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World Tour Finals Thread - Match & Prediction Thread
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So the ATPs premier showpiece event hits the O2 on Sunday. The sixth showing at the O2 and yielded only 3 different winners. Very interesting this year. 3 virgin qualifiers in Cillic, Raonic and Nishikori. Can we see a new winner? Can Nishikori and Raonic win the biggest title of their careers to date? Federer will have an eye on the DC like his compatriot Wawrinka, though he is woefully out of form of late. Has Murray much left in the tank to win his first title here at the O2? Can Berdych do a Davydenko and strike out of nowhere? Will it be a routine Djokovic victory?
For me the 2 that qualify from each group will be:
Group A
1) Djokovic
2) Raonic
Group B
1) Murray
2) Federer
Djokovic/Murray final
Winner: Djokovic
So the ATPs premier showpiece event hits the O2 on Sunday. The sixth showing at the O2 and yielded only 3 different winners. Very interesting this year. 3 virgin qualifiers in Cillic, Raonic and Nishikori. Can we see a new winner? Can Nishikori and Raonic win the biggest title of their careers to date? Federer will have an eye on the DC like his compatriot Wawrinka, though he is woefully out of form of late. Has Murray much left in the tank to win his first title here at the O2? Can Berdych do a Davydenko and strike out of nowhere? Will it be a routine Djokovic victory?
For me the 2 that qualify from each group will be:
Group A
1) Djokovic
2) Raonic
Group B
1) Murray
2) Federer
Djokovic/Murray final
Winner: Djokovic
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I've said it once I'll say it again, Nishikori is the big star of the next generation.
Only injuries can stop it.
Only injuries can stop it.
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Yey! Nishi takes the set. Well deserved, he was the better player.
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meh. Nishikori deserves the set for being slightly less awful than Murray, but that was a terrible set of tennis from both, struggling with the conditions or nerves. Nishikori showing signs of finding his feet, Murray needs to find something a little different (maybe a bit of S&V, given how badly he's timing the ball from the baseline)...
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But he does get injured a lot.It Must Be Love wrote:I've said it once I'll say it again, Nishikori is the big star of the next generation.
Only injuries can stop it.
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The Fruit Ninja is slicing Andy quite good.
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He's injured at the moment, but he's managing the pain.summerblues wrote:But he does get injured a lot.It Must Be Love wrote:I've said it once I'll say it again, Nishikori is the big star of the next generation.
Only injuries can stop it.
His career might be a bit like Nadal's, limited due to injury and the possibility of achieving much much more taken away from him.
But that's life, he has to work on his physical fitness and learn how to play with pain from time to time.
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Andy has to find some confidence in his shots from somewhere, or this will be over in 20 mins.
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three more routine groundstrokes go sailing long, wide and into the net... this is bizarre, easily the worst he's played since Wimbers...
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awful, awful, awful. No confidence in his strokes, no willingness to try something different, what is he playing at?!?!
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Great start to the second set; keep it up Kei.
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Ninja breaks, a few great points from him.
Come Andy, wake uo, give us 3 sets you scruffy git.
Come Andy, wake uo, give us 3 sets you scruffy git.
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I like their new and improved HE graphics.
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Except Andys shoe colour, quite nasty.
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SB, what channel can you watch this in Canada?
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well this one should be over quickly, might just be Andy's worst performance of the year, at least Dimi played half-decent at Wimby, Nishi hasn't even been at that level...
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This is the worst ive ever seen him play. Id rather him just pull out of the WTF than see him get embarassed in his next 2 matches too.
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Glad I am not paying to watch this.
Federer and Raonic won't have to do much to eclipse this.
Federer and Raonic won't have to do much to eclipse this.
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I am in the US; watching live stream on ESPN3.Jahu wrote:SB, what channel can you watch this in Canada?
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Crowd a little cool of Andy? Treating him like a true Scot
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I think Feds gonna blitz that too, this is way too slow a court even for Raonic's serve
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What a play from Nishi
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Even Judys performance last night was better than this!
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Temp, slower then Paris this year? I doubt it.
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Nice to see Kei treating Andy's 2nd serve with the respect it deserves.
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LK, lets not bring moms into the fight
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Jahu wrote:LK, lets not bring moms into the fight
He deserved it!
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I cant remember how slow Paris was, was it really that slow?
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Temp, a true mud fest this year.
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Paris was like a Sunday League bog!
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Andy awake last few points.
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Crikey he strung 2 good points together! Make it a third plz
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Well done by Andy in this point.
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Andy's second serve looks horrendous. Greg was saying before the match that he throws it more to the right since surgery to protect his back, but this means he has to hit across it meaning less kick.
The amount of kick he used to put on it was all that used to protect it from being completely eaten alive. Now everyone seems to feast on it. On a court like this that is excentuated.
The amount of kick he used to put on it was all that used to protect it from being completely eaten alive. Now everyone seems to feast on it. On a court like this that is excentuated.
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Finally, a few good points from Andy.
No donuts this time, but a stale bread stick, hurts too.
No donuts this time, but a stale bread stick, hurts too.
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No bagel
And now it is just 3:1 and Nishi could still even lose it
And now it is just 3:1 and Nishi could still even lose it
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I hope Andy scraps that plane ticket to India! God knows he needs to go back to the drawing board.
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Oh forgot about that silly tennis in India.
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I must say I do like the speed of this court, you have to generate pace like Nishi and get punished if you play too defensively like Andy.
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SB, Dont be a Republican, all pessimist
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short, no power, no serve, no return to speak of, Nish playing well. Time to think about next year.
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LOLJahu wrote:SB, Dont be a Republican, all pessimist
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I sense some jinxing going on around here.
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Hahah, well no one jinxes Andy, better then him.
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OK Mr.Castle, but Nishikori is miles better than Robredo.
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Probably that bastardly Amritia upto her hold tricks.summerblues wrote:I sense some jinxing going on around here.
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Nishi's service percentage is below 50%, if his back was ok that would my considerably higher.
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