Hey guys!!!
Today is an amazing day for Blog. Yesterday some people asked me about new rules called “Round Robin”. Today I’ve talked to JC Ferrero, Samuel Lopez (technical director) and our commercial director about it.
Let’s start from the beginning, what it is Round Robin??? Round robin—where players are placed into groups or pools, and the top player in each group then moves on to the knockout phase of the tournament—increases spectators’ chances of seeing their favorite stars, as one loss in a round-robin pool does not automatically eliminate a player, and also improves scheduling for broadcasters and tournament promotion. Round robin has been a staple of the Tennis Masters Cup circuit finale and ARAG ATP World Team Championship but not utilized at any other ATP tournament. The 13 tournaments chosen subject to final approval by the ATP will be held on different surfaces in different countries throughout the 2007 season, starting the first week in Adelaide, Australia.
Yeah, its from atp news. I see they chose 13 tournaments. Yesterday when we talked over it, we were thinking alittle....well, its good idea for the public and players, because u have got a chance; Chance to win!!! But maximum draw can be a 48-player round robin draw consisting of 16 groups of 3 players. What will be if all 3 players got 1 point? So, in this situation they will look how many sets and games everybody played, the most easy one- NEXT ROUND!!!
OK, today I was talking to JC Ferrero. He said: “For public, it’s very good because they can watch their favorite tennis players. And for Federer, it’s amazing because for him its perfect. After these rules nobody will bit him in first rounds.” What people think in our academy about it…For example, people bought tickets to watch Safin. And he is losing in first round, so after these rules he can play again and for public it’s perfect. Samuel told me: “Its good for new players. Now everybody has got BIG CHANCE to win”. I think, its good, too. Later, I'm sure, this Robin round will be improved. Every player in this academy thinks the same. But it’s more difficult because have a look, u get the wild card and u r in the group with Federer and Roddick on crass=).
Today was a good hot day in Spain, JC Ferrero and Garcia Lopez played ps2 Pro evolution soccer with other players. Here is one photo.
Ok guys, thax and goodluck!!!!
