Thanks Margaret. Google AI overview is so handy. I see it's 26-12 for Alcaraz which is pretty damn poor by comparison. Sure, he won Rotterdam this year and there are many who never won an indoor title, but it's still by far his worst surface.
It is not his best surface in comparison to other surfaces, though he is only 22 and I feel he has the overall game to improve on indoor surfaces
W/o the Big 3, the Men's Tour may have to pull something reminiscent of 40 yrs. ago; Navratilova/Evert scheduling! These 2 women literally agreed to spread themselves evenly amongst events outside of the Majors! I recall specifically where Evert & Navratiova went to the HOF event in consective yrs.; Evert winning in '84, Navratilova in '85! The men aren't as threadbare in the rankings when it comes to star power, but only the 2 top players are truly competing, taking the last 9 Major events including the YEC last Nov.! I personally also think $$$ was thrown at Alcaraz, but it makes sense for Alcaraz & Sinner to split up at 500 level events if available! I still think they're playing too much, but you can't stop kids with $$ & tons of adulation being offered!
Smart idea, otherwise Fritz would be the #1 seed in Tokyo and we'd have another volume of Alcasin. They'll see each other soon enough when it's time for the Masters.
Upsets occur; esp. in the Fall when players are tired and/or unmotivated! How much can Carlos & Jannik have in them at this time of the year; esp. after playing these warm-up events taking abuse by very competitive players hungry to make a name for themselves? We all know Carlos can have a "double whammie" on him; physically & mentally as he still overplays pts. trying to make highlite reels! Faux emotion on court can be a lot IMO! Sorry to seem old, but give me the good old days of a quick handshake & very quiet celebration after a win!
Keep in mind, Jannik hasn't won a tournament outside of the slams this year. I think he absolutely needs to win some of these tournaments, to rack up the title numbers, to validate his multi-slam year. Roger and Novak, even in years when they didn't win more than one slam, racked up 6 or 7 titles and 60-70 match wins in a season in much tougher competition than with Jannik has right now. I know Jannik was suspended for a quarter of the year, but as of now, his prorated win totals don't match up. If he could finish with 50 match wins and 4-5 titles, it will make his 2025 season look that much better.Upsets occur; esp. in the Fall when players are tired and/or unmotivated! How much can Carlos & Jannik have in them at this time of the year; esp. after playing these warm-up events taking abuse by very competitive players hungry to make a name for themselves? We all know Carlos can have a "double whammie" on him; physically & mentally as he still overplays pts. trying to make highlite reels! Faux emotion on court can be a lot IMO! Sorry to seem old, but give me the good old days of a quick handshake & very quiet celebration after a win!
I was going to post his schedule yesterday and forget
