World Tour Finals Thread - Match & Prediction Thread

[Guest]

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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

[It Must Be Love]

Oh ffs...

[Jahu]

Fed go home, dont tire Stan, he needs it for tomorrow.

[summerblues]

Pretty impressive from Stan; it has been a while since I saw him play like this.

[Jahu]

Not since MC.

[Jahu]

Stan has a better looking wife, hope its not defamation saying this?

[Guest]

Federers FH seems to have eluded him in this first set.

Stan, hitting the hall with some purpose.

[Jahu]

Too late a break.

[Guest]

Some lovely body serves there!

Bravo Stan

[Jahu]

Set 1 Stan, well deserved.

Lets see will his nerves keep up.

[It Must Be Love]

Set 1 Stan, well deserved.

Lets see will his nerves keep up.

Hmmm. I feel that some Federer fans may be slightly split on this match because they also really like Stan.

I'm not split though, allez Fed !

[summerblues]

Stan was quite nervous towards the end; one can see he would not get the job done against Nole.

Also, Nole would contain him better - he would put enough balls back in play to make him ultimately start making errors.  Realistically, if we are to have any chance of a close match tomorrow, it would still have to be Roger to win tonight.

[Jahu]

Easy for you

[temporary21]

FED!!!!! DONT YOU DARE SCREW THIS UP! I WANT MY MATRIX PART 3!!!!

[Jahu]

SB agree, but a different song so far.

[lags72]

Stan on fire and really pumped.

When those big FH's are hitting the spot he's a tough proposition for anyone. He could easily take this in straights.

[Jahu]

Fed needs a break, Stan could melt Kei style...

[It Must Be Love]

Stan on fire and really pumped.

When those big FH's are hitting the spot he's a tough proposition for anyone. He could easily take this in straights.

Have some faith, Federer is very experienced and will still be confident.

[biugo]

So, still no WTF winner without losing a set since Lendl

[lags72]

All about the angles, as Johnny Mac says in his autobiog.

And Stan is finding some good angles tonight.

[Jahu]

Djoko laughing all the way

[Jahu]

Fed is toast, no power to counteract Stan.

[Guest]

This is good stuff.

[kingraf]

It would be quite impressive if Stan finishes the year with the WTF, a masters and a slam.

[Guest]

Stan serving huge.

[Jahu]

Missed seeing that Stans BH since AO

[Jahu]

Stans 90% serving on body, cheeky git

[Guest]

If this goes three long sets you can hand the trophy to Djokovic.

[Jahu]

If Fed takes this set, third will be quick.

[summerblues]

After the Murray match, Fed said he had not expected it to go the way it did. He may say the same after tonight.

[LuvSports!]

If Feds gets through, how much will the reduced recovery time as well as playing djoko next affect him 2mo?

[Jahu]

Feds serve seems to work now, Stans not so.

[summerblues]

Maybe Fed is still tired from the tough match a couple of nights ago.

[Jahu]

Stan melting.

[Guest]

Dear oh dear!

[Jahu]

Fed takes it, somehow.

[Silver]

Oh Stan...what a poor game

To a decider we go! And Federer serving first.

[Jahu]

6:3 third set...

[Guest]

Wow the crowd is going mental!!

[summerblues]

Happy for Roger but what overhead was that?

[Guest]

Can't see a way back for Stan.

[Silver]

What an atrocious overrule that was. Right under the chair, too.

0-40!

[Guest]

Well well. That's interesting. Didn't hear the over-rule??

[Jahu]

Wtf, I go to the loo, Stan breaks.

[Guest]

Man the umpire screwed that up big time

[kingraf]

He should have ranted in English. He'd have felt better...

[Silver]

To be fair, Fed should've questioned it when he heard 0-30 rather than 15-15.

But still a real bad call from the umpire.

[Jahu]

Yeah, 2 metres from his chair!!

[Guest]

Was a late over-rule too.

Might not hear the last of that one.

[Guest]

To be fair, Fed should've questioned it when he heard 0-30 rather than 15-15.

But still a real bad call from the umpire.

But he must not have heard the 0-30 or he would definitely have questioned it. Makes no sense not too.

[It Must Be Love]

Nonsense umpiring, Federer has been hard done by there.

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