Djokovic faces $1.6m Paris dilemma

PARIS, Nov 9 (AFP): Injured world number one Novak Djokovic stands to lose $1.6 million in ATP bonus pool money if he fails to play at this week's Paris Masters. The top seed has until his match on Wednesday against Croatian Ivan Dodig, a 4-6, 6-1, 6- 3 first-round winner over Fabio Fognini, to decide if fitness or finances will prevail. But fellow multi-millionaire and fourth-ranked rival Roger Federer hinted on Tuesday that the potential massive loss of income might actually mean little in the grand scheme to the most successful player of the season. "It's a good problem to have, right, he's already made 10 million bucks (on court) this year," said Federer, whose own earnings in what for him is a modest season total $3.8 million and counting from prize money. "Look, it's up to him, really. "Is money everything? Clearly not. Clearly it helps, but I think he's made so much this year it shouldn't matter." Djokovic, winner of ten titles this year, is suffering from a re-occurrence of a shoulder injury after losing only his fourth