Tsonga And Tipsarevic Complete Singles Field At London

Written by: Bob Larson Tennis on 2nd November 2012

BNP Paribas 2012 Masters Tennis Tournament

Tsonga And Tipsarevic Complete Singles Field At London

epa03456045 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga of France returns the ball to David Ferrer of Spain during their quarter final match at the BNP Paribas 2012 Masters tennis tournament in Paris, France, 02 November 2012. EPA/YOAN VALAT |

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and Janko Tipsarevic will complete the singles field at the 2012 Barclays ATP World Tour Finals, to be held at The O2 in London from November 5-12 They were confirmed following results at the BNP Paribas Masters in Paris on Thursday, where they both advanced to the quarter-finals.

Tsonga and Tipsarevic join Novak Djokovic, Roger Federer, Andy Murray, David Ferrer, Tomas Berdych and Juan Martin del Potro in the singles line-up, as the world’s best players battle for the last title of the season at The O2.

Tsonga has captured two ATP World Tour titles in 2012, at the Qatar ExxonMobil Open in Doha and at the Moselle Open in Metz . The current ATP World No. 7 will be making his third career appearance at the season finale.

Tipsarevic returns to The O2 for a second consecutive year, having appeared as an alternate in 2011 following Murray ’s withdrawal due to injury. The Serb picked up his third career ATP World Tour title this year at the MercedesCup in Stuttgart .

In doubles, Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi and Jean-Julien Rojer also booked their spot at the season finale by advancing to the quarter-finals in Paris on Thursday. The winner of Friday’s quarter-final in Paris between Mahesh Bhupathi/Rohan Bopanna and Mariusz Fyrstenberg/Marcin Matkowski will clinch the last remaining doubles berth.

Singles

Pos.

Name

YTD Points

N. Djokovic (SRB)

11,420

R. Federer (SUI)

9,465

A. Murray (GBR)

7,600

R. Nadal (ESP) (withdrawn)

6,795