From Canal Tenis, we wonder which players will be most affected by the decision of the ATP and WTA to suspend the points distributed by the Grand Slam on grass.
With just over a week to go before Wimbledon begins (June 27-July 10), tennis players face the tournament with the certainty that they will not be able to score points. It does not seem that this situation will change since the positions of the British government / Wimbledon and ATP / WTA remain unchanged. Russian and Belarusian players will not be able to participate, and the Grand Slam point system will not apply. Only the prize money according to the round in which each player finishes.
By not adding new points, the players of the last edition cannot defend them, so they are automatically subtracted. As we will see later, this situation dramatically harms those who go further.
Nole prepares Wimbledon as the only event he will play on the grass tour. His quarterfinals at Roland Garros (he won last year) have already dropped him from number 1 to number 3 by losing. His participation in the All England Lawn Tennis will end with 2,000 points less in his ranking (4,770) by winning the last edition's final against Matteo Berrettini. He will fall to at least 8th position, just before Rublev, who has 3,870 and will not play either Mallorca or Eastbourne. This will be his new position after Wimbledon is over. Of course, given Medvedev's sanction and Zverev's injury, he will start as the first seed.
The big loser should be Ashleigh Barty, although her retirement in March this year takes her out of the equation. Karolina Pliskova lost in the final against the Aussie 6-3, 6-7, and 6-3. A result that causes him to subtract 1,200 points. A heavy slab for a player having one of her worst seasons in recent years (W8 – D9).
With 3,777 points, she is number 7 in the WTA. Before Wimbledon, she will contest Eastbourne, a tournament she can only add to by falling to 1/16 last year. If she loses in the first round at Eastbourne, she will fall between 16th and 18th.
Asked at the press conference before he participated in the ATP 500 in Queens, the man from Rome did not hold his tongue. " My ranking will drop, and I think that's unfair," he declared. The truth is that he will at least lose the 1,200 points from his final last year, becoming the first Italian to reach a Wimbledon final.
The Roman will dispute neither Mallorca nor Eastbourne. This week he can't win points either, as he defends 500 points from Halle. Already planted in the final, he can finish with 3,570 points (title), 3,370 (final) or 3,250 (semi-final). His 10th position is only threatened this week by Hurkacz. With the subtraction of 1,200 units, he leaves the top 10 and would fall to at least 16th place in the ATP, dropping eight positions.
If the winner and the finalist lose 2,000 and 1,200 points, the semifinalists lose 720. Precisely Pliskova was Sabalenka's executioner in that instance. The Belarusian has become number 2 WTA, but she resists the Grand Slam. This year she will not be able to be in London due to the already known sanctions. Aryna, current number 5, will become 8th on July 11.
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