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Djokovic Battles Past Berdych, Saving 1 M.P. To Start Group A Campaign

Top seed Novak Djokovic recorded his 70th match win of the season on Monday in a hard-fought Group A round-robin match at the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals.

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London Sunday Diary: Thierry’s Seal Of Approval

Each day during the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals we’ll take a look at the happenings on an off the court at the season finale. [[More Tennis News on ATPWorldTour.com]]

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Top players set for season finale

The world’s top eight players are set for the climax of the season with Roger Federer seeking to defend his ATP World Tour Finals crown in London.

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Fish Relishing Finals Opportunity

Barclays ATP World Tour Finals debutant Mardy Fish declared he feels “zero pressure” going into the season finale, which begins on Sunday 20th November at London’s O2 Arena. The American No.

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Fish Relishing Finals Opportunity

Barclays ATP World Tour Finals debutant Mardy Fish declared he feels “zero pressure” going into the season finale, which begins on Sunday 20th November at London’s O2 Arena. The American No. 1 has been drawn alongside Rafael Nadal, defending champion Roger Federer and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in Group B

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Fish Relishing Finals Opportunity

Fish Relishing Finals Opportunity

Barclays ATP World Tour Finals debutant Mardy Fish declared he feels “zero pressure” going into the season finale, which begins on Sunday 20th November at London’s O2 Arena. The American No. 1 has been drawn alongside Rafael Nadal, defending champion Roger Federer and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in Group B

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Berdych Qualifies for Barclays ATP World Tour Finals For Second Year In A Row

Tomas Berdych of the Czech Republic is the sixth player to qualify for the season-ending Barclays ATP World Tour Finals, to be held November 20-27 at The O2 in London, featuring the world’s Top 8 players and Top 8 doubles teams. [[More Tennis News on ATPWorldTour.com]]

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Berdych Qualifies for Barclays ATP World Tour Finals For Second Year In A Row

Top Seeds Llodra-Zimonjic Reach Basel Final

Top seeds Michael Llodra and Nenad Zimonjic advanced to their eighth final of the season, defeating Ivan Dodig and Viktor Troicki 6-2, 7-6(5) in the semi-finals of the Swiss Indoors Basel on Saturday. [[More Tennis News on ATPWorldTour.com]]

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What The Finals Contenders Need To Do

Three replaces remain up for grabs in the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals eight-man field going into the final tournament of the regular ATP World Tour season, the BNP Paribas Masters, which commences on Monday in Paris. [[More Tennis News on ATPWorldTour.com]]

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Paris Draw Preview

The final ATP World Tour Masters 1000 tournament of the season gets underway on Monday at the Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy featuring 17 of the Top 20 players in the South African Airways ATP Rankings. [[More Tennis News on ATPWorldTour.com]]

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Djokovic To Meet Nishikori In SFs

World No. 1 Novak Djokovic was forced to work for his 67th match win of the season on Friday when he extended his record to 5-0 against Cypriot Marcos Baghdatis with a 2-6, 6-2, 6-3 victory for a place in the Swiss Indoors Basel semi-finals. [[More Tennis News on ATPWorldTour.com]]

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Battling Kvitova takes WTA crown

Petra Kvitova overcomes Victoria Azarenka 7-5 4-6 6-3 to clinch the season-ending WTA Championships in Istanbul and move to second in the world rankings.

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Battling Kvitova takes WTA crown

Cilic Triumphs In St. Petersburg Over Tipsarevic

Fourth seed Marin Cilic defeated No. 2 seed Janko Tipsarevic 6-3, 3-6, 6-2 to win his first title of the season on Sunday at the St.

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Wozniacki wins as Sharapova loses

Caroline Wozniacki’s quest to end the year as world number one remains intact after an opening win in the season-ending WTA Championship, while nearest rival Maria Sharapova loses.

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Monfils Beats Nieminen To Claim Stockholm Title

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Tipsarevic Wins First All-Serbian Final In Moscow

World No. 14 Janko Tipsarevic lifted his second trophy of the season at the Kremlin Cup on Sunday, defeating reigning Moscow champion Viktor Troicki 6-4, 6-2 in the first All-Serbian final on the ATP World Tour.

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Cermak-Polasek Capture Moscow Crown

No. 1 seeds Frantisek Cermak and Filip Polasek overwhelmed Carlos Berlocq and David Marrero 6-3, 6-1 to clinch their third team title of the season at the Kremlin Cup in Moscow Sunday

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Bopanna-Qureshi Boost Finals Chances With Stockholm Title

Top seeds Rohan Bopanna and Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi boosted their chances of qualifying for the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals on Sunday as they won their second ATP World Tour title of the season. [[More Tennis News on ATPWorldTour.com]]

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Raonic Beats Dimitrov; Nieminen Closing On Third Stockholm Final

Sixth seed Milos Raonic is one match win away from reaching his third ATP World Tour final of the season after he beat Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov 7-5, 6-4 in 79 minutes on Friday at the If Stockholm Open. [[More Tennis News on ATPWorldTour.com]]

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Raonic Beats Dimitrov; Nieminen Closing On Third Stockholm Final

Anderson, Raonic Reach QFs; Tomic Wins Opener

Fifth seed Kevin Anderson reached his seventh ATP World Tour quarter-final (or better) on the season by beating German wild card Tommy Haas 6-7(3), 6-4, 6-4 in just over two hours on Wednesday at the If Stockholm Open. [[More Tennis News on ATPWorldTour.com]]

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Kamke Ousts Eighth Seed Robredo

World No. 109 Tobias Kamke notched his 14th tour-level win of the season on Tuesday as he ousted eighth seed Tommy Robredo 6-2, 6-3 in the first round of the If Stockholm Open.

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Murray flying at wrong time

Jonathan Overend on why Andy Murray won’t want the season to end

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Murray flying at wrong time

Mirnyi-Nestor Reach Fourth Final

Second seeds Max Mirnyi and Daniel Nestor reached their fourth tour-level final of the season on Saturday as they defeated fourth seeds Mahesh Bhupathi and Leander Paes 6-1, 6-4 in the semi-finals of the Shanghai Rolex Masters. [[More Tennis News on ATPWorldTour.com]]

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Mirnyi-Nestor Reach Fourth Final

Mirnyi-Nestor Reach Fourth Final

Second seeds Max Mirnyi and Daniel Nestor reached their fourth tour-level final of the season on Saturday as they defeated fourth seeds Mahesh Bhupathi and Leander Paes 6-1, 6-4 in the semi-finals of the Shanghai Rolex Masters.

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Consistent Ferrer Beats Roddick For Eighth SF Of Year

Spaniard David Ferrer, who has qualified for the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals for the third time, defeated 10th-seeded American Andy Roddick 6-7(5), 6-2, 7-6(2) on Friday for a place in the Shanghai Rolex Masters semi-finals.

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Nadal Embracing Challenge To Improve

World No. 2 Rafael Nadal believes there is work to be done if he is to return to his level of 2010, when he won the Roland Garros, Wimbledon and US Open titles back-to-back. The Spaniard arrives at the Shanghai Rolex Masters on the back of his seventh final defeat of the season in Tokyo and on Tuesday confessed, “I believe Rafa 2010 had something more special than Rafa 2011, especially in tough situations.” [[More Tennis News on ATPWorldTour.com]]

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Cilic Wins All-Croatian SF

World No. 25 Marin Cilic won an all-Croatian semi-final battle with his doubles partner Ivan Ljubicic, 6-4, 6-3, on Saturday at the China Open in Beijing to reach his 11th ATP World Tour final and third of the season. [[More Tennis News on ATPWorldTour.com]]

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Mayer Tops Volandri To Reach Bucharest Final

World No. 24 Florian Mayer defeated Filippo Volandri 7-6(3), 6-2 in the semi-finals of the BDR Nastase Tiriac Trophy in Bucharest on Saturday to reach his second final of the season

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Mayer Surges Into Bucharest Semis

World No. 24 Florian Mayer required just 67 minutes on Friday to dismiss Albert Ramos 6-1, 6-2 at the BDR Nastase Tiriac Trophy in Bucharest to reach his fourth ATP World Tour semi-final of the season. [[More Tennis News on ATPWorldTour.com]]

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Nadal & Djokovic ready for final

Rafael Nadal will look to win his second Grand Slam title of the season when he faces Novak Djokovic in the US Open final at 2100 BST on Monday.

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Shark Bites – Isner Tie-break Titan

John Isner leads the ATP World Tour with 30 tie-break set wins this season going into his fourth round match at the US Open.

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Former Finalists Bhupathi-Paes To Meet Poles In QFs

Fourth-seeded Indians Mahesh Bhupathi and Leander Paes, the 1999 US Open finalists, improved to a 29-8 match record on the season Monday by reaching the last eight in New York City.

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Djokovic Beats Davydenko For 60th Win

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Federer Qualifies For Barclays ATP World Tour Finals For 10th Consecutive Year

Reigning Barclays ATP World Tour Finals champion Roger Federer is the fourth player to qualify for the season finale, to be held November 20-27 at The O2 in London, featuring the world’s Top 8 players. After advancing to the fourth round at the US Open on Saturday, Federer joins Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal and Andy Murray as the other qualifiers. [[More Tennis News on ATPWorldTour.com]]

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Rafa Looking To Set The Record Straight

Despite being the defending champion, Rafael Nadal does not go into the 2011 US Open as a clear favourite. The Spaniard instead spent Saturday’s press conference fielding questions about the remarkable form of World No. 1 Novak Djokovic, a man whom he has failed to defeat this season.

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Murray triumphs as Djokovic quits

Britain’s Andy Murray inflicts only the second defeat of the season on world number one Novak Djokovic as the Serb retires at 6-4 3-0 adrift in the Cincinnati final.

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Bhupathi-Paes Top Llodra-Zimonjic In Cincinnati Final

Third seeds Mahesh Bhupathi and Leander Paes won their third title of the season Sunday, edging No. 4 seeds Michael Llodra and Nenad Zimonjic 7-6(4), 7-6(2) in the Western & Southern Open final. The victory gives the Indian Express their first title in 10 years at the ATP World Tour Masters 1000 event in Cincinnati

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Djokovic Defeats Harrison To Advance

World No. 1 Novak Djokovic dismissed American teenager Ryan Harrison 6-2, 6-3 in the second round of the Western & Southern Open to begin his quest for a 10th title this season

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Djokovic Defeats Harrison To Advance

World No. 1 Novak Djokovic dismissed American teenager Ryan Harrison 6-2, 6-3 in the second round of the Western & Southern Open to begin his quest for a 10th title this season. [[More Tennis News on ATPWorldTour.com]]

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Catching Up With… Kevin Anderson

Kevin Anderson is one of the tallest players on the ATP World Tour at 6’ 8’’. But the South African has soared to new heights in 2011, winning his first ATP World Tour title in Johannesburg and achieving a career best ranking of 33 in April. The 25 year old defeated Xavier Malisse 6-3, 7-6(6) in a first-round encounter at the Western & Southern Open on Tuesday to notch his 30th win of the season

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