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Tennis: ATP/WTA Tour 2014


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Tennis: ATP/WTA Tour 2014  

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    • Rafael Nadal
      4
    • Novak Djokovic
      7
    • Andy Murray
      0
    • None of the above
      4


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I think the match will be close because of the match up, not form as such, but Novak should have too much for Fed. If Novak plays as well, or should I say defends as well as he's done this week, he should win. As for the other semi, very interesting semi, but I got a feeling Simon will grind Lopez down, Simon has this ability to make players play how he wants to, slow pushing from the back of the court.

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If Federer wins tomorrow, he will actually have a decent chance of ending the year as #1. He would only be 990 points behind Djokovic in the race and will probably play one more event than Djokovic. Also Djokovic is about to be a dad, that might impact his play/schedule too. It's been a very good year for Federer. After last year, not many would have thought that he would play so great this year. Although he would have liked to win a slam over everything else.

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It would be disappointing if Fed ended as year end #1. Obviously it would be deserved, you don't end up as number 1 unless you are very consistent. Overall yesterday whilst his plan was very effective, charging the net relentlessly and playing ultra-aggressive, Novak was off his game. It wasn't just that Novak wasn't allowed space and time for his shots, the combination of Fed's excellent serving and Novak's sub-par FH meant Fed had it much easier unlike Wimbledon where Novak was comfortable against the same tactics. At Wimbledon, Novak should have won in 4 sets, but for the choking at the end of set 4. I do get the feeling as the commentators keep mentioning, both Novak and Rafa have their mind's elsewhere and have done for several weeks. I think once Rafa is back from his surgery, he'll be back to a force and Novak needs to settle into fatherhood. If the younger generation weren't so crap, I'd have said a 27yr old Novak and 28yr old Rafa were about to enter the decline big time, but the *****yness of guys like Dimitrov and Raonic means that these two might be a force for maybe another 12-18 months. Paris has always been a strange masters, so I wouldn't be surprised if we had a new winner there, maybe Nishikori if fit. Anyways Fed wins today, new winner at Paris and the WTF will be wide open as well. Novak as a new dad without the training and match time means he'll probably lose his stranglehold at the tour finals. Looks like Roger could have his chance at World No 1 after all that's happened in the last few months.

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