kishnabe
Talk Tennis Guru
Halle and Queens should rotate MS1000 status. Like Montreal/Toronto.
ATP agrees to M1000 expansion
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goldengate14
Professional
goldengate14
Professional
Need 6 Majors 2 on clay 2 on grass 2 on hard.
Harry_Wild
G.O.A.T.
When do the players get rest? Look at the schedule currently, players need time to travel and rest up, have a vacation, time off for personal stuff too!
goldengate14
Professional
Get rid of 500 and 250 events and pnly have 6 m1000 events. Less is more.
TopspintheTerrible
Hall of Fame
Halle can be promoted to 1000 level only if they fix the shadows on their main court.
Harry_Wild
G.O.A.T.
The minor events are more important to up and comer players, players that have taken a break due to long time injuries and player that have fallen out of qualifying for 1,000 events. If you eliminate them, they would have to play in the Challenger level tournaments that a win gives them 50-75 points! They would never earn enough to get into the qualifying tournaments of the main draw 1000s!
coolboarder
Rookie
My opinion on expansion of Masters should have been, first week, 96 draw Masters - 10 days event for season opening tournament, replacing ATP cup 2 1/2 weeks before AO. Then hosting 2 usual Masters, in IW and Miami, one grass Masters event, either Queens or Halle hosting Masters or two grass Masters, Queen and Halle back to back right after RG. I do not see any issues with that, it allows for truly proper elite warm-up events back to back. Reduce ATP 500 events participant requirement from 4 to 2 as a good compromise with players choosing to skip at least one Master event per year on their choice.
socallefty
G.O.A.T.
Is PTPA making a difference in forcing the ATP and tournaments to change? Vive la révolution!
TopspintheTerrible
Hall of Fame
While they’re at it, I’d be down for some changes in court colors as well. Make things spicy.
Bubcay
Legend
Something like this
?http://tt.tennis-warehouse.com/inde...essing-black-gray-courts.663713/post-14119744
On a serious note, additional grass Masters 1000 would make perfect sense.
McLovin
Legend
One could argue all of them are indoor slams...
TopspintheTerrible
Hall of Fame
I think a red court would be nice. Perhaps some combination of a blue/green court with a tan surrounding as well.Something like this
http://tt.tennis-warehouse.com/inde...essing-black-gray-courts.663713/post-14119744
On a serious note, additional grass Masters 1000 would make perfect sense.
Maybe blue grass for the Masters 100?
Swingmaster
Hall of Fame
Newport Hall of Fame Masters 1000.
Bubcay
Legend
Red hard court looks really nice. Not sure why almost every one currently is either blue or green.I think a red court would be nice. Perhaps some combination of a blue/green court with a tan surrounding as well.
Maybe blue grass for the Masters 100?
BGod
G.O.A.T.
I have to imagine they add a Masters which will probably be grass in Halle (for Germany) and what they seem to be implying is expanding all the draws to 96.
They would of course have to change up the schedule quite significantly. For one you obviously need to extend grass by at least a week, add a week between Canada-Cincinnati and probably have 2 Masters not mandatory which I would again assume means Monte Carlo and the new grass Masters unless they do in Paris which will just collapse.
They would of course have to change up the schedule quite significantly. For one you obviously need to extend grass by at least a week, add a week between Canada-Cincinnati and probably have 2 Masters not mandatory which I would again assume means Monte Carlo and the new grass Masters unless they do in Paris which will just collapse.
Open Stance
Professional
Virtually all hard courts are blue because it is easier to see the ball on TV. Definitely harder to see the ball on a red background....at least to my old eyes.
Bartelby
Bionic Poster
Yes he didn't won Hamburg when it was still a masters 1000So Djoker hasnt won ALL the masters...
Superior grass court playerScenes when he does win the new Masters (on grass) and solidifies his claim of being a superior grass court player to Federer.
It is the traditional surface...if Next Gen kids are not mastering it.....then It is not the fault of the surface but only points to the poor adaptation skills of Next Gen
Amen786
Semi-Pro
Best move.
And need to scrap Paris masters and play grass Masters there as well, expanding grass season. So we can get good grass prodigies.
MurraysMetalHip
Hall of Fame
I don’t think they will upgrade. I think they will add, and they will add in places where they think they can earn decent money from hosting it there… India, Japan, another in China spring to mind.
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