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2046: Nikolay Davydenko follows him for a brief pre-match interview and he definitely knows what he needs to do tonight: "If I win, I play semis. If I lose, it's my last match this year."
2044: Here comes Robin Soderling now - he's already through, remember, so should Djokovic be worried? No. "I always try to win every match I play," says Soderling. "I will fight to the end of course."
2042: Rafael Nadal vows to return stronger in 2010 after his defeat by Djokovic left him without a win, or set, from his three Group B round-robin games: "This tournament gave me the opportunity to see what I have to do to play better and to start the next year better. The goal is try to play hard and arrive generally in perfect condition."
2040: Novak Djokovic talks about his fitness following his 7-6 (7-5) 6-3 win over Rafael Nadal: "I'm not saying I'm dead tired, I'm saying I'm exhausted from the season. And I think you don't need confirmation from my face to see that. I think it's obvious on the court that I'm not moving and I'm not that energetic as I was maybe in Paris or Basel."
2030: Phew. That's the maths over and done with (thankfully), so let's talk tennis. Rob-Sod v Nik-Dav will be difficult to call... assuming Soderling wants to win, of course. They've met nine times before in the past five years, with Soderling wining six of those encounters - including in Paris earlier this month. Most of the recent form belongs to him too...in six matches with the Russian since 2006, he has only lost once.
2026: In terms of who could finish top of Group B, and play Juan Martin del Potro rather than Roger Federer tomorrow, then things are slightly more complicated but, luckily, not much: Any Soderling win obviously means he finishes top. A two-set Davydenko win will be enough for him, but a three-set Davydenko win will still leave Soderling on top.
2023: Yep, the last match of what has been an intriguing (and, at times, brain-scrambling) round-robin stage will see Soderling play Davydenko. The shakedown is thus: A Soderling win sees him go through, along with Djokovic. A Davydenko win will see him progress out of Group B, along with Soderling. Basically, if Davydenko wins, then
sets won and lost by the top three players will decide who goes through.
Soderling is untouchable with a W4 L0 (+4) record because the worst he can finish with is +2. Djokovic has finished his matches at W4 L3 (+1) so Davydenko, who is currently W3 L2 (+1) only needs a victory of any sort to better that.
2020 GMT: Evening folks. We already know three of the four semi-finalists of the ATP World Tour Finals... tonight we will find out whether Nikolay Davydenko or Novak Djokovic will join Roger Federer, Juan Martin del Potro and Robin Soderling in the last four. And the best thing? You won't need a calculator to work this one out...
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