The FTL Cup spreadsheet has now been updated with all the results and updated standings.
Rick has also kindly updated the main spreadsheet to show the group standings as well so everything can be viewed in the one place.
The standings (sorted) sheet has a column for 1st place team, 2nd place teams and also the lucky loser pool (where the top 17 point scorers qualify - cut off at the moment is around 700 points)
FTL Cup - Spotlight on the Meercat Group
An interesting top of the table clash in the Meercat Group between Michael Clarno and Olya Tolstova. Its the battle of the Jeanjeans as remarkably this is the only common player between the two teams and these are the only 2 teams to actually have her! Great minds and all that.
Olya is off to the stronger start in this one with wins for Fritz, Paul and Tiafoe. Michael has already lost Parks but will be happy that Hanfmann who did qualify will replace Vandeweghe (who didn't qualify) in his line-up.
FTL Cup - spotlight on the Tasmanian Devil Group
In the last game week Graham (Metty's Marvels) just pipped Taylor Andrew to the top of the leaderboard by 3 points!
This week they face each other in the FTL Cup and its an immediate chance for revenge for Taylor! Metty's Marvels have points on the board though and Taylor has a weakened team after the withdrawal of Jack Draper.
Who will win?
Here is the up to date global leaderboard.
Dragan Josifoski still leads the way in 1st place with 2418 points.
Graham M has moved up 10 place to take 2nd spot from Leander Oldenburger who is now in 3rd place.
Mover of the week is Taylor Andrew who moved up 26 places into 6th place in the overall table and Kei TO moved up 14 places to 7th thanks to a great game week.
In Dubai Iga looked to be baking her way to another title this week but Barbora Krejcikova (who was very close to a 1st Rd exit against Kasatkina) had other ideas and put in an outstanding display to beat the No 1 in straight sets.
In Doha Daniil Medvedev made it 2 tournament wins in a row bringing to an end the gladitorial efforts of Andy Murray who had spent another week battling through three set epics and numerous match points to get to the final!
In Rio, it was a repeat of the Argentina Open final but with a different outcome as Cameron Norrie managed to get the win over an injury hampered Carlos Alcaraz. It remains to be seen whether these two play Acapulco this week.
In Merida - we had a rare smile from Camilla Giorgi (see group cover photo) as she took the title and Hubert Hurkacz won his first title of the year in Marseille.
Congrats to our FTL Champ for the week Graham with Metty's Marvels. Graham had 1 champ this week with Medvedev and 2 finalists in Swiatek and Alcaraz. I imagine he wasn't a big fan of Krejcikova this week though as she beat 3 of his team members who just happen to be the WTA 1,2 and 3!
Taylor Andrew just missed out on top spot by 3 points! Taylor had both Rio finalists and was able to use his ERs to go effect with Cerundolo and Kalinina coming in for Draper and Coria. If only he hadn't had Draper as a KP, but congrats nevertheless on a great week.
Ashim Agarwal, Jayne Patricia Lewis and Kei TO make up the top 5 for the week,
As if you all didn't have enough to worry about for Game Week 6, we all see the return of the FTL Cup! 😱
I've attached a link for a google sheet which has all the results, fixtures and tables at present. Just click on the relevant tab for your group (there are 5 or 6 groups per tab) and you will see the current table for your group as well as the GW6 fixtures.
There is also a standings tab which ranks all the 1st and 2nd placed teams and also shows the lucky loser pool.
If you have any difficulty opening the sheet or have any questions regarding the FTL Cup, just comment below.
Have you scouted your next opponent using the H2H feature? 😉
The first set of fixtures in the FTL Cup are now complete. There were some dramatically close matches, some rough losses and a few jammy wins 😛
If you won your match, congrats - you are on track to qualify for the next stage but don't rest on your laurels as it can all change.
If you lost your match - fear not, there are still two more group matches to turn it around and 17 lucky loser spots for those who score highly in cup weeks.
I have updated the spreadsheet to show the current standings in each group and the remaining fixtures have now been inserted. The two winners in each group will play each other in Game week 6 as will the two teams in each group who lost their matches.
There is a tab with standings (sorted) which shows the overall rankings and the lucky loser pool. Vladimir Jovanovski currently heads the standings and is in pole position to be our no 1 seed in the knockout stages. Leander Oldenburger heads the lucky loser pool at the moment. If you are below 17 in the lucky loser pool, its time to get your skates on!
He may have missed the a large chunk of the season through injury but Carlos Alcaraz is very much back and the man to beat right now. Carl...
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