The Race for the ATP World Tour Finals Heats Up: Previewing the ‘Asian Swing’

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Published: September 21, 2014

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As the focus of men’s tennis is shifting from one city of skyscrapers to many more, in some of the world’s most populous places in Asia, the battle to reach the World Tour Finals at London’s O2 Arena in November is going to get increasingly interesting.

Novak Djokovic, Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal have, as usual, already booked their tickets to the English capital. Australian Open champion Stan Wawrinka can start sorting flights out too, comfortably holding fourth place. By virtue of winning in New York, Marin Cilic is also almost guaranteed to be there, along as he finishes inside the top 20 of the rankings, according to the official ATP rulebook (Section IV: World Championship B.1.b). The other three places are all to play for.

Anyone down from current No. 6-position holder Kei Nishikori to Latvian Ernests Gulbis who is at No. 13, has a realistic chance of qualifying. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, at No. 12, and Gulbis would need to get some serious points at the remaining Masters 1000 events in Shanghai and Paris though to stand a chance.

The “Asian swing” begins with ATP 250 events in the Malaysian capital Kuala Lumpur and, for the first time, in the Chinese city of Shenzhen.

Rising Asian star and recent U.S. Open finalist Kei Nishikori leads the field in Malaysia, with the aforementioned Gulbis the No. 2 seed for the week.

In a strong coup for the organisers in Shenzhen, Andy Murray accepted a late wild card to play in the event. The Scot is languishing down in unfamiliar territory at No. 11 on the ATP Race to London list and desperately needs some points and confidence in this latter part of the season. David Ferrer, Richard Gasquet and Tommy Robredo will also feature there.

At his best, or even close to it, Murray will win this tournament. We know how good he can still be, as proved by the opening two sets against Novak Djokovic in the U.S. Open quarter finals. All 1...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Tennis

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