Considering Nadal withdrew from Paris, was Federer's withdrawal a mistake?

[FiReFTW]

What if Nadal will withdrew from WTF aswell, that would mean Fed had quite a good shot at YE#1 if he participated in Paris.

In any case, lets assume Nadal withdraws from WTF and Fed gets max 1500 points.

That would make the rankings in 2017:

Nadal 10.645
Federer 10.505

Meaning Fed would have a pretty decent shot at #1 in 2017 even before clay season, if Nadal crashes out of AO soon for example.

 

[Krish872007]

Federer does not have the benefit of hindsight, so he obviously prioritised his own health and WTF preparation ahead of YE #1, which many agree was the right thing to do.

We'll have to see what happens in London and who plays.

 

[tennisaddict]

Fed is looking at this long term and winning more majors .

 

[JMR]

I have no reason to believe that Nadal's withdrawal was not genuinely motivated by an injury, but I also believe it was facilitated by his having clinched the year-end No. 1 ranking. You can't just drop Federer back into the Paris draw and expect that Nadal would have acted exactly the same way.

Also, you're assuming that Fed himself had no physiological reason for pulling out of the event, and that he could readily do well in Paris and still win the ATP Finals.

 

[Tennisanity]

Nadal wouldn't have dropped out if Fed had played Paris.

 

[Deleted member 743561]

Nadal wouldn't have dropped out if Fed had played Paris.

Maybe. Although the prospect of taking another H2H L wouldn't have been too appealing.

 

[mike danny]

Every one looks likeca genius when you look at thinks In hindsight.

 

[Thundergod]

Maybe. Although the prospect of taking another H2H L wouldn't have been too appealing.

He could have played on one leg and beat Filip if he wanted to. If he wanted to avoid Fed he could have then just withdrawn from the SF since I think a SF would be enough points.

 

[Deleted member 743561]

He could have played on one leg and beat Filip if he wanted to. If he wanted to avoid Fed he could have then just withdrawn from the SF since I think a SF would be enough points.

It's all secured. He'd rather not lose another to Fed than to pursue an elusive title. Also, Fed gets to cool off and age out. Best to rest up for now. Win-win.

 

[Maestroesque]

waiting for Guy Forget’s opinion on this one

 

[metsman]

Fed can still play Brisbane or something and snag a few more points if he's only 100 behind Nadal.

 

[Thundergod]

Fed can still play Brisbane or something and snag a few more points if he's only 100 behind Nadal.

Nadal will enter a Challenger then.

 

[Monster07]

Nadal will enter a Challenger then.

Lmao exactly

 

[Sport]

Where is the poll?

 

[Fedinkum]

Had Fed played Paris, Nadal would not have have knee issues.

 

[MugOpponent]

I would say no. Given the year Fed has had, he probably could have won this event blindfolded. I guess he didn't see it as being worth it.