Davydenko stuns Del Potro to win the Tour Finals

Nikolay Davydenko stunned the tennis world today as he went one step further than last year to win the biggest title of his career in London and became the first Russian to win the title. Davydenko showed power and preciseness as he stomped all over Juan Martin del Potro who was the favourite to win this match and if he would have, could have moved up to number 4 in the world. Not only did he win to the current US Open champion, he also defeated a number of Grand Slam champions along the way and hopefully that will give him confidence for next year to maybe even win his first Grand Slam. The score was 63 64 and Davydenko goes home with a cheque worth $1,510,000.

Well everyone, this is the end of the 2009 season. It was filled with amazing triumphs and some shocking falls that will be remembered for sometime, and hopefully next year will be even more exciting. Thank you for your support my readers, see you next year.

Federer survives Verdasco scare; Murray cheered on by London crowd

Roger Federer had a close call against Fernando Verdasco after Verdasco won the first set and pressured the four-time Tour Finals champion in the second set. But Federer stepped up a bit and Verdasco started to quickly crumble and allowed Roger Federer to win it in three sets with a score of 46 75 61.

Home favourite Andy Murray also made a winning start to his campaign and got the better of Juan Martin del Potro by winning the match in three sets as well with the score of 63 36 62. Del Potro had to call the trainer for a nose bleed in the first set but otherwise had no signs of his abdominal injury from the Paris Masters.

Tomorrow's headlines include Rafael Nadal who will face Robin Soderling, the man who ended his French Open run this year. And also, Novak Djokovic who will face Nikolay Davydenko.

Djokovic ends Monfils dream run

Novak Djokovic has won his 16th career title, his 5th of the year and his second consecutive title after last week winning in Basel to Roger Federer. Djokovic had to work really hard against Gael Monfils, who was enjoying all the support of the French crowd. Djokovic was in control in the first set and took it 62, then took an early break in the second leaving spectators with no hope of a French champion this year, but Monfils then turned on his fire-power and battled to take the second set 75. The French crowd then roared with happiness and was once again filled with hope, but Djokovic took a 3-0 lead in the third and Monfils once again appealed to his crowd by taking it to a tie-break where he could no longer bring it. Djokovic took the tie-break with a score of 7-3 and is now full of confidence ahead of the year-ending championships taking place in London on November 22.

Djokovic sends Nadal packing; Monfils makes maiden Masters final in home country

Novak Djokovic was all power and confidence today against Rafael Nadal as he didn't give the Spaniard any chances to execute his game plan and denied Nadal his 400th career match win. Djokovic belted 31 winners and closed out an entertaining 77 minute match with a score of 62 63. The positive side for Nadal is that he will have just a bit more time to prepare for the year-ending championships, after missing it last year with tendonitis in his knees.

Djokovic on the other hand is fighting for his 16th career title tomorrow against French favourite Gael Monfils who is looking to win his first Masters shield at the Paris Masters after pulling through a hard fought win against Radek Stepanek with a score of 64 57 64.

Results for November 11, 2009

Singles - Second Round
J Benneteau (FRA) d [1] R Federer (SUI) 36 76(4) 64
[2] R Nadal (ESP) d N Almagro (ESP) 36 76(2) 75 - Saved 5 M.P.
[3] N Djokovic (SRB) d J Monaco (ARG) 63 75
[4] A Murray (GBR) d J Blake (USA) 63 67(5) 76(4)
[5] J Del Potro (ARG) d [WC] M Safin (RUS) 64 57 64
[9] R Soderling (SWE) d I Karlovic (CRO) 64 76(6)
[10] F Gonzalez (CHI) d J Isner (USA) 75 76(3)
[12] M Cilic (CRO) d [Q] L Kubot (POL) 67(3) 64 62
[13] R Stepanek (CZE) d V Troicki (SRB) 64 60
[14] T Robredo (ESP) d T Berdych (CZE) 64 64
[15] G Monfils (FRA) d [Q] D Guez (FRA) 64 75
[Q] A Clement (FRA) d [16] T Haas (GER) 57 63 76(8) - Saved 1 M.P.

Doubles - Second Round
S Aspelin (SWE) / P Hanley (AUS) d [3] M Bhupathi (IND) / M Knowles (BAH) 64 67(6) 10-7
J Kerr (AUS) / T Parrott (USA) d [4] L Dlouhy (CZE) / L Paes (IND) 67(5) 64 10-5
M Granollers (ESP) / T Robredo (ESP) d [5] W Moodie (RSA) / D Norman (BEL) 64 75
[7] M Fyrstenberg (POL) / M Matkowski (POL) d J Brunstrom (SWE) / J Rojer (AHO) 64 76(5)
[8] F Cermak (CZE) / M Mertinak (SVK) d B Soares (BRA) / K Ullyett (ZIM) 63 64