MV Game, Wk 2007-Apr-29

The MV Game is a fun free fantasy tennis, created & run by the Dutch dude Elikian. The goal is to pick a "team" of players from the ATP Top100 that are playing in the given tournament week. I don't play every week, but I played this wk of 2007-Apr-29, after skipping it for a while

I would advise to NEVER bet on pro tennis for money. I only have done so without money, in this MV Game. The depth is so huge such that even 200th ranked guys can beat Top10ers, so predicting any given match is tough. Pro tennis is single elimination, think of March Madness every tournament week. Now given that each match is tough, try to predict who will win several matches and reach the Semifinal round or better, where the big ranking (& MV Game) points are.

I did HORRIBLE this week, coming in LAST PLACE 49th out of 49, LOL! I tried to go with an army of lower-ranked clay court specialist players, and it didn't work.

My team:

Name Player	Old Value	New Value	Points	Budg.win	Surface	In?
Acasuso	820	845	8	25	Clay
Almagro	925	805	3	-120	Clay
Berlocq	442	442	0	0	Clay
Canas	1007	1217	42	210	Clay
Eschauer	450	416	0	-34	Clay
Falla	439	360	0	-79	Clay
Garcia-Lopez	609	609	0	0	Clay
Gaudio	550	550	0	0	Clay
Gicquel	752	807	15	55	Clay
Gulbis	483	481	0	-2	Clay
Hernandez	445	515	15	70	Clay
Massu	695	615	3	-80	Clay
Peya	464	462	0	-2	Clay
Querrey	552	552	0	0	Clay
Russell	552	562	3	10	Clay
Simon	675	615	0	-60	Clay
Spadea	515	524	3	9	Clay
Vassallo Arguello	619	619	0	0	Clay
Tourney Budget:	11000		92	Points
Money Gained:	337		924	Old Total
Amount to Spend:	11337		1016	New Total
Total Spent:	10994	10996
Budget Unused:	343
Money Gained Now:		2
Gross New Budget:		339
Interest:		46
New Total Money Gained:		293
Tourney Budget Next Week:		11000
To Spend Next Week:		11293