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discussion today about possibility in a situation like if del Potro didn't play
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ATP discuss injury replacements in tournaments following Del Potro injury worry
ATP chiefs have been discussing the possibility of injury replacements when a player drops out in the main draw of a tournament.
By JACK WILSON
PUBLISHED: 16:57, Sat, Oct 14, 2017
Ross Hutchins has discussed the possibility of a replacement for injured players
Juan Martin del Potro was a doubt to face Roger Federer today after falling on his wrist in the quarter-final win over Viktor Troicki.
He got through that one but has bruising on his wrist and needed to test himself this morning to see if he could play again.
He has though decided to press ahead with the match and will take on Federer for a place against Rafael Nadal in the final.
If Del Potro had lost his fitness race, Shanghai fans would only have been able to see Rafael Nadal in action while Federer would have got a bye. It would have left a gaping hole in the scheduling for supporters who have paid big cash for tickets.
Asked on Sky Sports whether Federer could play Troicki as a lucky loser, ATP Chief Player Officer Ross Hutchins said: "It is something we've looked into in the last couple of years.
Ross Hutchins was speaking in the Sky Sports studio
"There's been a few incidents, one or two a year, where in the latter stages of events there have been some retirements or walkovers where players have got injured in their previous matches.
"Or when they fell sick overnight or a freak incident which could happen at any moment.
"We've looked closely but, at the moment, we thought it's best not to do something or implement something because there's so many different elements which could come into play.
"Whether it's keeping players an extra day or two across every single tournament because you can't pick and choose which tournaments this could happen because you can't predict the future.
"Also, how would it affect the rankings when someone in our sport, once you're eliminated in the main draw, it's normally end of the week but now we're saying 'you can come back in the draw now through the back door'.
"That could have a big influence on the rankings when it comes to big bonuses or rankings movements or end-of-year finishes,it can have a major influence when you've already been eliminated.
"There is a precedent from qualifying to main draw and that's why we looked at it.
"We had numerous discussions and it's something we will be monitoring, Often we say tournaments should be aware this could happen, we try and incentivise them to have great ex-players or very important people who can entertain a crowd.
"We want to entertain the crowds and the stakeholders involved in our sport to have a great time and watch fantastic occasions in our great stadiums."
Express. Home of the Daily and Sunday Express.
ATP discuss injury replacements in tournaments following Del Potro injury worry
ATP chiefs have been discussing the possibility of injury replacements when a player drops out in the main draw of a tournament.
By JACK WILSON
PUBLISHED: 16:57, Sat, Oct 14, 2017
Ross Hutchins has discussed the possibility of a replacement for injured players
Juan Martin del Potro was a doubt to face Roger Federer today after falling on his wrist in the quarter-final win over Viktor Troicki.
He got through that one but has bruising on his wrist and needed to test himself this morning to see if he could play again.
He has though decided to press ahead with the match and will take on Federer for a place against Rafael Nadal in the final.
If Del Potro had lost his fitness race, Shanghai fans would only have been able to see Rafael Nadal in action while Federer would have got a bye. It would have left a gaping hole in the scheduling for supporters who have paid big cash for tickets.
Asked on Sky Sports whether Federer could play Troicki as a lucky loser, ATP Chief Player Officer Ross Hutchins said: "It is something we've looked into in the last couple of years.
Ross Hutchins was speaking in the Sky Sports studio
"There's been a few incidents, one or two a year, where in the latter stages of events there have been some retirements or walkovers where players have got injured in their previous matches.
"Or when they fell sick overnight or a freak incident which could happen at any moment.
"We've looked closely but, at the moment, we thought it's best not to do something or implement something because there's so many different elements which could come into play.
"Whether it's keeping players an extra day or two across every single tournament because you can't pick and choose which tournaments this could happen because you can't predict the future.
"Also, how would it affect the rankings when someone in our sport, once you're eliminated in the main draw, it's normally end of the week but now we're saying 'you can come back in the draw now through the back door'.
"That could have a big influence on the rankings when it comes to big bonuses or rankings movements or end-of-year finishes,it can have a major influence when you've already been eliminated.
"There is a precedent from qualifying to main draw and that's why we looked at it.
"We had numerous discussions and it's something we will be monitoring, Often we say tournaments should be aware this could happen, we try and incentivise them to have great ex-players or very important people who can entertain a crowd.
"We want to entertain the crowds and the stakeholders involved in our sport to have a great time and watch fantastic occasions in our great stadiums."
