[del piero]

He can always pull out of something. I may be wrong, but I have a feeling he won't play Davis Cup, for example.
Paris he has traditionally not cared too much about either (or been screwed over by the schedule).

Also, he had 3 months off earlier in the year and indoor HC is his best surface, so he might want to go all in.

He doesn't need Vienna entry,can get WC to any tournament on the planet

 

[del piero]

Top players almost always withdraw from Paris in preparation for the year-end championship, but they are entered automatically (as for all M1000 tournaments). I don't think Sinner has any intention of playing.

Six Kings is not real.

No fit top player outside Fed was skipping Paris on regular basis.
Six kings matches against top players right after b2b China swing.
The point is huge amount of matches in less than two months in the end of season.

 

[del piero]

He's playing for year end No. 1. Achievable.

His only chance if Carlos injured(maybe he is after today match)

 

[del piero]

"Fit" being the key word here, and players often take precautionary measures in Paris.

I said fit,only because of Nadal history being "unfit" in this part of season.

 

[del piero]

My best guess is that he will pull out from Vienna. Everything else he will play, although I would be for him deciding to f*ck that Six Kings nonsense. Pointless tournament anyway.

Again why doing this stupid thing,people bying tickets.
You alienating potential fans,plus official entry denying low ranking player entry.
He can get WC wherever he wants.

 

[del piero]

I'm mostly poking some light fun at @Nole Rules who was calling Alcaraz "the best player in the world" even when it was undeniable that Sinner deserved to be #1.

Del

 

[del piero]

There's 2590 points between them. Going to be very difficult. Sinner will have to win Paris, Shanghai and the AtP finals (or whatever it is called these days), and probably Vienna and Beijng to make sure. So he may have to go unbeaten in all ranking events until the end of the year. If he's serious about it he'll have to skip Davis Cup and go easy at the 'Five Kings and tsistsipas' event.

He was on a great run earlier in the year. Can he recreate it?

Lets see,Novak went on crazy post US open runs numerous times.
But its teally tough physically in the end of season.

 

[del piero]

Update Sinner not sure about Davis cup.

 

[del piero]

Federer was never fit when he skipped Paris except maybe in 2019. He lost early a scary number of times though.

According to Florentine he was skipping Paris because he prefered (maybe contract)Basel

 

[del piero]

Really, it's mostly six kings that's weird here, although I agree that he should remove Vienna as well. Shanghai, Paris and Turin are all mandatory and at his age he should play all. It would've looked better if Shanghai were a 56 draw instead of 96 draw. I was surprised to see Zverev is also playing Vienna as well.

I assume that realistically, decisions will probably be made after Shanghai depending on Alcaraz and Sinner's results until then. There are quite a few possibilities for Sinner to retake #1 by Turin, especially as Alcaraz is not playing Vienna/Basel and Sinner not protecting points from Paris. I have my doubts, though, that Sinner will keep #1 after Turin.

Paris/London points used to be dropping on same day,not anymore?

 

[del piero]

Let's put money aside now. With a packed schedule like this, the actual ATP tour tournaments should be more important to him than exhibitions. At exhibitions, players primarily compete for the fat money check. He still has a chance to compete for the year-end world #1, although small, as the gap between him and Alca in the Race is quite big, but he still has it. He shouldn't overplay and tire himself out.

Its potential 6 milions for 3 bo3 matches!!!!in other cases even for two matches.

 

[del piero]

Eurojackpot is 120 million, still a long way to go for Saudis. But yes, such an amount of money is very tempting.

And unlike Carlos Us open check(half of that went to federal and local tax),basically 2,5 million ,i am not sure how high saudi tax.

 

[del piero]

I just read there are 0 taxes. I don't know if it's true, but if it is, then no taxing of their prize money.

Usually its really low in rich middle east countries,probably around 10%

 

[del piero]

I think 6 Kings Slam may last longer than Laver Cup financially, I hear they are in the red

Saudi oil money def. Federer Rolex money

Laver Cup is fun, but imagine paying California or UK taxes

IW and Miami having same prize money,but winners bank account looks different,thanks to Taxafornia madness.