ATP does have a "Champion's Tour" but I'm not sure how serious it is. Fedal making a tournament of retired players is gonna be insane though IMO. Many of the "Golden Gen" may want to play some for huge amounts of money. 3 Sets with maybedeciding tiebreaker Set will probably be enough to entertain audiences.

 

I read somewhere that the Champions Tour has been defunkt since the start of Covid in 2020.

I don't recall seeing anyone on Tour so that must be the case.

The problem this Fedal Tour will have today is primarily the particpants will be in the mid 40s to 50s. So people will really be watching players for totally nostalgia reasons.

Twenty years ago, players in the Champions Tour were in their mid 30s to mid 40s.

For instance, in 2003 I saw Becker play Krajicek in the Royal Albert Hall. Becker was 35 years old and Krajicek was 32. Both could still run around really well. Went to a Champions Tiebreak after splitting sets, no third set. This is now done in Doubles. Incidentally Krajicek stayed back and rallied on his serve the whole match, didn't serve volley.

Today guys are retiring around the age of 40. They really have nothing else physically when they retire. They probably can't run much after a year away decompressing before joining any potential Senior Tour.

For the Tour to be a high standard, the players need to play from their mid 30s to mid 40s. Starting in the mid 40s to mid 50s wont work for me. Unless you are Mansoor Bahrami and its all about trick shots and entertaining the crowd. But don't expect lots of running.

 

You all know darn right well aside from Chuck, Sin City, and maybe Djokovic, that the ATP is currently such crap that watching Rogie and Rafa even in their late 30's to mid 40's is more exciting by far!!

 

It'll probably sell better than the ATP Tour itself, especially the matches not involving Djokovic, Alcaraz and/or Sinner. Maybe even by some margin.

 

Y'all know damn well Roger is never playing a singles match again, even an exhibition, with that knee.

 

“People want to see Roger Federer play again”: Team8 CEO Tony Godsick teases Rafael Nadal exhibition tour at Laver Cup | Tennis.com

“We can probably fill stadiums,” said the Laver Cup chairman.

www.tennis.com

Godsick:
“So, Roger just wanted to make sure that his knee was fine. He didn’t want to be totally broken after his career, so he gave it a little bit of time. He’s not there yet but he’s in the gym a lot. I think Rafa’s interested, I don’t want to speak for Rafa. But it would be great to see these guys out there.”

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Sounds like Roger is working on to make a comeback on the senior level… only time will tell..