Andy out of Indy

seagull · Hall of fame

Andy out of Indy

ForeverDelayed · Grand Slam Champion

Dissappointing if he has pulled out, as it means he's going into the Masters Series event without any practice, and judging by the strength of the field he'd have been the favourite to win the event.

Even winning 1 or 2 rounds and then tanking would have given some matches on the hard courts, but maybe he thinks it's better to rest before 3 tough weeks with the MS's and the Olympics.

Just have to hope that he doesn't get someone like Hewitt/Gasquet etc in the first round in a match he could easily lose

Salmon · Tennis legend

Not good.

Hopefully whatever is the cause isn't serious - Andy never withdraws from a tournament for no reason.

seagull · Hall of fame

He is not injured - it just says he is resting for the bigger events

Salmon · Tennis legend

Okay. Sort of weird and I don't like these sort of withdrawals.

Count Zero · Tennis legend

will he travel there personally like rafa did at stuttgart? thats was a nice touch.

hopefully its just a precaution, we know andy is rightyl concerened with keeping in shape.

indiana · Tennis legend

seagull wrote:

According to his site Andy has pulled out of next weeks event.

Probably not a bad idea as he would have not been able to improve on his 18th best score by much (if at all)

-- Edited by seagull at 14:36, 2008-07-11

His 18th score at the moment is 75, and I am presuming there was 175 on offer to the winner and 120 to the runner-up, so there was certainly scope to improve his ranking points, especially given the field.

Also, with 2 "other" counting scores due to drop in October ( 250 and 120 points ), he only currently has 4 "other" possible counters for the year ( 250, 200, 75 and 55 points ), so it was a good chance to get a good 5th one in at this stage, to save some pressure on chasing around after the US Open. It could be tight again for the top 8 for the Masters Cup.

Yes, I don't want him to play too much.

But he he played only one match really at Queens, then had the week off ( effectively ), played 5 matches over 1 1/2 weeks at Wimbledon, would have had nearly 2 weeks off since the Nadal match come Indianapolis,

But I guess if he was to get to the final at Indy, he would also hope to go deep at the following 2 weeks Masters Series tournaments, so it would have been a lot of tennis over 3 successive weeks. ( and masters points are important ). So, I suppose it's a judgement call.

Maybe, he coiuld have tried to get into Newport this week ? Was a WC going ?
( also a grass tournament, so would count to possibly helping his Wimbledon seeding that he was moaning about this year smile

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Madeline · Admin:Moderator + Tennis Legend

What is the ruling about withdrawing from a tournament that you have entered? Isn't there some rule that late withdrawals without a medical reason mean you have to count a zero in your total? Presumably they withdrew Andy before whatever the deadline is.

Salmon · Tennis legend

That's for tournaments where you withdraw after the draw is made, I think.

indiana · Tennis legend

It is after you withdraw late for a second tournament in the same year, that you you are liable for a zero-pointer. I am not sure what "late" constitutes.

indiana · Tennis legend

Anyway, I see that James Blake and Fernando Verdaso are the only ones of the top 20 playing anywhere next week, so maybe Andy felt he was putting himself at a disadvantage by playing the week before the two masters series tournaments.

And, given the tournaments this past week are on either clay or grass, Andy is not losing out to any of the top players ( apart from Blake ) on hard court match practice.

-- Edited by indiana at 00:48, 2008-07-13

-- Edited by indiana at 23:20, 2008-07-15