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The relative disaster that was round-robin play at the World Tour Finals has given way to a pair of intriguing semifinal matches; ones that could end a disturbing trend of blowouts and inject life into London's O2 Arena. Saturday's proceedings will begin with Novak Djokovic going up against Kei Nishikori before the nightcap features an all-Swiss showdown between Roger Federer and Stan Wawrinka.
The drama has been taken out of just about every singles match right from the start so far this week in London. Novak Djokovic did the same to the battle for the year-end No. 1 ranking.
When the draw for the 2014 World Tour Finals was revealed, the face off between Murray and Federer stood out as one of the picks, if not the pick, of the group stages. Not only was their head to head record poised at 11 wins for each man, but given the last two seasons, this match was perhaps more significant than it may have initially appeared.
David Ferrer put in the hard yards for four days at the World Tour Finals. Every day, he fulfilled the requirements of an alternate by being on site prior to each singles match--two on Sunday, two on Monday, two on Tuesday, and another two on Wednesday. That's what an alternate has to do in case one--or both--of the scheduled participants suddenly pulls out.
David Ferrer played London after all. Briefly. As you may have read in World News, on Thursday morning, Milos Raonic pulled out of London with a quadriceps injury. Of course, the fact that he was 0-2 no doubt played a role as well! So Ferrer got his spot for his match against Kei Nishikori.
Roger Federer has produced one masterclass after another at the World Tour Finals. Even with his opponents arguably becoming increasingly more difficult by the match, nothing has changed. Following successive straight-set wins over Milos Raonic and Kei Nishikori, the 33-year-old demolished Andy Murray 6-0, 6-1 in just 56 minutes on Thursday night.
Check out these photos from the Federer vs. Murray match at the ATP World Tour Finals in London.
Round-robin action will conclude and the semifinal matchups will be set by the time play at the World Tour Finals ends on Friday. Group A is wrapping up with Novak Djokovic vs. Tomas Berdych and Stan Wawrinka vs. Marin Cilic. Djokovic is already almost guaranteed to advance, while Cilic is likely on the way out of London regardless of his third singles result.
Singles match after singles match at the World Tour Finals has been a straight-set beatdown. Any one involving Novak Djokovic is not a particularly good candidate to end the trend. The top-ranked player in the world is simply playing too well overall, too well at this particular event, and too well indoors.
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Singles competition at the World Tour Finals gave us its seventh consecutive straight-setter when Tomas Berdych rolled over Marin Cilic 6-3, 6-1 on Wednesday afternoon.
If the London faithful got to choose, both Roger Federer and Andy Murray would be a part of Saturday's semifinals. And that still is a possibility even though the two fan favorites have to face each other on Thursday night at the World Tour Finals. Federer will already be through even before he takes the court if Kei Nishikori fails to beat Milos Raonic in straight sets.
Bob and Mike Bryan were three games away from falling to 0-2 in matches and 0-4 in sets at the World Tour Finals, a predicament that would almost certainly have been impossible to overcome. Instead, the Bryan Brothers stormed back from a set and 3-1 deficit to beat Jean-Julien Roger and Horia Tecau 6-7(4), 6-3, 10-6 on Wednesday afternoon.
Click here to see the latest results and order of play from the ATP World Tour Finals in London.
Even though Roger Federer is not yet assured of a place in the semifinals, fans went home happy from the O2 Arena on Tuesday at the World Tour Finals. They had the pleasure of witnessing stellar, straight-set performances from both Federer and Andy Murray. Federer remains in ideal shape to reach the last four in London while Murray stays alive.
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