Spanish tennis players Rafael Nadal and Fernando Verdasco were framed in heavy groups of the World Tour Final, the traditional Masters Cup of the season finale, and will be played at the O2 in London from Sunday
Spanish tennis players Rafael Nadal and Fernando Verdasco were framed in heavy groups of the World Tour Final, the traditional Masters Cup of the season finale, and will be played at the O2 in London since Sunday.
Thus, the Spaniard will have to earn one of two Group B tickets to the semifinals to Novak Djokovic, Russian Nikolay Davydenko and Swede Robin Soderling reached the last minute injury Andy Roddick.
For its part, neither will the Madrid easy to be paired in Group A, with the Swiss world number one, Roger Federer, the Scot, and host, Andy Murray and Juan Martin Del Potro.
Thus, Nadal, who has not achieved its best line of tennis, will, in theory and ranking as the largest player in the way today as the circuit is Nole, who comes to win in Beijing, Basel and Paris, this one Category Masters 1000, three indoor tournaments, surface appointment of teachers, provided that the Balkan well defended by its success in 2008 in Shanghai.
Moreover, the world number two, who never went to the semifinals in this tournament and that main objective is the Davis Cup final against the Czech Republic in early December, will have a certain morbid fascination with crossing Soderling, also in good shape and executioner at Roland Garros, with which it seems that it has a good relationship was tracks.
Finally, the last obstacle to the four-time champion at Roland Garros, also chooses to end up as world number one, for what they need above all to reach the final, will be the Russian Davydenko, a player as uncomfortable as irregular and already defeated him in the final match at the Shanghai Masters 1000.
Verdasco, another of the rookies with Soderling, will have nothing simpler your ticket for the semifinals. The Madrid, in Group A and also beset by physical problems, not just shine on the indoor track and will play against more experienced rivals in this area as Federer or Murray, not to mention the Open champion States U.S., Del Potro.
The semifinalist in Australia has, however, thrilled at this appointment and will not be intimidated either by the Swiss, who wants to ensure the global throne, 2009, and by the Scot, who won in the semifinals of the Valencia Open 500, or by the Argentine, having shown a combative player in indoor where has this year's final in Kuala Lumpur (loss to Davydenko) and the aforementioned semis in the capital del Turia, although it was not right or in Shanghai or Paris.
LONDON MASTERS CUP GROUP A Roger Federer (Swi) Andy Murray (GBR) Juan Martin del Potro (ARG) Fernando Verdasco (ESP) GROUP B Rafael Nadal (ESP) Novak Djokovic (SER) Nikolay Davydenko (RUS) Robin Soderling (SWE) * The first two semifinals access