2013 Fantasy Mixed Doubles Finals

SPAIN vs. USA (4-0, 0-3, 4-3)

Rafael Nadal vs. John Isner
Carla Suarez Navarro vs. Serena Williams
Nadal/Suarez Navarro / Isner/Williams

Spain wins the 2013 Fantasy Mixed Doubles!

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RUSSIA vs. CZECH REPUBLIC (6-6, 4-2, 10-8) 2-1

Mikhail Youzhny vs. Tomas Berdych
Maria Sharapova vs. Petra Kvitova
Youzhny/Sharapova vs. Berdych/Kvitova

Russia gets third place.

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GOLD: Spain (Rafael Nadal, Carla Suarez Navarro)

SILVER: USA (John Isner, Serena Williams)

BRONZE: Russia (Mikhail Youzhny, Maria Sharapova

2013 Fantasy Mixed Doubles: Semifinals

SPAIN vs. RUSSIA (10-4, 0-1, 10-5) 2-1

Rafael Nadal vs. Mikhail Youzhny
Carla Suarez Navarro vs. Maria Sharapova
Nadal/Suarez Navarro vs Youzhny/Sharapova

Spain goes to the finals.

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USA vs. CZECH REPUBLIC (2-3, 5-0, 7-3) 2-1

John Isner vs. Tomas Berdych
Serena Williams vs. Petra Kvitova 

USA goes to the finals.

2013 Fantasy Mixed Doubles - Group B Eliminations

Here are the results of the eliminations in Group B -

 GROUP B

CZECH REPUBLIC 1-2-3=6
Tomas Berdych
Petra Kvitova 

SPAIN 2-2-2=6
Rafael Nadal
Carla Suarez Navarro


ITALY 1-1-1=3
Fabio Fognini
Sara Errani


POLAND 2-1-0=3
Jerzy Janowicz
Agnieszka Radwanska

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Czech Republic vs. Spain (3-17, 5-1,  8-18) 1-2

Italy vs. Poland (0-0, 2-7, 2-7) 1-2 

Czech Republic vs. Italy (1-2, 6-0, 7-2) 2-1 

Spain vs. Poland (2-0, 0-2, 2-2) 2-1 

Czech Republic vs. Poland (2-0, 5-1, 7-1) 3-0 

Spain vs. Italy (3-0, 3-6, 6-6) 2-1 

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Spain tops Group B and will meet Russia in the semifinals.

USA will meet the Czech Republic in the other semifinals. 

2013 Fantasy Mixed Doubles: Group A Eliminations

Here are the results for group action in Group A -


SERBIA 1-1-2=4
Novak Djokovic
Jelena Jankovic

UNITED STATES 2-2-2=6
John Isner
Serena Williams 

RUSSIA 3-2-1=6
Mikhail Youzhny
Maria Sharapova

GERMANY 0-1-1=2
Tommy Haas
Angelique Kerber 

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Serbia vs. USA (4-2, 4-8, 8-10) 1-2

Russia vs. Germany (5-4, 4-1, 9-5) 3-0

Serbia vs. Russia (6-3, 1-8, 7-11) 1-2

USA vs. Germany (3-3, 3-1, 6-4) 2-1

Serbia vs. Germany (6-3, 0-1, 6-4) 2-1

USA vs. Russia (0-2, 14-2, 14-4) 2-1

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USA tops Group A and will meet the second-ranked team of Group B.

Russia will meet the top-ranked team of Group B.

Fantasy Mixed Doubles 2013: Top Eight Teams

The tennis calendar for both the ATP and the WTA tours are finally over for 2013 so it's the time of year where I play my own fantasy tennis using this week's rankings of both tours.
The first fantasy tournament involves a 'Hopman'-like Cup where a country is composed of one male and one female player and both will play singles and doubles.
Here are the countries that qualified this year and their group assignments:


GROUP A


SERBIA
Novak Djokovic
Jelena Jankovic

UNITED STATES
John Isner
Serena Williams 

RUSSIA
Mikhail Youzhny
Maria Sharapova

GERMANY
Tommy Haas
Angelique Kerber



GROUP B

CZECH REPUBLIC 
Tomas Berdych
Petra Kvitova 

SPAIN
Rafael Nadal
Carla Suarez Navarro


ITALY
Fabio Fognini
Sara Errani


POLAND
Jerzy Janowicz
Agnieszka Radwanska