#QF-16

[nelc]

An F-16 split in two at Eglin AFB during testing of a flight termination/self-destruct system for QF-16s (Aug 10, 2010). Nasty business!

[searchsystem]

Jason Koxvold / Wired / QF-16 / Photography / 2020

[probayern]

doing a euro prediction bracket so that i can do my kicktipp overall predictions and tell me why i ended up with a final between my two worst enemies

[muirneach]

lorenzo absolutely tanking in the final sets? likely place for him to be

[fritzes]

rg draw, here we go:

wta:

thing are looking pretty good for iga. ostapenko is not in her quarter which is always a relief, and her projected qf opponent is marketa, who obviously has a great history at rg but has been really inconsistent lately. if she’s on top of her game she could be a threat, but that’s a big if. I think the more likely quarterfinalist is danielle, and I don’t think she can challenge iga on clay. marta kostyuk is also lurking in this quarter and could do some damage if she’s playing well, but again, is that good enough to beat iga at rg? probably not. iga could play naomi second round, and while that wouldn’t really be competitive, it could be nice to see!

across the draw, coco also has a pretty decent path to the semis but unlike iga, she isn’t rock-solid at rg and if she double faults the way she’s been doing the last few months, that’s gonna be a huge problem. she could play haddad maia in the round of 16, a semifinalist from last year. but haddad maia is super streaky and upset-prone, so it’s debatable whether she’ll get there. in the bottom half of this quarter is ons, who’s been having a really terrible season. I would love to see her make a deep run, but I could see her losing to ostapenko or garcia in the round of 16 if not earlier. in the quarterfinals, either of the two mentioned above could make things difficult for coco, especially if ostapenko is at the rg level we all know she’s capable of

if the projected semifinal does happen, it’s probably gonna be a repeat of the 2022 final if not worse. coco just doesn’t have a chance against iga on clay, and especially not at rg

I think the third quarter is gonna be pretty crazy. elena’s health has been in question lately and her recent slam results haven’t been great. of course, at any given moment she could play like the best in the world, so who knows. I could see elina or nastia being quarterfinalists here. elena is capable of beating both of them, but on clay I think they’re both capable of beating her. at the other end of this quarter is qinwen, who’s results since the ao haven’t been great. I don’t think she’s very comfortable on clay, and I would predict jasmine or kalinskaya as quarterfinalists over her. also, bianca andreescu is apparently back and in this quarter, so it will be interesting to see how she does

I would be really surprised if aryna doesn’t make the semifinals. her potential early seeded are boulter, navarro, and keys, none of whom are clay players. there’s also the potential of playing paula again, but paula would have to get there and if she does, aryna is the heavy favorite. I really don’t know who the other quarterfinalist will be. I’d love to have confidence in maria, but noskova and especially dasha could be threats. still, there’s no one aryna can’t beat in this quarter

if the projected semifinal for this half happens, I would majorly favor aryna. she just beat elena in madrid, and she’s way more comfortable on slow clay

interesting r1 matches: bronzetti/osaka, yastremska/tomljanovic, ostapenko/cristian, andreescu/sorribes tormo, azarenka/podoroska, boulter/badosa

atp:

people like to say that novak saves his best tennis for slams, that his recent slump will come to an end here. I’m not so sure about that. in his path to the quarterfinals he’s got potential musetti and cerundolo, both good rg players. even tommy paul could trouble him. and, if he has his usual thing of playing his way into form with tough early matches, he’s going to be exhausted if he does make qfs and plays rg specialist casper ruud. mensik is an early hurdle, but I really don’t think casper has a difficult draw at all. taylor in the round of 16 should be easy on clay, and his confidence against novak is at an all time high after monte carlo. if there was ever a time to get revenge for last year’s final, it’s now

the second quarter… I can’t believe this is real. rafa vs zverev in the first round. unfortunately zverev is the favorite to win, but it is rafa at rg. you never know. even with that aside, this quarter is crazy. holger is always a wild card at rg, and he is definitely capable of taking out zverev to make the qfs. and on the other end is the hard court specialist himself, daniil medvedev. this is honestly the best draw he could ask for, with bublik and de minaur as predicted seeds. I don’t think he could beat holger at rg, but I do think he could do what he’s been doing for so very long and beat zverev

I have very little faith in the projected semifinal actually happening. maybe one will get there, but I doubt both will

to the much more pleasant half of the draw, carlos has a decent path to the qfs. his projected early opponents, draper and korda, are both ridiculously inconsistent and not great on clay. ben or felix in the round of 16 shouldn’t be an issue either. on the other hand, the other potential quarterfinalists have a terrible draw with a ton of french people and of course each other: andrey and stefanos. will andrey’s few tools beat him again? I’m not sure. stefanos is great at rg and I think he can beat andrey, but his record against carlos is abysmal. stefanos has a better chance in the round of 16, but andrey has a better chance in the qf

jannik couldn’t have asked for a better draw, and if he’s healthy I think he can really go far here. baez isn’t a challenger to him and jarry is super inconsistent which jannik can take advantage of. the projected quarterfinalist is hubi, but I think it’s more likely to be grigor considering how much hubi relies on his serve. also, after the week he had in rome, maybe tabilo could make a deep run as well, who knows

words cannot express how much I want this projected semifinal to happen. and if it does, I think I would have to pick carlos to win because he’s jus that much more comfortable on clay. then again, jannik did beat carlos in the umag final, so you never know

interesting r1 matches: fritz/coria, etcheverry/cazaux, ruud/mensik, zverev/nadal, navone/carreño busta, arnaldi/fils, wawrinka/murray (I can’t believe this is real)

[usafphantom2]

QF-16 QF-100/85-1566 as " ZOMBIE12 " stopped by KAFW yesterday out of nowhere, straight from Holloman I believe. What a treat.

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[ricisidro]

Philippines Day 8️⃣ August 3, 2024 Paris 2024 Olympics  

 

2am 🥊 Nesthy Petecio Boxing - advanced to QF after defeating Amina Zidani (FRA) in the Round of 16 of Women’s 57kg division

4:10pm 🎽EJ Obiena Athletics - Men’s Pole Vault Qualification

9:30pm 🤸‍♂️ Carlos Yulo Artistic Gymnastics - Men’s Floor Exercise FINAL

9:46pm 🥊 Carlo Paalam vs Charlie Senior (AUS) Men’s 57kg QF Boxing

[de-ligts]

It's fucking wild that Bayern was in the group of death, ended up first but still got PSG in the round of 16, gets City for the qf and if we go through we'll probably have to face Real Madrid.

This is crazy.

[saintmeghanmarkle]

Invictus volleyball match stopped AGAIN for ANOTHER staged 'spontaneous' birthday celebration by u/MoreVin671

Invictus volleyball match stopped AGAIN for ANOTHER staged 'spontaneous' birthday celebration Posted yesterday about the shocking events of Friday morning, when the seated volleyball match between Poland and Germany was *stopped mid-set* so the DJ could play 'Happy Birthday' to late arrival Harry, aged 39. No-one joined in and the whole thing was an cringeworthy embarrassmentGuess what? They repeated the entire PR stunt, in the same arena, just a few hours later for the seated volleyball finals between Poland (again) and Columbia. Please note this is the same arena, same audience as for the earlier QF between Poland and Germany and one of the teams is the same. So this time, the DJ played 'Happy Birthday' in English, then repeated the track *in German*. In my earlier post, I pointed out that no-one joined in and wondered if playing the track in German would get some kind of audience response. And here we are.Daily Telegraph Victoria Ward obediently Tweets the video clip and adds Harry 'was obv not expecting this'. How stupid do they think we are?https://twitter.com/victoria_ward/status/1702757877637603604 post link: https://ift.tt/BHOoyhI author: MoreVin671 submitted: September 16, 2023 at 10:05AM via SaintMeghanMarkle on Reddit

[freifraufischer]

Significant WAG AA Scores under the 2022-24 Code of Points

This is not a complete list, it's a rough attempt to show where people stand. I have only included domestic meets if I have no other choice to reflect that gymnast but you should take them with a huge heaping of salt. I included a number of juniors who are Paris eligible.

Italics indicate a domestic competition subject to overscoring. Bold are scores from 2023

1 Simone Biles (USA) - 59.100 at 2023 US Classic

2 Rebeca Andrade (BRA) - 57.332 at 2022 Worlds QF

3 Melanie de Jesus dos Santos (FRA) - 56.200 at 2023 US Classic

4 Jordan Chiles (USA) - 55.833 at 2022 Worlds TF

5 Shilese Jones (USA) - 55.766 at 2022 Worlds QF

6 Jessica Gadirova (GBR) - 55.566 at 2023 Euros QF

- Jessica Gadirova (GBR) - 55.199 at 2022 Worlds AA

7 Jade Carey (USA) - 55.132 at 2022 Worlds QF

8 Alice Kinsella (GBR) - 55.065 at 2022 Worlds AA

9 Georgia Godwin (AUS) - 55.066 at 2023 Australian Champs

10 Qiu Qiyuan (CHN) - 54.932 at 2023 Asian Championships

11 Zsofia Kovacs (HUN) - 54.899 at 2023 Euros

12 Ellie Black (CAN) - 54.732 at 2022 Worlds AA

13 Alice D’Amato (ITA) - 54.500 at 2023 Euros

14 Ou Yushan (CHN) - 54.498 at the 2023 University Games

15 Leanne Wong (USA) - 54.100 at 2023 US Classic

16 Joscelyn Roberson (USA) - 54.050 at 2023 US Classic

17 Tiana Sumanasekera (USA) - 53.900 at 2023 Pan Am Champs

18 Helen Kevric (GER) - 53.900 at 2023 EYOF*

19 Hezly Rivera (USA) - 53.350 at 2023 US Winter Cup

20 Sakaguchi Ayaka (JPN) - 53.165 at 2023 University Games

21 Luo Huan (CHN) - 53.765 at 2023 University Games

22 Kaylia Nemour (ALG) - 53.731 at 2023 African Champs

23 Kieryn Finnell (USA) - 52.800 at 2023 US Classic

- Alice Kinsella (GBR) - 52.531 at 2023 Euros QF

24 Yamaguchi Sara (JPN) - 52.065 at 2023 Jr. Worlds QF*

25 Nakamura Haruka (JPN) - 51.765 at 2023 Jr. Worlds AA*

26 Ruby Pass (AUS) - 50.464 at 2023 Oceania Champs

*A junior score delivered under the FIG rules for juniors including a cap on skills at E and without some bonuses such as D dismount. It should be assumed these gymnasts would have higher AA scores if competing as seniors. US junior scoring is not subject to the same FIG rules as international scoring.

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[fritzes]

so, it felt like every match in stuttgart this week was ridiculously long, and I was curious so I found the lengths of every match (thanks flashscore) and here are my observations:

the shortest match was 0:47, in which Paolini beat Errani 6-1 6-0 in the round of 32

the longest match was 3:10, in which Kostyuk beat Siegemund 6-3 6-7 6-4 in the round of 32. a very close second was 3:08, in which Kudermetova beat Krejcikova 5-7 6-4 6-4

Kostyuk played three matches that went over 2.5 hours

the average match length was about 1.96 hours

the average length for quarterfinal matches only was about 2.28 hours (every qf was relatively close in some way)

here are all the match lengths:

R32:

Mertens def Maria 1:45

Raducanu def Kerber 1:26

Noskova def Ostapenko 1:08

Kudermetova def Krejcikova 3:08

Paolini def Errani 0:47

Jabeur def Alexandrova 2:02

Zheng def Cirstea 1:16

Kostyuk def Siegemund 3:10

Vickery def Sasnovich 1:54

Vondrousova def Vekic 1:27

Potapova def Samsonova 2:28

Badosa def Shnaider 1:42

R16:

Świątek def Mertens 1:34

Raducanu def Noskova 1:21

Rybakina def Kudermetova 2:35

Paolini def Jabeur 1:46

Kostyuk def Zheng 2:42

Gauff def Vickery 2:28

Vondrousova def Potapova 1:18

Sabalenka def Badosa 2:20*

QFs:

Świątek def Raducanu 2:04

Rybakina def Paolini 2:10

Kostyuk def Gauff 2:50

Vondrousova def Sabalenka 2:03

Semis:

Rybakina def Świątek 2:51

Kostyuk def Vondrousova 1:37

Final:

Rybakina def Kostyuk 1:11

[usafphantom2]

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[gdbot]

Jason Koxvold / Wired / QF-16 / Photography / 2022 https://ift.tt/BiC2380 Telegram: https://t.me/gdesignbot

[hardtchill]

When is the conversation about US soccer turning a blind eye with their youth system going to happen?

Also the fact that only 5 NWSL players will be in the Quarter Finals !

The rest of the world has caught up & the USA has slowly fallen behind. The talent is there in the US, but unfortunately, NWSL is falling behind in terms of where young and exciting talents want to go and play. The level of competition isn't even that exciting to watch, if I'm honest. It is a somewhat decent challenge cup and a league where I struggle to find any sense of style that I would and can see compared to the European leagues.

2022 U20's - 3rd in Group

2022 U17's - Out in the QF

2018 U17's - 4th in group

2018 U18's - 3rd in group

2016 U20's - 4th overall

2016 U17's - 3rd in group

2014 U17's - Did not qualify

2014 U20's - out in QF

2012 U17's - 3rd in group

2012 U20's - Champions

Jup, i have said it before and i will say it again. Without a good youth system you're screwed. In a lot of top countries academies are popping up like mushrooms giving young players quality training from the age of 8 onward.

The US still relies on clubs (that a lot of parents can't afford) and schools to train their youth which results in them learning very bad habits. Then they rely on colleges who don't play a full season and are a glorified youth league at best. Plenty of great players come from the college system but as woso moves forward it's not going to be enough anymore. Just like players playing for an amateur club until 16 won't be enough anymore for other countries.

A player being trained in an academy and moving towards the senior team at 18 is always going to be more prepared for pro football than a players who doesn't start playing against actual adults until they are 22.

The NWSL needs to stop the insane drafting bullshit, allow clubs to set up academies and scout their own talent. No club is going to do that if there is no guarantee they can hold onto the talent they develop.

[uswnt5]

argh i hate even the thought of uswnt not making to the knockoff round. you know the conservative media will be all over how after the team won equal pay, they lose.

anyways if the uswnt are out early, i hope tc are able to get some of the current member to talk about what happen. alex is dying to tell her side of things. lol

Yeah you're right, for the betterment of the sport in this country, the USWNT has to keep winning. It's a huge burden to carry. You can't win every single thing. A deep run will help though. Round of 16 or QF is not acceptable.