[Okonsky]

'I have to rest' said Novak and lose 200 points.

RTV B92 - source

 

[cmurray]

Re: Djokovic withdraw Estoril

'I have to rest' said Novak and lose 200 points.

RTV B92 - source

Rest from what? :scratch:

 

[TankingTheSet]

Re: Djokovic withdraw Estoril

:lol: He only played one match in two weeks -- he must be very tired. :scratch:

 

[rafa_maniac]

Re: Djokovic withdraw Estoril

Fine with me, Rafa's 2nd place ranking becomes that much more secure...

 

[Renaud]

Re: Djokovic withdraw Estoril

He did not commit there. How can he withdraw ????

 

[hra87]

Re: Djokovic withdraw Estoril

Yay!

 

[Okonsky]

Re: Djokovic withdraw Estoril

Rest from what? :scratch:

Hmmm.....sex?

Don't know.... that was quite short news.

 

[Okonsky]

Re: Djokovic withdraw Estoril

He did not commit there. How can he withdraw ????

My bad English. He decided not to play.

 

[Herdwick]

Re: Djokovic withdraw Estoril

Nole wasn't entered for Estoril this year. There were rumours he'd ask for a WC after early exit in Miami but no more than that. He needs to manage his schedule better this year to avoid last year's autumn burnout so this is sensible. Estoril is sadly one of the casualties.

 

[justClaudia]

Re: Djokovic withdraw Estoril

He did not commit there. How can he withdraw ????

Yeah, he was never in the entry list.

People probably assumed he was going to play because he is the defending champion, but he was never supposed to come in the first place anyway.

 

[Okonsky]

Re: Djokovic withdraw Estoril

Can someone change the title of topic please?

 

[Puschkin]

Re: Djokovic withdraw Estoril

Rest from what? :scratch:

defeat.

 

[Roland9]

Re: Djokovic withdraw Estoril

Strange... He needs the points, and he had plenty of rest.

 

[Okonsky]

Re: Djokovic withdraw Estoril

Roumors - to fix ball bouncing and prepare to clay season seriously.

 

[TankingTheSet]

Re: Djokovic withdraw Estoril

He doesn't even play Davis Cup next week, Estoril is the week after that. So coming into Monte Carlo Djokovic will have played one match in four weeks.

 

[TankingTheSet]

Re: Djokovic withdraw Estoril

Can someone change the title of topic please?

Edit the first message, and click "Advanced".

 

[Branimir]

Re: Djokovic withdraw Estoril

I don't know what is Djokovic thinking. He will probably not attack rankings in first half of this year.
I think he wants to prepare technically for Roland Garros.

 

[Horatio Caine]

Re: Djokovic withdraw Estoril

I guess you can understand him not playing. Would have been good to have this as a strong optional, but it looks like he is trying to get the edge over Federer with a run of strong TMS and GS results, which is a sensible long-term plan...will also reduce his chances of burnout.

 

[BlueSwan]

Re: Djokovic withdraw Estoril

I guess you can understand him not playing. Would have been good to have this as a strong optional, but it looks like he is trying to get the edge over Federer with a run of strong TMS and GS results, which is a sensible long-term plan...will also reduce his chances of burnout.

I agree. It's not a bad plan at all. After all Federer dominated the rankings for four years playing a schedule with very very few optionals.

 

[zcess81]

Re: Djokovic withdraw Estoril

Smart move...it may look like he needs the points now, but whatever he wins now he'll have to defend next year of course. So, he's sacrificing smaller tournaments right now and focusing mainly on MS and GS...he'll lose the points, but next year he'll have better schedule. He doesn't want what what happened to him at the end of 2007 where he was 100% burned out.