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  • Registered: May. 22, 2009
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Re: How great is Nadal on clay? Check it out!

tennisguy44349 wrote:

Leading off from what don said, it would not be such a good idea to limit the amount of tournaments each player participates in each year/three month period. Tournament directors rely on big time players to attend their events, and limiting the amount they play in could result in the tournament losing a lot of money because people want to see big stars like Nadal and Federer. If there was a limit, they would only play in tournaments in which they recieve a great amount of points, such as Masters 1000 events and Grand Slams.

The top guys usually only play 5 or so tournaments a year outside of the 'Slams and Masters events, so they really don't need to be limited. For a top player like Fed or Nadal, the "minor" tournaments generally consist of the tournament in Qatar and or the UAE at the beginning of the year, a tournament in the player's home country, the Wimbledon tuneup in Germany or England, and the tournaments in China and Japan during the Asian swing at the end of the season.

  • Registered: Dec. 28, 2009
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Re: How great is Nadal on clay? Check it out!

Don't forget Rotterdam, and a lot of ATP 500 tournaments that occur during the year. Many of the clay court tournaments leading up to the French Open have a good turn out with top players. Also, the U.S. Open swing has a lot of top pros attending. They do a lot more traveling, maybe not as much winning, but more traveling than most people assume.