Clearly Canadiavic’s match didn’t go to 50 points in the 2nd set tie break as the Staff notes here. It’s only a typo. They didn’t call this a WTA tournament, so I give them credit.

October 31st, 2018 at 6:44 am

Who is “Dzhumer”?

October 31st, 2018 at 7:21 am

Once a mug, always a mug. Dimitrov.

October 31st, 2018 at 9:29 am

Double break up in the 2nd set but Dimitrov gifts all 2 breaks back.

October 31st, 2018 at 10:07 am

No Fed or Nadal match. Roanic injury, Rafa feeling “something”. Both out.

Congrats Novak new #1.

October 31st, 2018 at 11:36 am

2 Walkovers (for Fed and Fognini) and one cancled match.

what a day.

October 31st, 2018 at 12:01 pm

Means Nadal cant be the YE No 1 without Noles help. And he would need plenty of that.

October 31st, 2018 at 12:03 pm

And here is one of the reasons for Nadal’s higher winning %….for him, mentally, is better quitting than losing. In his mind, for sure, the injuries and time off took away the number one, not Djokovic, cause he retired at the usopen, could not play the aian swing and now he “felt something that could have an impact in the future”….so he can say “i played only 9 tournaments, and in two of them i have to retire midmatch…so in fact i have only lost 2 matches all year, to thiem (madrid) and djokovic (wimbledon), no?”. It will be no surprise that later this week the team will announce another “no showing” at the WTF.

October 31st, 2018 at 12:23 pm

Wow, what a topsy turvy day!

First Raonic out injured giving Fed a walkover to R16 (less 1 match to play this week, he thanks it very much). Now Nadal out with abdomen injury.

Will Nadal play WTF now? If not, the potential semis between Djoko and Fed can determine Year End #1.

1 – IF Fed Beats Djoko he prevents Djoko from gaining more points (360 semis). Fed will have to win Paris and London and Djoko only winning 1 match in London for him to be #1. Or, if Djoko loses early in Paris, before semis, than Djoko can win maximum 2 matches in London.

2 – If Djoko beats Fed, even if he doesn’t win Paris but making finals, Fed will no longer catch him even with London undefeated 1.500 pts. Only one who could catch Djoko in London would be Nadal, that if he plays. Nadal would have to gain 600 pts more than Djoko in London.

3 – If Djoko wins Paris, Nadal would have to win 1000 pts more than Djoko. Meaning if Djoko wins his group (3 matches= 600 pts) he gets #1, without having to count on semis or finals. Or if he loses 1 rubber, and reach finals he gets 800 pts and #1 as well.

Meaning, Fedal will have to cheer on Djoko losing as leary as possible on Paris for them to have a chance at #1 in London. Fed depends heavily on Paris, minimum Finals and if he loses title Djoko would have to not win a single match in WTF (impossible) and Nadal only 1 match.

For Djoko now, he can pretty much close #1 here in Paris, win the title and he goes to London with less effort to seal the deal.

Djoko already will be back to #1 ATP ranking Monday nov 5th for week at least.

October 31st, 2018 at 12:26 pm

Nadal only played 1 HC Masters, which he won (Canada), out of 6. Hard to be #1 this way missing 5 1.000 pts tourneys (5.000 pts missed). Similar for Fed who missed 3 clay Masters plus Canada and RG (6.000 pts missed).

October 31st, 2018 at 12:28 pm

Sucks to be injured. But I have had a successful season. Good things to take in.

October 31st, 2018 at 12:56 pm

Congrats to Nole and his fans.
Hugs to AM and other Rafa fans on here. Andy’s fans feel your pain.:(

October 31st, 2018 at 12:58 pm

My goodness – what a rash of injuries….really upsetting for fans and players alike…kudos to Daniel for his calculations – can’t have been easy.

October 31st, 2018 at 1:31 pm

I think Nads is done for the year. He hates indoor play. Be asking a lot for him to try the O2 when he hasn’t played since the USO, and it is another indoor venue. Except he ought to be around Dec 22 for the lucrative exo with Djokovic in KSA.

Novak, back in the saddle again! Same with Marian. Might be another long time at #1, as Djokovic has squat in points to defend until Wimbledon, and he is a hungry wolf once more, Pepe’s sappy hearts&hugs discarded.

It does set up Fed with a shot, a small shot, but a shot at stealing #1 from Nole and going to 7-5 over Novak if he wins the ATP championships – another year end #1 – if this doubtful scenario plays out. But wouldn’t that be glorious for Fed and his fans as a last hurrah!!
I just don’t think Feds level of play can match Djokovic’s at the moment. One huge upset maybe, but not two.

Back in 2007 I added Djokovic as a player I was going to root for – talent from God though ‘delicate’, smart, funny, had everything. The year after I added Delpo. Then in 2010 I added Cilic. All 3 have delivered, though Djokovic exceeded my wildest hopes. All made the top 5, all won Slams. In 2012 I added Milos Raonic, predicting he would win Wimbledon one day. But I have now soured on Raonic – the only champion he will ever be is of injuries that stop him that other players would gut out if they could play (see Delpo, Fed with his back issues) I am abandoning the wuss – Kicking the Canuck to the curb.

Been a long time since I rooted for a WTA player. That was Hingis, who I loved watching play and construct points. Never had any attraction to the 3 amazons – Serena, Venus and Maria – and their shrieking, lack of finesse – power games. And except for Henin, the others were mental midgets or just didn’t have the talent level to compete with the amazons.

October 31st, 2018 at 1:37 pm

Daniel – thanks for the breakdown. Djokovic has his mojo back. No stopping him in the short-term. Amazing 2nd half of the year and a well-deserved return to #1.

Shame that Rafa is injured. Hopefully he can play London.

October 31st, 2018 at 1:39 pm

BTW, there are rumors that JMDP is not playing London. Nothing confirmed yet that I know of. Could be that all 4 guys vying for the last 2 WTF spots may end up playing.

October 31st, 2018 at 1:39 pm

Thanks M!…Hugs back!

And much congrats to Nole & his fans for being No 1 again….

October 31st, 2018 at 2:05 pm

RZ: I thought JMDP was out for at least 4 months.

October 31st, 2018 at 5:09 pm

Japanese people are good at Math. Not all surprised that Daniel has figured out the math.

October 31st, 2018 at 9:53 pm