Freeze or keep going like this?

The ATP has cancelled all of their events for the next six weeks at least, in order to stop the spreading of the ongoing virus that’s affecting everyone in the world at the moment. However, another discussion has been brought up to discussion by the fans and even the players. Every single player who has participated in last year’s edition of the tournaments that are being cancelled will automatically lose the points won last season. Dominic Thiem, for example, has won Indian Wells and the respective 1000 points from his victory, but won’t have a chance to defend them this year, which results in a drop off in the ATP rankings. Many players are against this system and think the organization should freeze the rankings until play is resumed, or there will be countless players harmed from this situation.

Given the 'postponement' of the @BNPPARIBASOPEN, we look at 10 highest @atptour point earners from the corresponding week last year to @Rolandgarros. It's not inconceivable that a few more events follow #IndianWells, and cause chaos in the #ATP rankings.#CoronaVirus #Tennis pic.twitter.com/MHlJBn66aZ — TennisNerds (@TennisNerdsBlog) March 9, 2020

Current ATP rankings

1 Novak Djokovic 10,220

2 Rafael Nadal 9,850

3 Dominic Thiem 7,045

4 Roger Federer 6,630

5 Daniil Medvedev 5,890

6 Stefanos Tsitsipas 4,745

7 Alexander Zverev 3,630

8 Matteo Berrettini 2,860

9 Gael Monfils 2,860

10 David Goffin 2,555



ATP rankings on April 27th

1 Novak Djokovic 9,905

2 Rafael Nadal 8,950

3 Dominic Thiem 5,445

4 Daniil Medvedev 5,095

5 Roger Federer 5,030

6 Stefanos Tsitsipas 4,510

7 Alexander Zverev 3,445

8 Gael Monfils 2,680

9 Matteo Berrettini 2,455

10 David Goffin 2,365

Clay court specialists like Rafael Nadal and Dominic Thiem would be the most affected in terms of points lost, as well as Roger Federer, who would be out anyway due to his injury problem. How should the ATP behave then? No changes have been notified to the fans or the players yet, but they would likely freeze the rankings amidst all the critics they’ve been receiving the past few days.

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