A bit of a surprise this morning.The blog which I was expecting it to be published until couple of days ago was published in the news paper this morning.

Here's the link for the article.

http://dc-epaper.com/PUBLICATIONS/DC/DCH/2011/11/24/ArticleHtmls/blog-corner-Fedex-firm-favourite-for-Finals-24112011123023.shtml#

2011 ATP World Tour Finals Preview

Back here after a very long time.But here's a quick Preview of the 2011 ATP World Tour Championships.I have actually sent this particular article couple of days ago to a local news paper so that it would be published in the news papers but unfortunately it was not on so blogging it here.

The last ATP tournament of the 2011 season is all set to start at the O2 Arena in London from tomorrow(Sunday 20th November 2011) where only the Top – 8 ranked players in the singles and the Top – 8 pairs in the doubles will be in action.

World Number #1 Novak Djokovic,#3Andy Murray ,#5 David Ferrer & #7 Tomas Berdych are drawn in Group – A while World #2 Rafael Nadal ,#4 Roger Federer ,# 6 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and #8 Mardy Fish are drawn in Group-B.

World #1 Novak Djokovic who had an amazing record of 69 Wins to 4 losses this season is not healthy enough to get through the tough round robin matches. Djokovic who won 3 out the 4 Grandslam titles this year ,surely could win all the matches but his condition seems to be more likely that he’ll suffer a sizable amount of his 2011 losses in one tournament.

World# 2 Rafael Nadal has an easy opener against Mardy Fish who is playing his first World Tour Finals.Expect a match of the Round Robin where Nadal meets Federer.World #3 Andy Murray is into a good group where there is no Nadal and Federer,an ailing Djokovic and Ferrer – a man he beats regularly.But nothing is easy in the World Tour Finals.Murray struggles against Tomas Berdych and yea Murray loves the great indoors at the O2 Arena in London and he’s been pointing to this event for months.

World #4 Roger Federer will slash his way throught this group because his approach to the fall season really paid off.who skipped the entire Asian Tournaments to emerge fresh in Europe,and then got his game and confidence in order by winning the only two events(Basel and Bercy) he played since the US Open.He’s perfectly primed to defend his title.He has been the best of the best for 5times in his career.

In the end, it could be either Federer or Murray who will win the year end championships. Federer and Murray have played each other 12 times during the last 3years but they are yet to cross paths this season.

Federer is on a winning streak but at the same time he may have to get through three players who are ranked above him – Djokovic – Nadal & Murray to get there.But Federer loves London, and the crowds there ,even when he’s facing hometown boy Murray ,Love him back.Murray on the other hand has played the best tennis during last couple of months and has every chance to lift the London title for the first time.

In the doubles Indian Express Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi are seeded #4 while the Indo-Pak Express pair of Rohan Bopanna and Aisam-ul-haq Qureshi are seeded #7.

The Indo-Pak Express pair Bopanna and Qureshi who won thie fisrt ATP Master Series tournament last week at the Paris Indoors are high in confidence and they have every chance to get throught the Round Robin stage.They are definitely a pair to watch out this week.