Qué razón tiene Andy Roddick
14 de Noviembre de 2007
Había pasado por alto una entrada del 9 de noviembre en la web de Andy Roddick, y en la que dice:
So I have a little bit of a problem that has been bothering me… […] so during my match in Lyon I was feeling the effects of a previous injury a bit and also tweaked my right ankle a bit… I pulled out of Paris knowing that I needed to get back to heal and spend the next eight days putting a bunch of work into leg fitness training in Austin to make sure i was healthy for Shanghai and Davis Cup… […] anyways, I got fined 20 grand for not going to Paris. […] I thought it was a smarter play to be at home with my doctors and trainers preparing to make sure I was healthy for masters which by the way is an ATP run event….. so I get fined 20 large which is a flawed system but I have gotten used to it….. fine…put it on my tab…..I read 3 days later that Nikolay Davydenko has been fined 2 grand for not trying in a match… […] in essence they are setting the precedent that preparing and getting healthy for their year end event is worth a 20 grand fine, but tanking (again I have no opinion on guilt or innocence here) only warrants 2 grand….taking care of injuries and health to be prepared for their event= 20 grand……….. not trying= 2 grand…anyone else see a problem with this??
Es un poco largo pero vamos a resumir. Roddick se lesiona en Lyon y se va a casa, saltándose el torneo de París, para estar a punto para la Masters Cup en Shanghai. Le preocupa acabar de lesionarse o no estar bien en ninguno de los dos eventos y la ATP premia ese comportamiento con una multa de 20,000 $ por no participar en el TMS de París. Luego se entera de que han multado a Davydenko con 2,000 $ por no luchar lo suficiente en el partido contra Cilic.
Efectivamente, Roddick ha captado la esencia del asunto. Es más barato ir a París y hacer el tonto en primera ronda. Cobras por ir, y como mucho la multa, si es que te llega porque ya sería raro, es una décima parte.
Luego se preguntarán por qué hay tantas espantadas de favoritos en las primeras rondas.