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[charlienomad]

I normally find the long break over the summer hard to cope with, but this year I'll be quite glad of it - the last few months have been tiring!  The thought of Andy having all those points to defend in the autumn is freaking me out

[Yamor]

Yes. To stop him falling out of the top 2 he needs Murray to lose to Roddick.

[terryfried]

if Fed wins his Davis cup games and Indianapolis he could take no 1 spot back on 27th making Murray No 1 for 1 week with no games played but undefeated as world no 1. would this be some kind of recored ?  Anyway the important thing is not his reaching no 1 for a week or two but maintaining no 2 which will mean some tournaments Fed and Nadal will meet each other in the semis which will make it easier for Andy to compete fairly with them.

[Yamor]

Basically, the points from two masters events from last year fall off a few weeks before they get played again this year, so even if Murray becomes number 1 by winning Wimbledon, Federer who is defending less points at these events will overtake him.

[Yamor]

Montreal, unless he takes a wildcard somewhere...

[Joe]

A whole month
Perhaps he'll play Indianapolis.

Was wondering about this the other day - it's a big gap and he might want some hardcourt practice before Montreal, but Washington is the biggest tourney before that and isn't well placed: if he plays Washington, he'll be playing three weeks in a row (Wash/Montreal/Cincy). He might well decide to do Indy, but I think he would have announced it by now.

[Yamor]

More then that, he'd need a wildcard. The entry lists for all these tournaments have already been announced, and Andy is not on any of them. That means as recently as a few weeks ago he was not planning on playing anything. He could change his mind and request a wildcard, but I think that's very unlikely.