Yes, that too!
Lol, Rafa was unprepared eh??? Lol
It could be harder for top college guys to advance in the circuit in 2019 unless they get in top 750 or so by December. There will be no ATP points earned for $15K futures in 2019 and I think only points for finalist and winner for $25Ks. Interesting fact- Petros Chrysochos, MVP of Nat Indoors, currently has no ATP points; in 2015 he reached a high of 469 (he won 2 Futures titles in 2015). He played Naples Futures over winter break, had to play 4 Quali matches to get in MD (128 draw Quali), and then had to play Skander in 1st rd of main-they split sets and he retired in 3rd. The only other tourney he played was Winston 250-got a WC into MD and lost in first round (he was on the alternate list for Columbus Futures in Nov and withdrew before tourney start). Even guys as talented as Petros could lose WC spots to top ITF world juniors in 2019 with the new Transition Tour which favors top world juniors (5 WCs into MD) over college players without ATP points. Hopefully the top college guys will play and win a lot in Futures in the summer and fall to be set for Jan 2019. Currently college players without ATP points (and also those not in top 800 or so) have to play Qualis but the top guys-unless they have to play each other in Qualis-should make it to MD. Next year the Qualis will only be 24 draws instead of 64-128, so guys without ATP points or ITF Transition entry points may not even get in Qualis of the Transition Tours. Could be a lot more college guys taking the whole fall off this year. ATP points earned this year in $15Ks will be transition entry points next year. Most of the summer Futures and I think all the USTA Collegiate Circuits are $25s, but there are other fall Futures that are only $15K.
Yeah, if you ain't first, you're last.
If you are only winning 60% of your matches and have never really challenged for a slam title in 21 tries, a #10 world ranking is not all that impressive. Just my opinion though.
Your opinion is obviously very strongly grounded in objective fact. Being ranked in the top 10 in the world in whatever you do isn't really that impressive.
I've scrubbed around at 4.0 for a number of years now. It's anything but that.
You are right, I stand corrected. Sock is good. And we are ok with good. Sock is the best we have.
What is a good ATP player? Tracking along at 60%. Ok, that is good by your definition?
Add Gustav Hansson, Tom Fawcett, Borna Gojo, Alex Rybakov, Michael Geerts, Daniel Cukierman etc to the list of players that are most certainly top 400 level players.
Norrie is probably the best since Johnson... close to top 100 with one less year on tour
A good ATP player is anyone top 50. Unless Sock is being awarded points for not winning, you dont make top 10 without winning some matches
Drew Brees yes, he won a super bowl. Andrew Luck is 3-3 in playoff games, not bad in comparison to Jack Sock’s Slam record. Bottom line is American tennis sucks in comparison to most other countries with major tennis federations. Our US Open money is not going to support our kids enough and our USTA PD program is a joke!
Jury still out on Cam. He wasted time in college so hopefully that doesn’t hold him back. Good thing he is playing ATP events now vs next year so his results are positively affecting his ability to play the bigger events.
And a lot of bad decisions are made to go to college. You can always go back to school but if you go to a program where there is no player development, you will be 4 years behind the others. Compare college grads now to Opelka, Fritz, Tommy Paul and others. Look at just what one year did to Rubin and Schnur in comparison!
Not one semester no I agree with you. I am just saying that the guys that are not going to college first by and large are having more success than the ones that play 3-4 years. You have a few giants like Isner and Anderson that played D1 and made it...and of course Steve Johnson. But unless you are playing #1 or #2 on your top 25 D1 team, you are not getting quality matches in (or practice). You have a much better chance of making it on tour if you bypass college. This would apply to any of the top 10 ITF kids. They will have opportunities for contracts, travel money, etc. that college grads don't get. And yes, many won't make it.
What’s not apparent in the scoreline is injuries. DK might have been hurt or nursing an injury.
Like I said it earlier, he is top 100 level and I still have him winning NCAA tournament in May.
