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Earlier in the week an Italian journalist went on a routine of asking all the players which one of the other players they’d most like to have dinner with and what question they’d ask that player. Four — Nishikori, Cilic, Raonic, and Wawrinka — chose Roger Federer, for differing reasons.
It will be a tale of two very different matchups on Wednesday at the World Tour Finals. Novak Djokovic and Stan Wawrinka both handed out 6-1, 6-1 breadsticks in their opening matches on Monday. The winner of their showdown will be almost--if not officially--a lock to reach the semifinals. On the other hand, Tomas Berdych and Marin Cilic are in dire need of a win.
Roger Federer may be the oldest participant at the World Tour Finals, but he sure is not looking like it. Or maybe he is, and age--plus experience--is an advantage. Kei Nishikori sure knows it's not a disadvantage after going down to Federer 6-3, 6-2 in just one hour and nine minutes on Tuesday afternoon.
Earlier in the week an Italian journalist went on a routine of asking all the players which one of the other players they'd most like to have dinner with and what question they'd ask that player. Four -- Nishikori, Cilic, Raonic, and Wawrinka -- chose Roger Federer, for differing reasons.
Four players lost their first match at the World Tour Finals. That always has been the case and always will be--barring a change in format. And every time they still have a chance to progress in the tournament and even win it. Such is the situation for Andy Murray, Milos Raonic, Tomas Berdych, and Marin Cilic.
Check out these awesome Roger Federer photos from the men's ATP World Tour finals at the 02 Arena in London.
Roger Federer and Kei Nishikori are in good shape after winning their first matches at the World Tour Finals and one will have either officially clinched or almost clinched a semifinal spot after they face each other on Tuesday. Andy Murray and Milos Raonic, on the other hand, are in dire need of a victory following opening losses.
Tomas Berdych's self-admitted worst performance of 2014 coincided with Stan Wawrinka's best match of this fall swing. The result was a 6-1, 6-1 blowout in the Swiss' favor that lasted a mere 58 minutes. Wawrinka is now 1-0 in round-robin competition at the World Tour Finals, while Berdych is 0-1 and likely to be in a serious tiebreaker deficit having won only two games.
Andy Murray is misunderstood. He really is. The guy always gives his all. Usually he wears his heart on his sleeve but yesterday in London @theO2 arena it was a "POPPY" on his sleeve . Why a POPPY ? No he isn't being sponsored by a Colombian cartel. It's because the British people honor the ones who have fallen in war.
Group B play at the World Tour Finals will begin on Monday after Group A action got started with wins by Roger Federer and Kei Nishikori. Stan Wawrinka and Tomas Berdych will kick off the Day 2 proceedings in the afternoon, to be followed by Novak Djokovic vs. Marin Cilic. Of the four, only Cilic has never previously made a London appearance.
The afternoon crowd left the O2 Arena a little bit disappointed, but Sunday's night-session fans got exactly what they came to see: vintage Roger Federer. Federer kicked off his 2014 World Tour Finals campaign with a 6-1, 7-6(0) round-robin win over Milos Raonic. That had been preceded by Andy Murray's 6-4, 6-4 loss to Kei Nishikori.
The long-awaited and much-anticipated World Tour Finals will finally get underway on Sunday. Kei Nishikori and Andy Murry will kick off the singles proceedings in the afternoon, while Roger Federer and Milos Raonic are set to headline the night session. The portraits have been taken, the selfies have been tweeted; now it's time for tennis!
Check out these ATP / WTA group photos from the Barclays.
Tomas Berdych is delighted to have qualified for the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals for a fifth straight season, but realises this year’s event at The O2 could be the toughest yet.
With the final tournament of the 2014 ATP World Tour season just two days away, Novak Djokovic is looking ahead to a potentially historic week at the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals.
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