The extension of the freeze on rankings until September validated by ATP yesterday will make people happy and “unhappy”. Already largely “protected” even though he has not played a single match for over a year, the Swiss will still be able to rest easy on his ranking for a while.
Some will see it as favoritism, others, a real logic in this very special period linked to the Covid-19 pandemic.
If we want to have fun doing the accounts, the situation is clear. Two years ago, the Swiss won Miami and Halle, while being a finalist at Indian Wells and Wimbledon.
Thanks to the new system, Roger will therefore keep half of the points for these events until 2022, which will inevitably be useful capital to avoid descending in the world hierarchy, while necessarily waiting for these tournaments to be played or not.
Regarding Indian Wells, he will keep 300 points (half of what he collected as a finalist in 2019), for Miami, a tournament in which he is the title holder it will be 500 points, then 600 from the Wimbledon final and another 250 of the title in Halle.
If we can discuss the Roger Federer case, the same can be said for John Isner or Nikolos Basilashivli who has won two games in his last 14 appearances and who was still 40th this Monday in the ATP ranking.
Posted on Thursday, March 4, 2021 at 08:10
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