Tennis - ATP World Tour 2015

Becker is a crazy old German player.He often during his career held the good with the best players, but a lot of times he knew it loses some anonymous.

I think that Ferrer will win today and goe into the final.

Yesterday was played exhibition match in Bangkok between Novak and Rafa.Novak again won easily,in straight sets.

Ferrer won 1/2 Kuala Lumpur against Benjamin Becker in three sets.

David Ferrer's win over Becker reached the final in Kuala Lumpur and became the only active player with Nole,Rafa,Roger  with at least 50 ATP finals. His opponent in the final will be Feliciano Lopez who earlier was better than Kyrgios.

We'll have an all-Spanish final in Kuala Lumpur, top seed Ferrer will take on second seed Lopez. In Shenzen both semi-finals were postponed due to rain.

ATP Kuala Lumpur

Singles - Semi-finals

[1] D. Ferrer (ESP) d B. Becker (GER) 36 62 64

[2] F. Lopez (ESP) d [7] N. Kyrgios (AUS) 76(2) 76(5)

In tomorrow's finals I think that Lopez can win.

I said that he was in great shape and I expect tomorrow in the final match in three sets and the match for Lopez.

H2H is 10-7 for Ferrer ,a nd tommorow i expext to be 10-8 :D

Ferrer D. - Lopez F. 2-0 . Ferrer won the tournament at ATP Kuala Lumpur. The score was 75 75. It was a disputed match.

Ferrer won the title in Malaysia, his 25th ATP crown, after a victory over fellow Spaniard Lopez.

ATP Kuala Lumpur

Singles - Final

[1] D. Ferrer (ESP) d [2] F. Lopez (ESP) 75 75

They have finally managed to complete the semi-finals in Shenzen, top seed Berdych will face Garcia-Lopez in the final on Monday.

ATP Shenzen

Singles - Semi-finals

[1] T. Berdych (CZE) d [3] T. Robredo (ESP) 61 64

[4] G. Garcia-Lopez (ESP) d [2] M. Cilic (CRO) 16 75 63

I think after semi-finals we will see a final between T. Berdych and Lopez. And after that final will be won by Berdych.

I think after semi-finals we will see a final between T. Berdych and M. Cillic. And after that final will be won by Berdych.

We obviously can't see Cilic in the final since he has been defeated in the semi-finals...

My mistake Johnny. I am a bit tired.

Both Berdych and Lopez are players who I enjoy watching so will be glad whoever wins but I think Lopes shows an enormously progress in his game in the last year or so and his the my favourite for the win.

Two ATP 500 tournaments coming up, with all the world's best players involved. Here are the details:

Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships 2015 - Tokyo, Japan

Surface: Outdoor Hard

Total Financial Commitment: $1,397,250

Seeded players

1 S. Wawrinka

2 K. Nishikori

3 G. Simon

4 R. Gasquet

5 K. Anderson

6 M. Cilic

7 F. Lopez

8 G. Dimitrov

China Open - Beijing, China

Surface: Outdoor Hard

Total Financial Commitment: $3,944,715

Seeded players

1 N. Djokovic

2 T. Berdych

3 R. Nadal

4 D. Ferrer

5 M. Raonic

6 J. Isner

7 D. Goffin

8 J. Tsonga

Monday's matches and the odds at William Hill:

ATP Shenzen Final

1.25 Tomas Berdych  v  Guillermo Garcia-Lopez 3.75

ATP Tokyo

1.83 Yoshihito Nishioka  v  Tatsuma Ito 1.83

1.53 Alexandr Dolgopolov  v  Sam Querrey 2.37

5.50 Borna Coric  v  Kei Nishikori 1.12

1.14 Jiri Vesely  v  Yasutaka Uchiyama 5.00

ATP Beijing

1.06 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga  v  Andreas Haider-Maurer 8.00

1.91 Fabio Fognini  v  Martin Klizan 1.80

1.40 David Goffin  v  Andreas Seppi 2.75

2.00 Aljaz Bedene  v  Lukas Rosol 1.73

1.36 Denis Istomin  v  Ze Zhang 3.00

1.44 Jack Sock  v  Teymuraz Gabashvili 2.62

4.50 Viktor Troicki  v  Milos Raonic 1.17

Good luck!

Two very good  tournaments ahead and thrilling matches, as well. I see that  Goffin has already won against Seppi 6-2 6-3, I thought it was going to be a tighter affair. :)

Tomas Berdych finally captured his first title of the season, after having lost three finals this year. This time he defeated Garcia-Lopez in straight sets in Shenzen.

ATP Shenzen

Singles - Final

[1] T. Berdych (CZE) d [4] G. Garcia-Lopez (ESP) 63 76(7)

A few surprises on day one in Beijing, fifth seed Raonic was defeated by Troicki while Tsonga got beaten by Haider-Maurer. Zhang beating Istomin can also count as an upset.

ATP Beijing

Singles - First Round

V. Troicki (SRB) d [5] M. Raonic (CAN) 64 64

[7] D. Goffin (BEL) d A. Seppi (ITA) 62 63

A. Haider-Maurer (AUT) d [8] J. Tsonga (FRA) 76(4) 62

[WC] Ze. Zhang (CHN) d [Q] D. Istomin (UZB) 63 16 63

L. Rosol (CZE) d [Q] A. Bedene (GBR) 16 76(6) 63

J. Sock (USA) d T. Gabashvili (RUS) 64 63

F. Fognini (ITA) d M. Klizan (SVK) 62 61

Day one results from Tokyo:

ATP Tokyo

Singles - First Round

[2] K. Nishikori (JPN) d B. Coric (CRO) 26 61 62

[WC] T. Ito (JPN) d [WC] Y. Nishioka (JPN) 36 60 75

J. Vesely (CZE) d [WC] Y. Uchiyama (JPN) 64 64

S. Querrey (USA) d A. Dolgopolov (UKR) 76(5) 64

well done for Tomas Berdich,but I really expected to see him lifting some trophy earlier this season.For me,he never managed to reach fully his potentia.

Tuesday's matches and the odds at William Hill:

ATP Tokyo

1.73 Bernard Tomic  v  Steve Johnson 2.00

2.00 Marcos Baghdatis  v  Fernando Verdasco 1.73

1.40 Jeremy Chardy  v  Samuel Groth 2.75

2.50 Gilles Muller  v  Kevin Anderson 1.50

1.73 Matthew Ebden  v  Austin Krajicek 2.00

1.22 Stan Wawrinka  v  Radek Stepanek 4.00

1.44 Grigor Dimitrov  v  Benoit Paire 2.62

1.40 Gilles Simon  v  Mikhail Youzhny 2.75

4.33 Albert Ramos-Vinolas  v  Nick Kyrgios 1.20

2.25 Roberto Bautista-Agut  v  Richard Gasquet 1.57

ATP Beijing

2.10 Yen-Hsun Lu  v  Adrian Mannarino 1.67

1.20 Vasek Pospisil  v  Victor Estrella Burgos 4.33

13.00 Di Wu  v  Rafael Nadal 1.02

2.25 John Millman  v  Tommy Robredo 1.57

1.04 Novak Djokovic  v  Simone Bolelli 10.00

1.22 David Ferrer  v  Thomaz Bellucci 4.00

2.50 Dominic Thiem  v  John Isner 1.50

Good luck!

I expect to see good match between Ferrer and Belluci.ALso,Bolelli can cause some problems to Novak,because Novakd had a rest of few weeks.

Expected start for Djokovic and Nadal, but what a great win for Troicki! He defeated fifth seed Milos Raonic 6-4, 6-4. Good for him.

I hope that this is start of good form for Troicki.He deserves a place in top 15 in tennis,in my opinion.

Gasquet, Anderson and Dimitrov all crumbled in the first round in Tokyo while in Beijing Djokovic, Nadal and Berdych enjoyed straight-sets victories.

ATP Tokyo

Singles - First Round

[1] S. Wawrinka (SUI) d R. Stepanek (CZE) 75 63

[3] G. Simon (FRA) d [Q] M. Youzhny (RUS) 64 64

R. Bautista Agut (ESP) d [4] R. Gasquet (FRA) 64 61

G. Muller (LUX) d [5] K. Anderson (RSA) 62 63

B. Paire (FRA) d [8] G. Dimitrov (BUL) 64 36 61

[Q] A. Krajicek (USA) d [Q] M. Ebden (AUS) 57 76(4) 76(5)

J. Chardy (FRA) d S. Groth (AUS) 63 20 ret. (right foot)

M. Baghdatis (CYP) d F. Verdasco (ESP) 75 61

N. Kyrgios (AUS) d A. Ramos-Vinolas (ESP) 67(3) 63 63

S. Johnson (USA) d B. Tomic (AUS) 63 21 ret. (illness)

ATP Beijing

Singles - First Round

[1] N. Djokovic (SRB) d [Q] S. Bolelli (ITA) 61 61

[3] R. Nadal (ESP) d [WC] D. Wu (CHN) 64 64

[4] D. Ferrer (ESP) d T. Bellucci (BRA) 64 63

[6] J. Isner (USA) d D. Thiem (AUT) 75 61

[Q] J. Millman (AUS) d T. Robredo (ESP) 46 61 60

[WC] Y. Lu (TPE) d A. Mannarino (FRA) 63 62

V. Pospisil (CAN) d V. Estrella Burgos (DOM) 46 75 60

Wednesday's matches and the odds at William Hill:

ATP Tokyo

2.62 Joao Sousa  v  Feliciano Lopez 1.44

1.83 Jeremy Chardy  v  Gilles Muller 1.83

1.40 Marin Cilic  v  Donald Young 2.75

1.30 Gilles Simon  v  Jiri Vesely 3.40

4.50 Sam Querrey  v  Kei Nishikori 1.17

1.10 Stan Wawrinka  v  Tatsuma Ito 6.50

ATP Beijing

2.10 Yen-Hsun Lu  v  Viktor Troicki 1.67

2.25 Guillermo Garcia-Lopez  v  Ivo Karlovic 1.57

6.50 Pablo Cuevas  v  Tomas Berdych 1.10

3.75 Andreas Haider-Maurer  v  Jack Sock 1.25

1.17 David Ferrer  v  Lukas Rosol 4.50

3.50 Vasek Pospisil  v  Rafael Nadal 1.28

Good luck!

Djokovic destroyed Bolelli in straight sets,letting him to win only 2 games! Domination is still running...

Expected start for Djokovic and Nadal, but what a great win for Troicki! He defeated fifth seed Milos Raonic 6-4, 6-4. Good for him.

Yes a surprising win for me but obviously Troicki is in very good shape now. Will be curious for me how far in the tournament he could reach.

He has big ambitions for next year,he can fully prepare for the season,there are also Olympics ,which are biggest possible inspiration for an athlete.

As it, not often, but always happens to Troicki, he doesn't take all opponents seriously. And that's why he lost to Lu.

I am so mad at myself. I saw a high odd against Berdych yesterday and I was like wow nice but I just ignored it. Normally I would have done something with it. MAD MAD ME!

One interesting thing.Novak is playing the doubles with his youngest brother Djordje.They even managed to win first match...

I do not understand for what Novak Djokovic plays in doubles,he lost the final in Montreal,as i remember, for this reason,he was tired.

Well,he is playing with his brother,and he had few weeks rest,so there is no problem with that.In that way he trains his volley.

I understand you completely,about his brother and practise his volley, but it may happen that you have two matches same day..single and double

Today's results from Tokyo:

ATP Tokyo

Singles - Second Round

[1] S. Wawrinka (SUI) d [WC] T. Ito (JPN) 63 26 64

[2] K. Nishikori (JPN) d S. Querrey (USA) 76(3) 63

[3] G. Simon (FRA) d J. Vesely (CZE) 64 62

G. Muller (LUX) d J. Chardy (FRA) 76(3) 76(5)

Singles - First Round

[6] M. Cilic (CRO) d [Q] D. Young (USA) 75 57 64

J. Sousa (POR) d [7] F. Lopez (ESP) 64 46 61

All matches in this round were very interesting and majority went to three sets.

I watched the game between Cilic and Young, one can say that it was a match day.Young played very good but Cilic experience makes the difference

Nadal and Ferrer advance in Beijing, Troicki was stopped by Lu while Berdych suffered a surprising first-round loss.

ATP Beijing

Singles - Second Round

[3] R. Nadal (ESP) d V. Pospisil (CAN) 76(3) 64

[4] D. Ferrer (ESP) d L. Rosol (CZE) 76(5) 62

[WC] Y. Lu (TPE) d V. Troicki (SRB) 64 75

J. Sock (USA) d A. Haider-Maurer (AUT) 63 61

Singles - First Round

P. Cuevas (URU) d [2] T. Berdych (CZE) 64 64

I. Karlovic (CRO) d G. Garcia-Lopez (ESP) 75 76(1

Thursday's matches and the odds at William Hill:

ATP Tokyo

3.00 Austin Krajicek  v  Joao Sousa 1.36

1.40 Marin Cilic  v  Steve Johnson 2.75

2.00 Nick Kyrgios  v  Roberto Bautista-Agut 1.73

1.83 Benoit Paire  v  Marcos Baghdatis 1.83

ATP Beijing

1.36 Ivo Karlovic  v  Pablo Cuevas 3.00

1.36 David Goffin  v  Fabio Fognini 3.00

1.01 Novak Djokovic  v  Ze Zhang 17.00

4.33 John Millman  v  John Isner 1.20

Good luck!

From these matches that await us think it is realistic to get Joao Sousa , Novak Djokovic and Ivo Karlovic.

Other matches can be hard,

Possible surprise i think can Millman to win Isner and maybe Fogna to win Goffin

I also expect see John Isner advancing to the next round.He should have no problems withJohn Millman.

Ivo Karlovic in the defeat of Cuevas served out 26 aces and so came to the first place by  aces in career.

Ivo bomber congratulations

Ivo Karlovic 10247 aces

Goran Ivanisevic 10237

Today's results from the Far East:

ATP Tokyo

Singles - Second Round

[6] M. Cilic (CRO) d S. Johnson (USA) 63 63

[Q] A. Krajicek (USA) d J. Sousa (POR) 26 64 63

B. Paire (FRA) d M. Baghdatis (CYP) 63 26 75

N. Kyrgios (AUS) d R. Bautista Agut (ESP) 64 62

ATP Beijing

Singles - Second Round

[1] N. Djokovic (SRB) d [WC] Ze. Zhang (CHN) 62 61

[6] J. Isner (USA) d [Q] J. Millman (AUS) 46 76(5) 64

F. Fognini (ITA) d [7] D. Goffin (BEL) 62 26 62

P. Cuevas (URU) d I. Karlovic (CRO) 76(5) 76(7)

Very good game for aussie Millman but still experienced Isner rescinded match till end.

Fognini  managed to surprise Goffin and placed in 1/4.Krajicek makes the biggest surprise beating Sousa in 3 sets.

Quarter-finals coming up, check out the odds at William Hill:

ATP Tokyo

1.53 Gilles Simon  v  Gilles Muller 2.37

1.12 Stan Wawrinka  v  Austin Krajicek 5.50

3.25 Marin Cilic  v  Kei Nishikori 1.33

2.37 Benoit Paire  v  Nick Kyrgios 1.53

ATP Beijing

2.62 Jack Sock  v  Rafael Nadal 1.44

1.50 Fabio Fognini  v  Pablo Cuevas 2.50

1.22 David Ferrer  v  Yen-Hsun Lu 4.00

1.08 Novak Djokovic  v  John Isner 7.00

Good luck!

3.25 Marin Cilic  v  Kei Nishikori  1.33   

It might be in Tokyo but this is  really juicy odd for Cilic. Don't know how good  his form at the moment is but it's definitely tempting option.

It seems to me that the odd is to much high on Cilic , but not impressed me in a match that I watched against Young.Maybe match in 3 sets.

Among the other matches my favorites are Crazy Fabio and Stan Wawrinka

NIshikori is through to the semifinal. it was a really good match.

Djokovic smahed John Inser easily.In my opinion,he will win the trophy easily.Ferrer must play best tennis of his life if he wants to cause problems to Novak.

Wawrinka and Nishikori reached the last four in Tokyo but Simon was stunned by Muller in straight sets. All the big favourites pulled through in Beijing, Djokovic had a comfortable win over Isner while Nadal dropped a set against Sock.

ATP Tokyo

Singles - Quarter-finals

[1] S. Wawrinka (SUI) d [Q] A. Krajicek (USA) 63 64

[2] K. Nishikori (JPN) d [6] M. Cilic (CRO) 36 75 63

G. Muller (LUX) d [3] G. Simon (FRA) 63 64

B. Paire (FRA) d N. Kyrgios (AUS) 36 64 61

ATP Beijing

Singles - Quarter-finals

[1] N. Djokovic (SRB) d [6] J. Isner (USA) 62 62

[3] R. Nadal (ESP) d J. Sock (USA) 36 64 63

[4] D. Ferrer (ESP) d [WC] Y. Lu (TPE) 63 61

F. Fognini (ITA) d P. Cuevas (URU) 61 26 62

Semi-finals on Saturday, here are the odds at William Hill:

ATP Tokyo

1.33 Stan Wawrinka  v  Gilles Muller 3.40

4.50 Benoit Paire  v  Kei Nishikori 1.20

ATP Beijing

1.50 Rafael Nadal  v  Fabio Fognini 2.60

1.10 Novak Djokovic  v  David Ferrer 7.00

Good luck!