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There is good possibility that a new ATP CEO will be announced this week at the World Tour Finals and once that s done whomever fills the new position is going to have to contend with a major issue: whether to extend the tournament s stay at London s 02 Arena beyond 2015.
Roger Federer was preparing for a re-match with rival Novak Djokovic within hours of losing a Paris Masters semi-final to the Serb. The two are now in London for this week's season-ending World Tour Finals.
Juan Martin del Potro is insistent London is one of his favorite places to visit after this summer’s memorable Wimbledon semi-final battle.
Novak Djokovic is riding a high as he continues to challenge Rafael Nadal for year-end world No. 1 status, with that decision coming down to results at the World Tour Finals.
Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan won their 11th tour-level title of the season on Sunday as they defeated Alexander Peya and Bruno Soares 6-3, 6-3 in the finals at the BNP Paribas Masters in Paris.
When the first point of this lasted 27 strokes, one of the watchers commented that it was going to be a long afternoon. It might have been a lot longer had David Ferrer been able to hold on to leads.
Tournament director Guy Forget could not have been more pleased with the outcome of this year's Paris Masters, where all of the quarter-finalists also qualifiers into this week's World Tour Finals in London. "We didn't need to go to London, because all the players were here on Friday.
Is the work load too much? Novak Djokovic is about to find out. The Serb collected his 6th title of the year with a hard-earned 7-5, 7-5 victory over Spain’s David Ferrer in the BNP Paribas Masters...
David Ferrer was determined not to have yet another of his feeble matches against Rafael Nadal. He didn't exactly dominate, but he wasn't broken until he served for the match the first time -- and, having been broken, at once broke back and served it out.
Roger Federer played brilliantly for a while and lost; Rafael Nadal played poorly all match and he lost, too, leaving Novak Djokovic and David Ferrer to battle it out here in Paris on Sunday when the other six, amongst the world’s top players, are preparing for the ATP World finals across the Channel.
As matches go, this was pretty dull. As drama goes, Novak Djokovic is doing his best. Rafael Nadal doesn't need much more to clinch the year-end #1, but Djokovic continues to apply all the pressure he can -- not just winning but winning easily.
Milos Raonic had a near-miss with tennis history but was unable to capitalize on his chance of becoming the first Canadian to play in the year-end ATP event in singles.
Rafael Nadal isn't giving Novak Djokovic much opportunity in the contest for #1 / This still isn't enough points to make any difference to Ana Ivanovic -- but the win moves her to 2-0, which obviously makes it very likely that she will reach the semifinal here.
Roger Federer could not help but express some relief after beating Kevin Anderson at the Paris Masters to book a record-equaling 12th straight appearance at the ATP year-end event, leveling with Ivan Lendl. But it was a somewhat close call by the elite Federer standards.
Roger Federer has finally assured his place at next week’s Barclays ATP World Tour Finals but did it in a way hardly befitting of a 17 times Grand Slam champion and the man who has spent more week’s as the world no.1 than anyone else in history.
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