Generalnie zapowiada się ciekawy turniej, ja na przykład kompletnie nie mam pojęcia kto wygra.

Federer jest mocno niestabilny, Nadal trzyma poziom, ale po kontuzji jest on dość niski, Djoković niby wygrał Basel, ale jego gra nie przekonuje, Murray świeżo po kontuzji, gra to co zwykle czyli okopki i jak na razie przynosi to skutek.
Del Potro wygraną w USO okupił potwornym kosztem, praktycznie całkowicie zmarnowaną jesienią.
Denko po tym maratonie trwającym praktycznie od RG również zaczyna wysiadać, i formy na ten ostatni turniej może zabraknąć.

Z grona faworytów można spokojnie wykluczyć Verdasco, mimo, że najpewniej Hiszpan zawita do Londynu, na co w pełni zasługuje, to jednak znając psychikę Nando trudno się spodziewać by ograł kogokolwiek ze stawki.

Verdasco IN

Raddcik napisał:

Kto wchodzi w miejsce Roda ? Soda czy Jo ?

Który jest pierwszy na rezerwowej ? ?

Soda.

Mamy "8":
Federer
Nadal
Djoković
Murray
Del Potro
Roddick
Davydenko
Verdasco

i rezerwowi:
Soderling
Tsonga

Moja wersja:

1: Federer, Murray, Del Potro, Verdasco

2: Nadal, Djoković, Davydenko, Roddick/Soderling

1/2:
Murray - Nadal
Federer - Davydenko

F:
Murray - Federer

W:
Federer (rewanż za porażkę w grupie).

Dziekuję.

Tak, ja też uważam, że Nadal miałby marne szanse wyjść z takiej grupy, a Novak, jeśli jakoś dojdzie do siebie po dwóch tygodniach gry, powinien ją wygrać.

Andy Murray hoping for Nadal hard labour
Neil Harman,Tennis Correspondent, Paris

The subplots that will litter the court of the O2 arena when the best eight players in men’s tennis parade their wares in southeast London from next Sunday are worthy of the admission itself.

For starters, Rafael Nadal can still finish the year as world No 1 and Andy Murray is not safe as the No 4, with Juan Martín del Potro, the US Open champion from Argentina, in close proximity.

There is plenty more at stake than oodles of cash and something nice for the mantelpiece.

When Nadal defeated Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 7-5, 7-5 in the quarter-finals of the BNP Paribas Masters here, he not only ended the 24-year-old Frenchman’s hope of retaining the title plundered with swashbuckling certainty a year ago, but he also denied him a place in the field for the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals. Fernando Verdasco, Nadal’s compatriot and fellow left-hander, thus qualifies for the first time.


Murray well placed to prove fitness
Murray says he is 'under no pressure'
Indeed, Verdasco had reason to be grateful that not only Nadal but Novak Djokovic — who could yet finish the year as No 2, a position held by Murray three months ago — has sacrificed all thought of husbanding his energy. Djokovic won the Basle tournament last week and his 6-4, 1-6, 6-3 success over Robin Söderling yesterday was enough for the Swede to know that his only chance of competing in London is as a reserve.

There have been those eager to brand Djokovic a bit of a quitter and when he retired in the fourth set of the Australian Open quarter-final against Andy Roddick in January, in a state of near-collapse from heat exhaustion, the bandwagon filled again.

“I always try to give my best, really, every single match,” he said. “I don’t make differences between tournaments. It’s not on me to judge if it’s a good thing or bad thing, this is just the way I am, my mentality, my philosophy. I will always try to get the last piece of energy in my body to win the match.”

There is not that much resource left, though, the Serbian freely admitted, which must be a concern for the London organisers. The upside of staging such an event is the absolute quality of the people involved, the downside is the time of year and how much of their best these paragons have left to give.

When Roger Federer lost in his first match here and Murray in his second, their reactions were not as if the same had happened in the first Masters 1000 event of the year, rather than the last. The tank is heading towards “E” and it is important to conserve what gas is left.

On the other hand, expect Nadal and Djokovic to go hammer and tongs at each other at the Palais Omnisports today, just as they did in the semi-final of the Madrid Masters in May when they ran each other to a standstill and seriously damaged their French Open prospects. How Federer, Murray and Co would be happy to see a repeat of that.

The intrigue was maintained when Del Potro completed four games against Radek Stepanek before succumbing to a stomach muscle pull, which is not expected to affect his chances of making the tour finals.

Line-up for the O2 arena: R Federer (Switz), R Nadal (Sp), N Djokovic (Serbia), A Murray (GB), J M del Potro (Arg), A Roddick (US), N Davydenko (Russ), F Verdasco (Sp).

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/ … 916626.ece

http://tt.tennis-warehouse.com/showthread.php?t=297869

Temat z zagranicznego forum. Mają tam być wrzucane linki do wszelakich transmisji z Londynu (Internet, TV itd).

Pełny skład turnieju deblowego:

1 Nestor/Zimonjic
2 Bryan/Bryan
3 Bhupathi/Knowles
4 Dlouhy/Paes
5 Kubot/Marach
6 Cermak/Mertinak
7 Mirnyi/Ram
8 Fyrstenberg/Matkowski

Środa rano, bodajże.

Jeszcze apropo dywagacji, to wcale nie zdziwię się jak będzie to taki podział:

1:Federer,Djoković,Roddick, Davydenko,

2:Nadal,Murray,Del Potro,Verdasco