World Tour Finals Thread - Match & Prediction Thread

by Guest Fri 7 Nov 2014 - 22:48

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So the ATPs premier showpiece event hits the O2 on Sunday. The sixth showing at the O2 and yielded only 3 different winners. Very interesting this year. 3 virgin qualifiers in Cillic, Raonic and Nishikori. Can we see a new winner? Can Nishikori and Raonic win the biggest title of their careers to date? Federer will have an eye on the DC like his compatriot Wawrinka, though he is woefully out of form of late. Has Murray much left in the tank to win his first title here at the O2? Can Berdych do a Davydenko and strike out of nowhere? Will it be a routine Djokovic victory?

For me the 2 that qualify from each group will be:

Group A

1) Djokovic
2) Raonic

Group B

1) Murray
2) Federer

Djokovic/Murray final

Winner: Djokovic

by It Must Be Love Mon 10 Nov 2014 - 2:02

I've said it once I'll say it again, Nishikori is the big star of the next generation.
Only injuries can stop it.

by summerblues Mon 10 Nov 2014 - 2:04

Yey! Nishi takes the set. Well deserved, he was the better player.

by Guest Mon 10 Nov 2014 - 2:04

Both players playing crap!

Urgh!

by Mad for Chelsea Mon 10 Nov 2014 - 2:05

meh. Nishikori deserves the set for being slightly less awful than Murray, but that was a terrible set of tennis from both, struggling with the conditions or nerves. Nishikori showing signs of finding his feet, Murray needs to find something a little different (maybe a bit of S&V, given how badly he's timing the ball from the baseline)...

by summerblues Mon 10 Nov 2014 - 2:05

It Must Be Love wrote:I've said it once I'll say it again, Nishikori is the big star of the next generation.
Only injuries can stop it.

But he does get injured a lot.

by Jahu Mon 10 Nov 2014 - 2:06

The Fruit Ninja is slicing Andy quite good.

by It Must Be Love Mon 10 Nov 2014 - 2:06

summerblues wrote:
It Must Be Love wrote:I've said it once I'll say it again, Nishikori is the big star of the next generation.
Only injuries can stop it.
But he does get injured a lot.

He's injured at the moment, but he's managing the pain.

His career might be a bit like Nadal's, limited due to injury and the possibility of achieving much much more taken away from him.
But that's life, he has to work on his physical fitness and learn how to play with pain from time to time.

by Danny_1982 Mon 10 Nov 2014 - 2:07

Andy has to find some confidence in his shots from somewhere, or this will be over in 20 mins.

by Mad for Chelsea Mon 10 Nov 2014 - 2:08

three more routine groundstrokes go sailing long, wide and into the net... this is bizarre, easily the worst he's played since Wimbers...

by Mad for Chelsea Mon 10 Nov 2014 - 2:11

awful, awful, awful. No confidence in his strokes, no willingness to try something different, what is he playing at?!?!

by summerblues Mon 10 Nov 2014 - 2:12

Great start to the second set; keep it up Kei.

by Jahu Mon 10 Nov 2014 - 2:12

Ninja breaks, a few great points from him.

Come Andy, wake uo, give us 3 sets you scruffy git.

by summerblues Mon 10 Nov 2014 - 2:13

I like their new and improved HE graphics.

by Jahu Mon 10 Nov 2014 - 2:14

Except Andys shoe colour, quite nasty.

by Jahu Mon 10 Nov 2014 - 2:15

SB, what channel can you watch this in Canada?

by Mad for Chelsea Mon 10 Nov 2014 - 2:15

well this one should be over quickly, might just be Andy's worst performance of the year, at least Dimi played half-decent at Wimby, Nishi hasn't even been at that level...

by temporary21 Mon 10 Nov 2014 - 2:15

This is the worst ive ever seen him play. Id rather him just pull out of the WTF than see him get embarassed in his next 2 matches too.

by Guest Mon 10 Nov 2014 - 2:16

Glad I am not paying to watch this.

Federer and Raonic won't have to do much to eclipse this.

by summerblues Mon 10 Nov 2014 - 2:16

Jahu wrote:SB, what channel can you watch this in Canada?

I am in the US; watching live stream on ESPN3.

by Jahu Mon 10 Nov 2014 - 2:17

Crowd a little cool of Andy? Treating him like a true Scot Laugh

by Jahu Mon 10 Nov 2014 - 2:17

SB, great

by temporary21 Mon 10 Nov 2014 - 2:17

I think Feds gonna blitz that too, this is way too slow a court even for Raonic's serve

by Jahu Mon 10 Nov 2014 - 2:18

What a play from Nishi

by Guest Mon 10 Nov 2014 - 2:18

Even Judys performance last night was better than this!

by Jahu Mon 10 Nov 2014 - 2:18

Temp, slower then Paris this year? I doubt it.

by summerblues Mon 10 Nov 2014 - 2:19

Nice to see Kei treating Andy's 2nd serve with the respect it deserves.

by Jahu Mon 10 Nov 2014 - 2:19

LK, lets not bring moms into the fight Laugh

by Guest Mon 10 Nov 2014 - 2:20

Jahu wrote:LK, lets not bring moms into the fight

He deserved it! Laugh

by temporary21 Mon 10 Nov 2014 - 2:21

I cant remember how slow Paris was, was it really that slow?

by Jahu Mon 10 Nov 2014 - 2:21

Temp, a true mud fest this year.

by summerblues Mon 10 Nov 2014 - 2:22

what a return

by Guest Mon 10 Nov 2014 - 2:23

Paris was like a Sunday League bog!

by Jahu Mon 10 Nov 2014 - 2:24

Andy awake last few points.

by Guest Mon 10 Nov 2014 - 2:24

Crikey he strung 2 good points together! Make it a third plz

by summerblues Mon 10 Nov 2014 - 2:24

Well done by Andy in this point.

by Guest Mon 10 Nov 2014 - 2:26

Back to back first serves! clap

by Danny_1982 Mon 10 Nov 2014 - 2:26

Andy's second serve looks horrendous. Greg was saying before the match that he throws it more to the right since surgery to protect his back, but this means he has to hit across it meaning less kick.

The amount of kick he used to put on it was all that used to protect it from being completely eaten alive. Now everyone seems to feast on it. On a court like this that is excentuated.

by Jahu Mon 10 Nov 2014 - 2:26

Finally, a few good points from Andy.

No donuts this time, but a stale bread stick, hurts too.

by summerblues Mon 10 Nov 2014 - 2:27

No bagel

And now it is just 3:1 and Nishi could still even lose it Crying or Very sad

by Guest Mon 10 Nov 2014 - 2:28

I hope Andy scraps that plane ticket to India! God knows he needs to go back to the drawing board.

by Jahu Mon 10 Nov 2014 - 2:28

Oh forgot about that silly tennis in India.

by It Must Be Love Mon 10 Nov 2014 - 2:29

I must say I do like the speed of this court, you have to generate pace like Nishi and get punished if you play too defensively like Andy.

by Jahu Mon 10 Nov 2014 - 2:29

SB, Dont be a Republican, all pessimist Laugh

by temporary21 Mon 10 Nov 2014 - 2:30

short, no power, no serve, no return to speak of, Nish playing well. Time to think about next year.

by summerblues Mon 10 Nov 2014 - 2:31

Jahu wrote:SB, Dont be a Republican, all pessimist

LOL

by summerblues Mon 10 Nov 2014 - 2:32

I sense some jinxing going on around here.

by Jahu Mon 10 Nov 2014 - 2:33

Hahah, well no one jinxes Andy, better then him.

by It Must Be Love Mon 10 Nov 2014 - 2:33

OK Mr.Castle, but Nishikori is miles better than Robredo.

by It Must Be Love Mon 10 Nov 2014 - 2:33

summerblues wrote:I sense some jinxing going on around here.

Probably that bastardly Amritia upto her hold tricks.

by It Must Be Love Mon 10 Nov 2014 - 2:34

Nishi's service percentage is below 50%, if his back was ok that would my considerably higher.

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