2026 ATP General News

[MargaretMcAleer]

Main reason Djokovic has taken a wild card into ATP500 Swiss is to qualify for the end of year finals in Turin
Presently he is in 10th position with 2,850, and Jodar is in 8th position with 2,909 points, and will add points if he can make the finals in Shanghai
NOTE: Jodar is also playing ATP500 Swiss Indoors and Paris Masters

 

[mrzz]

Fonseca announced he will only resume playing in 2027.

 

[El Dude]

Fun fact: Rod Laver, after winning the Grand Slam in 1962, started his pro career 2-19 on the Australasian Tour in January of 1963. That was 0-8 vs Hoad, 2-11 vs Rosewall.

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

FAA has withdrawn from Brussels and Basel after injuring his knee in Shanghai

 

[mrzz]

This makes all sense in the world, even if, as you mentioned a gazillion times, different players age differently. But there is something else, the choices a player makes after his break trough.

Today I was watching Brazilian Thiago Wild playing the second round of a Challenger 75 in Italy, against a guy #704 in the world. Even if Wild was/is WAY better than the other guy, he lost. He was up a set and a break, with break points to go up two breaks, against a guy clearly, clearly inferior, and he lost. Second round of a lowly 75.

Well, Thiago Wild is the 2018 US Open junior champion. He won it against Musetti. A few years later, he won an ATP 250. As a teenager, he beat then fellow teenager Davidovich-Fokina in the Rio Open. He has beaten top 10 players. All the talent in the world...

And now he is losing to the #704 in a challenger 75. The worst part is how he loses. After a few points playing like a normal player, he starts walking on court. He is not even sweating. He walks, and curses, and the balls pass him by, while Musetti and Fokina are happily living the top-20 life.

I bet there was nothing we could see in their play, when those three were teenagers, that would predict how they would end up now. Most likely the deciding factor was, and is, between their ears.

@El Dude , it is funny how things can change in a relatively short time. Since I wrote that post, Thiago Wild won two Challenger events, got some other good results and recovered around 250 ranking spots, being now close to the top 100. Yesterday he beat Comesana (who until very recently was well inside the top 100) in his way to another final, which is later today. Almost surely he will close the year back inside the top 100, and play the majors next year, then who knows what could happen next. The gap to Musetti and Fokina is still huge, yes, but he is trending in the right direction. All of a sudden a return to the top 50 seems possible.

Good reminder that tennis, as most things in life, is extremely unpredictable.

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Mrzz if you are still around,
Is the exho match between Alcaraz and Fonseca in San Poulo on December 12 is still going ahead?

 

[mrzz]

Mrzz if you are still around,
Is the exho match between Alcaraz and Fonseca in San Poulo on December 12 is still going ahead?

I didn't even know it would take place!!!! Or I did, and forgot. Will check out, I need to go to São Paulo in December, maybe I can be there.

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

I didn't even know it would take place!!!! Or I did, and forgot. Will check out, I need to go to São Paulo in December, maybe I can be there.

Thanks, I just read the news, he is started his pre seasoning training in November, and apparently he is set to play against Alcaraz in December 12 in an exho

 

[lomaha]

Rune withdraw from Brussels because of a backpain

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Rune withdraw from Brussels because of a backpain

I have already posted that news on the ATP250 Brussels post, he had scan done nothing serious, just has to rest for 2- 3 days, his back seized