2017 ATP Rankings & Schedule

With his wonderful win today at the AO, where he lifted his #18 GS Trophy, Roger is back in the Top 10 (+ 7) !  

Considering that we were looking at a possible ranking down to the 20's, or even 30's, just a few days ago, this is really marvelous and a tremendous achievement. So well done !

I shall write a more extensive update later on. I am too excited right now, and sleep deprived   to do that now.


From Live-tennis:

 

Thanks cromar. Tight 7-10 isn't it. Cmon Rog, let the good times roll!

And the great news is that by virtue of Roger winning, he will automatically qualify for London as long as he remains in the Top 20!!

Really Steerpike? Can you explain for us please how that works? As Lil-jay points out, 7-10 is pretty tight. Personally (please, no more lasting injuries) I'm expecting Rog to reach Top 3 by Wimby, so I've no doubt he'll be at the WTFs again, but how is it already settled by this one result?
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avasbar wrote:Really Steerpike?  Can you explain for us please  how that works?  As Lil-jay points out, 7-10 is pretty tight.  Personally (please, no more lasting injuries) I'm expecting Rog to reach Top 3 by Wimby, so I've no doubt he'll be at the WTFs again, but how is it already settled by this one result?
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I think it's some rule that if a player wins a slam they're guaranteed a WTF spot, even if their ranking isn't in the top 8. I don't think it will be a problem for Roger anyway.

from Wikipedia (which I know isn't the best source but it was all I could find):

Qualification
There are eight players or teams, and playing is mandatory except for injury or other good cause.

Qualification is as follows:

(a) the top seven players in the ATP rankings (b) up to two grand slam winners ranked between 8 and 20 (in order of ATP ranking, if any such players exist) (c) the next players in the ATP rankings, until the quota of eight is reached.

Roger is No 1 in the race..... 8)

Kopetzky wrote:Roger is No 1 in the race..... 8)

KOPETZKY!!!! you are here. how lovely to see you. And, YAY, Roger is No 1 again.

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I am glad to have the possibility to be here. Great to see you and so many dear "old" members!!

And all because of the old man who made a dream come true. Our Roger!

Kopetzky!!!!!!! So happy you are here with us. I had no way to find you elsewhere!

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And I am so happy to see you here, my dear! Soon we will all be reunited. What an achievement of lil_Jay!

Márciaf wrote:Kopetzky!!!!!!! So happy you are here with us. I had no way to find you elsewhere!

Great to see some familiar names here!! KOPETSKY are you on FB? There's a Roger Federer Forum page there too !!! Have to get used to this new format

Karen! So good to see you here. You know? This new format, besides the wide page, is extremely friendly and easy to use. You'll see.

maybe it will get easier...??!!

avasbar wrote:Really Steerpike?  Can you explain for us please  how that works?  As Lil-jay points out, 7-10 is pretty tight.  Personally (please, no more lasting injuries) I'm expecting Rog to reach Top 3 by Wimby, so I've no doubt he'll be at the WTFs again, but how is it already settled by this one result?
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Strictly mathematically it is not settled. 2000 points don't guarantee a top 20 finish and you could potentially have more than 1 slam winner outside the top 7 (unlikely but not impossible). But Roger had 1980 points coming into Australia and was ranked 17th. So chances are he will definitely finish in top 20 whether he wins another match all year or not. I reckon he is 99% certain to qualify for WTF at this point. They speeded up the courts at WTF a little bit last year. Hopefully they speed it up even more this year. It would be fun.

Hello again tv !
Yep, there may be a few surprises this year in store, I'm looking forward to it.
WTF and particularly AO have set the tone for others to follow tho I dont expect Wimby to do so this year - they will deliberate a long time ;-) - and with all these #nextgen giants with their power-assisted serves joining the ranks, not to mention plethora of current big servers like JJ and Raonic etc, they may decide to hold off indefinitely.