On the first day of action in Shanghai, Novak Djokovic showed his superb form by beating one of the debut qualifiers, Juan Martin Del Potro with a score of 75 63. It was Djokovic's first win at the Masters Cup since he lost all three matches at his debut last year. Djokovic managed to finish the match in 1 hour 57 minutes.
Nikolay Davydenko also won his match but had to battle it out until the very end to beat another debut qualifier, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga. The score was 67(6) 64 76(0) and took 2 hours 43 minutes.
Tomorrow's action will see Roger Federer play Gilles Simon and Andy Murray play Andy Roddick.
Stay tuned for more on the action in Shanghai!
Day 1 - Sunday, November 9, 2008
Singles - Round Robin
[2] N Djokovic (SRB) d [7] JM del Potro (ARG) 75 63
[4] N Davydenko (RUS) d [6] JW Tsonga (FRA) 67(6) 64 76(0)
Doubles - Round Robin
[1] Bryan (USA)/ Bryan (USA) d [8] Cuevas (URU)/ Horna (PER) 61 76(4)
[3] Bhupathi (IND)/Knowles (BAH) d [5] Coetzee (RSA)/Moodie (RSA) 62 63
Singles - Round Robin
[2] N Djokovic (SRB) d [7] JM del Potro (ARG) 75 63
[4] N Davydenko (RUS) d [6] JW Tsonga (FRA) 67(6) 64 76(0)
Doubles - Round Robin
[1] Bryan (USA)/ Bryan (USA) d [8] Cuevas (URU)/ Horna (PER) 61 76(4)
[3] Bhupathi (IND)/Knowles (BAH) d [5] Coetzee (RSA)/Moodie (RSA) 62 63
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