2025 ATP General News

[PhiEaglesfan712]

The fact that Musetti is ranked #7 despite not winning a tournament in nearly 3 years goes to shows how much Jannik is benefitting from weak competition. In 2012, the 7th ranked player in the world was Juan Martin del Potro. He won 4 times that year, and won 65 matches that year. Musetti doesn't even have 4 career titles, and only has 25 match wins on the season with July almost over.

Jannik is good, don't get me wrong, but he's not better than Novak or Roger. The competition makes Jannik look like the 2000 Tiger Woods of tennis.

 

[Moxie]

He wasn’t one of the blokes resigned during the doping mishap?

According to the NY Times, he is.

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

He wasn’t one of the blokes resigned during the doping misha

Ferrara was his fitness coach at that time and now Jannik has rehired

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

According to the NY Times,

Ferrara was his fitness coach at that time which Sinner has now rehired

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Toronto updated:
OUT: Berrettini
IN: Nishioka

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

According to "Sportbild" Toni Nadal wont become Zverev's permanent tour coach.With academy work, director and speaker role he has not enough capacity.But according to the report Nadal offered Zverev to practice in his academy with him anytime

 

[kskate2]

Is it really windy there? And why? I love that old musical, Calamity Jane, and of course, there’s that great song that always leaves me singing it for days after..

It's extremely windy, especially if near the lakefront. That's why it was dubbed the Windy City

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

"Working with Goran Ivanisevic was a brief but intense experience and a truly valuable chapter in my journey.I'm thankful for the time, effort and energy he dedicated to me and my team.As we are now going our separate ways, I have only respect for Goran, not just for what he's achieved in tennis, but also for who he is as a person. I wish him nothing but the very best moving forward"

Stefanos Tsitsipas

What a complete Wanker he is, I feel sorry for Goran who wasted his short time with the Greek, who will probably run back to Daddy again
Confirmed that Stef will be working with his father again

 

[PhiEaglesfan712]

I'm going to be headed to Chicago Labor Day weekend (Aug 28-Sept. 1). I hope it's comfortable, not hot and humid, by that time.

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Tien takes out Rublev (5) 75 62 for his 4th Top Ten win of 2025, at the Citi DC tournament Washington

 

[kskate2]

I'm going to be headed to Chicago Labor Day weekend (Aug 28-Sept. 1). I hope it's comfortable, not hot and humid, by that time.

Are you going for the JazzFest? They usually hold it in Grant Park that weekend. It won't be cool. August into Sept is still pretty warm. Probably upper 80s or maybe even 90.

 

[Fiero425]

Are you going for the JazzFest? They usually hold it in Grant Park that weekend. It won't be cool. August into Sept is still pretty warm. Probably upper 80s or maybe even 90.

Yet another event to snarl traffic! I live right down the street on Michigan Ave.! Normally quite quiet, but these events turn everything upside down; esp. that NASCAR race a few weeks ago! They were literally circling the neighborhood w/ only a small retaining wall I saw when walking nearby! I heard it more than I saw anything! Went walking w/ an older neighbor & it was brutal out! Not only hot, the humidity was awful!

 

[PhiEaglesfan712]

Are you going for the JazzFest? They usually hold it in Grant Park that weekend. It won't be cool. August into Sept is still pretty warm. Probably upper 80s or maybe even 90.

My sister and I are going for our belated birthdays (she turned 35 in late June, and me 37 earlier this month). We'll try to see if we can do it on Thursday or Friday. Can't be Saturday because we're seeing the Lumineers at Soldier Field.

 

[Kieran]

"Working with Goran Ivanisevic was a brief but intense experience and a truly valuable chapter in my journey.I'm thankful for the time, effort and energy he dedicated to me and my team.As we are now going our separate ways, I have only respect for Goran, not just for what he's achieved in tennis, but also for who he is as a person. I wish him nothing but the very best moving forward"

Stefanos Tsitsipas

What a complete Wanker he is, I feel sorry for Goran who wasted his short time with the Greek, who will probably run back to Daddy again
Confirmed that Stef will be working with his father again

I can’t wait to read Goran’s side of things..

 

[kskate2]

I can’t wait to read Goran’s side of things..

You already read it. Didn't he say earlier Tits was a lazy, undisciplined, unfocused and unprepared mega shopper? I don't know that you can expand that any further.

 

[Kieran]

You already read it. Didn't he say earlier Tits was a lazy, undisciplined, unfocused and unprepared mega shopper? I don't know that you can expand that any further.

That was him when he’s restrained. I want the uncensored version

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Toronto Update:
OUT: RBA
IN: Gaston
OUT: Nishikori
IN: McDonald
At this rate there wont be many players at all competing at Toronto this year

 

[Moxie]

Toronto Update:
OUT: RBA
IN: Gaston
OUT: Nishikori
IN: McDonald
At this rate there wont be many players at all competing at Toronto this year

Jon Wertheim had an opinion about this on his mailbag today. He agrees with our assessment, that it's the new, longer format.

The pith of it is this:

"When will tournaments—and by extension, half the ATP board—realize that we are not making widgets here. Expanding capacity and productivity and work units might look good on a McKinsey deck. But it isn’t going to work here? We are talking about labor/talent. Energy—in this case, human competitive energy—is a finite resource. And when you expand events so unnecessarily, you are going to have to confront this. The rubber is meeting the road. Or, more accurately, the rubber is staying off the road.

Part of me feels for Canada. You run a longstanding event and put up this money, and you expect more stars to show up. The other part of me says, “What did you think was going to happen?”"

Tennis Mailbag: Making Sense of Canada Open’s Withdrawals

Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner are among the stars who pulled out of the tournament.

www.si.com

 

[PhiEaglesfan712]

Jon Wertheim had an opinion about this on his mailbag today. He agrees with our assessment, that it's the new, longer format.

The pith of it is this:

"When will tournaments—and by extension, half the ATP board—realize that we are not making widgets here. Expanding capacity and productivity and work units might look good on a McKinsey deck. But it isn’t going to work here? We are talking about labor/talent. Energy—in this case, human competitive energy—is a finite resource. And when you expand events so unnecessarily, you are going to have to confront this. The rubber is meeting the road. Or, more accurately, the rubber is staying off the road.

Part of me feels for Canada. You run a longstanding event and put up this money, and you expect more stars to show up. The other part of me says, “What did you think was going to happen?”"

Tennis Mailbag: Making Sense of Canada Open’s Withdrawals

Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner are among the stars who pulled out of the tournament.

www.si.com

The schedule is just too compressed between the French Open and US Open. There needs to be a mini-break (at least 2 weeks, where no tournaments are played) either before or after Wimbledon.

Plus, it's way too hot and humid to play tournaments during this time of year. Pushing them back would put many of these North America tournaments in safer and more comfortable conditions.

 

[Moxie]

The schedule is just too compressed between the French Open and US Open. There needs to be a mini-break (at least 2 weeks, where no tournaments are played) either before or after Wimbledon.

Plus, it's way too hot and humid to play tournaments during this time of year. Pushing them back would put many of these North America tournaments in safer and more comfortable conditions.

It has always been thus. In fact, it was worse. Don't you think the great challenge of the channel slam is worth keeping?

Also, tennis is a summer game. The Aussie summer can also be oppressive and dangerous.

You keep making a calendar for the top players, but you ignore that the journeymen need to play a full schedule, or they can't make enough money. What to do, as tennis chases the endless summer, and the climate gets hotter? If you tell me the answer is more indoor tournaments, I'll be sad about that