re: The Unofficial 2018 Non-GS Tennis Thread

Novak is -145 to win WTF

I think it's because they had to add sponsor Nitto. Thiem/Anderson and Nishikori/Federer tomorrow.

Teetsy won nextgen

I was scrolling back pages to find the thread and didn't realize you had just bumped it. Alex and Nole win in straights today. I thought Isner might be able to take a couple of breakers from Nole.

God bless the internet:

LINK

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The ITF has developed a formula for classifying the speed of a court in terms of a quantity
known as the court pace rating (CPR). The CPR is based on the older SPR (Surface Pace
Rating), defined by the relation SPR = 100(1 - µ). For example, if µ = 0.7 then SPR =
30. A fast court therefore has a high SPR rating and a low COF. The CPR is defined by
the relation CPR = SPR + k where k is a player perception factor given by k = 150(0.81 -
COR). k is therefore zero for a court with COR = 0.81 (a typical, average value), is negative
on clay courts (where COR is about 0.9) and is positive on grass courts (where COR is about
0.75). The CPR therefore represents a combined property of a court, based on both its COF
and COR, that correlates with the perception of players regarding the speed of the court.

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ETA: is CPR the same thing as CPI? I don't know.

Brett Haber was joking with Courier like this is Jim's insider project, so I'm not sure how much of that info is publicly available.

Anderson just beat ninja 6-0, 6-1. I'm going to take a wild guess Kei is injured.

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I think Djoker and Anderson are almost locks to get through and everyone else is still up in the air, but round robin messes with me.

Looks like Bryan/Sock are advancing in dubs and pride's boys Venus and Klaasen are hanging tough.

Solid bet. Only Anderson in this form has a chance at maybe mucking out a couple of breakers on him.

Jesus, Tennis Channel needs to chill with the Shriner's Hospital ads. I just want to watch tennis and I get pounded with ads featuring disabled kids every changeover.