What tournament should the Big 3 retire in ?

[joekapa]

Been thinking about this of late. What tournament should the Big 3 retire in ?

My view :
Federer - Halle. His pet tournament.
Nadal - Madrid/Barcelona, for obvious reasons.
Djokovic - ATP Cup. Surrounded by his countrymen, fans, in a tournament he obviously loves playing in.

 

[Red Rick]

Fed: Wimbledon, Olympics (if it's this year) or Basel

Nadal: Olympics 2024, or probably just RG

Djokovic: AO. If he makes a full year the next AO is 2 months away, if he does AO, the next Slam is 4 months away. ATP Cup is a nice tournament, but Djoko shouldn't retire a week before his favorite Slam.

 

[pj80]

Fed will retire in Basel. You really think he will play Halle and then not play Wimbledon?

 

[joekapa]

You guy's are right, Basel for Fed.

 

[Atennisone]

Djokovic is gonna retire in Belgrade. Federer will do it in Wimbledon. Nadal is done for, so any minute atm

 

[daggerman]

Roger: ATP Finals
Rafa: ATP Finals
Novak: ATP Finals

play out the whole season, finish top 8, close out strong.

 

[joekapa]

I am of the opinion that they shouldn't retire in big tournaments. It's about "Bringing all back home", in the end.

I picked ATP Cup for Nole, because the Serbian Open is not, quite, big enough (televised etc). Also because he will have a lot of team mates there, and huge Serb support, in a country that has been good to him. One last onslaught from the Balkans, per se.

 

[dellealpi10]

Roger: Basel.
Rafa: Roland Garros or Olympic 2024.
Novak: ATP Finals.

 

[GhostOfNKDM]

Fed will retire in Basel. You really think he will play Halle and then not play Wimbledon?

...or Laver cup, surrounded by his admirers from past and new generations.

 

[vive le beau jeu !]

the nadal: the next one

 

[ChrisRF]

Been thinking about this of late. What tournament should the Big 3 retire in ?

My view :
Federer - Halle. His pet tournament.
Nadal - Madrid/Barcelona, for obvious reasons.
Djokovic - ATP Cup. Surrounded by his countrymen, fans, in a tournament he obviously loves playing in.

None of those tournaments make much sense, because they all are directly before the pet Slam of the concerning player. If they play that tournament, why would they deliberately miss out on the following Slam?

 

[joekapa]

None of those tournaments make much sense, because they all are directly before the pet Slam of the concerning player. If they play that tournament, why would they deliberately miss out on the following Slam?

Because they don't need to play a Slam ! They are symbolic !

 

[MichaelNadal]

the nadal: the next one

Lol you'd be the saddest person here