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The race for the year-end No. 1 ranking is alive and well at the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals. Matching Novak Djokovic's victory over Dominic Thiem on Sunday, Andy Murray dominated his opener 6-3, 6-2 at the expense of Marin Cilic on Monday night.
While the most important World Tour Finals drama played out on center court at the O2, the press room offered a little bit of everything this week. There were slips of the tongue, humble brags, moments of seriousness, and plenty of sarcasm.
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In the week leading up to the Barclay ATP World Tour Finals, 10sballs.com's Ricky Dimon has been profiling every one of the eight singles qualifiers, starting with No. 8 and culminating with No. 1. Up next is top-ranked Novak Djokovic
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Imagine the scene… all around the world, people were glued to a YouTube channel, for…an eternity!
It will be fascinating to see how the two warriors fare in the title match for the Barclays World Tour Finals. First in was Novak Djokovic, tested by an albeit crocked Kei Nishikori, and pushed to three sets. Even though the final set was a romp according to the score-line as the Serb advanced 6-1 3-6 6-0, ...
Group B sorted out their semi-finalists on Thursday with Kei Nishikori and Roger Federer doing the honours but in very different circumstances. First up, we lost Milos Raonic to a quad injury, sustained in his match against Andy Murray and serious enough for Raonic not to risk ruining his 2015 season preparations.
Click here to see the latest results and order of play from the ATP World Tour Finals in London.
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.
As the year ends and the top eight players assemble in London there's one question everyone wants to ask them: is this the moment of generational change? Are the Big Four still really the Big Four or are they on the way out, to be replaced by younger "New Balls"?
Two London contenders survived tense third-set battles to keep alive their chances of appearing at the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals. Milos Raonic was the first to pull off a gritty win, beating qualifier Jack Sock 6-3, 5-7, 7-6(4). It was the Canadian’s sixth straight win – and fifth in 2014 – over Sock.
Just a few weeks ago Andy Murray’s chances of qualifying for the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals seemed minimal but a second title in the space of four weeks, winning the Erste Bank Open in Vienna, has boosted the Scot’s 2014 position to the extent he currently holds eighth place in the Race for London.
US Open champion Marin Cilic has claimed the fifth spot at the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals. The Croat will make his debut at the year-end event as he joins Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal, Roger Federer and Stan Wawrinka in the elite eight-man field at the prestigious tournament, to be held at The O2 in London from 9-16 November.
Andre Silva, the ATP World Tour’s Chief Player Officer and Tournament Director of the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals for the last two years, will have a career change for the start of 2014 and is linking up with Roger Federer’s manager Tony Godsick.
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