Yep Rafa can get the 21 slam record this year (or tie Federer on 20) and Rafa can also tie Connors-Sampras-Federer with 5 US Opens, and tie Sampras with 6-year-end-#1s.Then the slam record is up for grabs too
How would that effect Rafa?
Rafa winning the US Open and French Open would give him (and me) the biggest bragging rights in tennis history - 21 slams.
But that would be unfair because not all tournaments have been rescheduled so only some players will be able to keep their 2019 points without playing.
I'm surprised the ATP hasn't answered this question.
Players who were injured in 2019 have the opportunity to gain points this year.
IF these tourneys are played, and IF he pulls this off, Rafa and all his fans should be delighted.
Yes.
So Nadal basically already won the US Open, epic
Injury is never taken into account.
cooking from home most days now too and stopped eating pork for the most part.
wow ... federer definally know this
I'm wondering this too. Will they use the points from 2019 to determine who's YE#1? Or just the points from 2020? It really makes no sense to use those from 2019.
Exactly, nothing is bigger than slams, especially this US Open, because of Rafa tying Connors-Sampras-Federer with FIVE US Opens, in addition to the prospect of winning 20 and 21 slams this year....
The infection rate in the USA is going up unlike France.
The players won't be signing autographs, so I doubt its possible to catch the virus from a fan.
The infection rate in the USA is going up unlike France.
Dr Fauci says America is 'knee deep in the first wave' of coronavirus and the outbreak is 'really not good' as US hits almost 50,000 cases a day and 130,000 deaths
By CHRIS PLEASANCE FOR MAILONLINE
- US recorded 47,126 new cases of coronavirus Monday, bringing total to 2,935,712
- There were 337 new deaths compared with the day before, making total 130,284
- Despite fears of a second wave, Dr Fauci said country is 'knee deep in first wave'
- Cases 'went up, never came down to baseline, and now we're surging back up,' Fauci said as he warned of a 'very dangerous situation'
PUBLISHED: 09:30, 7 July 2020 | UPDATED: 14:47, 7 July 2020
Dr Fauci says America is 'knee deep in the first wave' of coronavirus
Despite fears of a second wave of coronavirus as daily case totals surge, Dr Fauci warned that the US is actually still 'knee deep in the first wave' since infections never fell back to baseline.www.dailymail.co.uk
I'm a big fan of both, so...
This deserves its own topic.
Please this year is basically all slams.
Can't see why it matters to Federer anyway. He is on sick leave or supposed to be.
Roland Garros will be played.
Bumping my previous post now that Madrid has been cancelled. Updated some wrong info and some wrong analysis, plus added in the Madrid stuff.
Good point, I added Tokyo. By the way, try to use the quote/reply feature in order for people to know who you're responding to.
Yeah, I'm not concerned about them skipping events - that's their own decision. They will still be taking place and either one will have had the opportunity to play there.
I reflected on this "and Nadal can gain points without much effort (Cincinnati and Shanghai)" so maybe you can change it along with the calculation.Yeah, I'm not concerned about them skipping events - that's their own decision. They will still be taking place and either one will have had the opportunity to play there.
True, it does impact Nadal heavily that he won't gain points there, but the negative impacts of their decisions aren't the ATP's fault, just their own.
As for China, I completely forgot about that! Thanks for reminding me.
I will change it to reflect that Shanghai isn't happening, but the statement is still true regarding Cincinnati. He can go to Cincinnati and gain points without much effort - he just chooses not to. I would say the same thing for Djokovic regarding the US Open - if he chose not to play there I would say he's passing up a golden opportunity to gain points.
