2016 ATP General News

[Kirijax]

Saw this file on the ATP site so thought I'd go ahead and post it. Never too late to start talking about 2016!

 

[herios]

Now that this thread is opened, here is news about the first event in the next year, the Abu Dhabi exhibition:

http://www.thenational.ae/sport/tennis/stan-wawrinka-the-fourth-addition-to-rafa-nadal-raonic-ferrer-mubadala-tennis-field

Nadal, Wawrinka, Fereer, Raonic are confirmed. 2 spots remain available.

 

[GameSetAndMath]

In your calendar, it still says Valencia. But, that tourney has been moved to Belgium.

 

[Kirijax]

In your calendar, it still says Valencia. But, that tourney has been moved to Belgium.

It's the one on the ATP site right now. I'll change it when they do.

 

[Kirijax]

ATP 2016 ENTRY LISTS: Djokovic and Nadal to play in Doha, Federer in Brisbane and Wawrinka in Chennai

Doha: Djokovic, Nadal, Berdych, Ferrer, Gasquet, Lopez
Brisbane: Federer, Nishikori, Cilic, Raonic, Simon, Goffin, Tomic, Thiem
Chennai: Wawrinka, Anderson, Paire

Top 20 not listed: Murray, Tsonga, Isner

 

[GameSetAndMath]

Andy is playing in Hopman Cup with Heather Watson.

 

[GameSetAndMath]

According to Wikipedia, Rio Olympics will be played on fast hard courts to avoid disruption to players in the middle of the North American hard court season.

Assuming the surface is comparable to Cincy, Roger's chances get a huge boost.

 

[GameSetAndMath]

Now that this thread is opened, here is news about the first event in the next year, the Abu Dhabi exhibition:

http://www.thenational.ae/sport/tennis/stan-wawrinka-the-fourth-addition-to-rafa-nadal-raonic-ferrer-mubadala-tennis-field

Nadal, Wawrinka, Fereer, Raonic are confirmed. 2 spots remain available.

Sold, but Mudabala was forced to go outside top 10 this year.
Tsonga and Anderson complete the field.

Man plays winner of Big servers Milos vs. Anderson in SF.
Beast plays winner of Tsonga vs. Ferrer.

 

[GameSetAndMath]

This being an Olympics year, expect a lot of shuffles in doubles teams (Men's, Women's and
Mixed). As a way of practicing for Olympics, many players would want to play with other players
from the same country in 2016 at least until the Olympics is over. Many players don't play with
partners from the same country under normal circumstances, except for a few.

Also, given that RG and W are in different surfaces than in Rio, We should probably expect
lot of same country pairs at AO. This will be especially be true for mixed doubles as they get
real match practice only at the grandslams.

Martina Hingis pressing Fed hard this early seems to indicate that she might want to
get some match practice with whomsoever she will be playing in Rio. I think Stan has already
accepted to play with Martina in Rio in case Roger says no to her.

Leander Paes and Sania Mirza, the two doubles partners of Martina Hingis, will most probably pair up for India (and they would have a good chance of coming up with a medal as well).

 

[GameSetAndMath]

Mugu wants to play MD with Rafa in Rio.

 

[isabelle]

Isner hired Gimelstob as his new coach, what a strange choice !!

 

[Kirijax]

Saw this on Twitter.

 

[Front242]

http://www.tennis.com/pro-game/2015/12/rasheed-interested-coaching-kyrgios-hewitt-steps-sideline/56963/#.VmMWx79VV0I

 

[Kirijax]

http://www.tennis.com/pro-game/2015/12/rasheed-interested-coaching-kyrgios-hewitt-steps-sideline/56963/#.VmMWx79VV0I

It would be helpful if you at least post what the link is about. I'm always hesitant about just clicking any random link.

 

[Front242]

I usually do but frankly everyone here probably already saw it on tennis.com so there's really no point and anyway, hovering the cursor over the link tells you all you need to know.

 

[Kirijax]

I usually do but frankly everyone here probably already saw it on tennis.com so there's really no point and anyway, hovering the cursor over the link tells you all you need to know.

Then why post it.

 

[Front242]

Because many people hover the cursor over the link to read where it's redirecting them to before clicking on it.

 

[herios]

M. Berrer delays retirement:

http://www.ubitennis.net/blog/2015/10/18/at-the-age-of-35-michael-berrer-delays-retirement/

 

[Front242]

M. Berrer delays retirement:

http://www.ubitennis.net/blog/2015/10/18/at-the-age-of-35-michael-berrer-delays-retirement/

Seems the win against Nadal boosted his confidence :snicker Good to hear as he has moments where he's good to watch.

 

[GameSetAndMath]

Rafa will be the top Spanish single player next year; even Almagro got married following the foot steps of several other Spanish players such as Deliciano, Ferrer, Marc Lopez and so on. :snicker