Novak Djokovic Novak Djokovic v Andy Murray The winners on day one will go head-to-head in the most anticipated of the round robin matches. Novak Djokovic overcame a sluggish start to beat Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, 7-6 6-3. Tsonga dominated the first set and fashioned several break points, but he failed to assert his authority in the…
Roger Federer 1. Roger Federer v Janko Tipsarevic Roger Federer begins his title defence against the Janko Tipsarevic, who sneaked into the top eight by virtue of Rafael Nadal’s dodgy knees. Federer did not play Paris, which was a smart move following a run to the final in Basle. Tipsarevic made the quarter-finals of Paris…
Andy Murray Andy Murray v Tomas Berdych Andy Murray kicks off the World Tour Finals tomorrow with a potentially decisive tie against Tomas Berdych. Murray was knocked out of Paris by the eventual finalist, Jerzy Janowicz having wasted a match point. In fact, the last three matches Murray has played he wasted match points (Janowicz…
Lucie Safarova David Ferrer won his first ATP Masters 1000 events with a 6-4 6-3 victory over Jerzy Janowicz. It was a good final with a number of long games in the second set, but Ferrer fought threw and broke the resistance of Janowicz, who tired towards the end. Although the tournament lost a lot…
We are set for the final tournament of the year on the ATP tour as the top eight men battle it out for the prestigious price of being the World Tour Finals Champion. Lets take a look at the groups… Novak Djokovic GROUP A – Novak Djokovic, Andy Murray, Tomas Berdych and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga Group…
David Ferrer and Jerzy Janowicz will square off in an unlikely final to conclude the last of the ATP Masters 1000 events in 2012. Ferrer was the first person to break Michael Llodra‘s serve this week as he won 7-5 6-3, meanwhile Janowicz continued to play some stunning tennis with a straight sets win over…
Gilles Simon As was to be expected, the Paris draw has been completely decimated as the top eight have their minds focused on the World Tour Finals, which start on Monday. I predicted the upsets, but the wrong ones! Lets take a look at the surprise semi-finals… Gilles Simon v Jerzy Janowicz Jerzy Janowicz has…
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 1. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga v Nicolas Almagro The French hopes of a home champion will be high this week with a depleting draw offering an abundance of opportunities to the remaining French players in the draw. The highest ranked of those is Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, who overcame a tough second round match with Julien Benneteau,…
I have updated my predictions for Paris where I have made a pretty good start. The only real downnote was that my predicted semi-finalist, Julien Benneteau fell in a tight three setter against Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, 6-2 4-6 7-6. In other matches, Kei Nishikori beat Benoit Paire, who was booed off court at the end by…
Its time to put my prediction skills to test for the last ATP event of 2012 before we head to the O2 for the World Tour Finals. There will be no break between Paris and London this year and I have a feeling we could see the draw thin out rather quickly… Tomas Berdych QUARTER…
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