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Audi has become the Official Car of the BNP Paribas Open, the largest WTA and ATP World Tour combined two-week event in the world, to be held March 9-22, 2015 @ the Indian Wells Tennis Garden in Indian Wells California 92210.
The Barclays ATP World Tour Finals is just three days away, and the latest Tennis Podcast, a free, downloadable tennis radio show, previews the draw and reflects upon some of the most memorable moments that the season-ending event has thrown up over the years.
If by some chance you happen to think someone other than Novak Djokovic or Roger Federer will win London, now is the time to place your bets. You'll get good odds. Djokovic has won the last two editions of the event. Federer won the two before that. That takes us to 2009.
The team here @10sballs.com are packing up the bags and counting down the hours till their arrivals in London. It looks like a small circus. But then again this week we saw players traveling with massage tables and hyperbaric chambers...
The 2014 World Tour Finals singles field is set thanks to Milos Raonic's quarterfinal win at the BNP Paribas Masters on Friday followed by David Ferrer's loss. Facing a must-win situation, Raonic beat Roger Federer for the first time in his career. Ferrer had to answer with a victory of his own, but he fell to Kei Nishikori 3-6, 7-6(5), 6-4.
Andy Murray's late-season surge officially has him in the World Tour Finals after the Scot rolled over Grigor Dimitrov 6-3, 6-3 in the third round of the BNP Paribas Masters on Thursday afternoon. Murray, who is 20-2 since the U.S. Open with all three of his 2014 titles coming this fall, cruised into the Paris quarterfinals and set up a showdown with world No. 1 Novak Djokovic.
“I felt fine,” said Andy Murray, having dispatched Julien Benneteau 6-3, 6-4 as if it was perfectly normal to be playing one’s sixth consecutive tournament in six straight weeks. But what Murray has achieved during that barnstorming run that has made him all but certain of a place amongst the top eight at the ATP Finals in London is anything but normal.
Andy Murray soared from eighth to fifth in the 2014 ATP race to the World Tour Finals by outlasting Tommy Robredo 3-6, 7-6(7), 7-6(8) in an epic final of the Valencia Open on Sunday. Although he has not yet mathematically clinched, Murray's third title of the fall swing makes him virtually a lock to qualify for London.
Not only did Rafael Nadal lose his match in Basel, he also announced that he was pulling out of Paris for were originally called "personal reasons." Which turns out to be appendix surgery (scheduled for November 3); he is through for the year. He'll have to rest for more than a month before resuming training.
Sunday's showdown between David Ferrer and Andy Murray at the Erste Bank Open not only had a title on the line but also World Tour Finals implications. The two veterans entered this week separated by one spot in the race to London, both outside the top eight with Ferrer in ninth and Murray in 10th.
The current state of Rafael Nadal’s appendix and his appetite for tennis over the next dark and indoor month in Northern Europe, is turning into something of a saga.
Indoor tennis is all about speed of thought. Conditions are controlled, so there are no variables like sun or wind. Tennis balls often bounce lower and generally skid through the court. It all means that players are forced to be aggressive in their shot selection and match tactics.
Click here to see the latest photos from the Shanghai Rolex Masters.
Rafael Nadal is set to go against doctor’s orders and play tomorrow in the Shanghai Rolex Masters after spending three days undergoing hospital treatment for appendicitis.
Rafael Nadal returns to TennisTV on Tuesday as he makes his comeback from injury at the China Open in Beijing, alongside Novak Djokovic and Tomas Berdych. Plus, WTA Premier action from the China Open and more ATP World Tour tennis at the Rakuten Japan Open in Tokyo. Follow @TennisTV for the latest updates.
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