TENNIS NEWS: ONE YEAR AFTER BEING THE ALTERNATE, DAVID FERRER SOARS INTO THE BARCLAYS WORLD TOUR FINALS @ THE 02 ARENA IN LONDON & RICKY’S EARLY PICKS

Written by: Staff on 9th November 2015

BNP Paribas 2015 Masters Tennis Tournament

TENNIS NEWS: ONE YEAR AFTER BEING THE ALTERNATE, DAVID FERRER SOARS INTO THE BARCLAYS WORLD TOUR FINALS @ THE 02 ARENA IN LONDON & RICKY'S EARLY PICKS

epa05014594 Spain's David Ferrer returns the ball to John Isner of the US during their quarter-finals match at the BNP Paribas 2015 Masters tennis tournament in Paris, France, 06 November 2015. EPA/IAN LANGSDON |

By Ricky Dimon

In the week leading up to the Barclay ATP World Tour Finals, 10sballs.com‘s Ricky Dimon will profile every one of the eight singles qualifiers, starting with No. 7. and culminating with No. 1. Up next is David Ferrer, who is making a sixth appearance at the O2.

Season in review: After plunging from No. 3 in the world to 10th during the 2014 campaign and missing the World Tour Finals (he played one match at alternate), Ferrer had to be considered an underdog for London when this season began with the Spaniard approaching his 33rd birthday in early April.

As he often does, however, Ferrer made a mockery of diminished expectations and is rolling into the 02 despite having missed two months this summer–including London–because of an elbow injury. The world No. 7 captured five titles, including a pair of 500-pointers in Rio de Janeiro and Acapulco. He also opened the year by winning arguably the biggest of all 250s in Doha. Ferrer did not fare quite as well at the most important tournaments, but he at least reached one Masters 1000 semifinals (Rome) and three other Masters 1000 quarters in addition to a quarterfinal performance at the French Open.

2015 record: 55-13

Fall record (post-U.S. Open): 17-3

Best tournament: Acapulco title

d. Igor Sijsling 6-3, 7-6(4)

d. Marinko Matosevic 7-6(3), 6-4

d. Bernard Tomic 6-4, 3-6, 6-1

d. Ryan Harrison 4-6, 6-0, 6-0

d. Kei Nishikori 6-3, 7-5

Biggest win at different tournament: d. Tomas Berdych 6-4, 7-5 in Doha final

World Tour Finals appearances: 6

World Tour Finals record: 8-11

Best World Tour Finals result: Runner-up (2007)

Record against other World Tour Finals qualifiers: 36-85

vs. Novak Djokovic: 5-16

vs. Andy Murray: 6-11

vs. Roger Federer: 0-16

vs. Stan Wawrinka: 7-6

vs. Rafael Nadal: 6-23

vs. Tomas Berdych: 8-5

vs. Kei Nishikori: 4-8

Quotable: “It’s been an unbelievable season, winning five titles and it’s great to be playing well…. It’s an honor to be back in London and be amongst the best players in the world once again. It’s been a great season for me and I really look forward to the tournament.”

Outlook: The elbow injury may have turned out to be somewhat of a blessing in disguise for Ferrer, who returned from his layoff well-rested and quite simply on fire. He is 19-4 since his comeback began and 17-3 in 20 contests during this fall swing. What is concerning for Ferrer, of course, is the competition level. The seventh seed cleaned up at smaller tournaments in 2015 but routine losses to Djokovic (Beijing) and Murray (Paris) were indicative of his struggles against the world’s best–whom he will obviously be up against in London. Although Ferrer is a respectable 8-11 lifetime at the year-end championship, he is winless in his last four London matches.

Ricky contributes to 10sballs.com and also maintains his own tennis website, The Grandstand.

Topics: Atp, David Ferrer, London tennis, Ricky Dimon, Sports, Tennis News, World Tour Finals

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