Does anyone think playing doubles affects Andy's chances of winning this tournament?
This debate has been on going since Andy starting entering double tournaments and has been blamed for more losses and early exits that his introduction of the “Yes-men”.
A lot of people do not want to accept the fact that Andy can have a bad day at the office and look for any excuse to justify why he has just lost a match, which in their eyes he should have won easily
I could understand it more when lack of fitness was more of an issue, but now with Andy going deep into the majority of tournaments and his performance in singles showing no adverse reaction to the additional workload it does not stand up, for me it does no harm in the slightest.
If fact over the course of his career it has probably done more good, for example earlier in his career he would travel to some events and go out early in the singles. But his doubles matches would prolong his involvement and give him much needed match practice and give him a break from a repetitive training schedule.
The same can be of this week after his short lay off last month, the additional time on court would have helped get him back into the swing of things so to speak with the added bonus of sharpening his reflexes at the net.
So as for affecting his chances of winning this tournament at least, I would say that if he wins it the doubles would have helped him do so.
