGUSTIN..............19....9...10...315
.62.Ten_Isse_Fan.........19...11....8...313
....aussie_stars (10)....19...11....8...313
.64.petosp (5)...........19...10....9...307
.65.Edman................19....7...12...302
....aussiefan83..........19....9...10...302
.67.marcobarella (17)....18....8...10...299
.68.Nica.................16....6...10...296
....ntohir (18)..........19....8...11...296
.70.firefly_ac (25)......14....8....6...293
.71.caramel..............18....7...11...287
.72.lizzard (WC).........19....9...10...282
.73.Jakub (13)...........17....7...10...273
.74.Mashy................16....7....9...271
.75.Catriel..............18....8...10...269
.76.Benny................17....6...11...262
.77.Blind Guardian........7....3....4...223
.78.kyk710...............19...13....6...219
.79.levos................18...12....6...181
.80.tennis2003...........19...11....8...165
.81.J.Capriati.Fan.......19...13....6...163
....broncosven...........19...12....7...163
....rusty_red_head.......14...13....1...163
.84.Guritna..............19...10....9...154
.85.Duleml...............19...10....9...148
.86.PatM04...............19...11....8...144
....jrm..................19...12....7...144
.88.ktwtennis............19...11....8...142
.89.Nir (16).............16....9....7...133
.90.Lee-Waters' Boy (28).18....9....9...131
.91.Nathan27.............19....9...10...130
....WTA Handicapper (29).19...15....4...130
.93.kfh_9118.............19...10....9...125
.94.Jeff.................19...11....8...124
.95.Pintaled (11)........19....8...11...120
.96.croat123 (WC)........18...10....8...119
....azza.................19....9...10...119
.98.chill1533............19...11....8...118
.99.Alek.................19...12....7...116
100.slice................19....8...11...110
101.PointBlank...........15....5...10....96
102.KoOlMaNsTeVeN........19....9...10....92
103.Reichen..............19....9...10....85
104.The Monarch B' (WC)..9....6....3....78
105.loveulindsay.........18....8...10....65
106.bartektrz............13....5....8....62
107.duki..................7....5....2....57
108.dubro.................7....5....2....52
109.paellapan (32).......19....5...14....43
110.yucky (15)...........10....3....7....42
111.aimerent..............7....3....4....30


Commentary:

There a few players come above Hantuchov in terms of personality, sportsmanship and temperament. The lone yet fresh Brazilian on the tour had a major rites of passage victory in the prestigious Tier 1 of Indian Wells winning by 5 points ahead of mypapa_je. Hantuchov’s game style has always been attributed by believing in his favourites which makes this triumph all the more satisfying. To win a tournament, you must have a few picks which are risks and differ from others, an example was his “Sucha over Loit” pick, which may have been only for 13 points but demonstrates how he did not fall in the trap of simply picking the obvious.

It was a promising tournament for mypapa_je, who now breaks into the top 30 barrier. Always a threat, he raced to an early lead, thanks to some “big” upsets early on. In 3rd place was Latvian Lady, who has already put herself in contention for the PAW newcomer of the year award with a series of excellent high podium finishes. Like Lady, Philip is another newcomer to this game who began in 2004 and similarly is improving tournament by tournament, the Brit who rates PAW as his second favourite game had a perfect 4-0 start and never looked back.

Antwerp winner K&J fan looks to break into the elusive top 5 with another very nice 5th finish, he is awarded with a fruitful 107 rankings points, and has none to defend until Berlin. Tied for equal 6th was nitsansh (endured his best ever PAW Tournaments through always opting for big pointers), Je_ne_sais_quoi (who finally put in a “decent” performance after his Aussie Open breakthrough) and geegables (whose final pick of “Henin over Davenport” illustrated he does have a future beckoned upon him). A total of 112 players participated, the most ever for a PAW tournament, with the post popular pick being “Kleibanova over Kostanic” which drew 78 players.

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PAW #111 - MIAMI 2004

____________________________________P ____ W ___ L ___ Pts

_1 . Hantuchov ................... 19 .. 16 .. .3 .. 244
_2 . Philip ...................... 19 .. 11 .. .8 .. 212
_3 . Plear [WC]................... 19 .. 13 .. .6 .. 202
_4 . kyk710 ...................... 19 .. 12 .. .7 .. 197
_5 . James ....................... 19 .. 10 .. .9 .. 194
_6 . Pintaled [11]................ 19 .. 11 .. .8 .. 191
__ . saab95 ...................... 19 .. 11 .. .8 .. 191
_8 . AGUSTIN ..................... 19 .. 11 .. .8 .. 190
__ . _shorty_ .................... 19 .. 11 .. .8 .. 190
10 . Nicky2002 ................... 19 .. 12 .. .7 .. 187
11 . PatM04 ...................... 18 .. 14 .. .4 .. 186
__ . Nathan27 .................... 19 .. 12 .. .7 .. 186
13 . bartektrz ................... 19 .. 13 .. .6 .. 184
14 . Come-on-kim ................. 18 .. 10 .. .8 .. 183
15 . bbypk [7].................... 19 .. 10 .. .9 .. 182
16 . ghosts [24].................. 19 .. 13 .. .6 .. 180
17 . levos ....................... 19 .. 10 .. .9 .. 178
18 . Canuck_Fan .................. 19 .. 12 .. .7 .. 177
__ . bgbgbg ...................... 19 .. .9 .. 10 .. 177
20 . oren987 [23]................. 19 .. 11 .. .8 .. 176
__ . camoya ...................... 19 .. 11 .. .8 .. 176
22 . WTA Handicapper [26]......... 19 .. 15 .. .4 .. 175
__ . Rtael [6].................... 19 .. 11 .. .8 .. 175
__ . Buitenzorg [9]............... 19 .. 10 .. .9 .. 175
25 . Rossana Fan ................. 19 .. 11 .. .8 .. 173
__ . SpikeyAidanm [1]............. 19 .. 10 .. .9 .. 173
27 . bionic71 [20]................ 19 .. 12 .. .7 .. 172
28 . köj-è ....................... 19 .. 12 .. .7 .. 171
__ . wateva ...................... 19 .. 10 .. .9 .. 171
__ . nitsansh .................... 19 .. .9 .. 10 .. 171
31 . masha ....................... 19 .. .9 .. 10 .. 170
__ . Je_ne_sais_quoi [12]......... 19 .. .8 .. 11 .. 170
33 . William Hunt ................ 18 .. 13 .. .5 .. 169
34 . MonicaSelesFan2 ............. 18 .. 12 .. .6 .. 168
35 . sPAWrty ..................... 19 .. .9 .. 10 .. 167
36 . Lee-Waters' Boy [29]......... 19 .. 12 .. .7 .. 164
__ . tenn_ace .................... 19 .. 11 .. .8 .. 164
__ . K&J fan [8].................. 19 .. 10 .. .9 .. 164
__ . Benny ....................... 19 .. 10 .. .9 .. 164
__ . Lore ........................ 19 .. .9 .. 10 .. 164
__ . mypapa_je [30]............... 19 .. .8 .. 11 .. 164
42 . New ......................... 19 .. 12 .. .7 .. 163
__ . TOMMYKA ..................... 19 .. 12 .. .7 .. 163
__ . canuckfan ................... 19 .. 11 .. .8 .. 163
45 . jrm ......................... 19 .. 10 .. .9 .. 161
__ . Tomas22 ..................... 19 .. .8 .. 11 .. 161
47 . Duleml ...................... 19 .. 10 .. .9 .. 160
48 . spencercarlos [5]............ 19 .. 10 .. .9 .. 156
49 . butch [3].................... 19 .. 10 .. .9 .. 154
__ . geegables ................... 19 .. .9 .. 10 .. 154
51 . aussie_stars [10]............ 19 .. 13 .. .6 .. 153
__ . Mashy ....................... 19 .. 12 .. .7 .. 153
__ . silent140 [19]............... 19 .. .9 .. 10 .. 153
54 . kimclijsters4ever ........... 19 .. .7 .. 12 .. 152
55 . Gregorian ................... 18 .. 11 .. .7 .. 151
__ . Guritna ..................... 19 .. .9 .. 10 .. 151
57 . cdpoulin1 ................... 19 .. .7 .. 12 .. 149
58 . efss ........................ 19 .. .9 .. 10 .. 148
59 . kfh_9118 .................... 19 .. .9 .. 10 .. 147
60 . polishprodigy [22]........... 17 .. .9 .. .8 .. 145
61 . tuna ........................ 19 .. .9 .. 10 .. 144
62 . paellapan [32]............... 19 .. .9 .. 10 .. 143
63 . HoOvErPhOnIc ................ 19 .. .9 .. 10 .. 141
64 . Lady ........................ 19 .. .6 .. 13 .. 140
65 . Geoffry [21]................. 19 .. .8 .. 11 .. 139
66 . andrew_uk ................... 19 .. .7 .. 12 .. 138
67 . matija-seles ................ 18 .. 11 .. .7 .. 137
__ . speedster_ [4]............... 19 .. .9 .. 10 .. 137
__ . Frongie [WC]................. 19 .. .8 .. 11 .. 137
70 . raquel ...................... 19 .. 10 .. .9 .. 135
71 . chill1533 ................... 19 .. 12 .. .7 .. 134
72 . Ten_Isse_Fan ................ 19 .. .7 .. 12 .. 133
73 . Elisse [25].................. 19 .. 12 .. .7 .. 129
74 . Edman ....................... 19 .. .9 .. 10 .. 128
__ . sandg [2].................... 19 .. .8 .. 11 .. 128
76 . broncosven .................. 19 .. 11 .. .8 .. 125
__ . ntohir [14].................. 19 .. .7 .. 12 .. 125
78 . Klio ........................ 17 .. .6 .. 11 .. 124
79 . Reichen ..................... 19 .. 11 .. .8 .. 123
80 . zorgzamesnip [31]............ 19 .. .8 .. 11 .. 119
__ . Nica ........................ 19 .. .7 .. 12 .. 119
82 . jerk-in-the-box ............. 16 .. 10 .. .6 .. 118
__ . matthias .................... 19 .. .7 .. 12 .. 118
__ . crazillo .................... 19 .. .6 .. 13 .. 118
85 . aussiefan83 ................. 15 .. .9 .. .6 .. 116
__ . marcobarella [18]............ 18 .. .6 .. 12 .. 116
87 . 21 Watts .................... 19 .. .6 .. 13 .. 111
88 . Nir [17]..................... 18 .. .5 .. 13 .. 107
89 . croat123 .................... 17 .. .8 .. .9 .. 104
90 . J.Capriati.Fan .............. 19 .. .9 .. 10 .. 102
91 . azza [WC].................... .6 .. .5 .. .1 .. 101
__ . Grice [15]................... 12 .. .5 .. .7 .. 101
93 . MagicMilan .................. 19 .. .8 .. 11 .. 100
94 . firefly_ac [27].............. 16 .. .6 .. 10 .. .99
95 . Hardiansf ................... 19 .. .7 .. 12 .. .97
96 . j_dementieva27 .............. 14 .. .6 .. .8 .. .95
97 . konijntje_00 ................ 15 .. .7 .. .8 .. .94
98 . Carsten [WC]................. 17 .. .6 .. 11 .. .90
99 . caramel ..................... 19 .. .9 .. 10 .. .89
100 .KoOlMaNsTeVeN ............... 13 .. .8 .. .5 .. .81
101 .ktwtennis ................... 17 .. .7 .. 10 .. .76
102 .Jakub [13]................... 15 .. .5 .. 10 .. .75
103 .tennis2003 .................. 19 .. .7 .. 12 .. .72
104 .rusty_red_head .............. .9 .. .4 .. .5 .. .67
105 .slice ....................... 19 .. .6 .. 13 .. .64
106 .PointBlank .................. .9 .. .1 .. .8 .. .34
107 .loveulindsay ................ .1 .. .1 .. .0 .. .29
108 .Catriel ..................... .8 .. .3 .. .5 .. .28
109 .dubro [WC]................... .7 .. .2 .. .5 .. .27
110 .ZAK [28]..................... .3 .. .2 .. .1 .. .25
111 .Jarrett ..................... .5 .. .2 .. .3 .. .17
112 .lizzard ..................... .3 .. .0 .. .3 .. ..0

Commentary:

The last time a PAW player came close to emulating a feat Hantuchov achieved in Miami was Grice who won Toronto (Tier 1) and San Diego (Tier 2) within the space of 3 weeks, last year. But what Hantuchov did this time round was indeed more impressive, a mark that will almost certainly go down in PAW’s Hall of Fame. Back-to-back titles in Indian Wells and Miami, coming first in a 112 player field both times, and in Miami’s case absolutely dominating the field, that he was already odds on to win the title even during the half way point of the tournament. Hantuchov is set for some enormous 2004, inevitably he will be the hunted not the hunter.

Semis in Indian Wells were following by a runner-up in Miami, despite getting slaughtered in the final, Philip claims “Riser of the Month of March” and the talent in Great Britain is surely blossoming. Coming back from his first tournament since placing 5th at the Australian Open, Plear (formerly pReUrBrIyN) who was a late wildcard entry here finished third, even despite picking the “Dragomir over Ondraskova” match, a fine achievement for the Canadian. The unpredictable kyk710, a finalist in Acapulco proves he can match it on his home turf as well, ending up 4th.

Playing in only his second tournament, Dutchman James is another on the exciting young prospects on the rise, showing no mercy to finish 5th. Finally registering a decent performance this year, 11th seed Pintaled tied 6th with early leader saab95. Nicky2002 picked with perfection early on but faltered later on, denying her a better finish than 10th, the two ahead of her - _shorty_ and AGUSTIN (both talents on the rise) both put in solid performances to seal equal 9th, at what is renowned as the “5th Grand Slam” on the PAW Tour.

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Thank you, Aidan! :worship: @ you ;) :D

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PAW #112 - AMELIA ISLAND 2004

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_1 . sandg [2].................... 16 .. 13 ... 3 . 133
_2 . Plear [WC]................... 16 .. 10 ... 6 . 131
_3 . Rtael [6].................... 16 .. 11 ... 5 . 128
_4 . spencercarlos [5]............ 16 .. 10 ... 6 . 119
__ . wateva ...................... 16 .. 10 ... 6 . 119
_6 . Buitenzorg [9]............... 16 ... 8 ... 8 . 116
_7 . Jakub ....................... 16 .. 15 ... 1 . 115
_8 . speedster_ [4]............... 16 .. 10 ... 6 . 114
_9 . bartektrz ................... 16 .. 14 ... 2 . 111
10 . bionic71 .................... 16 .. 11 ... 5 . 107
__ . Guritna ..................... 16 ... 9 ... 7 . 107
12 . cdpoulin1 ................... 16 ... 8 ... 8 . 106
13 . saab95 ...................... 16 .. 11 ... 5 . 105
14 . kfh_9118 .................... 16 .. 10 ... 6 . 103
15 . Rossana Fan ................. 16 .. 10 ... 6 . 102
16 . chill1533 ................... 16 .. 10 ... 6 . 101
17 . HoOvErPhOnIc ................ 15 .. 10 ... 5 . 100
__ . jrm ......................... 16 ... 9 ... 7 . 100
19 . AGUSTIN ..................... 16 ... 8 ... 8 .. 99
20 . oren987 ..................... 16 .. 11 ... 5 .. 97
21 . caramel ..................... 16 .. 11 ... 5 .. 95
__ . Canuck_Fan .................. 16 ... 9 ... 7 .. 95
__ . Nathan27 .................... 16 ... 7 ... 9 .. 95
24 . mypapa_je [16]............... 16 ... 8 ... 8 .. 94
25 . silverwhite ................. 16 .. 11 ... 5 .. 91
__ . levos ....................... 16 ... 8 ... 8 .. 91
27 . butch [3].................... 16 ... 9 ... 7 .. 89
28 . j_dementieva27 .............. 16 ... 8 ... 8 .. 88
__ . ktwtennis ................... 16 ... 7 ... 9 .. 88
__ . Philip ...................... 16 ... 6 .. 10 .. 88
31 . ghosts ...................... 16 .. 10 ... 6 .. 87
__ . Hantuchov ................... 16 ... 8 ... 8 .. 87
__ . crazillo .................... 16 ... 8 ... 8 .. 87
__ . ntohir [12].................. 16 ... 7 ... 9 .. 87
__ . tenn_ace .................... 16 ... 7 ... 9 .. 87
36 . camoya ...................... 16 ... 8 ... 8 .. 86
__ . raquel ...................... 16 ... 7 ... 9 .. 86
38 . andrew_uk ................... 12 ... 8 ... 4 .. 82
39 . bbypk [7].................... 15 ... 7 ... 8 .. 81
__ . K&J fan [8].................. 16 ... 7 ... 9 .. 81
41 . Reichen ..................... 16 .. 10 ... 6 .. 77
__ . efss ........................ 16 ... 8 ... 8 .. 77
__ . Edman ....................... 16 ... 7 ... 9 .. 77
44 . SpikeyAidanm [1]............. 16 ... 6 .. 10 .. 76
45 . aussie_stars [10]............ 13 ... 8 ... 5 .. 75
__ . köj-è ....................... 16 ... 7 ... 9 .. 75
__ . tuna ........................ 16 ... 7 ... 9 .. 75
__ . Geoffry ..................... 16 ... 6 .. 10 .. 75
__ . Come-on-kim ................. 16 ... 6 .. 10 .. 75
50 . sPAWrty ..................... 14 ... 7 ... 7 .. 74
__ . Jeff ........................ 16 ... 8 ... 8 .. 74
52 . New ......................... 16 ... 8 ... 8 .. 73
__ . croat123 .................... 16 ... 6 .. 10 .. 73
54 . Lore ........................ 16 ... 9 ... 7 .. 72
__ . Ten_Isse_Fan ................ 16 ... 8 ... 8 .. 72
56 . Frongie ..................... 16 ... 7 ... 9 .. 71
57 . ZAK ......................... 13 ... 9 ... 4 .. 70
__ . ~Mario~ ..................... 15 .. 10 ... 5 .. 70
__ . Lady ........................ 16 ... 6 .. 10 .. 70
__ . geegables ................... 16 ... 6 .. 10 .. 70
61 . firefly_ac .................. 14 ... 6 ... 8 .. 68
__ . WTA Handicapper ............. 16 ... 8 ... 8 .. 68
__ . zorgzamesnip ................ 16 ... 5 .. 11 .. 68
64 . PatM04 ...................... 13 ... 9 ... 4 .. 67
65 . jerk-in-the-box ............. 13 ... 5 ... 8 .. 61
66 . Nicky2002 ................... 15 ... 5 .. 10 .. 59
__ . S-T-E-V-E ................... 16 ... 6 .. 10 .. 59
__ . tennis2003 .................. 16 ... 5 .. 11 .. 59
69 . Elisse ...................... 15 ... 5 .. 10 .. 57
70 . Nica ........................ 15 ... 4 .. 11 .. 54
71 . Tomas22 ..................... 16 ... 5 .. 11 .. 53
72 . Zdenek ...................... 14 ... 5 ... 9 .. 52
__ . Nir [15]..................... 16 ... 4 .. 12 .. 52
74 . TOMMYKA ..................... 16 ... 6 .. 10 .. 51
75 . matija-seles ................ .9 ... 5 ... 4 .. 50
76 . polishprodigy ............... 14 ... 4 .. 10 .. 48
77 . Jarrett ..................... 13 ... 4 ... 9 .. 45
78 . Klio ........................ 14 ... 8 ... 6 .. 44
79 . Je_ne_sais_quoi [11]......... .9 ... 4 ... 5 .. 38
80 . ns_Henin .................... .7 ... 3 ... 4 .. 37
81 . konijntje_00 ................ .5 ... 4 ... 1 .. 34
82 . KoOlMaNsTeVeN ............... .8 ... 3 ... 5 .. 33
83 . MonicaSelesFan2 ............. 12 ... 3 ... 9 .. 31
84 . Lee-Waters' Boy ............. 13 ... 2 .. 11 .. 22
85 . Grice [13]................... .7 ... 2 ... 5 .. 18

Commentary:

Strategies to succeed in a PAW Tournament were shown in contrasting angles at Amelia Island 2004. For Canadian Plear, playing in only his 5th tournament of the year after a 1 ½ month break after the Australian Open, it was compiling a juicy large amount of points through picking the “big-pointers” all in the first and second round. For sandg, the eventual winner, it was picking a few upsets but mainly relying on using every single pick effectively, which meant even picking some 6-pointers, as well as some 18-pointers, he also spread his picks nicely throughout the tournament.

Both techniques if done to near perfection has it’s benefits, Plear was coming off a semi in Miami, and now remains the player to watch out for the rest of the year whilst sandg, already having made 2 tournament finals, captures his first title since Roland Garros last year, but moreover becoming PAW’s new world number 1 player, now a few points above SpikeyAidanm.

Rtael, who needed “Henin to beat Mauresmo” to secure a second title of the year, ended up 3rd, but nevertheless is proving to be a consistent force all year. PAW veteran with a new namesake – spencercarlos lived up to his seeding tying fourth with wateva. Despite a late start, Jakub went 15-1 in his 16 picks and was rewarded with a 7th place finish behind the somewhat revitalized Buitenzorg at 6th.

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PAW #113 - CASABLANCA 2004

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_1 korben (5)........... 13 .9 .4 119
_2 bgbgbg............... 13 .9 .4 117
_3 marcobarella (3)..... 13 .7 .6 .79
_4 masha................ .8 .5 .3 .77
_5 paellapan (4)........ 13 .6 .7 .75
_6 Pintaled (1)......... 13 .6 .7 .73
_7 Gregorian............ 13 .7 .6 .72
__ silent140 (2)........ 13 .6 .7 .72
_9 Carsten.............. 11 .5 .6 .64
__ _shorty_............. 13 .6 .7 .64
11 nitsansh............. 13 .5 .8 .61
12 William Hunt......... 10 .6 .4 .60
__ Duleml (6)........... 13 .7 .6 .60
14 James................ 13 .5 .8 .58
15 maldoon_2001......... 12 .6 .6 .54
__ matthias............. 13 .5 .8 .54
17 azza (7)............. .6 .4 .2 .53
__ canuckfan (8)........ 13 .5 .8 .53
19 21 Watts............. 13 .3 10 .51
20 broncosven........... 12 .3 .9 .34
21 PointBlank........... .6 .2 .4 .21
22 Catriel.............. .4 .1 .3 .11
23 lizzard.............. .3 .0 .3 ..0

Commentary:

Sometimes a break from the PAW tour can have its benefits, skipping a few weeks can make one more ready, fresh, prepared and motivated to go. For Finland’s only player – korben, coming off a 4th round showing at the Aussie Open, the 2 month break did him wonders, he came back and along with bgbgbg (who finished 2nd) to blitz the 23 player field to capture his first title in Casablanca, Morocco’s largest city.

Bulgarian’s No 2 player, a newcomer already performing like an experienced campaigner – bgbgbg made life tough for korben, the two exchanging picks until the very last hours before the finals match, it was a tense time. In 3rd place, a player who is habitual at lower tiers – marcobarella, in fourth place was masha who only used 8 picks and 5th and 6th place were given to paellapan (4) and Pintaled (1), both having impressive starts but shallow finishes.

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Thanks Spikey :wavey:

bgbgbg :bigclap: ;)

Thanks Spikey ;)

shallow finishes :tears:

clay season not going to plan. :mad:

so far... ;)

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PAW #114 - CHARLESTON 2004

___________________________________P ___ W ___ L ___ Pts

_1 . mypapa_je ................... 15 .. 11 ... 4 . 154
_2 . kafelek ..................... 16 .. 11 ... 5 . 144
_3 . Canuck_Fan .................. 16 .. 11 ... 5 . 141
_4 . Plear ....................... 16 .. 10 ... 6 . 127
_5 . wateva ...................... 16 .. 10 ... 6 . 124
_6 . Lore [WC].................... 16 .. 10 ... 6 . 121
_7 . cdpoulin1 ................... 16 ... 9 ... 7 . 120
_8 . K&J fan [6].................. 16 .. 12 ... 4 . 116
_9 . Rtael [5].................... 16 ... 9 ... 7 . 114
10 . camoya ...................... 16 ... 8 ... 8 . 113
11 . geegables ................... 16 ... 8 ... 8 . 109
12 . aussiefan83 [WC]............. 16 .. 10 ... 6 . 107
__ . Nir ......................... 16 ... 8 ... 8 . 107
14 . Edman ....................... 16 ... 8 ... 8 . 106
15 . Je_ne_sais_quoi [10]......... 16 ... 8 ... 8 . 105
__ . Elisse ...................... 16 ... 8 ... 8 . 105
17 . croat123 .................... 15 .. 10 ... 5 . 104
__ . ozfan44 ..................... 16 .. 13 ... 3 . 104
19 . kfh_9118 .................... 16 ... 9 ... 7 . 103
20 . _shorty_ .................... 16 ... 8 ... 8 . 101
21 . sandg [2].................... 16 ... 9 ... 7 . 100
__ . j_dementieva27 .............. 16 ... 8 ... 8 . 100
23 . Lady ........................ 16 ... 7 ... 9 .. 99
24 . canuckfan ................... 16 ... 8 ... 8 .. 98
__ . raquel ...................... 16 ... 8 ... 8 .. 98
__ . AGUSTIN ..................... 16 ... 7 ... 9 .. 98
27 . Nathan27 .................... 16 ... 8 ... 8 .. 97
__ . jrm ......................... 16 ... 8 ... 8 .. 97
29 . Guritna ..................... 16 ... 7 ... 9 .. 96
30 . Pintaled [8]................. 16 ... 7 ... 9 .. 95
31 . SpikeyAidanm [1]............. 16 ... 8 ... 8 .. 94
__ . Come-on-kim ................. 16 ... 8 ... 8 .. 94
33 . Hantuchov [12]............... 14 ... 7 ... 7 .. 93
34 . bartektrz ................... 15 ... 9 ... 6 .. 92
__ . WTA Handicapper ............. 16 ... 8 ... 8 .. 92
36 . dubro ....................... 12 ... 6 ... 6 .. 89
37 . Reichen [WC]................. 16 ... 8 ... 8 .. 88
__ . speedster_ [3]............... 16 ... 7 ... 9 .. 88
__ . tenn_ace .................... 16 ... 7 ... 9 .. 88
40 . kerbear ..................... 16 ... 6 .. 10 .. 86
41 . saab95 ...................... 16 ... 7 ... 9 .. 85
42 . Nica ........................ 16 ... 8 ... 8 .. 84
__ . spencercarlos [9]............ 16 ... 7 ... 9 .. 84
44 . chill1533 ................... 16 ... 9 ... 7 .. 82
__ . butch [4].................... 16 ... 8 ... 8 .. 82
__ . silverwhite ................. 16 ... 8 ... 8 .. 82
47 . bionic71 .................... 15 ... 8 ... 7 .. 81
__ . bbypk [7].................... 16 ... 8 ... 8 .. 81
__ . Jakub ....................... 16 ... 8 ... 8 .. 81
__ . firefly_ac .................. 16 ... 7 ... 9 .. 81
51 . TOMMYKA ..................... 16 ... 7 ... 9 .. 79
52 . Grice [14]................... 14 ... 7 ... 7 .. 77
53 . oren987 ..................... 16 ... 7 ... 9 .. 75
54 . ntohir [13].................. 16 ... 6 .. 10 .. 74
55 . caramel ..................... 16 ... 8 ... 8 .. 73
__ . tennis2003 .................. 16 ... 7 ... 9 .. 73
__ . S-T-E-V-E ................... 16 ... 6 .. 10 .. 73
58 . _KidmaN_ [WC]................ 15 ... 9 ... 6 .. 72
__ . Buitenzorg [11].............. 16 ... 5 .. 11 .. 72
60 . efss ........................ 16 ... 6 .. 10 .. 71
61 . Jeff ........................ 16 ... 7 ... 9 .. 68
__ . ktwtennis ................... 16 ... 7 ... 9 .. 68
63 . Philip ...................... 15 ... 5 .. 10 .. 63
64 . KoOlMaNsTeVeN ............... 16 ... 6 .. 10 .. 62
__ . zorgzamesnip ................ 16 ... 5 .. 11 .. 62
66 . Hardiansf ................... 12 ... 5 ... 7 .. 60
67 . alwayshingis ................ 16 ... 5 .. 11 .. 58
68 . PointBlank .................. 16 ... 4 .. 12 .. 56
69 . andrew_uk ................... 16 ... 5 .. 11 .. 53
70 . Tomas22 [WC]................. 16 ... 5 .. 11 .. 52
71 . Nicky2002 ................... 15 ... 4 .. 11 .. 46
72 . MagicMilan .................. 14 ... 4 .. 10 .. 43
73 . HoOvErPhOnIc ................ 11 ... 4 ... 7 .. 41
74 . MonicaSelesFan2 ............. 12 ... 4 ... 8 .. 40
75 . polishprodigy ............... .9 ... 3 ... 6 .. 39
76 . silent140 [15]............... .8 ... 3 ... 5 .. 32
77 . Lee-Waters' Boy ............. 11 ... 3 ... 8 .. 30
__ . New ......................... 14 ... 3 .. 11 .. 30
79 . Klio ........................ 10 ... 2 ... 8 .. 26
80 . Jarrett ..................... .6 ... 2 ... 4 .. 19


Commentary:

Perhaps it what was the best ever possible start to any PAW tournament, mypapa_je picked 7 correct upsets and held 100 points from seven picks after day one. This title was already his to be won. With alarms in his camp to tell him not to “choke,” mypapa_je played maturely and it was pretty evident that no one could catch him, winning with a pick to spare and 10 points above first timer kafelek in the final, who surprised all with such a spectacular debut. The Canadians have started to become the latest force on the PAW Tour, and perhaps the most consistent of those has been Plear, who has now recorded three straight top 5 finishes in Miami, Amelia Island and Charleston. Indeed he is a player on the rise and his compatriots are doing likewise.

Plear finished 4th, with 3rd going to Canuck_Fan, in his best ever performance. In 7th spot, cdpoulin1, who since his Acapulco debut has made four top ten finishes out of his 6 tournaments this year. Wateva, seems to like the Green Clay, carrying on last week’s form for a 5th place finish, Lore, the latest of the Belgium juggernaut showed promise by reaching 6th. Rtael had a major comeback after being 47th after round two, picking the upsets and being rewarded, climbing all the way to 9th, proving the tournament is never over until it’s over.

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PAW #115 - ESTORIL 2004

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_1. bgbgbg.............. 13 .. 7 .. 6 .. 110
_2. ghosts (4).......... 13 .. 9 .. 4 ... 92
_3. crazillo............ 13 .. 8 .. 5 ... 89
_ . James............... 13 .. 8 .. 5 ... 89
_5. tuna................ 12 .. 8 .. 4 ... 82
_ . Frongie............. 13 .. 5 .. 8 ... 82
_7. Duleml (6).......... 13 .. 8 .. 5 ... 76
_8. Zdenek.............. 13 .. 7 .. 6 ... 70
_ . jerk-in-the-box..... 13 .. 7 .. 6 ... 70
10. Carsten............. 12 .. 7 .. 5 ... 69
11. nitsansh............ 13 .. 6 .. 7 ... 68
12. paellapan (5)....... 13 .. 6 .. 7 ... 67
13. Geoffry (3)......... 13 .. 6 .. 7 ... 66
14. 21 Watts............ 13 .. 6 .. 7 ... 62
__. marcobarella (2).... 13 .. 6 .. 7 ... 62
16. matthias............ 12 .. 5 .. 7 ... 60
17. levos............... 13 .. 5 .. 8 ... 55
18. sPAWrty............. 11 .. 6 .. 5 ... 52
19. maldoon 2001........ 12 .. 6 .. 6 ... 50
__. broncosven.......... 13 .. 5 .. 8 ... 50
21. rusty_red_head...... .4 .. 2 .. 2 ... 49
__. aussie stars (1).... 13 .. 5 .. 8 ... 49
23. Catriel............. .8 .. 4 .. 4 ... 48
24. Gregorian........... 10 .. 4 .. 6 ... 45
25. William Hunt........ .8 .. 4 .. 4 ... 33
26. Alek (WC)........... .9 .. 3 .. 6 ... 24

Commentary:

Is bgbgbg a future PAW Champion? … It certainly is appearing to be that way. The Bulgarian, who impressed in his debut in Doha, now has two finals to his name, and after just four tournaments, has won a PAW title – in Estoril, and the convincing nature of the win (18 pts of the RU) made all the more promising. In what turned out to be a tournament for the “Bulgarians,” 2004’s Comeback player it seems – ghosts, had another monumental tournament, climbing up the table steadily for a 2nd pace finish. He was followed by crazillo who had his best ever PAW tournament result with a equal 3rd place finish. Dutchman James, a QF'ist in Miami, made up for a lacklustre week in Casablanca to finish 3rd. In equal 4th saw a mixture of talent, newbie tuna and German Frongie. Further down Duleml had his best tournament since his victory in Canberra, finishing 7th ; top seeded aussie_stars did not have the best of tournaments, finishing equal 21st, clearly the bigger tournaments are in his comfort zone.

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PAW #116 - WARSAW 2004

..1.saab95...............13...11....2....92
....silverwhite..........13...11....2....92
..3.Grice................13...10....3....91
..4.Lore.................13...10....3....87
..5.WTA Handicapper......13...10....3....81
..6.Nicky2002............13....9....4....80
....speedster_.(3).......13....9....4....80
..8.croat123.............13...10....3....79
..9.Lady.................13....8....5....77
...._shorty_.............13....9....4....77
....bionic71.............13....9....4....77
.12.ktwtennis............12....8....4....74
....canuckfan............13....8....5....74
....oren987..............13....8....5....74
.15.Jeff.................13....8....5....73
....Pintaled.............13....8....5....73
.17.Carsten..............13....8....5....72
....New..................13....9....4....72
....SpikeyAidanm.(2).....13....8....5....72
.20.K&J fan.(6)..........13....8....5....71
....andrew_uk............13....7....6....71
....kimclijsters4ever....13....8....5....71
.23.HoOvErPhOnIc.........13....8....5....70
.24.sPAWrty..............13....8....5....69
.25.ghosts...............13....8....5....68
.26.caramel..............13...10....3....67
....tuna.................13....8....5....67
.28.sandg.(1)............13....7....6....66
.29.bartektrz............11....8....3....65
....tenn_ace.............12....7....5....65
....Je_ne_sais_quoi......13....7....6....65
....Nathan27.............13....7....6....65
....bbypk................13....7....6....65
.34.ntohir...............13....6....7....63
.35.geegables............13....6....7....62
....kafelek..............13....7....6....62
.37.butch.(4)............12....7....5....61
.38.aussiefan83..........12....7....5....57
.39.jrm..................13....6....7....56
.40.Nica.................13....6....7....55
....St.Sebastian.........13....7....6....55
....alextreiber04........13....6....7....55
....kfh_9118.............13....6....7....55
.44.MonicaSelesFan2......12....6....6....54
.45.Geoffry..............13....6....7....53
.46.AGUSTIN..............13....6....7....51
.47.bgbgbg...............13....6....7....50
.48.rusty_red_head........9....5....4....49
....Edman................12....6....6....49
....Hantuchov............13....5....8....49
.51.cdpoulin1............13....5....8....47
.52.Reichen..............13....6....7....46
.53.mypapa_je.(8)........13....5....8....45
.54.Canuck_Fan...........12....5....7....44
.55.spencercarlos.(7)....11....5....6....43
....Nir..................13....4....9....43
....wateva...............13....5....8....43
.58.Klio..................4....4....0....42
....Zdenek...............12....5....7....42
....Come-on-kim..........13....4....9....42
....camoya...............13....4....9....42
.62.KoOlMaNsTeVeN........13....4....9....39
.63.PointBlank...........13....5....8....37
.64.nitsansh.............13....4....9....36
.65.Philip................9....3....6....26
....chill1533.............9....4....5....26
.67.Buitenzorg...........13....2...11....21
.68.Rtael.(5).............9....2....7....19
.69.kerbear...............9....2....7....18
.70.Lee-Waters' Boy.......4....2....2....16
.71.Tomas22..............13....2...11....14
.72.j_dementieva27........8....1....7....11
.73.jerk-in-the-box.......2....0....2.....0
....S-T-E-V-E.............4....0....4.....0
....Gregorian.............7....0....7.....0
....polishprodigy.........7....0....7.....0


Commentary:

When players perform at a high level after limited experience on tour, you know they have something “special” about them, whilst persistence is awarded in PAW, so is talented natural instinct, something which has to be naturally built into you. Two shining angels shared the Warsaw title, the first joint PAW title since Filderstadt 2003, silverwhite playing in only his/her third tournament carefully finished the week with an 11-2 record and a wealthy 92 points, these efforts are a testament to the Singaporean’s 'no-fear' attitude. Equally impressive was saab95, one of the best rookies on tour ever since his Shanghai debut (where he finished 2nd) last year, the best Russian now moves within the top 40, alarm bells are ringing, this player is a contender to be a consistent top tenner, only time, and little time, will tell.

The week in Warsaw was characterised by very few limited “big pointers” that won, with “Schiavone over Mauresmo” only being PAWed by 8 different players. It was the type of week where safe picks were rewarded, whether that meant going for 8 or 7 pointers. This meant it was no surprise that WTA Handicapper, renowed for conservative but thoughtful PAWing had a successful tournament, the former top tenner finished 5th.

Whilst the press in Belgium are still casting blames over their Fed Cup’s team lousy loss to Germany, Lore, who was idle