Djoko almost exactly 2 years away from #1, as he will retune to it on Nov 5th 2018 after last helding Nov 6th 2016.

Major congrats to have possible have another feat of his own, never a player came back from below Top 20 to held #1 YED, which he is within reach.

October 31st, 2018 at 5:17 pm

This is good reason for Rafa to cancel SA match.
37 year old had to chip in about SA match too, making sure that everyone knows that he was the first choice and not the other one, the other one is his replacement after he knocked back the offer:

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They contacted me too,” the 20-time Grand Slam winner said. “I prefer not to play. I’m happy practising. I’m happy doing other things, and I didn’t want to play there at that time. So, for me, it was a very quick decision.”
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October 31st, 2018 at 7:24 pm

I need the money. I need the money. SA is important.

October 31st, 2018 at 9:59 pm

Wog,
Lol very logical end to Saudi thing.

November 1st, 2018 at 1:25 pm

Django,
They should have never accepted playing that match in the first place.
Promoting tennis, in Saudi Arabia, really?
I can understand and cheer doing it in South America, Asia or Africa, but in Saudi Arabia, promoting to who? To bloodthirsty Royal family watched by couple of thousands of Ninjas who don’t even know what are they watching (no women allowed)?
And this has nothing to do with killing of that dodgy Khashoggy who probably ripped off one to many person and wrong person, journalist occupation was just smoke screen and cover for what was he really doing, this has to do with SA financing, supporting and exporting wahhabism and fanatics all over the world and committing genocide in Yemen. The arms of royal family are blooded all the way to their shoulders with the blessings and cover up of western powers, namely USA and UK.

To be honest both of them, Rafa and Nole, should be ashamed for accepting the offer to play there, what they were thinking, haven’t they made enough money so far?!

November 1st, 2018 at 4:32 pm

I agree with your sentiments, Wog Boy, but I would add that the whole of life is now impossibly complicated. For instance, if I were richer, I would never buy clothing from Primark, as I don’t want to encourage the use of child labour in sweatshops, in India, China and other places. As it is, I buy the cheaper product..

That’s a small example, but tennis millionaires bolstering horrible regimes is just the same thing magnified. Despite the late-age heroics of Federer and others, it’s an inescapable fact that an athlete’s career is shorter than that of the average person, so he or she must stack up the bank balance while they can.

November 3rd, 2018 at 5:07 am