Monthly Standings for February and March

 

I don't think we've covered the monthly standings so far this year so to rectify that here are the Level 2 Monthly Standings for February and March broken down by game week.

February Winner   - Bagels and Breadsticks (Sam G)

March Winner -  Goaldies  (Sagar)

February Standings

Congratulations to Bagels and Breadsticks (Sam G)  who was the top scorer for the month of February just managing to surpass 1500 on the monthly scoreboard thanks to a 6th place finish in Game Week 2 and a 4th place finish in Game Week 5.

In the Volley of Rivendale (Jayne) was only 6 points behind in 2nd place with a great to total of 1494.20 which included a 3rd place fnish in Game Week 2.

Team LeTourneau (Sindre), Cabot Courters (Laura) and Tightly Strung (Jeff) made up the top 5 for February.

Here are the monthly standings for March.

All of the teams in the top 5 for March were off to a great start in Game Week 6 - they all finished in the top 10!

Congrats to Sagar Chowdry and Goaldies who were top of the pile in match with an excellent 1792.40 points which included top 10 finishes in both Week 6 and Week 8.

Hail to the Victors (Greg Gaynor) were just 11 points behind in 2nd place and pushed Sagar all the way thanks to a Game Week victory in week 8.

Rydal 250 Sponsor Exemption  (Eric and Michael),  Roger That (Mikhail)  and jannik winner (Matt L) make up the top 5.

FTL Cup update

 The FTL Cup Group Stage is now complete. Did you qualify?

The Cup does not rest for long however. The 1st Round of the knockout stages will take place in Game Week 10.

64 teams will be competing to secure a Round 2 matchup with one of the 32 seeds from the Group Stages.

You can see the final standings and the full draw for the knockout stages on the attached link.

FTL Master Spreadsheet

Game Week 7 Roundup

 

Its a Double Sunshine Double Double.   Aryna Sabalenka and Jannik Sinner both managed to repear their Indian Wells success and complete the feat of winning both the Sunshine Double Events (Indian Wells and Miami) back to back.

This has happened a few times before.  Djokovic and Azarenka in 2016.   Federer and Clijsters in 2005  and Sampras and Graf in 1994.  

Sabalenka is the dominant player in women's tennis right now with Rybakina her closest rival. Perhaps it was unfortunate that Rybakina was seeded to be a semi final opponent this time so there was no repeat of the Indian Wells final between the two.  This time Sabalenka was to win their match more comfortably and progressed to the final against a resurgent Coco Gauff whose injury concerns following her withdrawal from Indian Wells proved to be nothing to worry about. 

Coco did manage to push Aryna in the final by recording the first set Aryna dropped in the whole week but ultimately Aryna pulled through for a deserved title.

In the men's event Sinner is playing catch up to No 1 Alcaraz on the ranking front but having gained 1000 points in Indian Wells, he repeated the feat in Miami.  Following his surprise loss to Medvedev in Indian Wells, it was even more of a surprise to see Carlos lose to an inspired Sebastian Korda in Miami. Unfortunately Korda couldn't take advantage of that victory by progressing further.  Rather the surprise packages of the week provided to be Jiri Lehecka and Arther Fils who set up a semi final against each other which Lehecka dominated.  He would, however, be no match for Sinner in the final.

Here are the final game week standings for Miami.

Congratulations to The Artists (Carlito) who are this week's game week winners with 791 points just 16 points clear of Team Le Tourneau (Sindre).

Lets take a look at the head to head between the two teams:

Both Carlito and Sindre captained and KPed the eventual tournament champs Sinner and Sabalenka which was the key to a great score this week.  Both made an excellent ATP Dark Horse pick with eventual semi finalist Fils and Sinder was one of a few managers that entrusted the impressive Talia Gibson with a DH pick after her impressive run in Indian Wells. 

Carlito also had three WTA Quarter Finalists in Mboko, Pegula and Bencic and also an ATP Quarter Finalist in Tommy Paul.   Korda also chipped in with 45 points which included that remarkable win over Alcaraz.

Sindre had semi finalist Muchova and WTA Quarter Finalists Pegula and Bencic with a poor show from Shelton perhaps costing him top spot.  

Sindre takes the level 2 prize for Game Week 7!

Carlito also had three WTA quarter finalists in Pegula, Mboko and Bencic 

Linz and Monte Carlo Draws - REMEMBER ITS A SUNDAY DEADLINE

The Linz draw is now available and has been loaded onto the system so you should see all your green dots.

Keep a watch out for late withdrawals, particulary players like Tiafoe who may not make the trip.

Lockout is in less than 2 hours with Norrie v Kecmanovic the scheduled first match in Monte Carlo

Remember to pick your dark horses.

Good luck everyone!