I have a question because I have a doubt about how exactly this case was dealt usually for the rankings :
imagine that Nishikori (first alternate) is proposed to get in thanks to a withdrawal.
Considering he's not fit enought he declines this proposal.
Can he count one more optional tournament in his rankings or not ?
In my memories usually players in that case could still count one more optional tournament.
But maybe my memories are wrong.
Especially the rulebook says :
Quote:
For every Grand Slam or mandatory ATP World Tour Masters 1000 tournament
for which a player is not in the main draw, and was not (and, in the case of a Grand
Slam, would not have been, had he and all other players entered) a main draw direct
acceptance on the original acceptance list, and never became a main draw direct
acceptance, the number of his results from all other eligible tournaments in the ranking
period, that count for his ranking, is increased by one
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Maybe the fact that in my memories these players could count one more optional result is related with the fact that these players were proposed to become a main draw direct acceptance but declined the proposal
before really becoming a main draw direct acceptance.
I just ask here because I have a doubt right now, and I would like a precise answer from Smucav or Judio or other, to keep it in my archives (since my memories are not always reliable
).