Without Madrid Ruud would be #28. Outside Madrid his year has been as bad as Tsitsipas's.

 

btw Draper only has 500 pts from slams. biggest underperformer at the slams in the top 20 relative to his rank. not much of a slam king. really should be Shelton if healthy. @Slasher1985 this was easier to put together using your website 🙏

	Player	Slam Points ⬇	ATP Rank	Δ
1	Jannik Sinner	6600	2	🟢 +1
2	Carlos Alcaraz	5700	1	🔴 -1
3	Novak Djokovic	3200	4	🟢 +1
4	Alexander Zverev	1810	3	🔴 -1
5	Ben Shelton	1500	6	🟢 +1
6	Taylor Fritz	1310	5	🔴 -1
6	Lorenzo Musetti	1310	9	🟢 +3
8	Alex de Minaur	1050	8	🔵 0
9	Tommy Paul	950	15	🟢 +6
10	Félix Auger-Aliassime	910	13	🟢 +3
11	Jiri Lehecka	750	16	🟢 +5
12	Karen Khachanov	650	10	🔴 -2
13	Alexander Bublik	620	20	🟢 +7
14	Andrey Rublev	610	14	🔵 0
15	Jack Draper	500	7	🔴 -8
16	Holger Rune	460	11	🔴 -5
17	Alejandro Davidovich Fokina	400	19	🟢 +2
18	Jakub Mensik	300	17	🔴 -1
19	Casper Ruud	150	12	🔴 -7
20	Daniil Medvedev	80	18	🔴 -2

 

I couldn't care less about this lousy exhibition but Shelphone having so many Grand Slam points this year has a lot to do with his big draw luck at the Slams.

 

Imagine Tsetse Fly playing as Alexander the Great in the trailer

 

Stef managed to secure a free paycheck. His season has been abysmal, so his future kids and nephews were going hungry.

 

OP should be able to close the poll any moment

 

With Tsitsipas

	Player	Slam Points	ATP Rank	Δ
1	Ben Shelton	1500	6	🔵 0
2	Lorenzo Musetti	1310	9	🟢 +1
3	Alex de Minaur	1050	8	🔴 -1
4	Tommy Paul	950	15	🟢 +5
5	Félix Auger-Aliassime	910	13	🟢 +2
6	Karen Khachanov	650	10	🔴 -2
7	Andrey Rublev	610	14	🟢 +1
8	Holger Rune	460	11	🔴 -3
9	João Fonseca	330	42	🟢 +4
10	Luciano Darderi	220	30	🟢 +2
11	Casper Ruud	150	12	🔴 -5
12	Stefanos Tsitsipas	120	27	🔴 -1
13	Daniil Medvedev	80	18	🔴 -3

 

 

 

 

Just saw Tsitsipas out of all players will replace Draper, what the fuck?

 

Will undoubtably decline due to spinning too many plates at once.

He'll send through a Sun Tzu type quote through his rep stating he'd love to be there but 'other battles' are being fought elsewhere that demand his attention

But the Saudis are also misogynistic while also promoting harems, I think @Johnny Groove will not pass up the chance for six million (yes you heard that right, Sincaraz won't stand a chance) bucks + harems on the side.

I am sure the Saudis and I can come to a reasonable agreement on the money and the women required for payment

 

If suddenly I woke up one day and found out I was Muslim (inshallah pls no), I would take a wife from each of the 6 habitable continents*. I would name my harem the Six Queens Smash(in' em tonight).

*this was the plan but I think (strong era) Prophet placed some caps on our harem size so only he could complete the Career Slam

(If this post seems blasphemous to legitimate Muslim peeps, pls take this for a troll joke)

 

Roger Federer

 

If I was Draper, I would just show up injured, although our finances are likely quite different.

 

Shelton/Musetti is my best guess. But who would I prefer the most? Definitely Med.

 

My personal prediction is that we'll find out in the promo, to be specific there will be a sequence where Alcaraz whacks a forehand that end up knocking out the crown from Sinner (very allegorical), the crown is sent flying into a different space and a peasant ADM who is working on the fields sees it land and right as he is about to pick it up, Shelton who is dressed as an orc invades with his horde and slices Adm into 2, before letting out a primal vamos and stealing the crown.

Pls comment on this plot, if it seems popular I will sell it to the Saudis in exchange for oil.

 

ADM

 

Tokyo 500 is slated to run September 24-30. Six King Slam dates are October 15, 16, 18.

Shelton is listed to play Tokyo which comes before 6KS. Why would he return to active play sooner for a lower paying event only to then skip the much higher paying gig that occurs even later?

Either he skips both or neither.

Just because Shelton skipped Davis Cup & Laver Cup doesn't mean 6KS isn't an option.

If you didn't want to put him in the poll, just say that.

 

If 6KS becomes something like ATP Finals but only counting slam points this is the race for the 6th spot. Musetti has as many points as Fritz but Fritz is American #1 and had a Final when the roster was announced.

Rank	Player	Slam Points
1	Lorenzo Musetti	1310
2	Alex de Minaur	1050
3	Tommy Paul	950
4	Félix Auger-Aliassime	910
5	Karen Khachanov	650
6	Andrey Rublev	610
7	Holger Rune	460
8	João Fonseca	330
9	Luciano Darderi	220
10	Casper Ruud	150
11	Daniil Medvedev	80

 

With Ben Shelton

Rank	Player	Slam Points
1	Ben Shelton	1500
2	Lorenzo Musetti	1310
3	Alex de Minaur	1050
4	Tommy Paul	950
5	Félix Auger-Aliassime	910
6	Karen Khachanov	650
7	Andrey Rublev	610
8	Holger Rune	460
9	João Fonseca	330
10	Luciano Darderi	220
11	Casper Ruud	150
12	Daniil Medvedev	80

 

Gonna be interesting to see how the organizers can sell this one. Promo movie team are in for a bonus. You would think it's either AdM or Musetti...? The two next in line rankingswise behind Shelton and Draper. AdM #8 and Musetti #9. Both are also US Open QFists. So who knows what the call will be. I guess Musetti would bring a bit more flair, but not exactly a surface tailor made for his game so not an easy choice for the organizers. Could either one make the matches close... Maybe AdM would be the better pick in this regard. Gonna guess him. Guys like Rune or Medvedev from last year's edition are stinking up the place right now.

edit. Now that I've seen USATP's post, if Shelton is healthy it's a no-brainer.

 

Good one. I voted Darderi

 

Darderi has twice as many titles as Musetti and as many titles as Tommy Paul

 

Rune, Stepanek or Johnny Groove.

 

Johnny Groove responded me on private, he declined the offer, he rather suggested the exhibition organization he would like to play mixed doubles with upcoming 17-19yo range Wta players.