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Originally Posted by Hot_Flatus
Good for him, he has a decent shot of beating Etcheverry.
You've really got to sympathize with these guys who are 70, 80 and 90 ranked in the world. It's pretty brutal they have no place to play at an ATP level during these events (basically the entire month of March) if they don't survive qualifying.
The tour needs to either expand the draws at 1000s or start adding smaller 250s in the second weeks of these events. Vancouver and another U.S. city could easily hold a 250 during weeks of the 10th-16th and 24th - 30th.
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I agree with all of the above HF, but would you be surprised to learn that Gabriel already has over 1 million in career earnings (a large portion of that I'm sure came from the US Open run last year). I didn't think he had earned that much money already. I think that is part of the PTPA's lawsuit, they are looking to better distribute prize money to lower ranked players.