Men's Tour Finals
Barclay's ATP World Tour Finals are upon us again and I can't wait to watch the matches. This is the final chance really to watch the crème de la crème of men's tennis battle it out for supremacy.
This year the 8 players consist of Djokovic, Cilic, Wawrinka, Berdych, Federer, Raonic, Nishikori, Murray. They’re battling it out for tour points and a share of the 6.5 million dollars prize money.
The Singles winner will receive 1500 points to their tally; however with each round robin loss they lose 200 points off their score. The doubles Winners will receive the same number of points.
If a player can win the tournament undefeated the get 1.9 mil but to win but lose a round robin match the receive $910k. Double undefeated win $360k, winners $140k.
Federer holds the most wins with 6. Some other past winners include LLeyton Hewitt (2), Djokovic (3), Sampras (5), Becker (3), McEnroe (3), and Lendle (5) and Nastase (4).
The favourite is Djokovic coming in off some good wins and a strong lead in the overall points. Nadal had to pull out because he had to have surgery on his appendix. Wawrinka reached the semi-finals last year on his debut and is one to watch, if not only for his backhand. Kei Nishikori is the first Asian man to qualify for the Tour finals ever! Andy Murray is a 3 time semi-finalist, who knows he might take it one step further but He hasn’t been playing as well as before the back injury. Berdych has qualified for a 5th year in a row but hasn’t done all that well as yet. Roanic is the first Canadian to qualify for the finals and lastly Cilic is playing his first tour final. If he plays like he did in the US Open Final he could take it out I think.
Personally I’d love Kei Nishikori, Cilic or of course Federer to take it out this year!
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