Of course the BNP Paribas Masters event in Paris kept the drama going after yesterday’s emotional day. Plenty of losses but not as shocking as Federer’s early exit.
Nikolay Davydenko lost a tough three setter to Robin Soderling who keeps his chances alive for a ticket to London. Davydenko backed into his slot when Fernandao Verdasco lost to Marin Cilic. Now Verdasco really is on the bubble as Jo-Wilifred Tsonga is also in the mix along with Soderling though both would have to get to the final and/or win the whole thing to qualify.
But Peter Bodo at Tennis.com summed things up rather well by again pointing out that, except for die hard tennis fans, this end of the year race and the ATP finale is, like the WTA Finale at Doha, a big “whatever” to most casual tennis fans as they probably think the season ended back in New York.
I’m not sure what the ATP can do to make things more interesting other than shorten the year and hope people stay along for the ride. At least they got smart and moved their finale to London. At least the place will be packed to see Andy Murray try and win another “major”.
What do you think?
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