20 November 2009
Novak in Group B with Nadal, Davydenko and Soderling!
The best eight singles players and the best eight doubles teams of the season have qualified for the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals. The world’s biggest indoor tournament begins on Sunday, November 22, at the beautiful O2 Arena in London and will be played until November 29.
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The best Serbian tennis player is the third best ranked in the ATP Race standings this year, and he’ll be no.3 seed.
The tournament will be a round robin format with eight players divided in two groups of four players. Novak is placed in Group B, with Nadal, Davydenko and Soderling.
Group A
1. Roger Federer (Switzerland)
4. Andy Murray (Great Britain)
5. Juan Martin del Potro (Argentina)
7. Fernando Verdasco (Spain)
Group B
2. Rafael Nadal (Spain)
3. Novak Djokovic (Serbia)
6. Nikolay Davydenko (Russia)
8. Robin Soderling (Sweden) *
*Robin Soderling was the first alternate. The Swede will make his debut at the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals after injured Andy Roddick withdrew from tournament.
Novak’s head-to-head record against the participants:
Roger Federer (5-9)
*Rafael Nadal (6-14)
Andy Murray (4-3)
Juan Martin del Potro (3-0)
*Nikolay Davydenko (2-2)
Fernando Verdasco (5-2)
*Robin Soderling (5-0)
The winner of each group will be placed in separate semi-final brackets, with the top player in Group A playing the runner-up in Group B and vice versa.
For each Round Robin win players will get 200 points, semi-final win brings 400 points, and the win in the finals is worth 500 additional points. Undefeated champion would earn 1500 points.
Novak is defending champion, he won the Tennis Masters Cup in Shanghai last year (beat Davydenko in the finals).
Novak Djokovic (1 title-2008) and Roger Federer (4 titles-2003,’04,’06 and ’07) are the only participants of this year’s Finals who have won the competition at least once.
No.1 seeds Nenad Zimonjic (Serbia) and Daniel Nestor (Canada) are defending champions in the doubles competition.
The tournament prize money is $5,070,000. Undefeated champion gets $1,630,000.
Good luck Nole!
One Comment so far...
Ranae Says:
26 November 2009 at 3:03 pm.
novak u are an awesome player u need to start believing that u are a good enough enough to win a match i feel sad every time u lose i know deep down u want to win but u got to show that i felt like the ,match against robin soderling u just seemed that u can’t be bothered which is sad to see all that talent gone to waste. my heart keeps beating every time i see u thats how excited i am when i see. i felt like screaming ‘what the hell are u doing’ but i know when the fans scream it distracts u i really wanted to hear your comments at the end of the match and scream ‘Novak I love u because i really do’ you are a loving man and i hate seeing u lose
when u do retire from the game i love to see u do our own talk show with all your funny impressions
i want u to win a wimbledon because grass court is your weak court i need u to practie on grass like rafa did and heh practiced and he won the same year just come to London u just need to find the right technique specially if u want to beat roger and rafa.
your not good at 5 set match because u get tired easily i know u have trouble breathing through nose but u need to start learning how to to control it serve well at key moments.
to play andy murray playing style on hard court
his a defensive counterpuncher player he has solid groundstrokes has the ability to anticipate and reacthsi transition from offense to defense he switches with speed enables him to hit winners from defensive position his tactives involve passive exchanges from teh baseline he waits foe openents to make an unforced error
rafael nadal on clay- plays aggresively behind the baseline he has heavy topspin groungstrokes speedy footwork hits winners from defensive positions his dropshots are excellent because his heavy topspin forces his openents to back off his gr8 at the net so never dropshot he relies on the consistency on his serve to gain an advantage in points rather than going fo service winners
roger federer on grass and hard court- he plays from the baseline and is comfortable at the net he plays with the single handed backhand which gives him grat variety shot making his slice shots are brilliant can fire topspin shots where he can generate pace with his wrist plays more near the net his serve is difficult to read because he tosses the ball in the same spot no matter where he intends to serve and turns his back to his oppenents he always serves well on key moments it is one u must do which is over 200km to 137mph his finess is excellent and never retired from a match so read this and improve and follow everything i am tryin to help thats how much i love u
renae xxxxxxx