Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh. The ATP season concluded in rather surreal fashion as Roger Federer was forced to pull out of Sunday’s final at the O2 with a back injury meaning that Novak Djokovic is the World Tour Finals champion for 2014. Rumours were circling after Federer didn’t show for his practice session at 3pm. After another brilliant…
It’s time for the FINAL PREVIEW OF 2014… The final of the 2014 World Tour Finals will be contested between Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer, starting at 6pm UK time on Sunday. It is the final most people predicted a week ago and it is certainly the one I wanted to see. Kei Nishikori and…
The second of the semi-finals on Saturday will feature the winner of group B, Roger Federer up against the runner-up of group A, Stan Wawrinka. This is a high profile semi-final, but this hasn’t been an encouraging tag at the O2 this year with most of the anticipated matches offering quick and one-sided contests. Wawrinka…
Novak Djokovic and Kei Nishikori will kick off semi-finals day on Saturday at the 2014 ATP World Tour Finals as they play each other for fourth time in 2014. As predicted, Djokovic sailed through his round robin group with straight set wins over Marin Cilic (6-1 6-1), Stan Wawrinka (6-3 6-0) and Tomas Berdych (6-2…
Thursday began with Milos Raonic pulling out of the tournament before his scheduled match with Kei Nishikori. This meant that David Ferrer played Nishikori in the afternoon match and HALLELUJAH, we had a three setter and a good match. Roger Federer is through to the semi-finals with Andy Murray needing to beat Federer in straight…
As the singles matches continue to disappoint, the doubles matches have been attracting the attention they deserve. Tuesday night’s match featuring Ivan Dodig and Marcelo Melo against Marcel Granollers and Marc Lopez was a particular highlight. In Wednesday’s first doubles match, the Bryan Brothers came from a set down to earn their first win of…
On Monday, group A produced four breakstick sets and two matches lasting less than one hour. It is very rare to see such one-sided matches on the ATP tour, particularly at a tournament of this calibre. Here are recaps from Monday and previews looking ahead to the second set of matches from group A on…
The third day of action at the World Tour Finals in London will see the second set of matches from group B with Roger Federer against Kei Nishikori at not before 2pm and Andy Murray against Milos Raonic at not before 8pm. After a day of breadsticks, it would be nice to see a competitive…
The World Tour Finals are in town and being just one hour away from London, I couldn’t turn down the opportunity of live tennis! Here’s my recap of the action from Monday evening including some of my photos. I didn’t take my big lens so the pictures aren’t great. I’ve posted the whole album and…
Monday’s night match features world number one, Novak Djokovic up against the US Open champion, Marin Cilic. Djokovic was in stunning form in Paris. He looked focused and motivated on court despite the recent birth of his first child and won the title without dropping a set. It’s been another impressive year for Djokovic, the…
