great stuff, Jonathan.

But I disagree that Newport and Davis Cup should be the same weekend. Davis Cup is already becoming smaller and smaller in terms of hype, importance. Conflicting it with ATP events would only add to the decline. Instead, Davis Cup needs to be rebuilt.

Extending the grass season is a great idea. But I don't think that Queen's is the event which should become a TMS. London already has Wimbledon (only two weeks later) and the Masters Cup.

(And you should change Warsaw and Estoril. ;) In week 14, it's probably still too cold and wet for outdoor tennis in Poland)

Of course this is still a work in progress. ;)

Ricky, Newport is not really a high-caliber event. It is used more as a side show for the hall of fame inductions. I don't expect to see Federer and Nadal playing there anytime soon.

Zack, good thoughts on the grass season, but to me it just seemed that Queens would be the best place to hold a grass TMS (I'm still calling them TMS, I don't care what the establishment says).

Perhaps Halle could take the mantle, but whether or not their facilities are up to it, I do not know. As for the Warsaw/Estoril switch, that'd work just fine if the weather in Poland is such at that time.

Haha trust me I know what Newport is and isn't. I watch it religiously every year.

We're talking about the Davis Cup quarterfinals here, not the final. There will be EIGHT nations playing. That's 32 players, not even counting all the alternates and hitting partners. Without question some of those guys would otherwise have gone to Newport.

The two things that there aren't enough of in an ATP season are grass-court tournaments and Davis Cup. I don't see why we would put them at the same time and downgrade both of them.

JohnnyM, are you one more 'genius' among the others who're participating on this site, let me tell you one thing, tennis is not only Federer & Nadal playing, if I'm wrong, disproved me, it's not a question reserved only for these two guys, stop glorifying them, it's not appropriately, such an attitude like yours, insulting professional players and their fans, have you got my point???!!!

gordana, what are you on about?! what does that have anything to do with the article or the discussion in the comments?!

I havent insulted anyone, what are you on about, gordana? I used Fed and Nadal as an example

Gordana- I think you want every one to be fair, but I think people's tones are lost in translation for you. He's not saying Tennis is all about Nadal and Federer, he was just saying that none of the big stars are likely to play there, which is true. This includes the other tennis stars as well. They are just the two best examples since they ARE the two best players in the world.

JohnnyM-- Sorry if I'm crossing any boundaries here.

avalaine, I understood excellently, as matter of fact, my English knowledge is quite good, so you don't have to be an interpreter, usually, in all statistics people mentioning first three places, not only two as JohnnyM & you have said, therefore, two of them are not the only stars, let me remind you and others, Novak is number three, his name should appear there, anyway, he'll be number 2 very soon, most probably, some of blind fans will mention only Nadal in that context, my dear, nothing personal but I'm enough old to read between the rows, I'm getting sick of false stories, favoured and gloryfing player as Federer is, about Nadal all the best, I already said, he's number one, he deserves that position, he's nice personality, he's humble and nice guy, so if you remember, few days ago I've wished you welcome on this site with designation, I won't let anyone insulting Novak at all, in my point of view, it was an insult, cause, JohnnyM didn't mention number 3 player, which Novak is, don't you agree with me, regards...

of course we don't agree

this article has nothing to do with Djokovic, so if you want to keep discussing him, do so on one of the articles about him. This article isn't about Nadal or Federer, either.

Let's get back on topic, which is the schedule.