Well, he is a crowd favorite in Vienna, for obvious reasons

 

Orthodox Christians?
But the schedule seems fair enough.
He’s not chasing Alcaraz top spot just yet.

 

Austrian confirmed.

 

He literally sounds like Dominic Thiem in some press conferences with that accent

 

Paris already has a Grand Slam, this masters 1000 should be somewhere else

 

Pioline and co knew they can lose the licence(bercy facilitiy is not up to atp1000 standard),so they moved to new arena,second biggest(18000)behind US open.
Second and third courts up to 4000 each.

 

I get the Vienna thing, but what happened in Paris? Did the crowd was so much against him in the RG final 🧐?

 

If that's the reason he avoids Paris, it's funny. That's nothing compared to what Alcaraz went through at 2021 Paris when he played Gaston.

 

Focus on the exhibition... then skip the tournament that awards 1000 points & a masters series title for a 500 event.

Clear as mud.

 

He knows which events to prioritize like 6 Kings

Why go to the fallen city of Paris for chump change when you can go first class to Riyadh for far more money?

 

Great news for those 5 or so players still vying for an ATP finals spot.

Now they don't have to worry about being placed in his half/section.

If Alcaraz pulls out it'll be on for cats & dogs at the Paris Masters like pigs in a trough... LOL!

 

Time for Vacherot to go back to back

 

I think it's a wise decision.
He won Davis cup twice, also Paris ms os very close to the atp finals.

 

I just saw this on twitter and thought it was fake lol. I wonder what the rationale is, Vienna seems like the least important event of the 4 he's juggling

 

Pretty sure its a money thing ( what isn't ) like with Carlos as well. They'll skip the masters 1000s because those are mandatory and don't pay an appearance fee. The ATP 500s are likely paying them much more just for showing up than they would get for winning a masters 1000. Then since they are likely to win those titles its even more money.

And obviously the Six Kings Slam thing is the money grab of the century. No way they would miss that.

But this is bad for the sport and even though its great for Sinner & Carlos pockets. Hopefully the ATP won't let this become a thing. To be clear I don't mind guys getting an appearance fee. But not when they are skipping ATP 1000s to play ATP 500s.

Likewise I don't like seeing guys skipping tour events to play exhibitions. The Six Kings Slam could be made an official tour event. With an entry list of six. The six highest ranked players in the world.

 

Well that is ATP's fault for making the 1000 bonus pool money so small that they would rather play the 500

Players like money and players like playing 1 week and get out of there, even if Paris is still 1 week

 

M1000 scheduling 2 weeks is poor, more and more good players will skip it. 500 pays appearance fee with easier field.

 

Maybe getting out of Paris is related to the scheduling two years ago. If I recall correctly, Sinner played very late one night, and got a time not allowing for much recovery in the schedule for the next day.

 

Possible,i remember Novak telling Manolo that he will not play Madrid again after Bulgarian hoolligans fiasco.
He came back 3 years later after Manolo convinced him to play.

 

He has bad history in Paris and it's close to ATP Finals, which is the main priority. Plus Vienna is a big deal for him, so this was expected.

 

He's obviously scared to play Carlos anywhere now except for the indoor courts from his own Italy.

 

Jannik plans his schedule like he's 40, missing tournaments left and right. Why is he going to miss Davis Cup at home? Fans want to see him...

 

Skinner is prolonging his career so he can retire at 32 rather than his body breaking down at 28

 

Good news for Vienna.

For his part, I hope Pioline in Paris will have the good sense to give WCs to Vacherot and Rinderknech.

 

No brainer

 

Who is Simone Eterno?

 

Jannik will play Paris but is not sure about the Davis Cup yet.