The top five prospects for the Barclays ATP Tour Finals and the China Open
The qualifying criterion for the Barclays ATP Tour Finals is exceptionally simple however ruthlessly hard. Conclude the year in the top eight ATP rankings and a player is in. This trophy is simply marked under a major in terms of significance. As far as this year’s title is concerned, let us consider the top five favourites for the competition:
1. Andy Murray:
The current form of the Scottish tennis player, Andy Murray might just help him in winning the Barclays ATP Tour Finals which would be a catalyst for him to start the 2011 season with high hopes.
2. Rafael Nadal:
Last season proved to be the worst one for the Spaniard tennis ace, Rafael Nadal. Therefore, the experts are of the view that this season Rafa will definitely be looking forward to make up for his last year’s performance. It might give enough courage to push him through.
3. Robin Soderling:
The Americana tennis ace, Robin Soderling has now turned as one of the most devastating tennis players of the modern era. Last season, was no lucky break and at least for the next couple of years, the man is here to dominate the world of tennis. He did manage to perform well last season and will definitely be looking forward to replicate his performance towards the end of this season as well.
4. Juan Martin Del Potro:
At this stage, Potro’s participation is uncertain however for the sake of discussion; let’s assume that he is contesting in the tournament. Prospects are that he will be energetic as compared to the rest of the players and would be looking to come back strongly with a high quality performance therefore he can be proved destructive beyond any measure of speculations.
5. Novak Djokovic:
Like routine, Novak is famous for performing well towards the end of the year and so this season may not be any different. The experts have already listed him as one of the top favourites to triumph in the Paribas Masters, and as far as this championship is concerned, there is no question about the fact that he is a real threat to the rest of the competitors.
Another tournament that follows the fourth and the final Grand Slam, the United States Open championship is the China Open which was previously known as the Beijing Salem Open. The tournament which started in the year 1993 is held in the city of Beijing on annual basis. The competition has been extremely successful in grabbing the attention of many people all around the world ever since its inauguration. It is currently being hosted at the Olympic grounds in China. As far as the top five contenders for this season’s competition are concerned, here is the list of few of the players;
1. Robin Soderling
After enjoying a pretty good 2010 season in spite of the fact that the American tennis ace, Robin Soderling couldn’t manage to win a single slam, the hopes are still high and few of the experts ranked him as the top most contender for the China Open this year.
2. Nikolay Davydenko
This last season has been a major disaster. After ruling at the end at last season, the player was expected to win his very first major title, however fitness combined with injury dashed his hopes to the ground. Anyhow, this might be the championship where he returns strongly.
3. Rafael Nadal
The Spaniard tennis ace, who is also the recent champ at the grass court Grand Slam tournament, has succeeded at the Beijing on two occasions in the past. His first victory came at the 2005 championship where as the second one came at the 2008 championship. However, as far as this year’s tournament is concerned, it highly depends on his fitness as he is an injury prone player and can’t be predicted in terms of his form prior to the start of the tournament.
4. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
Tsonga is another player who gets injured over and over again like Rafa and is therefore incompatible. However in the case of attaining hundred percent fitness the aptitude and talent of the player speaks for itself. Moreover, another interesting fact is that Tsonga has a record of performing even better at small tournaments as compared to the major ones.
5. Thomas Berdych
Berdych could definitely be another competitor for the top listed players however he is required to prove that he has still the power to knock down the top ranked contenders at the China Open this season.
No matter who ever wins, the most exciting fact being a tennis fan is that a complete action packed season is waiting ahead of the United States Open as well.
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