WORLD TOUR FINALS 2012, London

Top players give their pre-tournament interviews:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/tennis/20201379

Back to usual player bashing.

http://www.atpworldtour.com/#ooid=BzczFuNjqN2aTNtxj8QAnL2AcRQyk4OU

Djokovic with glasses reminds me of my Mathematics professor.

Good luck to all players.

Good to see Bryans at WTF. Wonderful. Some good doubles for interested fans.

It's about time I start to get ready. I am soooo happy and excited!!!

noleisthebest wrote:It's about time I start to get ready. I am soooo happy and excited!!!

Already??? Oh well.. women and the time they take to get ready.

Enjoy the evening. I'll watch both matches. The second one is way too late night for me.. but WTF doesn't come every day.

My prediction:

1. Murray vs.
Berdych

Odd are stacked againt the Berd. But let me take him to win this one.

2. Djokovic vs.
Tsonga

A prediction that comes from nothing less than "cape of no hope", but let me go with Tsonga.

Well, I'm all ready to go, look forward to some good tennis and great atmosphere, don't have the OTF poster, but my trusty NOLEISTHEBEST flag will be flown with pride, will try and post a few comments from there, and will finally try and get to the players zone as I'll have plenty of time to kill between the afternoon and evening sessions. I remember that last year they were switching the WI-FI off during matches.

Will be enjoying for all of us CIAO
O2 and sunny Thames here I come

Enjoy. Djoko says he is tired physically and mentally. And the internet leaves no room for privacy as we all know now that his father's health is of concern. I really don;t expect Djoko to get to the semi. He will want to pull out asap.

Tenez wrote:And the internet leaves no room for privacy as we all know now that his father's health is of concern.

he, he....nice try!

That's what the news said.

Anyway, really weird to have the final played on Monday. This is really weird.

I'm in !

It's boiling in here...Berd to serve!

Murray sounds really laboured .

Berd hitting the ball beautifully, Murray quite subdued so is the crowd

50% of Murray's game is about pushing the ball up and run right and left.

He is definitely looking very average at the moment

Tenez wrote:50% of Murray's game is about pushing the ball up and run right and left.

That is generous

I would've said 70% easily.

legendkillar wrote:

Tenez wrote:50% of Murray's game is about pushing the ball up and run right and left.

That is generous

I would've said 70% easily.

I did not want to hurt sensitive souls!

Tenez wrote:

legendkillar wrote:

Tenez wrote:50% of Murray's game is about pushing the ball up and run right and left.

That is generous

I would've said 70% easily.

I did not want to hurt sensitive souls!

Hey as a Murray fan I don't mind. Nothing wrong with calling a spade a spade.

His form and play of late has been awful.

Berd in good form. Really good

Spoken too soon!
The court looks slow

The courts have always been slow in London...but the advantag is that the balls were not bouncing as much. Not sure this is still the case.

Are the courts making Paris look like Queens?

Impossible to say with the difference in angle's camera. I suspect they are very similar in order to provide players a good warm up for London.

Tenez wrote:The courts have always been slow in London...but the advantag is that the balls were not bouncing as much. Not sure this is still the case.

I'd say it's medium to high

Strange, but the match feels really flat . The crowd is utterly indifferent. Murray's managed to stallBerd a bit , but Berd is not going anywhere!
Murray playing about 85% pure retreiving and half of it ghe worst scrapping kind

And he breaks....unbelievable!

The place is heating up now that Murray has broken...some fans!

Which one has the bigger thighs?

Tenez wrote:Which one has the bigger thighs?

You've read my mind....Murray (yuk!)

Classic Berd and classic Murray...
Now how do I kill 2 hours
Off to the fan zone

Cannot you go to the training courts ? You might some players warming up.

Tenez wrote:Cannot you go to the training courts ? You might some players warming up.

That's whereI'm going . Apparently it's called Fan zone....they wouldn't let YOU in there

Only as a coach for Federer!

Just my luck....wheelchair tennis on one practice court and Marrey hitting against his doubles partner on the other...
Pimms comes to the rescue...now where can I find one....

There is a mini court where fans can play doubles against some anonymous ex-pros....Must say it looks tempting... Just need to find a brave victim to be my partner

Hey! Tsonga coming to practise now!!!I'll say bonjour on your behalf Tenez!

Rasheed's legs look stronger and a lot more defined than Tsonga's

noleisthebest wrote:Hey! Tsonga coming to practise now!!!I'll say bonjour on your behalf Tenez!

Don't curse him!

Gasquet turned up, too luuuuvleeeey!!!

Now that I've seen him hit the ball from close-up, I wish Gasquet qualified instead of Tsonga.

noleisthebest wrote:Gasquet turned up, too luuuuvleeeey!!!

AH! That might not be such good news for you...unless it;s for Tipsy.

I wouldn't mind at all

I can't believe I'm sitting here waiting for Ferrer to turn up for his practice session
I think I'm going to watch Brian bros instead...

Yes Doubles is a lot of fun to watch live. Even on TV but unfortunately they have not got big names so it has lost some appeal.

Wow!!!
I have got the most fantastic seat ever for the evening session...
And now the craziest moment of my tennis match going: I am actually sitting next to the exactly same people as last year except they are sat on my left side this time. They can't believe it either! Two older American ladies, Djokovic fans!

Behind me is a bunch of young French guys, it will be interesting when Nole match starts.
Yes the doubles is super fun!
I can't believe m cheeting for the Spaniards....don't know why but the Brians get in my nerves.
Haven't been able to find Pimms anywhere

There 's loads of French style cheering ALREADY

This match def loads more fun than Murray Berd. Fans loving it!
And the Brians lost.

Next up NOLE!!!!!!

Nole's git a huge crowd here tonight, Londoners know their tennis;)

Watch for a big wave !

Djokovic trying to pull teh trigger at the end of a 25 shot rally and pulls an UE. This sums up of our tennis era!

Djoko lucky on BP...saves it and gets on the board.