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Sunday, December 18, 2011

Tennis

Monday, July 11, 2011

Nadal ends 2011 with one and a solid lead over Federer

Nadal ends 2011 with one and a solid lead over Federer

Beyond the defeat in the final of the Masters, the Spanish reached the end of the season in the top of the charts with 12,450 points, surpassing the 3,305 Swiss units. The Spanish found perhaps the best season of his career.

The Spanish Rafael Nadal defeated despite losing Sunday's final of the Masters in London, finished 2010 in the first position of the ATP rankings, with 12,450 points and a solid lead over the second in the standings, Roger Federer Federer.

The Swiss, who won the Spanish in the final in the British capital continues after that triumph in the second position worldwide, a respectable distance from Nadal (3305 points), while the third place in the ATP completed this year Serbian Novak Djokovic.

Nadal and Federer are the highest positions in the ATP rankings since 2005, and the podium of the classification is the same since the end of the 2007 season.

For its part, Britain's Andy Murray, who lost to Nadal in the semifinals of the Masters, climbed one position thanks to its performance in the London tournament, to be fourth, leaving the Swede Robin Soderling as world number five.

The ranking is the first Argentine Juan Monaco, number 26, tied to 1,480 points with compatriot David Nalbandian (27 º).

The best Brazilian Thomaz Bellucci 2010 was, ending the year at the 31 th position, away from the first Uruguayan Pablo Cuevas (63 º), which ended a step above the best Colombian Santiago Giraldo (64 º).

Fernando Gonzalez ended 2010 in 68 th place world ranking.

- ATP world rankings of 29 November 2010:

1. Rafael Nadal (ESP) 12 450 points

2. Roger Federer (SUI) 9145

3. Novak Djokovic (SRB) 6035

4. Andy Murray (GBR) 5760 (1)

5. Robin Soderling (SWE) 5580 (-1)

6. Tomas Berdych (CZE) 3955

7. David Ferrer (ESP) 3735

8. Andy Roddick (USA) 3665

9. Fernando Verdasco (ESP) 3240

10. Mikhail Youzhny (RUS) 2920

11. Jürgen Melzer (AUT) 2785

12. Gaël Monfils (FRA) 2485

13. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA) 2345

14. Marin Cilic (CRO) 2300

15. Nicolas Almagro (ESP) 2160

16. Mardy Fish (USA) 1991

17. Ivan Ljubicic (CRO) 1965

18. Sam Querrey (USA) 1860

19. John Isner (USA) 1850

20. Bagdhatis Marcos (CYP) 1785

25. Albert Montanes (ESP) 1495

26. Juan Monaco (ARG) 1480

27. David Nalbandian (ARG) 1480

28. Juan Carlos Ferrero (ESP) 1415

31. Thomaz Bellucci (BRA) 1355

32. Feliciano Lopez (ESP) 1300

33. Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (ESP) 1275

39. Juan Ignacio Chela (CHI) 1070

41. Marcel Granollers (ESP) 1021

50. Tommy Robredo (ESP) 915

58. Daniel Gimeno-Traver (ESP) 844

63. Pablo Cuevas (URU) 790 (1)

64. Santiago Giraldo (COL) 785 (1)

66. Carlos Berlocq (ARG) 725 (3)

68. Fernando Gonzalez (CHI) 720 (-1)

71. Pablo Andujar (ESP) 683

72. Pere Riba (ESP) 672

74. Eduardo Schwank (ARG) 655

76. Ricardo Mello (BRA) 642

77. Ruben Ramirez Hidalgo (ESP) 638

86. Brian Dabul (ARG) 594 (2)

95. Leonardo Mayer (ARG) 572 (-3)

98. Marcos Daniel (BRA) 564 (-2)

Sunday, January 23, 2011

Fernando Verdasco

Fernando Verdasco with his girlfriend

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Fernando Verdasco came agonisingly close to reaching the quarter-finals of Wimbledon for the first time last year and it's hard to forget his absorbing five-set defeat to Mario Ancic, who clinched the deciding set 13-11.

Since then the hard-hitting Spaniard's reputation has grown further as he powered his way into the semi-finals of the Australian Open in Melbourne, ending the hopes of Andy Murray along the way.

His impressive run finally ended against eventual champion Rafael Nadal but only after another titanic five-set battle in a Grand Slam - at five hours and 14 minutes it became the longest match in the tournament's history.

The 25-year-old has maintained consistent momentum throughout 2009, reaching the fourth round at the French Open but perhaps more impressively progressing to the quarter-final stage of all five Masters 1000 events.

Best on clay, Verdasco is generally regarded as being comfortable on all surfaces and following his year of improvement he'll be looking to venture further than ever on the grass at SW19 this time round.