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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.
As widely predicted, Caroline Wozniacki has officially announced her new coach for the beginning of the 2014 season will be the experienced Swede Thomas Hogstedt who previously worked with the current world no.3 and no.4, Li Na and Maria Sharapova.
Singles - Second Round: (1) R Nadal def. M Granollers 7-5 7-5
That gives Rafael Nadal a lead of 2060 points over Novak Djokovic in the contest for the year-end #1, with Djokovic having a maximum of 2410 points still available. It's not quite over, but it's getting close....
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga became the first of the major competitors to exit the race for the World Tour Finals after trying and failing to play on a wounded knee at the Paris Masters. The Frenchman was beaten in a first-round comeback at the Paris Masters by Japan's Kei Nishikori and will now have a month or more to get his dodgy knee into shape for 2014.
Teenager Genie Bouchard has made a huge leap in the past year, climbing 115 ranking spots to No 32, which could have her seeded at a slam.
Marin Cilic will be considering his participation in this week's Paris Masters as "gift of the year" after suspension of his sanctions for testing positive for a banned substance.
Rafael Nadal believes that for himself and Roger Federer, gaining or holding the No. 1 ranking is old news at this stage in their storied careers.
As Marin Cilic made winning comeback to ATP World Tour action after a shortened ban for breaking anti-doping regulations, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga made an impassioned plea at the BNP Paribas Paris Masters for added clarity on the most talked about issue in tennis.
Old junior rivals Andre Agassi and Jim Courier have come a long way from their younger days on the pro tour, when they didn't even speak.
Here was an interesting conundrum: With the Paris draw as it now stands, Roger Federer is sure to make it to London. So could he withdraw from Paris after wearing himself out this week?
Russia had has troubles over the past weeks scraping together a team with many of the country's top players preferring to skip the final - but that's not the case with Italy when the nations meet this weekend.
Nicholas Monroe and John Isner beat the team of Marray / Sijsling the scores were 3-6,6-3,10-4. The big deal here its Monroe's first Masters tournament.
Maria Sharapova isn't about to miss a trick in the marketing of her Sugarpova candy line, with the products now on sale in time for the made-for-marketing American "holiday" of Halloween.
Novak Djokovic’s fame knows no bounds in his homeland and now the newest name in European commercial aviation, Air Serbia, has named the first aircraft of its’ fleet after the Australian Open champion and world no.2.
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