Davydenko v. Federer, Soderling v. Del Potro in the semis.
by bahamaderek on Nov.27, 2009, under Nicolay Davydenko, Robin Soderling, Roger Federer, del Potro
Novak Djokovic’s reign as end-of-season champion ended on Friday despite victory over Rafael Nadal in his final round-robin match at the ATP World Tour Finals.
The Serb just about overcame the exhaustion he has talked about to win 7-6 (7-1) 6-3 in the afternoon session, but Nikolay Davydenko’s 7-6 (7-4) 4-6 6-3 defeat of Robin Soderling in the evening saw both the Russian and the Swede qualify.
Nadal’s hopes of reaching the semi-finals had already disappeared with defeats in both his opening matches, and he struggled with a back problem as Djokovic proved too strong in one hour 57 minutes.
Davydenko will play Roger Federer in Saturday’s first semi-final at 1415 GMT, with Soderling taking on Juan Martin del Potro at 2045 GMT.
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November 27th, 2009 on 11:27 pm
For there to me so much talk about revising the women’s ranking system, I believe the rules for this silly tournament should be changed. Whether Federer threw his last service game or not, the opportunity for his advancement in that manner should not be allowed. I think the round robin format should go and a single eliminated tournament is needed to prevent the “GOAT” and others from having the opportunity of cheating.