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The year-end championship was Roger Federer's personal playground during a nine-year stretch from 2003 to 2011, in which he lifted the winner's trophy on six occasions.
Roger Federer was a huge title favorite going into the Nitto ATP World Tour Finals, and certainly going into Friday's virtual quarterfinal clash between David Goffin and Dominic Thiem. He is an ever bigger favorite now.
It will be the final match of 2017 for one man and the penultimate match of 2017 for the other when Grigor Dimitrov and Jack Sock clash in the semis of the Nitto ATP World Tour Finals on Saturday night.
Talk is cheap. Players have provided priceless moments with their words at this week’s World Tour Finals. Here are some of the most provocative, candid and funny comments from player press conferences at the O2 Arena.
Jack Sock brought showtime to the O2 Arena—and made American tennis relevant again at the season-ending finale. Roaring back from a break down in the final set, a spirited Sock stopped Alexander Zverev, 6-4, 1-6, 6-4, charging into the World Tour Finals semifinals.
Jack Sock was supposed to be playing golf at Augusta National this week. He didn't want to miss that tee time for nothing. Making the most of his last-minute trip to London, Sock booked a place in the semis of the World Tour Finals when he ousted Alexander Zverev 6-4, 1-6, 6-4 in a virtual quarterfinal contest on Thursday night.
Recovering from 2016 knee surgery and combating a sometime creaky back have reinforced Roger Federer’s belief in a strong mind-body connection.
Dominic Thiem and David Goffin will be battling in a virtual quarterfinal match at the Nitto ATP World Tour Finals when the friendly, familiar foes square off again on Friday afternoon.
Grigor Dimitrov and Pablo Carreno Busta will be facing each other for the fifth time in their careers at the ATP level when they play the final round-robin match of the 2017 Nitto ATP World Tour Finals on Friday night.
Roger Federer wasn’t working for the weekend, but remained committed to the cause at the ATP World Tour Finals. Federer slashed 17 aces and did not drop serve dispatching Marin Cilic, 6-7 (5), 6-4, 6-1, at the O2 Arena, scoring his 13th consecutive victory while raising his record against Top 10 opponents to 14-1 this season.
Good news for Grigor Dimitrov: he is through to the semis at the Nitto ATP World Tour Finals. Even better news for Dimitrov: he can't go up against Roger Federer until at the title match.
Grigor Dimitrov is enjoying one of his best seasons by asserting his own identity—and maintaining his sense of humor.
Streaks of skid marks Grigor Dimitrov left strewn across the service box were remnants of his surge into the semifinals. Playing near-flawless attacking tennis, Dimitrov roared through nine straight games steamrolling David Goffin, 6-0, 6-2, to charge into the World Tour Finals semifinals today.
Roger Federer and Marin Cilic will "only" be playing for 200 ATP ranking points and $191,000 in prize money when they wrap up their round-robin campaigns at the Nitto ATP World Tour Finals on Thursday night.
Scaling the summit of the sport left Roger Federer with the desire to go downhill fast in his younger years. Years ago when Federer wasn’t refining his all-court artistry on the practice court, he was indulging his all-sport appetite with downhill skiing, soccer and squash often on the menu.
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