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Del Potro *0-1 Davydenko
Solid start from NiDav as he holds to love. Del Potro not at the races yet.
* denotes next to serve
Solid start from NiDav as he holds to love. Del Potro not at the races yet.
* denotes next to serve
1442: OK folks, Juan Martin del Potro won the toss and chose to receive. Let the ATP World Tour Finals, er, Final begin...
1438: THANK GOODNESS. Boris Becker has negotiated the Sunday traffic and popped into the BBC studio. "Oh my God, don't even go there," he begins. "Two hours from Wimbledon to the O2... What's going on?" Try the Tube next time, BB.
1437: The knock-up music is... Feel by Robbie Williams. I couldn't be more disappointed. I'd like to have heard a bit of Chanson D'Amour.
1432: Here we go then. Emerging from the smoke first up is Nikolay Davydenko, looking cool as you like. I wonder what the knock-up music will be today. Hope they've got something special lined up. And here's Juan Martin del Potro.
From anon via text on 81111: "Del Potro to look exhausted, injured even, after 30 minutes, and still win!"
BBC Sport's Piers Newbery tweeting from the O2:
"Trying to think what they can replace London Calling with in 2010. Chas & Dave? Maybe Shane Ritchie would do a turn..."
1425: The BBC team are discussing their favourite memories of the tennis year. Castle goes for Fed winning the French, Henman goes for Roddick's performance in the Wimbledon final. I'm going for
Hacker The Dog's search for Sue Barker.
From davidmcbride09 on Twitter:
"Hopefully it's going to be another thriller of a match, rankings suggest DelPo will come through, but with NiDav around you never know."
1418: It's not just the ATP World Tour Finals title up for grabs today: it's the coveted world number four spot. Juan Martin del Potro will relegate Andy Murray to fifth place in the world rankings if he wins today.
From redhotbed100 on 606:
"I predicted DelPo to win the tourny from the start and I think he'll win this one in straights."
1416: Sometimes I feel like throwing my hands up in the air, I know I can count on you… So if you wouldn't mind dropping me a text on 81111, or getting involved on
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1410: The singles finalists are due on court at 1430 GMT. Just a reminder: this match will be live on BBC Two, streamed on the BBC website (UK only), audio commentary via the BBC website and on BBC 5 live from 1600 GMT. Erm, or there's little old me.
1407: "It's been the best week of our lives," says Bob Bryan. Or was it Mike? Anyway, they seem very taken with the O2 Arena, which has been incredibly well populated for most of the doubles matches this week.
1403: The presentation ceremony may go on a bit. There's about 100 people for the players to shake hands with. I never thought I'd get bored of hearing London Calling by The Clash, but I think I have reached my limit.
1400: Bob and Mike Bryan are on court at the moment celebrating their win in the doubles final - and ending the year as world number one. A particularly impressive win given that Mike appeared to be suffering from a dicky tummy during the final. Maybe they got the boat in today...
1355: Well hello there. It's the final no one even dared dream might actually come to pass: the Tower of Tandil against the Ironman, DelPo against NiDav, Juan Martin del Potro against Nikolay Davydenko.
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