2016 Men's World Cup Tennis - Top 32 Teams

 

2016 TOP 32 COUNTRIES

 

1 - FRANCE -34

Gael Monfils – 7

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga – 12

Lucas Pouille - 15

 

2- SPAIN - 44

Rafael Nadal – 9

Roberto Bautista Agut – 14

David Ferrer - 21

 

3 -UNITED STATES - 73

John Isner – 19

Jack Sock – 23

Sam Querrey - 31

 

4 - CROATIA - 74

Marin Cilic – 6

Ivo Karlovic – 20

Borna Coric - 48

 

 

 

5 - GERMANY - 106

Alexander Zverev – 24

Philipp Kohlschreiber – 32

Florian Mayer - 50

 

6 - GREAT BRITAIN -  112

Andy Murray – 1

Kyle Edmund -45

Daniel Evans – 66

 

7 - AUSTRALIA - 118

Nick Kyrgios – 13

Bernard Tomic – 26

Jordan Thompson - 79

 

8 - SERBIA -    124

Novak Djokovic – 2

Viktor Troicki – 29

Dusan Lajovic - 93

 

9 - CZECH REPUBLIC - 130

Tomas Berdych – 10

Jiri Vesely – 55

Adam Pavlasek - 75

10 - ARGENTINA - 131

Juan Martin del Potro – 38

Federico Delbonis – 41

Diego Schwartzman - 52

 

11 - SWITZERLAND - 140

Stan Wawrinka – 4

Roger Federer – 16

Marco Chiudinelli – 120

 

12 - RUSSIA - 156

Andrey Kuznetsov – 46

Karen Kachanov – 53

Mikhail Youzhny - 57

 

13 - ITALY - 176

Paolo Lorenzi – 40

Fabio Fognini – 49

Andreas Seppi - 87

 

14 - JAPAN -  217

Kei Nishikori – 5

Yoshihito Nishioka – 100

Yuichi Sugita - 112

15 - BELGIUM - 231

David Goffin – 11

Steve Darcis – 86

Arthur de Greef - 134

 

16 - BRAZIL - 241

Thomaz Bellucci – 61

Thiago Monteiro -82

Rogerio Dutra Silva – 98

 

17 - UKRAINE - 245

Alexander Dolgopolov – 62

Illya Marchenko – 74

Sergiy Stakhovsky - 109

 

18 - CANADA -   271

Milos Raonic – 3

Vasek Pospisil – 133

Peter Polansky – 135

 

19 - SLOVAKIA - 274

Martin Klizan – 35

Jozef Kovalik – 117

Lukas Lacko - 122

20 - PORTUGAL - 312

Joao Sousa – 43

Gastao Elias – 81

Pedro Sousa - 188

 

21 - AUSTRIA -  324

Dominic Thiem – 8

Gerald Melzer – 68

Dennis Novak – 248

 

22 - KAZAKHSTAN - 468

Mikhail Kukushkin – 89

Alexandr Nedovyesov – 174

Alexander Bublik - 205

 

23 - SLOVENIA - 473

Aljaz Bedene – 101

Grega Zemlja – 155

Blaz Kavcic - 217

 

24 - CHINESE-TAIPEI - 488

Yen-Hsun Lu – 64

Jason Jung – 154

Ti Chen - 270

25 - BOSNIA HERZEGOVINA - 512

Damir Dzumhur – 77

Mirza Basic – 181

Aldin Setkic - 254

 

26 - COLOMBIA - 583

Santiago Giraldo – 91

Alejandro Gonzalez- 219

Alejandro Falla - 273

 

27 - SOUTH KOREA - 589

Hyeon Chung – 104

Duckhee Lee – 149

Soonwoo Kwon - 336

 

28 - CHINA - 645

Di Wu – 159

Ze Zhang – 201

Zhe Li – 285

 

29 - BELARUS - 666

Ilya Ivashka – 179

Uladzimir Ignatik – 190

Egor Gerasimov - 297

 

30 - ISRAEL - 736

Dudi Sela – 96

Amir Weintraub – 231

Edan Leshem – 409

 

31 - DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - 737

Victor Estrella Burgos – 102

Jose Hernandez-Fernandez – 240

Roberto Cid Subervi - 595

 

32 - INDIA - 739

Saketh Myneni – 192

Ramkumar Ramanathan – 227

Prajnesh Gunneswaran – 320

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Eric Church Puts Country Back on Top in My FABE International Top 10 Countdown

 

Country music flexes its muscle this week as the top 2 songs in my FABE International Top 10 countdown are of this genre.

Eric Church gets his first #1 song as Lynyrd Skynyrd Jones moves to the top position.

Here are the top 10 songs by international artists for the week ending August 27, 2021 - 

#1 Lynyrd Skynyrd Jones (#2)

     Eric Church

#2 Still Goin Down (#3)

     Morgan Wallen

#3 Fly to My Room (#4)

     BTS

#4 Never Will (#5)

     Ashley McBryde

#5 Hearbreak Weather (#6)

       Niall Horan

#6 Bloodmoney (#7)

      Poppy

#7 Unprodigal Daughter  (#8)

      Cast of Jagged Little Pill

#8 Name (NEW)

     Justin Bieber / Tori Kelly

#9 Shame Shame (NEW)

     Foo Fighters

#10 Die Waiting (NEW)

       Beck

Ace Banzuelo Tops the OPM Top 10 Countdown This Week

 

Ace Banzuelo tops the OPM Top 10 countdown this week, as Himala reaches the top spot.

Here are the top 10 songs in the OPM Top 10 countdown this week -

#1 Himala    (#2)

     Ace Banzuelo

#2 Sana'y Di Na Lang  (#3)

      Bandang Lapis

#3 Soda (#6)

      James Reid / Careless

#4 Something Beautiful   (#5)

      Benedict Cua

#5 You Make My World Stop  (#6)

     Matthaios

#6 Paraluman (#10)

     Adie 

#7  Samahan Mo Ako   (#9)

       Je

#8 Bangin  (#8)

     Paul Pablo

#9 Cruel (NEW)

     Zack Tabudlo

#10 Polaris (NEW)

       December Avenue

MOVIE REVIEW: Peninsula

 

I have always been fascinated as to how writers and directors have been tweaking the zombie apocalypse template as every year, more than a dozen movies and TV shows keep coming out from different countries like South Korea, Canada, and Germany - all having their own take of a very familiar storyline.

I never get tired of it though.  The zombie apocalypse genre is up there for me in the first choice of movie and TV show that I want to watch.  I don't know why I am so fascinated with it knowing fully well I will never be able to survive that scenario because I don't have the survival skills of the characters in those stories.

This brings us to South Korea's latest offering of this genre - from the same production team that brough to us the very entertaining Train to Busan.

Peninsula stands on its own though and it doesn't have any link to that big box office behemoth.  But the template is still the same - and this time, with a group of interesting characters - more women and girls and more vicious male characters.

I thoroughly enjoyed the movie - but not as much as Train to Busan.  My wants in a zombie movie apocalypse is very simple - make life harder for the humans - and give me a lot of wonderfully choreographed chase scenes.

This movie delivers on both counts.  Although the special effects look more like CGI though.  Otherwise, it uses some of the moral compass that can be found in the Busan movie.

Even during the end of the world, the corrupt are still as dirty as ever - which makes for an exciting watch.

If the zombie apocalypse is your cup of tea - then go and watch this movie.  There are many fast-paced actions scenes that will surely bring you to the edge of your seats.

MOVIE REVIEW: Blood Red Sky

 

Warning: Spoiler Alert! Read at your own risk.

Blood Red Sky is another permutation of the vampire genre and this time the vampires (or rather vampire) is in the sky.  I will not dwell so much on the story but to give you an idea - it's like Die Hard - but on an airplane.

The bad guys are terrorists and they do not have honorable plans for the poor passengers of this flight.  However, they aren't able to carry out their plans to fruition because the 'Liam Neeson' hero of this movie - is a vampire - and a mother!

I thoroughly enjoyed the movie! If you are into this genre, I strongly suggest you watch it as the director Peter Thorwarth puts in just the right elements you want in a fast-paced, interesting, and heart-stopping action movie.

The bad guys are really freaking bad and the protagonist vampire is not without her weaknesses as well, giving the movie, just the right balance of suspense and cliffhanger action scenes.

The boy plays a pivotal role in this movie and he's so brave here.  There are several other interesting characters who help the female protagonist - and each does their part in thwarting evil from winning.

Well, prepare your homemade popcorn and curl up in your Lazy Boy and watch this movie tonight - under total darkness!  Make sure your Bose stereos are also in full blast!

Enjoy!

Tiana Major9 gets her first #1 song in the FABE International Top 10 Countdown

 British songstress Tiana Major9 gets her very first #1 song in the FABE International Top 10 Countdown.

Here are the ten top 10 songs in that countdown this week -

#1 Collide (#2)

     Tiana Major9 / Earthgang

#2 Lynyrd Skynyrd Jones (#3)

     Eric Church

#3 Still Goin Down (#4)

     Morgan Wallen

#4 Fly to My Room (#5)

     BTS

#5 Never Will (#6)

     Ashley McBryde

#6 Hearbreak Weather (#7)

       Niall Horan

#7 Bloodmoney (#8)

      Poppy

#8 Unprodigal Daughter  (#9)

      Cast of Jagged Little Pill

#9 Hot Summer (NEW)

      Prince

#10 Last Train Home (NEW)

       John Mayer

raven gets his first number 1 in FABE OPM Countdown

raven's collaboration with Rico Blanco, somere, and naila goes to #1 this week. It's his first #1 song in the FABE OPM Top 10 countdown.

Here are the top 10 songs in the FABE OPM Top 10 countdown for the week ending August 20, 2021 - 

#1 S.U.K.I.   (#2)

     raven / Rico Blanco / somere / naila

#2 Himala    (#3)

     Ace Banzuelo

#3 Sana'y Di Na Lang  (#4)

      Bandang Lapis

#4 Something Beautiful   (#5)

      Benedict Cua

#5 You Make My World Stop  (#6)

     Matthaios

#6 Soda (NEW)

      James Reid / Careless

#7 Upuan  (#7)

     Ben&Ben

#8 Bangin  (#8)

     Paul Pablo

#9  Samahan Mo Ako   (#9)

         Je

#10 Paraluman (#10)

        Adie

 

 

Billie Eilish - Happier Than Ever: My Top Five Favorite Tracks

Billie Eilish has already released five songs from her second album - my future, Your Power, Therefore I Am, Lost Cause, and NDA.  However, none of those songs have appealed to me.

One good thing though is that there are five other songs in her album which I find unique and interesting and my even chart in my own International Top 10.

Anyhow, here are my five top picks from her Happier Than Ever album -

#1 Oxytocin - Hands down the most saleable and marketable song in her album.  Great tune and very Eilish in arrangement and presentation.

#2 Overheated - Another great song I love from this album.  The arrangement is uniquely hers. The hypnotic beat is a bomb!

#3 GOLDWING - My third pick has an angelic start and then transforms into another vintage Eilish track with a great bass hook.

#4 Male Fantasy - The most meaningful song for me in the album as Eilish talks about the male gaze.

#5 Happier Than Ever - The title track starts with a folksy beat and ends with a bang!

 

Oxytocin: This Should be the Lead Single from Billie Eilish's 'Happier Than Ever' Album

Oxytocin is the most radio-friendly track from Billie Eilish's latest album, Happier Than Ever.  This album is her follow-up to her smash and Grammy-winning album 'When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go".

Actually, Billie has already released five songs from this album but personally, they don't rank in the top 5 of my favorite songs from the album.

The six songs that I like from the album, aside from this one is Overheated (#2), Male Fantasy (#3), Everybody Dies (#4), Happier than Ever (#5), and Goldwing (#6).

It is a solid album, a less weird but equally lush follow-up to her debut album.

 

Zack Tabudlo gets his first #1 in FABE OPM Top 10 Countdown

Zack Tabudlo scores his very first #1 hit in the FABE OPM Top 10 Countdown this week.

#1 Nangangamba   (#2)

      Zack Tabudlo

#2 S.U.K.I.   (#3)

     raven / Rico Blanco / somere / naila

#3 Himala    (#4)

     Ace Banzuelo

#4 Sana'y Di Na Lang  (#5)

      Bandang Lapis

#5 Something Beautiful   (#6)

      Benedict Cua

#6 You Make My World Stop  (#7)

     Matthaios

#7 Upuan  (#8)

     Ben&Ben

#8 Bangin  (#9)

     Paul Pablo

#9  Samahan Mo Ako   (#10)

         Je

#10 Paraluman (NEW)

        Adie

 

Justin Bieber Tops the FABE International Countdown This Week

 

Justin Bieber gets another #1 hit this week, as Deserve You becomes the second chart-topper in my international countdown from his latest album.

Here are my ten favorite international songs for the week ending August 13, 2021.

#1 Deserve You  (#2)

     Justin Bieber

#2 Part of Me  (#3)

     The Vamps

#3 Collide (#4)

     Tiana Major9 / Earthgang

#4 Lynyrd Skynyrd Jones (#5)

     Eric Church

#5 Still Goin Down (#6)

     Morgan Wallen

#6 Fly to My Room (#7)

     BTS

#7 Never Will (NEW)

     Ashley McBryde

#8 Bloodmoney (NEW)

      Poppy

#9 Unprodigal Daughter  (NEW)

      Cast of Jagged Little Pill

#10 Hearbreak Weather (NEW)

       Niall Horan

SUD tops the FABE OPM Top 10 Countdown this week

SUD tops the FABE OPM Top 10 Countdown this week as 'Dumaloy' moves up a notch to the top spot.  

It is their second #1 hit after 'Sila' catapulted them to fame in 2015.

Here are the ten songs in the FABE OPM Top 10 Countdown

#1 Dumaloy   (#2)

     SUD

#2 Nangangamba   (#3)

      Zack Tabudlo

#3 S.U.K.I.   (#4)

     raven / Rico Blanco / somere / naila

#4 Himala    (#5)

     Ace Banzuelo

#5 Sana'y Di Na Lang  (#6)

      Bandang Lapis

#6 Something Beautiful   (#7)

      Benedict Cua

#7 You Make My World Stop  (#8)

     Matthaios

#8 Upuan  (#9)

     Ben&Ben

#9 Bangin  (#10)

     Paul Pablo

#10  Samahan Mo Ako   (NEW)

         Je