Davis Cup 2011 - E-A ZII R3 - Great Britain v Hungary (in GB), 16-18 Sep

Madeline · Admin:Moderator + Tennis Legend

RE: Davis Cup 2011 - E-A ZII R3 - Great Britain v Hungary (in GB), 16-18 Sep

indiana · Tennis legend

Madeline wrote:
Doesn't he have special exemption from these rules because of the number of matches he has played in his career? Roddick does too, I think. I'm not sure if it applies to 500s, but they definitely have special exemption from something!

Yes, can't remember all the details, but there are exemptions from masters for age ( 31 I think ), number of matches played and years on tour. Fed qualifies for the last two. Not sure about 500s.

Given he has been given zero pointers does make me even more sure that there are generally other penslties for missing part of the "commitment", i.e certainly financial and maybe more if repeated. I would think using their exemptions allow these players to get off just with the zero pointers.

But, maybe someone knows more chapter and verse on this...

-- Edited by indiana on Tuesday 20th of September 2011 05:18:50 PM

steven · Tennis legend

indiana wrote:
I'm not sure what the existing overall possible penslties are for not fulfilling the 500 "commitent".
As has ben said they get zero pointers. Are they also at risk of financial or even suspension penalties ?

Just zero pointers (and they can't count any additional ATP 250s instead), I think.

An interesting take from the opposite point of view to that of the players: http://espn.go.com/tennis/blog/_/name/bodo_peter/id/7007731/tennis-enough-enough-andy-murray-rafael-nadal