Tennis Qualification to Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympic Games

[De_Gambassi 1,223]

1 hour ago, Jan Linha said:

Monfils refused to go to Tokyo as I read. Or wrong information?

Wrong information, and this list is yet to be made official...

[Benolympique 2,398]

3 minutes ago, De_Gambassi said:

Wrong information, and this list is yet to be made official...

have you heard from the girls?

[dcro 10,210]

18 minutes ago, NearPup said:

Y’all need to chill a little. Even if two thirds of the top 32 from both gender withdrew tennis would still provide more star power than most other Olympic sport. The Olympics need tennis more than the other way around.

How many fans join the Olympics just for tennis, though?

[Makedonas 2,155]

34 minutes ago, CCB said:

Well, if that's the rule, you should call Bertens and Schuurs. They are good friends, especially Schuurs is already three years begging Bertens to play doubles with her. I think she would know that rule ... but maybe you're right. Then the solution is to withdraw Bertens for the singles.

No, that's not what I meant.

 

The rule (at least until 2016) was that each NOC is allowed no more than 6 tennis players per gender. And only 2 doubles specialists per gender. So Bertens can play singles and play doubles with Schuurs no problem.

 

The Dutch will have a problem on the men's side (assuming these rules are still applicable) because they have 0 singles players and 4 doubles players, but they are only allowed 2 doubles-only players per gender. Hope that explains it better.

[Makedonas 2,155]

1 minute ago, dcro said:

How many fans join the Olympics just for tennis, though?

I'm sure more people watch tennis in the Olympics than most other sports. The Olympics are not just athletics and swimming. A lot of other sports probably get a small % of viewers compared to tennis.

[CCB 565]

2 minutes ago, Makedonas said:

No, that's not what I meant.

 

The rule (at least until 2016) was that each NOC is allowed no more than 6 tennis players per gender. And only 2 doubles specialists per gender. So Bertens can play singles and play doubles with Schuurs no problem.

 

The Dutch will have a problem on the men's side (assuming these rules are still applicable) because they have 0 singles players and 4 doubles players, but they are only allowed 2 doubles-only players per gender. Hope that explains it better.

Ah, now I understand. Thanks for your explanation. In that case only Koolhof and Rojer will compete in the men's doubles.

[Makedonas 2,155]

2 minutes ago, CCB said:

Ah, now I understand. Thanks for your explanation. In that case only Koolhof and Rojer will compete in the men's doubles.

Too bad, Middelkoop is dating our Greek player Valentini Grammatikopoulou

[dcro 10,210]

17 minutes ago, Makedonas said:

I'm sure more people watch tennis in the Olympics than most other sports. The Olympics are not just athletics and swimming. A lot of other sports probably get a small % of viewers compared to tennis.

Yeah, but my feeling is that people who join for tennis are mostly interchangeable. As in, they would join even if tennis was not on program.

 

And if there are hardcore tennis fans, some of them would rather follow sething else than a tournament of withdrawals.

[George_D 1,205]

29 minutes ago, NearPup said:

Y’all need to chill a little. Even if two thirds of the top 32 from both gender withdrew tennis would still provide more star power than most other Olympic sport. The Olympics need tennis more than the other way around.

i dont think so. If most of the top athletes  withdraw then the results can't be representative

[Nickyc707 382]

1 hour ago, Makedonas said:

I'm sure more people watch tennis in the Olympics than most other sports. The Olympics are not just athletics and swimming. A lot of other sports probably get a small % of viewers compared to tennis.

I'm pretty dubious about this. Unless you're a tennis fan I'm not sure that most people would necessarily notice that the sport was part of the Olympic programme given that sports like athletics, swimming and gymnastics tend to dominate coverage.