Archive: semi-finals
At last we are at the business end of the tournament, and hopefully we will have a semi-final line-up that will do the season-ending finale with eight of the best male players of the year justice. First up we have the unstoppable Novak Djokovic who not only beat Tomas Berdych every bit as handily as he has been doing all week, but wrapped up the year-ending No. 1.
In the first set, Novak Djokovic looked very unsteady, as if he wasn't quite well, and Kei Nishikori was on fire. An early break gave Nishikori the set. In the second set, something started to get to him. Maybe it was the high heat; maybe it was just the wear and tear from his two tough matches in the previous rounds.
10sBalls.com congratulates Esther Vergeer and takes a look back at her 400 straight single victories!
The semi-final line-up is complete at the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals, with Andy Murray playing Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer against Novak Djokovic.
Andy Murray made comfortable progress to the semi-finals of the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals at the O2 arena, defeating David Ferrer 6-2, 6-2 on Thursday night to set up a potential last four meeting with Rafael Nadal.
Judy Murray, having opened a school in south London on Tuesday and then hotfooted it to watch her son Andy take on Roger Federer, was performing a different duty at the O2 Arena today – playing host to some future stars of the game. She was chaperoning a quartet of Scotland’s best young players invited by Andy to experience a day at the O2.
Rafael Nadal moved a step nearer to the semi-finals of the Barclays ATP World Tour finals in London with a 7-5 6-2 win over an ailing Novak Djokovic on Wednesday night.
10sBalls.com would like to congratulate Max and Mahesh for winning the Paris Masters title and reaching the ATP World Tour Finals in London!
In any assessment of great sporting moments of the 20th Century, the fourth set tie break of the 1980 Wimbledon Singles final between Bjorn Borg and John McEnroe has earned an unchallenged place.
Opinions may vary because Caroline Wozniacki has still to win her first Grand Slam title but the 20 year-old Dane is now guaranteed the year-ending world no.1 spot
Rafael Nadal, normally noted as something of a tennis superman, is trying to conserve strength while at the same time going for victory
Nothing was going to stop Rafael Nadal at the US Open this year – not rain, not delays, not
Even in the midst of his on-court celebrations, having reached his first ever US Open final, Rafael Nadal was touched and moved by the 9/11 anniversary.
Venus must have known that the game was almost up. This was the grand slam she was supposed to have won. This was the major tournament that was set up for her. This was the one she let slip away.
It will certainly take a huge dollop of delusion for Youzhny to think his 2006 victory over the Spaniard it will help him against Nadal circa. 2010.
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