Andy Murray’s 2013 game-plan? Keep working, keep improving
When Andy Murray faced the media at the ATP World Tour Finals for the last time, it was Remembrance Day, and one day short of…
ATP Tour Archives: 11/2012
The evolving calendar of the maturing Roger Federer
It was the summer of 1998, and the world’s best young tennis player was about to take his first step into the professional tour. Roger…
In pictures and quotes: Djokovic’s run to ATP World Tour Finals title
The final of finals, the season’s climax between the top tennis players of the year, saw the best of the best, the No1 and No2…
ATP World Tour Finals 2012: Roger Federer outclasses Andy Murray
With one finalist in the frame, the second proved to be a still more intriguing match-up. Roger Federer and Andy Murray had played 18 times…
ATP World Tour Finals 2012: Novak Djokovic beats Juan Martin del Potro
It was a day for the history books. Semi-final Sunday at the World Tour Finals would welcome the one millionth fan through the doors and…
ATP World Tour Finals 2012: Del Potro beats Federer to reach semis
The final day of round-robin competition brought one of the most highly anticipated matches of the week—an extraordinary eighth meeting in 2012 between two of…
ATP World Tour Finals 2012: Djokovic seizes qualification in style
It would take an unexpected turn of events in the last phase of the Group A round-robins for World No1 Novak Djokovic to fail to…
ATP World Tour Finals 2012: Story so far in pictures, quotes and results
It’s the half-way stage at the World Tour Finals, and some things never change. Novak Djokovic has beaten Andy Murray in yet another classic, race-to-the-wire…
ATP World Tour Finals 2012: Federer beats Ferrer to make semi-finals
The task facing David Ferrer in his second match at the World Tour Finals was truly formidable. He had played Roger Federer 13 times across…
ATP World Tour Finals: Federer & Djokovic scrub up to receive awards
The main arena at the O2 is well used to the sartorial superiority of the two top-ranked men in tennis. Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic,…
ATP World Tour Finals 2012: Djokovic downs Murray in thriller
World No1 Novak Djokovic may have opened proceedings on day one against Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, teasing the crowd with a close first set before closing it…
ATP World Tour Finals 2012: Roger Federer makes it 40 wins in London
If No1 Novak Djokovic took centre stage on day one, it was possibly the king of the ATP World Tour Finals, world No2 Roger Federer,…
Paris Masters 2012: David Ferrer beats Jerzy Janowicz to title
It has been a long time coming, and is long overdue for one of the biggest hearts in one of the most compact men in…
ATP World Tour Finals 2012: Djokovic, Federer, Murray eye glory
None of the men taking part in the season’s climax at The O2 this week have made any secret of their desire to win what…
ATP World Tour Finals 2012: Murray gets Djokovic, Federer with Del Potro
With two days to go until the biggest indoor tennis tournament in the world gets under way—and with one man still in action across the…
Paris Masters 2012: Simon outsmarts Berdych, Ferrer eyes records
It’s an ill wind that blows nobody any good. The Paris Masters may have rued the loss of the ‘big four’ from its draw—Rafael Nadal…
Paris Masters 2012: Tsonga’s London joy dispels Halloween nightmare
There were always questions about how the final Masters of the year in Paris Bercy would cope with its new slot straddling October and November,…