End of the road for round-robin format

ATP reported that it has decided to scrap the round-robin format. Given the recent mix-up at Las Vegas Open and unfavorable responses from players like Federer (another big "I told you so" from him), Safin, Blake and Roddick, this isn't exactly an unexpected turn of events. While many insisted that what may seem to work in theory may not do so in practice when ATP first announced its intention to use the format, actually giving the format a try is the usually the only way to find out. It's just unfortunate that some players like Blake had to have their chances at a tournament title fall victim to the complicated and confusing rules of the format.