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Intrepid Tennis Reporter "DARTH NEWS" summarises Week 5 of The Vader Trophy for "2012"!!

DEFENDING CHAMPION MOVES INTO TOP SPOT IN THE VADER TROPHY!

This week saw the first change at the top of the leaderboard in the Vader Trophy for 2012 when Defending Vader League Champion Tono unseated the previous leader and early season pacesetter Backhandpass.
Tono enjoyed a very successful week by winning the tournament in Montpellier, finishing a close up second to Dragan in Zagreb and also enjoyed a second equal finish in Vina Del Mar.
His key pick in the Montpellier tournament was the eventual champion Tomas Berdych, he was the only one of the Vader eight who decided to gamble on the talented Czech and was duly rewarded by securing the winning prizemoney which enabled him to leapfrog Backhandpass into the top spot.
Dragan also enjoyed a good week by winning the tournament outright in Zagreb, finishing second equal in Vina Del Mar and securing reasonable prizemoney in Montpellier to maintain his spot in third place overall.
Arvis secured his first outright victory in the Vader League for 2012 by winning the first clay court tournament of the season in Vina Del Mar, this win was enough to see him maintain his place in fourth spot overall even though he finished last in both the Montpellier and Zagreb tournaments.

TONO was the "BIG MOVER" of the week with the outright victory and prizemoney in Montpellier helping him move into 1ST spot for the first time this season, the 44 year old kiwi from Palmerston North, New Zealand had been sitting in second spot behind Backhandpass since week one but now finds himself with a slender lead of $48,819 over Backhandpass who drops down one place into second.

BACKHANDPASS finished second equal in Montpellier but lost his overall lead by ending up mid table in Zagreb and near the bottom in Vina Del Mar, he surrendered his position at the top of the leaderboard for the first time this season and slips down one place into 2ND spot but still holds a healthy $234,145 lead over Dragan in third place.

DRAGAN reduced the deficit between himself and Backhandpass in second place by securing the outright victory in Zagreb, Marcos Baghdatis was the key pick in Zagreb for the Serbian native, he also enjoyed consistent performances in Montpellier and Vina Del Mar and maintains his position in 3RD spot overall, he has increased his lead to a solid $305,585 over Arvis in fourth place.

ARVIS had a mixed week securing his first outright tournament win in Vina Del Mar thanks to his Jeremy Chardy pick, but the 28 year old Florida resident blotted his copybook by finishing last in both the Montpellier and Zagreb tournaments, however his win in Chile was enough to keep him in 4TH spot and maintain a lead of $113,001 over Aiur in fifth place.

AIUR had a slightly disappointing week finishing last in Vina Del Mar and mid table in both Montpellier and Zagreb, however he holds onto his 5TH spot and even increased his lead over Wolmas in sixth place to $50,785.

WOLMAS finished second equal in Vina Del Mar and close up in third place in Zagreb but ended up missing the pick deadline for Montpellier which cost him vital prizemoney, the 25 year old from New Jersey still holds onto his 6TH spot and maintains a slender lead of $43,827 over The Lost Scot in seventh place.

THE LOST SCOT ended up with a mixed week overall finishing second equal in Montpellier, mid table in Vina Del Mar and second to bottom in the Zagreb tournament, however he did move up one position into 7TH spot thanks mainly to CrossCourt who did not make his picks in time for any of the three tournaments, the young Texan now holds a healthy $242,646 lead over CrossCourt in eighth place.

CROSSCOURT missed the deadline for making his picks in all three tournaments this week and now slips into 8TH spot and the dreaded "WOODEN SPOON" position, hopefully he will have time to regroup and make his presence felt in some of the bigger tournaments coming up in the next few months.

The next week will see the ATP World Tour take a break with the commencement of the first round of Davis Cup play, all Vader League competitors will enjoy a well earned rest before the battle continues in Week 6, the competition will then see the first 500 series tournament of the season in Rotterdam and two 250 series tournaments in Sao Paulo and San Jose respectively, some of the bigger names are due to play in Week 6 of the competition so we could see a variety of interesting picks and a very exciting week of tennis.

We have three separate tourney winners this week in the Vader League....Your Truly in Montepellier ....Dragan in Zagreb ....and Arvis in Vina Del Mar. ......congrats guys!!
That now means we have all tasted tournament success in Vader this season with the exception of Aiur...I'm sure his first tourney win won't be too far away though.

UPDATED!

Cheers Arvis....you too mate, enjoy!
I noticed that Chardy won too so now it's a straight head to head shootout between you and Aiur for tourney honours in Vina Del Mar....Monaco (Arvis) v Montanes (Aiur).....best of luck guys.

Superbowl coming up this weekend......I'm guessing the two teams aren't everyone's favourite but which team is your money on guys??
I know defence usually wins the BIG games but I've always had a soft spot for teams who give the ball some air and go for it.....therefore I'm rooting for Tom Brady and the Patriots!!

LOL....stop it Arvis it'starting to sound like a self-fulfilling prophecy!!

Yes you should have more faith in yourself Arvis......failing that how about using the "force"!
You still have Dr Ivo & Bags alive in Zagreb so all is not lost just yet....I thought you had taken Lacko too but I see it was actually Thomas who picked him....nice choice there Thomas.

When you are consistent Arvis you are very dangerous so just believe brother!!
Having said all that I'm rooting for Youzhny to beat Karlovic.

So they are your main two reasons for not liking me ....Wow I'm shocked...NOT! I have known that you don't like me for some time now....my bridge was built a long time ago so I can assure you that I'm well and truly over it.
So I'm the bully wannabe huh and also pompous and self important, and now hateful too....LOL.....now that's the pot calling the kettle black...something which I have noted that you are well versed in.
Remember I'm the lover NOT the fighter!!....I'm "seemingly' lots of things in your eyes but hate is a strong word and not something that I'm all that familiar with actually....IMO spewing irrational vitriol and hatred is more condusive to someone sending you an email telling you to Drop Dead!!...ring any bells??

And to make it quite clear for you...the "goofy" comment is neither here nor there for me really so I'm not as mortally offended as you might think, I have laughed at much worse in my time...words from others can only hurt you if you believe them IMO....unlike you I have learnt to laugh at myself.

I have been holding my tongue regarding your behaviour toward others in these Fantasy Tennis forums for a long time (until now)......in all the online Fantasy Tennis games and forums that I have posted in, I have only ever had an issue with one person...YOU!

However you have had numerous fiery spats with more than half a dozen individuals either on here or in other forums so guess who the common denominator is Einstein.
Do yourself and everyone else in here a favour....go and find some stronger blood pressure pills and get some rest so we can get back to talking tennis!!

Yeah I read Adunar's comments too Thomas, I commented too bcoz I never checked the ATP prizemoney, I just went off what they were displaying on FTT for the Montpellier tourney hence me deciding to pick Berdych instead of Mayer, soon as I saw it in Euros/Pounds (or whatever the hell it is) I knew the prizemoney would be converted to approx 36% more.

I thought prizemoney of over $140,000 was worth a gamble on Berdych winning the tournament, it is something they need to sort out though, I guess with the FTT being based in Great Britain maybe thats causing the confusion...I don't know?
But knowing the exact prizemoney available for each tournament in normal dollar terms is imperative I think bcoz it can and does influence your picks for the respective tournaments huh.

Oh yeah and on Mahut....Arvis will be happy that his curse seems well and truly broken, nice pic on Nic there Arvis my man.

LOL....I was thinking of asking you a similar question....well at least that comment made me laugh a little....Im 6ft tall by the way so no short mans syndrome here....and though you obviously disagree, I'm not on a power trip of any kind either....I just enjoy talking tennis and playing Fantasy Tennis which I have made quite clear to you on numerous occasions.

You are entitled to have whatever opinion you want to have about me, doesn't mean it's the correct one though!!

Yeah that was a big loss for Andujar alright!
These little 250 tourneys always have little sub plots in them with plenty of unexpected twists & turns....watch out for Kohli in Montpellier you reckon eh Dragan, well he has had a good start to the season so he is in good form, you might be onto something there mate.
I'm just glad Juan Monaco got through his first match against Andreev with ease....those first up matches for the seeded players with a bye can sometimes go a bit pear shaped huh
Lots of good little match ups 2mrrw, will be interesting to see what eventuates

I'm not sure why Mayer was so popular Arvis, maybe bcoz his best results have been on the clay and he is South American perhaps....Chardy was obviously the better choice...nice picking from yourself and Aiur.
It was probably all too easy just to take Andujar so I guess some of us were looking for a point of difference....maybe we should have gone with Frederico Gil!!

LOL...Yep your gut may well be correct this time BHP....Montanes could be very dangerous in Vina Del Mar now I think. Monaco might have his hands full with Andreev first!

The build a bridge comment is a well known saying about getting over it and moving on.

Arvis your curse looks like it's about to be broken mate....Chardy is looking odds on to take out Mayer in straight sets....some good fortune awaits you my friend.