From: PH412000@brownvm.brown.edu
Subject: New prediction
Organization: Brown University
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1992 12:31:52 GMT

------------------------- Original Article -------------------------

If ATP didn't take away the Hamlet points, they draw will look like:


             Courier (1) --------+
                                 |--------+
         J. McEnroe (16) --------+        |
                                          |--------+
              Costa (10) --------+        |        |
                                 |--------+        |
              (Becker) (8) --------+                 |
                                                   |--------+
             Sampras (3) --------+                 |        |
                                 |--------+        |        |
             Forget (13) --------+        |        |        |
                                          |--------+        |
              Stich (11) --------+        |                 |
                                 |--------+                 |
          Ivanisevic (5) --------+                          |
                                                            +--------> Champion
               Lendl (6) --------+                          |
                                 |--------+                 |
           Ferreira (12) --------+        |                 |
                                          |--------+        |
         Washington (14) --------+        |        |        |
                                 |--------+        |        |
               Chang (4) --------+                 |        |
                                                   |--------+
             (Korda) (7) --------+                 |
                                 |--------+        |
            (Agassi) (9) --------+        |        |
                                          |--------+
           Krajicek (15) --------+        |
                                 |--------+
              Edberg (2) --------+


and my old prediction(Sampras,Becker,Edberg,Lendl) would be the reasonable
choice. Now looked the draw, I would have to pick the top four seeds are the
favorites. Courier will have potentially interesting matches at
second round(Chesnokov) and quarterfinal. Sampras will be challenged by
Ivanisevic at quarterfinal. Overall, Chang and Courier have the easiest
draw; Edberg and Sampras have the toughest.

Quan"damn, if it's not for 365 days calendar, I don't have to predict again"
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voriteto be a restriction that the top 2 seeds are paired up with #15 and #16
in the roudn of 16. (#1 could get either #15 or #16, which is determined
randomly.) The same is true between #3, #4 and #13 and #14, etc.
Again, the top 2 seeds are paired up with #7 and #8 in the quarter
final.

However, there is no such restriction in the women's draw; for example,
#1 Seles is supposed to get #10 Novotna in the round of 16 according
to the draw. Essentially, there is no difference being the #9 and
the #16 seed among the women as far as "draw difficulty" is concerned.

The French Open and Wimbledon have the same restriction too, for
the men, but not the Australian Open.
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