His match Tuesday with Djokovic will be the ultimate test. Sunday’s win was his first at the Tour Finals after losses to Federer, Murray and an injury withdrawal (quad tear) against Nishikori in his only other participation in 2014. Obviously today’s performance shows that.”
But I’m able to play quite freely and move quite well. “I think about it and I worry about it sometimes. “It’s significantly improving, I think it’s behind me,” he said about the quad injury following his opening-match victory on Sunday. Raonic, who had to pull out of the BNP Paribas Masters’ semifinals in Paris 10 days ago with a right quadriceps tear that he claimed could take “five to 10 days” to heal, looked good in his straight-sets win over Monfils. Wawrinka had extensive kinesio tape on his left knee and said after his loss Monday, “I was hesitating a lot with my game, with my movement.” 3 Stan Wawrinka, who looked subpar in a 6-2, 6-3 loss to Kei Nishikori on Monday, No. ET in Canada on TSN4), he faces Raonic with the winner almost assured of a place in the semifinals. He has a cumulative 23-0 record against the other players – 7-0 vs. The group is tailor-made for Djokovic, who defeated Thiem 6-7(10), 6-0, 6-2 on Sunday. Thiem won four tournaments (Buenos Aires, Acapulco, Nice and Stuttgart) before the middle of June but none since and has been an unimpressive 2-4 at his last four events heading into London. Monfils has been injured (oblique) and, after losing 6-3, 6-4 to Raonic on Sunday, was asked how he could have done better and replied, “have one more week of practice.” 3, and he’s in a good position as long as he remains fit. Raonic has talked about how he is aiming for No. Here are the third, fourth and fifth place standings after the first two days (opening round of the round-robin format) of the Tour Finals: 3 spot, with Milos Raonic currently in the pole position. 1 – Murray for the first time or Djokovic for the fifth time in six years.Ī notch down from the dominant duo of the men’s game is the race for the year-end No.
Simply put, whoever goes further in the event will end up as No.
1 ranking is the most salient feature of the 2016 Tour Finals with Andy Murray and Novak Djokovic as the contenders.
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But the $179,000 (US) participation fee plus another $179,000 for each round-robin victory is certainly an incentive as well as the potential undefeated champion making a grand total of $2,391,000. There’s an obvious exclusivity to the event – players have their own locker rooms, monogrammed towels and were given a personalized set of golf clubs – and a sense that every match features the elite of the game.īut there’s also a feeling that it’s the end of a long season and that some of the participants are resigned to their fates and looking forward to a well-earned break beginning next week. The eight best men’s tennis players – minus Rafael Nadal who has chosen to start preparing for 2017 rather than finishing a frustrating 2016 and Roger Federer who forfeited his chance of qualifying by packing it in after Wimbledon – are at the O2 Arena in London playing in the ATP World Tour Finals.
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