ATP TENNIS FROM BASEL , SWITZERLAND ROGER FEDERER IS IN THE FINAL @ HOME , THE BARCLAYS LONDON FINALS RACE HEATS UP

Written by: Staff on 25th October 2014

Swiss Indoors tennis tournament in Basel

ATP TENNIS FROM BASEL , SWITZERLAND ROGER FEDERER IS IN THE FINAL @ HOME , THE BARCLAYS LONDON FINALS RACE HEATS UP

epa04463400 Switzerland's Roger Federer returns to Croatia's Ivo Karlovic during their semi final match at the Swiss Indoors tennis tournament at the St. Jakobshalle in Basel, Switzerland, 25 October 2014. EPA/GEORGIOS KEFALAS |

BASEL DREAM FINAL ROGER FEDERER IS BETTERER , RF KNOCKS OUT IVO KARLOVIC IN 3 SETS IN THE SEMIS TO SET UP FINALS AGAINST DAVID GOFFIN

TIDBITS

* Murray closes in on London berth with tough win over Ferrer

* Will take on Robredo after Spaniard earns career win #500

* Federer to face Goffin in Basel

BASEL

Singles – Semifinal: (1) R Federer def. (8) I Karlovic 7-6(10-8) 3-6 6-3

Ivo Karlovic’s serve was humming — you don’t hit 33 aces against Roger Federer otherwise! Federer’s serve was pretty good, too — he faced only two break points, whereas Karlovic faced four. But Karlovic managed to convert on one chance, and in the second set, Karlovic’s serve was untouchable — 13 aces in the set, 78% of first serves in, 88% of points won on first serve. So Federer needed three sets. But, with that three set win, he moves to within 850 points of Novak Djokovic in the contest for year-end #1. As long as Federer doesn’t run out of steam, this could be really interesting.

He also reaches his ninth straight final at this event, and eleventh overall.

Karlovic will probably be #27.

Switzerland’s Roger Federer returns to Croatia’s Ivo Karlovic during their semi final match at the Swiss Indoors tennis tournament at the St. Jakobshalle in Basel, Switzerland, 25 October 2014. EPA/GEORGIOS KEFALAS

Singles – Semifinal: (7) D Goffin def. (WC) B Coric 6-4 3-6 6-3

No matter what happened here, this was going to be a big breakthrough for someone. Given the way it turned out, it’s arguably a breakthrough for both players. David Goffin has made two previous finals, but this tournament is bigger and tougher. And just by getting this far, he rises to #22. A title would make him #21. Borna Coric doesn’t make his first final, but he increases his points by about a third; he’ll rise from #124 to around #95, so he’ll get direct entry into the Australian Open.

Doubles – Semifinal: Draganja/Kontinen def. (1) Dodig/Melo 6-3 2-6 10-4

This appears to mean that Dodig/Melo will go to Paris still at #7 in the Race. So they will have more work to do in Paris.

Doubles – Semifinal: (2) Pospisil/Zimonjic def. Inglot/Mergea 7-6(8-6) 4-6 10-4

This marks twice the team of Pospisil/Zimonjic makes life interesting this week. The first was because Vasek Pospisil plays Davis Cup doubles with Daniel Nestor, who usually plays with Nenad Zimonjic. But the fact that they’re in the final makes things even more interesting, because it appears that this will take Zimonjic ahead of Nestor in the rankings. Which probably means that he will be the year-end #3.

Valencia

Singles – Semifinal: (3) (WC) A Murray def. (1) D Ferrer 6-4 7-5

All right, this may not be the craziest thing ever recorded, but it has to come close. The organizers had a match between David Ferrer and Andy Murray — and they made it the day match, not the night match? Maybe they didn’t want a prime time audience to watch Ferrer suffer. It took almost two hours, but Murray took out last year’s finalist. That means that Ferrer will fall from #5 to #6 in the rankings. But the news is even worse in the Race, where we show Ferrer as #10. He still has a shot at London, especially with Rafael Nadal out, but a win here would really have helped.

Spanish tennis player David Ferrer returns to Andy Murray of Britain during their Valencia Open 500 semi final match played at the Agora tennis court in Valencia, Spain, 25 October 2014. EPA/KAI FOERSTERLING

Andy Murray of Britain returns to Spanish David Ferrer during their Valencia Open 500 semi final match played at the Agora tennis court in Valencia, Spain, 25 October 2014. EPA/KAI FOERSTERLING

Murray is still at #9 in the rankings, but he’ll make it to #8 if he wins the title. More to the point, he’s already up to #6 in the Race, and if he wins the title, he’s #5. With Rafael Nadal not playing, we’d say the title would clinch for him. We currently show the Race as follows:

1..Djokovic………9010 MAX:.10010 * CLINCHED

2..Federer……… 8170 MAX:..9520 * CLINCHED

3..Nadal……….. 6835 MAX:..6835 * CLINCHED (but will not play)

4..Wawrinka………4805 MAX:..5805 * CLINCHED

5..Nishikori……. 4265 MAX:..5265 *

6..Murray………..4185 MAX:..5685 *

7..Cilic……….. 4150 MAX:..5150 * CLINCHED

8..Berdych……… 4105 MAX:..5105 *

9..Raonic………..3840 MAX:..4840 *

10..Ferrer………..3805 MAX:..4835 *

11..Dimitrov………3555 MAX:..4965 *

12..Tsonga………..2650 MAX:..3650 * OUT

13..Gulbis………..2455 MAX:..3455 * OUT

14..Lopez……….. 2040 MAX:..3065 * OUT

15..Bautista Agut… 2020 MAX:..3020 * OUT

Singles – Semifinal: T Robredo def. J Chardy 7-6(9-7) 7-6(7-2)

It’s not the Spaniard we expected in the final, but at least it’s a Spaniard in the final, so the locals have someone to cheer for. Tommy Robredo is up to at least #17; Jeremy Chardy will have to settle for #30.

This has been quite a place for milestones. Earlier this week, David Ferrer won career victory #600. For Tommy Robredo, this was career win #500. He conceded, “It is only a number, but it is a special number. If somebody told me I would win five hundred matches at the beginning of my career, I’d take it. Well, I’m here. Now I should go for six hundred.” There are only seven active players with 500 career wins — and three of them are Spaniards: Robredo, Ferrer, and Rafael Nadal.

Doubles – Semifinal: (4) Rojer/Tecau def. L Mayer/J Sousa 6-4 7-6(7-3)

Rojer/Tecau are still at #6 in the Race, but their grip on that spot is now strong enough that they look like pretty good bets for London.

STATS AND FACTS

RANKINGS

Estimated ATP World Tour Rankings

As of October 25, 2014

Rank &

Prior…Player………..Points

1..(1) Djokovic……….11510

2..(2) Federer…………9080

3..(3) Nadal…………..8195

4..(4) Wawrinka………..5385

5..(6) Berdych…………4485

6..(5) Ferrer………….4465

7..(7) Nishikori……….4355

8..(8) Cilic…………..4105

9.(10) Murray………….4095

10..(9) Raonic………….3930

11.(11) Dimitrov………..3645

12.(12) Tsonga………….2660

13.(13) Gulbis………….2465

14.(15) Lopez…………..2085

15.(14) Bautista Agut……2065

16.(16) Isner…………..1970

16.(21) Robredo…………1970

18.(17) Anderson………..1945

19.(18) Simon…………..1810

20.(19) Fognini…………1790

21.(20) Monfils…………1735

22.(28) Goffin………….1566

23.(22) Gasquet…………1485

24.(23) Kohlschreiber……1460

25.(24) Dolgopolov………1455

26.(25) Mayer…………..1404

27.(31) Karlovic………..1355

28.(26) Benneteau……….1330

29.(30) Rosol…………..1245

30.(34) Chardy………….1205

DRAWS

Basel — Week of October 20, 2014

…………..QF………….SF……….F

1 Federer…..(1)Federer…..Federer…..Federer

5 Dimitrov….(5)Dimitrov

3 Wawrinka….Becker

8 Karlovic….(8)Karlovic….Karlovic

7 Goffin……(7)Goffin……Goffin……Goffin

4 Raonic……(4)Raonic

6 Gulbis……Coric(WC)……Coric

2 Nadal…….(2)Nadal

STATUS OF SEEDS:

1 Federer

2 Nadal…….lost QF (Coric)

3 Wawrinka….lost 1R (Kukushkin)

4 Raonic……lost QF (Goffin)

5 Dimitrov….lost QF (Federer)

6 Gulbis……lost 1R (Coric)

7 Goffin

8 Karlovic….lost SF (Federer)

Valencia — Week of October 19, 2014

………………QF………………SF………F

1 Ferrer……….(1)Ferrer………..Ferrer

6 Bautista Agut…Bellucci(Q)

3 Murray (WC)…..(3)Murray(WC)…….Murray…..Murray

7 Anderson……..(7)Anderson

8 Simon………..Chardy…………..Chardy

4 Lopez………..Carreno Busta(WC)

5 Isner………..Robredo………….Robredo….Robredo

2 Berdych (WC)….Andujar

STATUS OF SEEDS:

1 Ferrer………lost SF (Murray)

2 Berdych (WC)…lost 1R (Andujar)

3 Murray (WC)

4 Lopez……….lost 2R (Carreno Busta)

5 Isner……….lost 1R (Robredo)

6 Bautista Agut..WITHDREW from 2R

7 Anderson…….lost QF (Ferrer)

8 Simon……….lost 1R (Dolgopolov)

Basel — Week of October 27, 2014

1 Djokovic

–bye

Kohlschreiber

Roger-Vasselin (WC)

Sousa

Monfils

–bye

13 Isner

9 Dimitrov

–bye

L Mayer

Cuevas

Benneteau

–bye

8 Murray

4 Ferrer

–bye

Rosol

Goffin (SE)

Qualifier

Verdasco

–bye

15 Simon

10 Tsonga

–bye

Melzer (PR)

Garcia-Lopez

Robredo

Pospisil

–bye

6 Nishikori

5 Berdych

–bye

Herbert (WC)

Mannarino (WC)

Janowicz

Qualifier

–bye

12 Lopez

14 Anderson

–bye

Youzhny

Giraldo

Thiem

Dolgopolov

–bye

3 Wawrinka

7 Raonic

–bye

Qualifier

Andujar

Gasquet

Qualifier

–bye

11 Bautista Agut

16 Fognini

–bye

Karlovic

Qualifier

Chardy

–bye

2 Federer

SCORES

SATURDAY

Basel

Singles – Semifinal

(1) R Federer def. (8) I Karlovic 7-6(10-8) 3-6 6-3

(7) D Goffin def. (WC) B Coric 6-4 3-6 6-3

Doubles – Semifinal

Draganja/Kontinen def. (1) Dodig/Melo 6-3 2-6 10-4

(2) Pospisil/Zimonjic def. Inglot/Mergea 7-6(8-6) 4-6 10-4

Valencia

Singles – Semifinal

(3) (WC) A Murray def. (1) D Ferrer 6-4 7-5

T Robredo def. J Chardy 7-6(9-7) 7-6(7-2)

Doubles – Semifinal

(4) Rojer/Tecau def. L Mayer/J Sousa 6-4 7-6(7-3)

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CONTENT VIA Bob LARSON TENNIS NEWS.

Topics: Andy Murray, Atp, Basel, Borna Coric, David Ferrer, David Goffin, Federer is betterer, Ivo Karlovic, Roger Federer, Tennis

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