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World Tour Finals – semifinals

2nd semifinal: (2)Roger Federer d. (3)Andy Murray  7-6(5), 6-2    [1:33 h] Their third meeting this year in London after Wimbledon (Federer won 3-1) and Olympics (Murray won 3-0)… The Scot, who got their last two matches easily (Olympics and Shanghai) … Continue reading

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World Tour Finals – Day 5 + 6

Group B – second round: Day 6 12. (4)David Ferrer d. (8)Janko Tipsarevic  4-6, 6-3, 6-1    [2:06 h] No pressure at all, in fact some kind of an exhibition encounter, forgetting about 200 ATP points at stake (50 points more … Continue reading

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World Tour Finals – Day 3 + 4

Group B – second round: Day 4 8. (6)Juan Martin del Potro d. (8)Janko Tipsarevic  6-0, 6-4    [1:16 h] The Serb had some bizarre problems with his equipment, he broke strings in his four racquets (twice already during the … Continue reading

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World Tour Finals – Day 1 + 2

Group B – first round: Day 2 4. (4)David Ferrer d. (6)Juan Martin del Potro  6-3, 3-6, 6-4    [2:16 h] The hottest indoor players this season (Ferrer 12-1 record, Del Potro 18-2), which sounds funny given the fact Argentines … Continue reading

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Paris – final

(4)David Ferrer d. (q)Jerzy Janowicz        6-4, 6-3      [1:27 h] Beautiful dream of the 21-year-old Pole came to an end. It’s always tough to say whether one guy plays so poorly because the other is so … Continue reading

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Paris – semifinals

2nd semifinal: (4)David Ferrer d. (WC)Michael Llodra        7-5, 6-3                [1:50 h] It would have been completely different match if Llodra had converted 1 of 10 break points in the 1st … Continue reading

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Paris – round 3rd + QF’s

Quarterfinals It might have been a great day for the Frenchmen. There were three French guys in quarterfinals and each of them had a reasonable chance to move through to the last 4, however, “only” two of them fulfilled expectations; … Continue reading

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Paris – round 1st + 2nd

Defending champion Roger Federer after losing in his hometown Basel to Juan Martin del Potro, didn’t catch an optimistic mood and withdrew from the last 1000 event of the year to rest and prepare for the ATP World Tour Finals … Continue reading

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43rd Week

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Six of seven contenders for the last spot in London disappointed this week, only Richard Gasquet thanks to reaching semifinal increased his chances. Admittedly Jo-Wilfried Tsonga isn’t confirmed officially yet, but his point-advantage over the next player in the ranking … Continue reading

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42nd Week

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Russian tennis has been in crisis in the last couple of years. The best Russians drop in the ATP ranking, the best players in the world aren’t interested in playing in Russia due to different reasons. It was especially visible … Continue reading

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