Despite a down season, Roger Federer received three honours in the 2013 ATP World Tour Awards while Rafael Nadal wins Comeback Player of the Year and can clinch the ATP World Tour No. 1 at this week’s ATP World Tour Finals.

Federer has been selected by his peers as winner of the Stefan Edberg Sportsmanship Award for a ninth time and by fans as the ATPWorldTour.com Fans’ Favourite for an 11th …

Six-time ATP World Tour Finals champion Roger Federer assessed his difficult Group B which includes Novak Djokovic, Juan Martin del Potro and Richard Gasquet.

“Novak is playing great,” said Federer at a media conference today in London. ‘He has won every tournament he has played over the last few. He has a lot of confidence and is playing really well.

“Juan Martin the same, I just played him too. He has …

The end of the 2013 season begins tomorrow with the ATP Finals in London. The tournament once again features the Top 8 players in the world (minus the injured Andy Murray) competing for 1,500 important ranking points and a purse of close to $2 million dollars. Does that have your attention? It should because it certainly has the players’.

Leading the way are the big three – Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal …

Simona Halep ended her best season in the best possible way with a title at the WTA Tournament of Champions in Sofia, Bulgaria.

In an the finale of the 8-women round robin event featuring all tournament champions during the year, Halep beat Stosur 2-6, 6-2, 6-2 today to win her sixth title of the year.

“I really wanted to win this tournament, so I’m just happy!” Halep said in her on-court interview …

Novak Djokovic overcame break deficits in both sets to turn away David Ferrer 7-5, 7-5 in the final of the Paris Indoors Sunday.

The win was Djokovic’s 40th career title, second at the event and 16th Masters 1000. And it was also his 200th career Masters 1000 match victory.

“I knew that coming into the match I’m going to have to work for my points,” said Djokovic who now leads Ferrer 11-5 …

The dyanamic duo of Sara Errani and Roberta Vinci paced the Italians to the 2013 Fed Cup title over Russia on Sunday in Cagliari, Sardinia. Behind Errani and Vinci, Italy entered the day with a 2-0 and today Errani wrapped up the title with a 6-1, 6-1 win over Alisa Kleybanova.

“We are very happy,” said 26-year-old Errani. “It was a very good week for us. I am happy with how …

Novak Djokovic kept his faint hopes alive for a year-end No. 1 finish by winning the Paris Indoors earlier today over David Ferrer.

The Serb, who lost his top ranking last month to Rafael Nadal, can return to No. 1 but he’ll have to at least win the ATP Finals which begin tomorrow in London to have a chance, and maybe more.

Entering London Djokovic stands 1,420 points behind Rafa, a sum …

Novak Djokovic took care of business Saturday beating Roger Federer, though in much tougher fashion than many of us expected. In the semifinals of the Paris Masters, it was Federer who controlled play early, dominating Djokovic to lead by a set and a break before the Serb got on track to author a 4-6, 6-3, 6-2 comeback win.

Federer began awfully strong and once he broke to start the second I …

Juan Martin Del Potro’s PR manager, Jorge Viale, confirmed that the Argentine World No. 5 had several of his personal belongins stolen today from a Paris train station.

According to Viale:

This morning, around 11 am in Paris, Juan Martin del Potro’s briefcase was stolen while he was checking in at the Gare du Nord train station on his way to London to take part in the World Tour Finals.

“I was finishing …

Moments ago the ATP unrelieved the draw for the upcoming year-end World Tour Finals in London. The event which begins on Monday features two groups of four players comprised of the Top 8 players in the world. With Andy Murray withdrawn due to a back injury, here’s how the selections unfolded.

Group A
Rafael Nadal
David Ferrer
Tomas Berdych
Stanislas Wawrinka

Group B
Novak Djokovic
Juan Martin Del Potro
Roger Federer
Richard Gasquet

Djokovic and Federer are the only former champions …

We are down to the last four is Paris, and like the French Open it’s a star-studded quarter after the popular crew came through today.

Novak Djokovic began quarterfinals proceedings with a resounding 6-1, 6-4 victory over Stan Wawrinka. The win was Novak’s 15th straight but it will most be remembered for a near perfect opening set, one of his best during the streak. Wawrinka, who had pushed Novak to the …

In a rare treat, the London final eight participants are all part of the Paris quarterfinals, giving us a glimpse of perhaps what’s to come next week.

In the last match of the night, Rafael Nadal clinched the historic octet with a tough 7-6, 6-4 victory over Jerzy Janowicz.

At 22, Janowicz with his array of shots is a wondrous talent. Credit, though, to Nadal, who doesn’t play his best indoors, for …

The indoor season often brings out the best in Roger Federer and yesterday at the Paris Masters the Swiss admitted that he’s feeling good again.

Federer just reached the Basel final and after the win yesterday, the 32-year-old says he’s playing his best tennis since February.

“I feel really good again, probably the first time ever since maybe Dubai,” Federer said. “So this is a good thing. I’m happy that …

After four years of fighting injuries and emotions, Juan Martin del Potro is back to the level of play that took him to the 2009 US Open title. The Argentine has won 14 of his last 15 matches with titles coming in Tokyo and Basel and a final in Shanghai losing to Novak Djokovic in a final set tiebreak. So del Potro has reason for the optimism why many think …

Commenting yesterday after a 75, 75 win over his Spanish countryman Marcel Granollers at the Paris Masters, Rafael Nadal admitted that he doesn’t like playing indoors.

“I never like it a lot, playing in indoor, but that doesn’t mean that I cannot play well,” said Nadal.

“If I am able to find the right feelings, seriously, I am not scared about playing indoors. It is a surface that I can play …