He tried to get a wild card into the main draw at next week's ATP Swiss Open in Gstaad but was unsuccessful, and unless there are no shows, can't get into qualifying, either.The first priority for wild cards in qualifying are given to Swiss players, vice tournament director Julien Finkbeiner told CNN.
Yet, "it would be a good thing for us if he gets into the main draw," Finkbeiner said, presumably because of Troicki's standing as a former top-15 pro.
"He's going to need wild cards into anything, Futures even," said Reader, referring to the third rung of tennis' professional ladder where some titlists in the first week of July received about $2,000.
That's a huge initial huge wage cut for Troicki given first-round losers at Wimbledon pick up $46,000.
Troicki's suspension came with at least one positive.
He went back to school, studying sports management at Alfa University in Belgrade, and Reader said the rest Troicki's body received should add a "couple of years" to his career.
"It will take me another three or four years to graduate," Troicki said. "It was the first time I thought about what to do with myself after my tennis career because you stop doing what you love and all of a sudden I don't have anything.
A degree is "something that could be useful after my career," Troicki continued.
But for now, Troicki's goal is to re-establish himself at the elite level.
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