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ATP Confiscates No. 1 Ranking From Djokovic
19 Comments · Posted by Scoop Malinowski in Bios
Quietly and with minimal fanfare, the ATP has removed Novak Djokovic from the world no. 1 ranking. Djokovic has lost the 2000 points from AO because he refused the big pharma profit drug shot that doesn’t work against the virus, and now he’s been deleted of his 2021 Roland Garros points because he did not defend the title. Next month as defending Wimbledon champion Djokovic will forfeit 2000 more ATP ranking points because the ATP has decided to cancel Wimbledon 2021 points as a cockeyed show of support for Wimbledon banning Russian and Belarussians from competing at the upcoming 2022 tournament. Even if he wins Wimbledon, Djokovic will not protect his 2000 points and will drop to no. 7 in the world.
This ATP ranking points heist has been reported (Simon Briggs article) to have been made by the ATP player council which is lead by Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer so it looks like an inside job coup by Rafa and Roger to “legally” confiscate Djokovic’s no. 1 ranking which he has held for an ATP record of 373 weeks.
The ATP rankings have been updated but the ATP web site has not yet made any special announcement or feature posts declaring Daniil Medvedev as the new world no. 1 and Alexander Zverev as the new world no. 2. Medvedev just lost the final of s’Hertogenbosch 64 61 to world no. 205 Tim Van Rijthoven (who this week is now ranked 108).
It appears the ATP is fearful of a heavy backlash against ATP chairman Andrea Gaudenzi and Federer and Nadal, who allegedly manipulated the ATP ranking rule changes which unfairly and conveniently targets and punishes Djokovic more than any other player.
It would appear the ATP does not want to draw extra attention to the skulduggery acts which have unjustly cheated Djokovic out of his status as the best tennis player in the world.
As of right now the US Open and North American Masters Series events will also not allow Djokovic to play because he can not enter the US or Canada without proof he’s taking the virus vaccination which of course has proven to not work and also the side effects of this experimental drug are also considered by many experts to be a health hazard. Djokovic will lose more rankings points and will inevitably drop out of the top 20.
So it now appears Novak Djokovic is the victim of the worst injustice in tennis history aside from the stabbing of Monica Seles. And whispers about a potential alternate competitive tennis tour series, like Greg Norman’s Saudi Arabia backed LIV golf tour challenging PGA, become more realisitic.
Or will a last minute player boycott of Wimbledon to demand the reinstatement of ranking points, after tickets have been sold, be the hardball solution to get tennis fairness and integrity back on track?
373 · ATP · Novak Djokovic
Scoop Malinowski · June 13, 2022 at 12:44 pm
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A reminder;
Novak lost 2000 at AO
Novak lost 2000 at Wim
Will lose 1200 at USO
(5200 unable to defend and
@atptour
won’t freeze)
Not able to go for;
Indian Wells 1000
Miami 1000
Montreal 1000
Cinci 1000
9200
@atptour
points; all approved by
@AndreaGaudenzi
and players council.
Sam · June 13, 2022 at 2:59 pm
Good points, Scoop. That’s why the so-called Slam count has become meaningless, because we are clearly no longer in the Open Era. The latest tally is about as valid as Resident [sic] Biden’s “victory” in 2020. 🙄
also the side effects of this experimental drug are also considered by many experts to be a health hazard
That’s putting it mildly—”clot shot,” “kill shot,” etc. I’m sure you’ve heard all the hard-hitting nicknames. ☠️
Some kind of alternative tour would certainly be a step in the right direction. And at least Djokovic can feel good about not allowing himself to be subjected to gene therapy. 💪
Bill McGill · June 13, 2022 at 4:14 pm
I continue to think that you sound unhinged on this topic. The ATP didn’t delete Djokovic’s points from AO and didn’t prevent him from playing Indian Wells and Miami. I may not agree with the silliness of Australia’s and the U.S.’s covid-related travel policies (once there is widespread community transmission it seems like a waste of effort to try to prevent foreign importation), but your complaint is with the governments of Australia and the U.S., not the ATP or the rankings system. There may be a tennis establishment, but the tennis establishment is not the architect of these decisions.
Djokovic did not have his 2021 RG points “deleted.” All players lost their 2021 RG points because RG 2022 has been played. That’s what is supposed to happen. Djokovic played RG 2022 and got 360 points for it.
The Wimbledon points decision is a difficult one and I respect that reasonable people can disagree, but I also suspect that Novak himself thinks there should be no ATP points awarded at the event due to the decision to excludes some players based exclusively on their nationality. I think Wimbledon’s decision is disgraceful, but it was almost certainly made for domestic political reasons and not with a view towards screwing Djokovic. Given Wimbledon’s stance, I think, on balance, the ATP’s decision was the right one.
Also, just as I predicted a month ago, Federer has dropped to 68 (I estimated 70, but other people’s points movement impacted that). You conspiratorially predicted a player’s council intervention to prevent that. It didn’t happen. Nor will it happen when his Wimbledon ’21 points roll off and he’s out of the top 100. Also, it doesn’t matter. He will still get a wildcard into whatever event he wants to play when’s he ready, because…he sells tickets. Which is fine. Selling tickets and supporting local tennis talent is what wildcards are for.
Scoop Malinowski · June 13, 2022 at 4:27 pm
Bill, AO could have easily frozen Djokovic’s AO21 points but they erased them. If you can’t sense a conspiracy to take out Novak I don’t know what to tell you. It’s blatantly obvious by now.
Scoop Malinowski · June 13, 2022 at 4:31 pm
Berrettini about unfair @atptour (Nadal & Federer) decision to cancel Wimbledon 2022 points so players can’t defend 2021 points: “Nobody called us, or asked for our opinion, and I don’t think it should work that way. Perhaps it could have been avoided in some way since this is the biggest decision taken by the ATP in, 20 years that I know of.”
catherine · June 14, 2022 at 3:36 am
Scoop -Bill is right re Wimbledon’s motive behind the decision to exclude Russian/Belarus players. This is the AELTC kowtowing to Boris Johnson and has nothing whatever to do with Djokovic, even tangentially.
A couple of paragraphs in your original post could be considered libellous in respect of Nadal and Federer, although I doubt either of those gentlemen would take your accusations seriously.
Scoop Malinowski · June 14, 2022 at 8:25 am
Catherine, Briggs recent article said Fed and Rafa are behind the atp player council decision to cancel wimbledon points which most hurts Novak. Or do you deny the theory there is a tennis deep state in conspiracy to get rid of Novak?
Scoop Malinowski · June 14, 2022 at 8:33 am
If ALL the players threatened to boycott Wimbledon for banning Russians and the ATP for removing points, you would see the quickest U-turn ever!
Without players, no tournament.
Without tournament, no money.
And it’s all about the money
Bill McGill · June 14, 2022 at 9:34 am
Can you point me to the Simon Briggs article to which you are referring? I see several discussing the respective AELTC and ATP decisions, and one discussing the support for the ATP decision by the player’s council, but none where he alleges that Federer and Nadal supported the Wimbledon decision to deprive Djokovic of the No. 1 ranking. In fact, assuming this is the article you are referring to, it specifically notes the ATP Player’s Council was unanimous in supporting the decision to remove ranking points from Wimbledon.
https://archive.ph/9c04Q
For the record, the ATP Player’s Council includes not just Nadal and Federer, but also Andy Murray, Bruno Soares, FA2, John Millman, Gilles Simon, Pablo Andujar, Kevin Anderson, Marcus Daniell, Colin Dowdeswell (alumni rep) and Daniel Vallverdu (coach rep). And even Djokovic himself has indicated that he agrees with the ATP decision not to award ranking points for ’22 Wimbledon (without specifically indicating his position on ’21 Wimbledon points rolling off).
Look, I get that the media has an overtly political agenda against Djokovic over vaccines, and at various points in the past had a seemingly non-political bias towards disliking Djokovic for reasons that are somewhat inscrutable to me, but you are trying to conflate silly media perceptions, ham-fisted government covid policies that have annoyed tens of millions of people and core ATP values all into some ridiculous Fedal conspiracy against Djokovic that for some reason you imagine Pablo Andujar has joined.
Also worth noting that pretty much all of Federer’s remaining points come from ’21 Wimbledon as well.
catherine · June 14, 2022 at 9:41 am
No, I don’t believe in deep states, which can be made up about anything. The way things have fallen recently has not benefitted Djokovic but I can’t see why any players, least of all Nadal and Federer, should risk their reputations in some conspiracy to ‘get rid’ of him. It’s a preposterous idea.
Federer and Nadal may indeed be behind the atp’s decision but the rest is just speculation. I haven’t seen, to date, any stories supporting Brigg’s suggestion.
Scoop Malinowski · June 14, 2022 at 10:39 am
The Briggs article has a paywall and I didn’t save the link. But he said Federer and Nadal are the two forces behind the move to snatch Djokovic’s points and no. 1 ranking. Federer hasn’t won a match in a year and he’s still in the top 70, Thiem hasn’t won anything in that same basic time frame and he’s 200 something. It’s very clear the ATP hierarchy wants to get rid of Djokovic by any means possible. And I think it’s very reasonably plausible and likely Federer is not sticking up to defend Novak.
Scoop Malinowski · June 14, 2022 at 10:44 am
Catherine, because the deep state cabal establishment running tennis now has absolute power, media, rules, Gaudenzi, TUE loopholes, media manipulation to incite Djokovic hatred, and now ranking points theft. 2000 Mules proves election fraud stole the Trump election win, this proves these deep state cabals can do anything they want. If you can’t see the blatant corruption ruining tennis right now, you are either blind, ignorant or very naive. Remember, Shapovalov telling the chair umpire in AO vs Nadal: “You guys are so corrupt.” Think about that. It’s very dangerous time for tennis to be imploding with pickleball growing so exponentially fast. I’m hearing a lot of chatter of Djokovic fans dumping tennis after Novak is done, they are that disgusted by the corruption and bias.
Scoop Malinowski · June 14, 2022 at 11:32 am
If Russian players are allowed to play London, Queens Club, s-Hertogenbosch, why can’t they play Wimbledon? See the inconsistency? Smell a rat?
catherine · June 14, 2022 at 12:46 pm
As I mentioned above the AELTC bowed to Boris Johnson and the Tory Gov on the issue of Russian/Belarus players. That’s the only rat I can smell. Queens Club didn’t come into it.
s-Hertogenbosch is in Holland.
Scoop Malinowski · June 14, 2022 at 2:12 pm
Catherine not one Russian player is in favor of the war. Why didn’t the tennis establishment gang up on and punish American players when USA attacked Libya, Iraq, Syria, Serbia? Where is the “equality”?
catherine · June 14, 2022 at 2:27 pm
Ask the AELTC – don’t ask me. I’m not in favour of the decision. IMO Johnson is in a big mess domestically and he wanted to make some kind of statement. And there’s no equality in international war games.
Anyway, a very bad precedent for tennis and maybe sport in general.
MATT SEGEL · June 14, 2022 at 2:28 pm
Well there is no question Novak is the clear favorite for his seventh Wimbledon.
To me the points should have been taken away because of the ban on Russian players (any nationality would have been wrong)
I think not carrying over some points from the prior year is a little suspect.
I think it’s more outrageous that America, Australia and Canada will not let him compete for 8000 points.
I think it goes beyond tennis and fanatical compliance is the bigger picture, but yeah Roger and Rafa seem to hate Novak.
Sam · June 14, 2022 at 4:38 pm
I’m hearing a lot of chatter of Djokovic fans dumping tennis after Novak is done, they are that disgusted by the corruption and bias.
Yes, I’m seriously thinking about dumping it—even while he’s still technically an active player. The whole stink coming from the sport is just too much. 🗑
Scoop Malinowski · June 14, 2022 at 9:13 pm
Sam, I hear you. And no one has the guts to speak out, I may be the only one though not a part of the establishment at all, though friendly with a few. in the last fifteen years I’ve seen how the boxing establishment has ruined boxing in America, now it’s tennis imploding.