2015 ATP General Tennis News

[Fiero425]

Stanimal is out of Gstaad (shoulder injury) Goffin'll take seed N°1

I like what little I've seen of Goffin, but he lost in his 1st match in Sweden unfortunately as their TOP SEED! At least Paire has made it to the semi's today! Hope he can do better after getting into the top 20! :angel: :dodgy:

 

[herios]

Stanimal is out of Gstaad (shoulder injury) Goffin'll take seed N°1

Maybe is a positive thing to skip such an event on clay before the HC season. Hopefully is not that serious.

 

[Riotbeard]

DelPo announced on facebook that Franco is no longer part of his team. Here is the text:
"Hola a todos. Quiero contarles que Franco y Martiniano han dejado de ser mis entrenadores. Sólo tengo palabras de agradecimiento por los años que hemos trabajado juntos y les deseo lo mejor. También un agradecimiento especial a sus respectivas familias por el cálido apoyo más allá del tenis.
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Hello everyone. I wanted to tell you that Franco and Martiniano are no longer part of my team. I'm really grateful for the years we've worked together and I wish them the very best. I'm also thankful to their families for their warm support that goes beyond tennis."

 

[Federberg]

^While he's injured I doubt they're earning anything. Can't blame them. Either that, or Delpo still needs to pay them even if he's injured. That's expensive after a while!

 

[Front242]

Hearing on Twitter that Dimitrov and Sharapova are no longer in a relationship. That would probably be best for Dimitrov at this stage in his career. Dating the most famous female athlete on the planet has got to be distracting.

Doubt he's too disappointed seeing as he dumped her for this! About 1000 times hotter!

http://www.tennis-x.com/xblog/2015-07-23/20147.php

 

[Federberg]

Hearing on Twitter that Dimitrov and Sharapova are no longer in a relationship. That would probably be best for Dimitrov at this stage in his career. Dating the most famous female athlete on the planet has got to be distracting.

Doubt he's too disappointed seeing as he dumped her for this! About 1000 times hotter!

http://www.tennis-x.com/xblog/2015-07-23/20147.php

10,000 times! :basiate

 

[herios]

Hearing on Twitter that Dimitrov and Sharapova are no longer in a relationship. That would probably be best for Dimitrov at this stage in his career. Dating the most famous female athlete on the planet has got to be distracting.

Doubt he's too disappointed seeing as he dumped her for this! About 1000 times hotter!

http://www.tennis-x.com/xblog/2015-07-23/20147.php

Hmm, that fling cost him the Porche, was that fling really worth it, especially that the lady is married??
:nono

 

[Front242]

Personally I hate Porsches and I don't even think Sharapova is good looking, so absolutely! He can afford a Porsche no problem anyway.

 

[the AntiPusher]

Personally I hate Porsches and I don't even think Sharapova is good looking, so absolutely! He can afford a Porsche no problem anyway.

You don't like" Free" Porsches

 

[the AntiPusher]

Hearing on Twitter that Dimitrov and Sharapova are no longer in a relationship. That would probably be best for Dimitrov at this stage in his career. Dating the most famous female athlete on the planet has got to be distracting.

Doubt he's too disappointed seeing as he dumped her for this! About 1000 times hotter!

http://www.tennis-x.com/xblog/2015-07-23/20147.php

10,000 times! :basiate

She is better but still can't top any of th weather girls on Univision, those women amazing IMO

 

[Front242]

Doubt he's too disappointed seeing as he dumped her for this! About 1000 times hotter!

http://www.tennis-x.com/xblog/2015-07-23/20147.php

10,000 times! :basiate

She is better but still can't top any of th weather girls on Univision, those women amazing IMO

[video=youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ePG6zUYvUZg[/video]

 

[the AntiPusher]

10,000 times! :basiate

She is better but still can't top any of th weather girls on Univision, those women amazing IMO

[video=youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ePG6zUYvUZg[/video]

Thank you Mr Front ! Lord Have Mercy :eyepop :basiate :heart:

 

[kskate2]

Is there a problem between the organizers of Washington DC tourney and USO / Emirates USO Series Organizers? The Washington tournament is not included as part of the US Open Series this year. That too in ATP, it is a 500 level event.

There is no problem w/ the organizers. That tournament was never included in the USO series even from it's inception.

 

[Kirijax]

Is there a problem between the organizers of Washington DC tourney and USO / Emirates USO Series Organizers? The Washington tournament is not included as part of the US Open Series this year. That too in ATP, it is a 500 level event.

There is no problem w/ the organizers. That tournament was never included in the USO series even from it's inception.

Why not?

 

[kskate2]

Is there a problem between the organizers of Washington DC tourney and USO / Emirates USO Series Organizers? The Washington tournament is not included as part of the US Open Series this year. That too in ATP, it is a 500 level event.

There is no problem w/ the organizers. That tournament was never included in the USO series even from it's inception.

Why not?

Don't know the official reason. I know it just became a combined event a few years ago. Prior to that the women played somewhere in Texas. Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but this wasn't always a 500, right? Wasn't it a 250 at one time?

 

[GameSetAndMath]

Is there a problem between the organizers of Washington DC tourney and USO / Emirates USO Series Organizers? The Washington tournament is not included as part of the US Open Series this year. That too in ATP, it is a 500 level event.

There is no problem w/ the organizers. That tournament was never included in the USO series even from it's inception.

Not true . It was part of USO Series before. But, you are right that this is not the first year they were dumped out. Washington was not part of the series last year as well. I don't know exactly since when it got dumped, but my guess is beginning last year.

 

[GameSetAndMath]

Ok. Here is the answer to the mystery. If a tourney wants to be part of the USO Series, they should promise not to pay special appearance fee to any player to participate in it in exchange for the collective promotion of all tourneys in the series. Washington DC decided not to enter in that deal. They have always attracted at least one top player in each of the recent years by paying appearance fee (Grigor, Milos). This year they have recruited Andy (obviously with an unknown amount of appearance fee).

 

[Puppet Master]

10,000 times! :basiate

She is better but still can't top any of th weather girls on Univision, those women amazing IMO

[video=youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ePG6zUYvUZg[/video]

Lol, Front knows where it's at, Telemundo it is then. :laydownlaughing

 

[GameSetAndMath]

I think this USO Series will die a natural death within the next one or two years as

1. The US is losing out on tourneys. Recent tourneys that got eliminated were LA for Men and Carlsbed for Women. You need to have tourneys in US to have a series.

2. Apart from dwindling tourneys, there is also not unity. Washington DC going on its own way and not joining the USO Sereis (due to appearance fee issues0.

3. The extension of the grass court season cut into the hard court warm-up portion of the season and that is another hindrance.

Let us face it. Currently, there are only 4 tourneys in the USO Series. Two of them (Montreal and Cincy) do not need any promotion as they are mandatory ATP 1000 events and all top guns will be there. One of them (Winston-Salem) is in the week before USO and no amount of promotion would really make top players go there and participate. So, basically the only real promotion that happens is for the single tournament in Atlanta. That to me is unsustainable situation.

It is exactly the same situation for WTA. Cincy and Toronto are premier 5 events and therefore do not need much promotion. Connecticut is in the week before USO and promotion would not help it. The only tourney that gains by promotion is Stanford. That is certainly unsustainable situation.

 

[kskate2]

I think this USO Series will die a natural death within the next one or two years as

1. The US is losing out on tourneys. Recent tourneys that got eliminated were LA for Men and Carlsbed for Women. You need to have tourneys in US to have a series.

2. Apart from dwindling tourneys, there is also not unity. Washington DC going on its own way and not joining the USO Sereis (due to appearance fee issues0.

3. The extension of the grass court season cut into the hard court warm-up portion of the season and that is another hindrance.

Let us face it. Currently, there are only 4 tourneys in the USO Series. Two of them (Montreal and Cincy) do not need any promotion as they are mandatory ATP 1000 events and all top guns will be there. One of them (Winston-Salem) is in the week before USO and no amount of promotion would really make top players go there and participate. So, basically the only real promotion that happens is for the single tournament in Atlanta. That to me is unsustainable situation.

It is exactly the same situation for WTA. Cincy and Toronto are premier 5 events and therefore do not need much promotion. Connecticut is in the week before USO and promotion would not help it. The only tourney that gains by promotion is Stanford. That is certainly unsustainable situation.

I'm not too sure about that. It's been around for 10 years so far. This time of year, a 2nd level player can make a good deal of money and ranking points. The top dawgs will likely lead/win the USO series and if they can get to the QF or later, there's the bonus prize money. I think it's likely that you'll see Washington come on board (especially given its combined status) before you see the USO series die out completely.