Because of the 6 max of the same gender rule. Argentina will qualify 4 individuals at 100% (we have 7 players in position for the 4 quotas). And then, we have to choose 2 for the doubles.
It is a very interesting thing what is happening with us. We have to choose 2 and we have 3 players. For one side, Zeballos, who is the number one in the world, and plays with spaniard Marcel Granollers. Both are in a great form, they became number one last week.
For the other side, we have the duo of Andres Molteni and Machi Gonzalez, ranked 15 and 18 in the world. The duo ended 2023 playing the ATP Masters (meaning, inside the top 8 doubles team of the yearly season), and this months they are still in a great shape, winning the ATP 250 Cordoba Open and the ATP 500 Barcelona this year.
Argentina's coach has to choose between sending the N°1 player with either Gonzalez or Molteni (and dissolve the couple) or sending both of them without Zeballos. Zeballos already played the Tokyo Olimpics with Molteni and lost in the first round against the Brits J.Murray and Skupski.
A very though choice but ended up with the current number one of the rankings without a new olympics for him.
Current N°1 (Ranking) Doubles Player in the world Horacio Zeballos will miss Paris, as Argentina selected Gonzalez and Molteni as their doubles team for the olympics.
New doubles format for the WTA/ATP tour has been announced, which will makes it’s debut at the Madrid Open. I’m sort of convinced this is a delayed April Fools joke or something, because what the f*ck? … really hope this change doesn’t last long
except the Singles Priority thing it could be a good idea
Top 270 Timofey Skatov defeats argentinians Tomas Etcheverry and Francisco Cerundolo (both top 30) in Rosario and takes the series to a fifth and decisive match
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Because of the 6 max of the same gender rule. Argentina will qualify 4 individuals at 100% (we have 7 players in position for the 4 quotas). And then, we have to choose 2 for the doubles.
It is a very interesting thing what is happening with us. We have to choose 2 and we have 3 players. For one side, Zeballos, who is the number one in the world, and plays with spaniard Marcel Granollers. Both are in a great form, they became number one last week.
For the other side, we have the duo of Andres Molteni and Machi Gonzalez, ranked 15 and 18 in the world. The duo ended 2023 playing the ATP Masters (meaning, inside the top 8 doubles team of the yearly season), and this months they are still in a great shape, winning the ATP 250 Cordoba Open and the ATP 500 Barcelona this year.
Argentina's coach has to choose between sending the N°1 player with either Gonzalez or Molteni (and dissolve the couple) or sending both of them without Zeballos. Zeballos already played the Tokyo Olimpics with Molteni and lost in the first round against the Brits J.Murray and Skupski.
A very though choice but ended up with the current number one of the rankings without a new olympics for him.
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