Author Archives: Jesse Pentecost

Knowing A Good Thing When You See It

World Tour Finals, Semifinal (1) Federer d. (3) Murray, 7/6 6/2 Roger Federer tonight defeated Andy Murray to move through to the deciding match of the World Tour Finals. Earlier today Novak Djokovic qualified for the final by beating Juan … Continue reading

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Ambling Home

World Tour Finals, Day Six (6) del Potro d. (1) Federer, 7/6 4/6 6/3 (4) Ferrer d. (8) Tipsarevic, 4/6 6/3 6/1 The round robin phase of the 2012 World Tour Finals is now complete, with the upshots being that … Continue reading

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All The Pretty Drunk Horses

World Tour Finals, Days Three and Four The World Tour Finals, still the most unfortunately acronymed tennis competition since the Surrey Hills Invitational Tournament made such a splash, has yet to break out of a lurching trot. This is through … Continue reading

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No Surprises

World Tour Finals, Days One and Two There is a certain satisfaction to be had when when things more or less turn out the way we said they would, and reality graciously yields to our preferred take on it. This is … Continue reading

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Trees and Planets

Paris Masters, Final (4) Ferrer d. (Q) Janowicz, 6/4 6/3 David Ferrer has won his first Masters title, in, of all places, Paris. He is a small man, and grew smaller still as he collapsed onto his beaming face after … Continue reading

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Luck of the Draw: World Tour Finals 2012

Having exhausted their supply of bombastic hullaballo the night before at the ominously-lit player’s party, today’s draw ceremony for the 2012 Barclays ATP World Tour Finals turned out to be a fairly muted affair. Juan Martin del Potro was on hand … Continue reading

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Variations On Lethal Power

Paris Masters, Days Three and Four Querrey d. (2) Djokovic, 0/6 7/6 6/4 (Q) Janowicz d. (3) Murray, 5/7 7/6 6/2 For the first time in precisely two years, a Masters 1000 event will be won by a player outside … Continue reading

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Six and Two

Paris Masters, Days One and Two Persistent readers of The Next Point may well have noted my enduring fondness for the European indoor season, although the I’d assert that any perversity in my regard owes not to the tournaments themselves, … Continue reading

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Those Masters Of Bright Shadow

Basel, Final (2) del Potro d. (1) Federer, 6/4 6/7 7/6 Despite some less than divine form, Roger Federer had reached a seventh consecutive final at the Swiss Indoors in Basel. There he was fated to face Juan Martin del … Continue reading

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Hearts of Gold

Vienna, Stockholm, Moscow, Finals There were three ATP finals played almost concurrently last night, or yesterday depending on your time zone of preference. All of them took place in continental Europe, and each of them was played under a roof. … Continue reading

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