2023 ATP General News

[MargaretMcAleer]

Stan Wawrinka withdraws from the Estoril Open ( needing more time to prepare for the clay season and he said he is not ready to compete at this level).

 

[the AntiPusher]

Just checked on the results of the Challenger event in Phoenix.
QF results:
Shevchenko d Babycakes 64 36 63
Borges d Popyrin 75 67 63
Halys d Kovacevic 16 63 62
Struff d Bublik 64 36 64

What happened to Seniore Matteo's game..maybe he needs to go back to the avg looking girlfriend that's FAA's girlfriend cousin

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

What happened to Seniore Matteo's game..maybe he needs to go back to the avg looking girlfriend that's FAA's girlfriend cousin

Matteo has a new cougar GF, who is a show girl, ( model) according to Italian press, they are blaming her for his current mess Matteo has said he needs to be happy in his private life lol!

 

[kskate2]

What happened to Seniore Matteo's game..maybe he needs to go back to the avg looking girlfriend that's FAA's girlfriend cousin

After looking at these results, he needs to dump the cougar and go running back to Ajla, pronto.

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Andy Murray is joining IMG, says he is doing so for the remainder of his tennis career and ' with an eye on the future and opportunities both in tennis and in the wider business world".

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Monte Carlo Main Draw Wildcards,
Fabio Fognini, Stan Wawrinka, Jack Draper, Valentin Vacherot

 

[tented]

 

[Kieran]

I think Wimbledon made (possibly) a wrong decision but for the right reasons last year, whereas the ATP and WTA tours made wrong decisions for wrong reasons. It was a pity, and hopefully this year the fact that Wimbledon changed its mind won’t be used by war belligerents as a propaganda coup..

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

More bad news for Seb Korda who has now pulled out of Estorial Open, he has not played since AO in January, due to a wrist problem

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Feliciano Lopez has been granted a wild card into Barcelona Open,
Lopez has confirmed he will play, he will be the 3rd man in history to achieve 22 appearances at the same event
1. Jimmy Connors - US Open
2. Roger Federer- Wimbledon
3. Felciano Lopez.

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

From Jose Morgado Tennis Journalist via twitter,

Holger Rune and Patrick Mouratoglou have stopped working together ( weekly basis), Holger stays connected to the academy. Start of the season hasn't been great to the Dane.The pair were together on Tour for six months, twice as long as initially planned
Lars Christensen will continue to coach Rune, and managed by his mother, Aneke.

 

[Jelenafan]

Rare these days to see a young American take this opportunity to get more familiar with the red dirt:

Shelton makes bold move that could pay off in heading to Europe for clay court preparation instead of remaining in USA

Rising American star Ben Shelton has made the decision to skip the US Men’s Clay Court Championships in Houston in favor of heading to Europe.Shelton is opting to compete at the Estoril Open, where he...

tennisuptodate.com

 

[Moxie]

Rare these days to see a young American take this opportunity to get more familiar with the red dirt:

Shelton makes bold move that could pay off in heading to Europe for clay court preparation instead of remaining in USA

Rising American star Ben Shelton has made the decision to skip the US Men’s Clay Court Championships in Houston in favor of heading to Europe.Shelton is opting to compete at the Estoril Open, where he...

tennisuptodate.com

Hallelujah! An American who might just try to be a clay player! Or at least not give up on an entire surface on the calendar.

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Just looking at the Estoril Open tomorrow,

Dominic Thiem vs Q Sebastian Ofner, hopefully Dom dosent lose his first round singles match, he teamed up with Joao Sousa to win the doubles match defeating WC pair of Ben Shelton and Duarte Vale 64 62

Ben Shelton plays his first singles match against Constant Lestinne

 

[Kieran]

Rafa and Carlos have withdrawn from Monte Carlo. Rafa is still not back to full health and Carlos is feeling “physical discomfort.”

Side note, when Djoker wins this, his fans will conveniently forget who is absent. When Djokovic himself chooses to be absent from a tournament, his fans inconveniently remind us to stick an asterisk beside the name of the champion…

 

[PhiEaglesfan712]

FAA has also withdrawn from Monte Carlo. I think it would be in his best interest to take a mini-break (like 3 months, skip the FO if necessary) to recharge. He seems to have hit a wall mentally.

 

[Kieran]

FAA has also withdrawn from Monte Carlo. I think it would be in his best interest to take a mini-break (like 3 months, skip the FO if necessary) to recharge. He seems to have hit a wall mentally.

I wonder what conversations between uncle Toni and FAA are like. The youngster doesn’t seem to be toughening up in the way I expected under Toni. It might be that their relationship isn’t a good fit? They’ve given it two years now, but Felix is only showing results that you’d expect him to, even without Toni on the team..

 

[the AntiPusher]

Rafa and Carlos have withdrawn from Monte Carlo. Rafa is still not back to full health and Carlos is feeling “physical discomfort.”

Side note, when Djoker wins this, his fans will conveniently forget who is absent. When Djokovic himself chooses to be absent from a tournament, his fans inconveniently remind us to stick an asterisk beside the name of the champion…

WOW. That's sad news today.

 

[the AntiPusher]

I wonder what conversations between uncle Toni and FAA are like. The youngster doesn’t seem to be toughening up in the way I expected under Toni. It might be that their relationship isn’t a good fit? They’ve given it two years now, but Felix is only showing results that you’d expect him to, even without Toni on the team..

Interesting Post. Felix played absolutely Brilliant at RG and AO 2022.. A couple of lucky bounces of the ball and FAA could have been a 2 time GS champion. I think something has went wrong at the GSs since which I feel is between Felix's ears . Maybe it's the primary coach that needs to go and Toni needs to be promoted to primary or switch their roles . Remember Felix had an absolute brilliant post US open campaign on the European hard courts.. Just my two cents worth. @El Dude your three cents worth

 

[Kieran]

Interesting Post. Felix played absolutely Brilliant at RG and AO 2022.. A couple of lucky bounces of the ball and FAA could have been a 2 time GS champion. I think something has went wrong at the GSs since which I feel is between Felix's ears . Maybe it's the primary coach that needs to go and Toni needs to be promoted to primary or switch their roles . Remember Felix had an absolute brilliant post US open campaign on the European hard courts.. Just my two cents worth. @El Dude your three cents worth

I think it’s more than a couple of lucky bounces but yeah, it’s a good point - maybe give Toni more control and see how that goes. I think he’s more committed to the Rafa foundation though. I dunno, I just see Felix as a nice bloke who does well, but doesn’t have the fire to truly express that great talent he has..