London: Roger Federer reached yet another career milestone with victory over Janko Tipsarevic and David Ferrer dipped into his seemingly endless tank of stamina to beat Juan Martin del Potro on the second day of the ATP World Tour Finals on Tuesday. Swiss maestro Federer glided to a 6-3, 6-1 victory over outclassed Serbian Janko Tipsarevic to open his Group B account, taking his haul of victories at the elite year-ending event to 40 having qualified for an 11th consecutive year.
Another silky display from the 17-times grand slam champion took him past the record he shared with Ivan Lendl, the level of his play suggesting the 31-year-old world number two is still the man to beat at the tournament he has won a record six times.
Ferrer does not glide, rather hustles and bustles his way around the court, driving opponents to distraction with rock-like defences, punchy groundstrokes and speedy footwork. Del Potro will testify to that after the towering Argentine lost a fascinating duel 6-3, 3-6, 6-4 in front of a packed audience at the 17,000 O2 Arena alongside the River Thames.
Fourth seed Ferrer, whose victory was the 73rd of a season that has delivered a career-best seven titles, will face Federer on Thursday trying to gain a first victory at the 14th attempt. Hardly a cause for optimism in the Spanish camp but on current form few players, not even Federer, will relish a meeting with the player nicknamed the Iron Man....
08:53 AM, Nov 07, 2012
London: Roger Federer opened his quest for a seventh season-ending tour title looking like the man to beat again. The 17-time Grand Slam champion won his record 40th match at the tournament, defeating Janko Tipsarevic 6-3, 6-1 Tuesday in his opening Group B match. Federer lost only eight points on his serve under the roof of the O2 Arena while converting four of his nine break points in the event...
10:18 PM, Nov 06, 2012
London: Playing in his opening match at the ATP finals, Novak Djokovic dived right in. The top-ranked Serb twice landed hard on the court on Monday at the O2 Arena, but it didn't stop him from beating Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 7-6(4), 6-3 and setting up a Wednesday showdown with Group A rival Andy Murray. "All those balls were out of my reach, so I tried to dive," Djokovic said. "I don't...
08:31 AM, Nov 06, 2012
London: Andy Murray won his first match in Britain since claiming his maiden Grand Slam title, beating Tomas Berdych 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 Monday in the opening match of the ATP finals. Murray wasted 10 break points in the match before finally converting to take a 3-1 lead in the second set. He won his only other break point in the third set to take a 2-1 lead. After losing in...
10:51 PM, Nov 05, 2012
London: The ATP Finals draw threw up a rematch of the US Open final as Andy Murray was placed in the same group as world No.2 Novak Djokovic for the season-ender in London. Murray, who lost to the Serbian in the final of last year's Australian Open, defeated him in five sets to win his first Grand Slam title in New York in September. The pair are joined in Group...
05:46 PM, Nov 04, 2012
Paris: Frenchman Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and Serbia's Janko Tipsarevic secured the last two places for the season-ending ATP World Tour Finals after reaching the quarter-finals of the Paris Masters on Thursday. They needed to win their third-round matches at the Bercy indoor arena in Paris, regardless of other results. Tsonga beat Nicolas Almagro of Spain, 7-6 (4), 7-6 (3) and Tipsarevic defeated Juan Monaco of Argentina 6-3, 3-6, 6-3. They will...
09:08 AM, Nov 02, 2012
London: David Ferrer's relentless hitting proved too much for Novak Djokovic on Wednesday, giving the Spaniard a 6-3, 6-1 victory and a spot in the semifinals of the ATP World Tour Finals. Djokovic lost for only the fifth time in a season in which he has won three Grand Slam championships and 10 titles overall. He can still advance to the semifinals of this season-ending tournament if he beats fellow...
03:24 AM, Nov 24, 2011
London: Mahesh Bhupathi and Max Mirnyi sealed a semifinal place in the World Tour finals for the first time in their careers after beating Wesley Moodie and Dick Norman 6-4, 6-4 to grab the last available spot. They had qualified for the season-ending finale after six years and have cleared the round-robin stage for the first time, having failed in 2003 and 2004. They ended runners-up in Group B and...
10:28 AM, Nov 27, 2010
London: Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic completed the semifinal lineup at the ATP World Tour Finals with straight-set victories on Friday. The top-ranked Nadal beat Tomas Berdych 7-6 (3), 6-1 in the early match to leave Djokovic needing only one set to finish second in Group A and the third-seeded Serb defeated a listless Andy Roddick 6-2, 6-3. Nadal will meet Andy Murray in Saturday's opening semifinal as he bids...
11:15 PM, Nov 26, 2010
London: Roger Federer and Andy Murray easily secured spots in the semifinals of the ATP World Tour Finals on Thursday with straight-sets victories in their last round-robin matches. Federer continued his dominance over Robin Soderling, beating the Swede 7-6 (5), 6-3 to earn top spot in Group B of the season-ending tournament. Murray followed up by recovering from a shaky start to beat David Ferrer 6-2, 6-2 and hand the...
08:00 AM, Nov 26, 2010
London: Andy Roddick dropped to 0-2 at the ATP World Tour Finals on Wednesday after a racket-busting 7-5, 6-3 loss to Tomas Berdych in the season-ending tournament. Roddick was annoyed by the advertising lights at the feet of the line judges in the second set. The lights occasionally flashed red while play was going on. Shortly after complaining, Roddick was broken for the second time, giving Berdych a 3-2 lead....
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10:18 PM, Nov 22, 2010
London: Andy Murray won his first match at the ATP World Tour Finals, beating Robin Soderling 6-2, 6-4 Sunday on the opening day of the season-ending event. The fifth-ranked Murray, who dropped below No. 4 Soderling in last week's rankings, kept the ball away from the Swede's strong forehand on the indoor court at the O2 Arena. "I played very smart tennis today," Murray said. "And even when obviously it...
11:23 PM, Nov 21, 2010
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10:35 AM, Nov 30, 2009
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09:34 AM, Nov 27, 2009
Roger Federer lost to Juan Martin del Potro but still entered semi-finals. ...
09:20 AM, Nov 27, 2009
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09:52 AM, Nov 26, 2009
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12:15 PM, Nov 25, 2009
Robin Soderling defeated Rafael Nadal on Monday in straight sets. ...
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