ATP World Tour finals News
In a semi-final clash of the ATP World Tour Finals, Austria's Dominic Thiem defeated Serbian World no.1 Novak Djokovic 7-5, 6-7(10), 7-6(5).
In the match, Djokovic saved four match points in the second set but it ultimately went in vain as Thiem won the deciding set.
Dominic Thiem, thus, reached his second consecutive title match of the prestigious tournament.
World no. 3 Dominic Thiem defeated Rafael Nadal 7-6(7), 7-6(4) in a grueling encounter.
Thiem is right on the verge of semi-final contention after winning both his matches so far.
Nadal is in danger of bowing out if he loses his final group game against Tsitsipas.
In his first match of the 2020 ATP World Tour Finals, Novak Djokovic beat Diego Schwartzman 6-3, 6-2.
Schwartzman, making his maiden appearance in the Tour Finals was no match for the rampaging world no.1 Djokovic.
Before the start of the match, Djokovic was presented with the year-end No.1 trophy - for a record-equaling sixth time.
In the first match of the ATP World Tour Finals 2020, Dominic Thiem defeated Stefanos Tsitsipas.
The match went down to the wire as Thiem finally won 7-6(5) 4-6 6-3.
The tournament is being played in the O2 Arena, albeit without the fans owing to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The 20-year-old German, ranked three in the world, was hot and cold against Croatia’s Marin Cilic but, when it mattered most, he produced his best tennis to win 6-4, 3-6, 6-4.
Tennis player Rafael Nadal was presented with the ATP World No. 1 award on the court during the ATP World Tour Finals at the O2 Arena here.
The two all-time greats get star billing in London after each won two Grand Slams and locked down the top two rankings spots as Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray had injury-plagued seasons to forget.
The 31-year-old became the oldest man to secure top spot in the end of season rankings when he beat Hyeon Chung in his opening match on Wednesday.
The 16-time Grand Slam champion will take on world number 77 Filip Krajinovic in the quarters, after the Serb beat Nicolas Mahut 6-2, 3-6, 6-1.
The reigning French and US Open champion has only won two of his 75 ATP titles indoors, with just one at this level coming at the 2005 Madrid Masters.
Del Potro will take the eighth and final qualification spot for London from Pablo Carreno Busta if he reaches the semi-finals at Bercy.
Federer has finished the year as number one five times, one less than record-holder Pete Sampras.
Del Potro thereby climbs to 14th in the race to the end-of-season ATP World Tour Finals in London while Dimitrov, who was top seed in Sweden, sits in fifth place.
The 32-year-old world number 18 still had a remote chance of qualifying for the season-ending ATP World Tour Finals for an eighth time.
The ATP World Tour Finals, which features the world's top eight singles players and top eight doubles pairs, will be held at London's O2 Arena from Nov. 12-19.
Andy Murray proved his critics wrong who often said that the Brioiton would never win a major or he get to No 1 position in the world rankings by defeating Novak Djokovic at London`s O2 Arena late Sunday in the finals of ATP World Tour to finish the year as the new world number one.
Andy Murray and Novak Djokovic will fight to finish as year-end world number one in Sunday's final of the ATP World Tour Finals in London.
Andy Murray and Novak Djokovic are careering towards a Sunday showdown to decide their year-long battle for supremacy.
Nishikori recovered from an early let-down in the second set and looked close to ending the Scot`s remarkable streak when he broke back for 4-4 and had a point for a 5-4 lead.
Cilic was sporting an extraordinarily lurid pair of shorts that looked more suited to the beach and his error-strewn play suggested he was already thinking of his holiday plans as Murray closed out the set with ease.
He is attempting to become the first Briton to win the ATP World Tour Finals and secure year-end No.1 in the ATP Rankings for the first time.
He has a combined 23-0 career record against that trio, leading Monfils 13-0, Raonic 7-0 and Thiem 3-0.
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