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[Joe]

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.

Yeah, I think he'll choose the Federer/Nadal route of coming back straight at a Masters event and knowing that he's good enough to find his form straight away. He already has the full points available in his ranking for 250 events anyway, so he'd only been doing it as a warmup.

Players need four 500 results in the ranking, right? So he's played Rotterdam and Dubai so far - any idea what he'll choose for the rest of the season? I understand he needs to play one after the USO so I guess he'll choose one of the Asian 500s (Beijing/Tokyo), but which other one? Basel/Valencia might be overkill at that tailend heading into the Tour Finals... could he slot his Monte Carlo SF result into the 4th 500 position?

[Elly]

Patience, Elly, let's get him through tomorrow first...

I know..... patience is not my strong point, Joe.  

[Elly]

I wasn't talking about Murray btw, was just making a comment about how the British public will react.

I know, but what I mean is that if he wins it, then it's not going to be some seven day wonder.  There will be more to come, and then the public will sit up and take notice.

[Allan]

Andy's playing Valencia. It's on their site.

[Mark]

I know, but what I mean is that if he wins it, then it's not going to be some seven day wonder.  There will be more to come, and then the public will sit up and take notice.

Maybe a few more days per year for the latter stages of the other Slams, I doubt anything more. Generally I wouldn't expect the British public and the media to take much more interest in tennis for anything but Wimbledon. In fact, my worry is once his won Wimbledon, the media and public interest will be even less in future because his finally done the impossible.

[Elly]

Maybe a few more days per year for the latter stages of the other Slams, I doubt anything more. Generally I wouldn't expect the British public and the media to take much more interest in tennis for anything but Wimbledon. In fact, my worry is once his won Wimbledon, the media and public interest will be even less in future because his finally done the impossible.

Killjoy

[Bevc]

If he wins Wimbledon, none of that matters; a) because the whole country will go tennis mad and he'll be knighted

Definitely on the cards!  I expect an OBE at the very least come new year

[dhoward012]

Only 2 possible scenarios for next Monday's rankings now:

If Federer wins the final:

1. Federer 11,220
2. Nadal 10,735
3. Murray 9,450
4. Djokovic 8,150

If Federer loses the final:

1. Nadal 10,735
2. Federer 10,420
3. Murray 9,450
4. Djokovic 8,150

At least Andy has a relatively healthy lead over Djokovic now.  Despite the points to come off later in July and early August, he is still within striking distance of the top 2.