ATP ATP 2025

[BOMBERS 4 LIFE!!!!]

Lost in the first round to Tabilo at Monte Carlo in straight sets that was a bad performance by Novak

I reckon he's just about done unfortunately he has Wimbledon,US Open,AU to try and win a 25th slam but it's looking extremely unlikely recon next year will be his last on tour

 

[BOMBERS 4 LIFE!!!!]

Popryin beats Tiafoe and Ruud back to back then loses in straights set comfortably against Fokina who's ranked 42 lols

Very disappointing I expected at least for him to take it to a 3rd set

 

[yabsy]

Demon & Popyrin both through to the Monte Carlo quarters

 

[yabsy]

Demon double bagels Grigor in 44 minutes! Blink & you missed it.

 

[BOMBERS 4 LIFE!!!!]

Demon double bagels Grigor in 44 minutes! Blink & you missed it.

I watched the match holly molly that was an almighty flogging was unbelievable haven't seen anything like it

 

[yabsy]

I watched the match holly molly that was an almighty flogging was unbelievable haven't seen anything like it

Neither have I when it comes to a mens match with two Top 20 players...Hard to believe it was still 16 minutes longer that Bernard Tomic's drubbing to Jarkko Niemann & he managed to pinch a game

 

[YeoShuey]

Now has Musetti. Another clay specialist.

 

[FreoRicci]

I watched the match holly molly that was an almighty flogging was unbelievable haven't seen anything like it

Always said De Minaur should train for clay as his game perfectly suits it.

 

[YeoShuey]

Wow. Too easy for De Minaur that first set.

Looking real good for Roland Garros.

 

[BOMBERS 4 LIFE!!!!]

Disappointing way to lose the rain delay after the first set stuffed Demons momentum imo.

Carlos is going to flog Museti 2 games in a row where he had to come back from a set down he looked spent

 

[Hamingja]

It's so interesting looking through all the tournament lists for the small challengers.

A lot of tennis players don't know when to call it a day.

Paire played Berankis in the first round of a challenger in Ivory Coast the other day.

I noticed earlier this year that Tomic played a challenger in Rwanda. That's just wild given what is happening there at the moment.

You can understand up and coming players from Eastern Europe etc travelling far and wide to try and get some cheap points when they don't have access to wildcards like an Australian player would but if you have been a pro for 10+ years surely you just find something else to do with your life at that point.

 

[FreoRicci]

Purcell banned for 18 months.. not an anabolic steroid. He advised the ATP of what he did as well.

This will blow up. Sinner got 3 months… in between two majors.

 

[RCAB]

Purcell banned for 18 months.. not an anabolic steroid. He advised the ATP of what he did as well.

This will blow up. Sinner got 3 months… in between two majors.

Purcell gets 18 months for a vitamin drip that probably hindered performance more than helped it? Ok.

500mL of vitamins temporarily dilutes your blood — it lowers hematocrit, doesn’t boost it. No strength gain, no endurance gain, nothing.

Plasma volume spikes after an IV are flushed out by the body within hours.

Punishing a guy like he was blood doping with EPOs for a medical error is a joke. This system isn’t about protecting fair play, it’s about protecting their rulebook, regardless of logic.

 

[Hamingja]

Purcell banned for 18 months.. not an anabolic steroid. He advised the ATP of what he did as well.

This will blow up. Sinner got 3 months… in between two majors.

It won't blow up because there are different rules for the players at the top and players ranked 100 in the world. Always has been with tennis.

 

[matt_897]

That was my initial reaction as well that this is completely stuffed but if you read the decision document, there is part in there where before he has come forward to ITIA, he has tried to delete messages discussing the infusion with another player, so he has tried to actively hide what he did and probably has come forward when he's been found out.

There's a reason why he's accepted 18 months and he's appealed(well, he's had ankle surgery so as well so he would of been out for 6 anyway so effectively 12 months). I would suggest to go read the document.

 

[RCAB]

That was my initial reaction as well that this is completely stuffed but if you read the decision document, there is part in there where before he has come forward to ITIA, he has tried to delete messages discussing the infusion with another player, so he has tried to actively hide what he did and probably has come forward when he's been found out.

There's a reason why he's accepted 18 months and he's appealed(well, he's had ankle surgery so as well so he would of been out for 6 anyway so effectively 12 months). I would suggest to go read the document.

Yeah, the WhatsApp messages don’t look great... no receipt, talking about fake symptoms, googling WADA rules after the fact. It looks dodgy.

But when you actually break it down, it’s not performance-enhancing, it’s just a mess.

He told the clinic twice to keep it under 100mL. They gave him 500mL both times. Could they have mixed something else in? Technically, yes ... but there’s zero evidence. No banned substances in the IVs, no failed drug tests, nothing sketchy on his phone except the panic.

A 500mL vitamin drip doesn’t help. It dilutes your blood, lowers your hematocrit, and the effect’s gone in a few hours. If anything, it’s a hindrance, not a boost.

The guy made mistakes as he didn’t double-check but this wasn’t doping.

He didn’t try to cheat. He got whacked for a rule breach that gave him no edge at all. 18 months is brutal overkill.

 

[matt_897]

I agree 18 months is overkill (I would of gone 9-12 myself) and yeah I agree I don't think he tried to cheat but given the stupidity of trying to hide it in the first place, it's a little hard to feel sympathy for him.

 

[BOMBERS 4 LIFE!!!!]

Demon having a very good year only 1 or 2 wins behind Carlos for total wins in 2025 I think. Also having a very good clay season no Carlos,Sinner,Zverev big chance to win his first 1000 trophy if he keeps going.

 

[Del125763]

When the big moments matter, Alcaraz stood through in that win over Khachanov who I thought played pretty well in Rome today.

 

[RCAB]

Alcaraz v Sinner today in the Italian Open final, third time they meet in a final, they're 1-1, should be good.

 

[Jatz]

Good first set, Alcaraz wiped him in the second.

Got to be the fav at RG.

 

[RCAB]

Good first set, Alcaraz wiped him in the second.

Got to be the fav at RG.

Yep. It will be him and Sinner in the final if they give Alcaraz second seed.

 

[matt_897]

Tomic getting his first ATP win in 4 years in Mallorca after being 3-6, 3-5 down to Rinky Hijikata. That's just downright silly.

 

[Jatz]

Wow, good for him.

 

[X_box_X]

Who's gonna be the next Novak?

Alcaraz and Sinner have commenced a stranglehold on the ATP Tour reminiscent of Federer and Nadal 20 years earlier.

This is a hypothetical more than anything but there are some similarities.

In 2003, Federer won his first of many Grand Slams.

Two years later (2005), Nadal won his first of many Grand Slams.

The two would single-handedly dominate Tennis without any real challenger until Novak broke through for his maiden Slam at the 2008 Aus Open.

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Relationship:

In 2022, Alcaraz won his first of many Grand Slams.

Two years later (2024), Sinner won his first of many Grand Slams.

If (Hypothetical) there were to be a third challenger, to continue the trend, the third challenger would have to be younger than Alcaraz and Sinner, currently on the tour, who will win their maiden Slam in 2027.

Who is best positioned to became the third dominant player of this current era?

Arthur Fils & Jakub Mensik might be best positioned to challenge.