This is the follow-up to last week’s Genius/Joker Quiz. Try your hand at naming the correct answers with our quiz:
NO CHEATING (AND SCROLLING DOWN) ALLOWED!
But the correct answers and some new pictures are at the very bottom.
The season starters
With the International Premier Tennis League schedule over for the year, there are now not even two weeks left without any professional tennis at all.
Here’s a look at the top five players on the men’s and women’s tours and where they will be playing in the two weeks leading up to the 2016 Australian Open beginning on January 18:
MEN Jan. 4 Jan. 11
- Novak Djokovic Doha —
- Andy Murray Hopman Cup —
- Roger Federer Brisbane —
- Stan Wawrinka Chennai —
- Rafael Nadal Doha —
The exhibition event at the Kooyong Lawn Tennis Club in Melbourne from January 12-15 – now called the Priceline Pharmacy Classic – is currently listing Nick Kyrgios, Marcos Baghdatis, Gilles Simon and Richard Gasquet as being among the players for its new 12-player format.
WOMEN Jan. 4 Jan. 11
- Serena Williams Hopman Cup —
- Simona Halep Brisbane Sydney
- Garbine Muguruza Brisbane —
- Maria Sharapova Brisbane —
- Agnieszka Radwanska Shenzhen Sydney
The Canadians
Milos Raonic: Ranking – No. 14
Schedule: Brisbane, ——-
Points defending in January:
Brisbane 150 (final), ——- , Aussie Open 360 (quarters)
Most points defending in 2016:
360 – Aussie Open quarters
360 – Indian Wells semi-finals
Current Points: 2,170
Vasek Pospisil: Ranking – No. 39
Schedule: Chennai, Auckland
Points defending in January:
——-, Sydney 20 (2nd R), Aussie Open 90 (3rd R)
Most points defending in 2016:
360 – Wimbledon quarters
90 – Aussie Open (3rd R), Valencia (SF)
Current Points: 1,075
Genie Bouchard: Ranking – No. 49
Schedule: Shenzhen, Hobart
Points defending in January:
——-, ——-, 430 Aussie Open (quarters)
Most Points defending in 2016:
430 – Aussie Open quarters
240 – US Open R-of-16
Current Points: 1,064
Genius/Joker quiz answers
1. Tommy Robredo
2. Yes, but exception made for ‘clean’ clothing contracts
3. Married to Russian ex-players Elena Dementieva and Katia Afinogenova
4. Guillermo Canas
5. Genie Bouchard
6. Mats Wilander
7. All beat Federer in his first appearance at those Grand Slams
8. Ernests Gulbis
9. 1986 [Note: Tests were for cocaine, heroin and amphetamines (not steroids)]
10. ATP No. 827-ranked Kittipong Wachiramanowong of Thailand (Aussie Open Juniors in 2008)
11. Rafael Nadal
12. None of the above (Max Mirnyi)
13. Nestor and Cecil Mamiit
14. Kateryna Bondarenko of Ukraine
15. Stefan Edberg
16. Yes: umpire assigns a side of coin and tosses
17. Carling Bassett and Jimmy Arias
18. Fabio Fognini (No. 10 doubles, No. 21 singles)
19. Two: Thanasi Kokkinakis and Jason Stoltenberg
20. Mirjana Lucic-Baroni
21. Justin Timberlake – not a tennis player
22. Yuki Bambri: (Ramkumar Ramanathan is in picture)
23. Kateryna Bondarenko: still married and also a mother
24. Three: Nick and Pablo *Note: We decided not to consider Andy (Murray), Andrey (Kuznatsov), Andreas (Seppi) and (Andreas (Haider-Maurer) as the same given name. Since this is not a sanctioned quiz – an exo, if you like, with no ranking points – we hope no one will be offended.
25. Anna Karolina Schmieldova
NOTE: Next week – favourite pictures from 2015
