Roger Federer Feels London Draw is Evenly Matched

Written by: Staff on 17th November 2011

BNP Paribas 2011 Masters Tennis Tournament

Roger Federer Feels London Draw is Evenly Matched

Roger Federer of Switzerland returns the ball to Jo-Wilfried Tsonga of France during their final match at the BNP Paribas 2011 Masters Tennis tournament in Paris, France, 13 November 2011. EPA/HORACIO VILLALOBOS |

Roger Federer feels the groups are evenly matched at the World Tour Finals, with no particular favorites. Of course, the smart Swiss is perhaps sandbagging a bit, playing down his rising chances as a repeat titleholder after winning Basel and Paris titles back-to-back.

The No. 4 won his fifth season-wrap-up trophy a year ago as he beat Rafael Nadal in the final.

No. 1 Novak Djokovic showed no sign of a longstanding shoulder problem as he appeared on an Italian television variety show this week, but remains a question mark after withdrawing before a Paris quarter-final.

“Everybody can beat everybody – I don’t feel like five, six, seven and eight (players) have no chance – I definitely feel like they have a chance to go deep,” said Federer.

“I think these groups we’re going to see have potential for everybody to win the tournament. It’s not like in maybe other years where there was one or two such clear favorites, and after that it would have been a huge surprise.

“I think this year it’s much more even, and that makes then the groups nicely balanced.”

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