ATP 2018 ATP Finals

[matt_897]

I should of made a thread but the year ending champs are on this week, here's the groups:

Hewitt group:
Federer
Anderson
Nishikori
Thiem

Kureten group:
Djokovic
Zverev
Cilic
Isner


Coverage on ESPN all week, each group alternate days with a match each at 1am and 7am. I doubt I will get a chance to watch much. Nishikori beat Federer this morning with Anderson beating thiem.

 

[JackNah_8]

Good to see Kei back and finally beat Federer this year.

Federer seemed pretty grumpy today lol

 

[HODGEYROAD]

Zverev beats Cilic in 2 breakers, yeah given the times of the game I'll be able to watch pretty much Nil.

 

[JackNah_8]

Cilic was leading 5-2??

 

[HODGEYROAD]

Cilic was leading 5-2??

He was up a break in the one of the sets, not sure as to what the score was though.

 

[HODGEYROAD]

Anderson beat Kei 6-0 6-1, I must admit I had to check the scores twice when I woke up.

 

[JackNah_8]

Wow

Is kei injured?

 

[HODGEYROAD]

Wow

Is kei injured?

Apparently not just a really poor performance. Federer keeps his hopes of progression alive with a very comfortable win over Thiem.

 

[JackNah_8]

Federer v Andersen will be an interesting match

 

[red+black]

Andersen was up 6-0 5-0, may have wanted to avoid humiliating Kei.

The Tennis Podcast is worth a listen every day this week:

https://www.acast.com/thetennispodcast

 

[HODGEYROAD]

Very hard to see anyone being Djokovic in this end of season finals.

 

[red+black]

Thiem 26/30 (games) = 46.43%

Fed is 21/18, so 3-6 2-6 makes 26/30 (advances)

If 5-7 0-6 then 26/31 = 45.61% (eliminated)

If 5-7 1-6 then 27/31 = 46.55% (advances)

Assuming Fed loses in straight sets, to advance he needs to win at least 5 games against Anderson (6 if a set goes to 7 games).

Match winner finishes group on top.

 

[HODGEYROAD]

Thiem 26/30 (games) = 46.43%

Fed is 21/18, so 3-6 2-6 makes 26/30 (advances)

If 5-7 0-6 then 26/31 = 45.61% (eliminated)

If 5-7 1-6 then 27/31 = 46.55% (advances)

Assuming Fed loses in straight sets, to advance he needs to win at least 5 games against Anderson (6 if a set goes to 7 games).

Match winner finishes group on top.

So I assume top place is decided on head to head not on sets won / lost etc ? Both players will still deem it hugely important to win, for the ranking points and mostly to avoid Novak in the SF.

 

[JackNah_8]

So does Federer or Anderson finish on top?

 

[red+black]

https://www.nittoatpfinals.com/en/event/semifinal-qualifying-procedure

 

[JackNah_8]

https://www.nittoatpfinals.com/en/event/semifinal-qualifying-procedure

Thanks.


Also ATP has announced a new tournament

ATP cup.


https://www.atpworldtour.com/en/news/atp-unveils-atp-cup-team-event-for-2020-season

 

[Me Myself and I]

So does Federer or Anderson finish on top?

Federer tops his group. Djokovic will top the other group unless he loses to Cilic and Isner beats Zverev.

 

[red+black]

For Federer to top his group is commendable after his terrible performance against Kei.

Don't see how Djokovic doesn't win his semi and then the final in straight sets.

 

[HODGEYROAD]

Looking at a Djokovic vs Federer final here, with Djokovic winning 6-4 6-4 or something.

 

[HODGEYROAD]

So Isner the trash got taken out 0-3 in the world tour finals.

 

[JackNah_8]

Zverev v Federer

Novak v Anderson


Tomorrow morning

 

[red+black]

Was hoping Fed would win, no reason other than to not have a repeat match. Federer has just done enough to stay #3.

A Djokovic win in the final might see him stay #1 for the next 12 months. He could become the first player to be #1 for 52 weeks on 3 separate occasions (2 times - Connors, Sampras, Lendl, Djokovic).

WEEKS AT NUMBER 1
310 - Roger Federer
286 - Pete Sampras
270 - Ivan Lendl
268 - Jimmy Connors
225 - Novak Djokovic
196 - Rafael Nadal

 

[JackNah_8]

Poor form from the crowd booing during the Federer v zverev match

https://www.news.com.au/sport/tenni...s/news-story/0920f4536f3aeb0ec0b98018dc32b28b

Good win to zverev.

 

[red+black]

As expected, Novak waltzes into the final 2 and 2.

 

[pepsi]

Poor form from the crowd booing during the Federer v zverev match

https://www.news.com.au/sport/tenni...s/news-story/0920f4536f3aeb0ec0b98018dc32b28b

Good win to zverev.

One thing I won't miss once fed retires, are his casual fans. In the states they are shocking and seems like London is not far behind.