Novak Djokovic overcame a mental battle today by beating Nikolay Davydenko. Djokivic had a hard time in the first set but managed to win it76(3), then Davydenko stepped up a level by disarming Djokovic and taking the second set 60. The last set saw Djokovic breaking Davydenko, and taking the last set with a final score of 76(3) 60 75. This win gives Djokovic a ticket to the semifinals of the event.
Juan Martin Del Potro kept his chin up today by beating Paris Masters winner Jo-Wilfried Tsonga with an extremely close score of 76(4) 76(5). Tis loss for Tsonga will mean he cannot reach the semis even if he wins to Djokovic in his last round-robin match. Del Potro now has a win-loss record of 1-1, so his next match against Davydenko will decide both their fates in Shanghai, since Davydenko has a win-loss record of 1-1 as well. Winner takes all!
More news coming soon.
Tuesday, November 11, 2008
Singles - Round Robin
[2] N Djokovic (SRB) d [4] N Davydenko (RUS) 76(3) 06 75
[7] J Del Potro (ARG) d [6] J Tsonga (FRA) 76(4) 76(5)
Doubles - Round Robin
[1] B Bryan (USA) / M Bryan (USA) d [3] M Bhupathi (IND) / M Knowles (BAH) 75 36 10-4
[8] P Cuevas (URU) / L Horna (PER) d [5] J Coetzee (RSA) / W Moodie (RSA) 62 67(2) 11-9
Singles - Round Robin
[2] N Djokovic (SRB) d [4] N Davydenko (RUS) 76(3) 06 75
[7] J Del Potro (ARG) d [6] J Tsonga (FRA) 76(4) 76(5)
Doubles - Round Robin
[1] B Bryan (USA) / M Bryan (USA) d [3] M Bhupathi (IND) / M Knowles (BAH) 75 36 10-4
[8] P Cuevas (URU) / L Horna (PER) d [5] J Coetzee (RSA) / W Moodie (RSA) 62 67(2) 11-9
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