Roger Federer To Make $10 Million For Exhibition Matches In Latin America

Roger Federer is skipping Davis Cup and ATP Cup to play exhibition matches in Latin America.  Reports indicate that Federer will make $2 million per match. Since his playing 5 exhibition matches, his overall haul will be $10 million.

Organizers confirmed that despite the situation in Chile, Federer will play exhibition matches as scheduled.

Federer beat Novak Djokovic yesterday to reach the semi finals of the Nitto ATP Finals. If he reaches the finals, he will have only one day off before he starts off his exhibition tour in Santiago. His schedule is as follows.

🇨🇱 11/19 – Santiago

🇦🇷 11/20 – BuenosAires

🇨🇴 11/22 – Bogota

🇲🇽 11/23 – MexicoCity

🇪🇨 11/24 – Quito

Federer plans donate most of the earnings from the exhibition matches to his charity.

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Bryan Brothers To Retire After 2020 US Open

Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan announced today that they will retire from professional tennis after the 2020 US Open.

The retirement of the Bryan brothers, the greatest doubles team of all time,  will mark the end of a remarkable run. They  have been playing on the tour for 21 years. The retirement of the 41-year old twins is not surprising considering their age and ranking.  The Bryan brothers ended 2019 ranked 27th in the world.

The Bryan brothers have captured an Open Era record of 118 titles careers, including all four Grand Slams, all  9 ATP Masters 1000s,  4 WTF  ATP Finals titles and an Olympic gold medal.  They won more than 1,100 matches in their career, with a winning percentage over 75. For more than a decade, the  Bryans won the ATP Tour Fans’ Favorite Team award.

The Bryan brothers spent 438 total weeks and ended 10 seasons as the No. 1 ranked team in the world.

“We wanted to see if we wanted to keep going,” Mike told the Tennis Channel Live, “and we’ve decided that 2020, at the [US] Open, we’re going to shut it down. One more season—and we’re excited for it.”

“Obviously, very difficult decision, big decision—we’ve been on tour for 21 years, more than half our lives,” said Bob Bryan. “Tennis is in our blood, so it feels like a part of us is dying.”

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