The ATP season came to a spectacular end in London last week. After years of testing and searching it seems the World Tour Finals have found a home. The O2 arena is a fantastic setting for what was a championship to remember.
The fans and directors got the semi final line up they'd dreamed of: Djokovic v Federer and Murray v Nadal. The latter of these turned out to be one of the best tennis matches of the year in terms of excitement, ups and downs and general quality of the tennis. Murray seemed to be steaming towards the final when his big serve was helping him to a 4-1 lead in the deciding tie break but Nadal is no ordinary opponent. The Spaniard, once again, pulled a remarkable come back off to take the breaker 8-6. This mans mental strength knows no limits, it is quite simply a pleasure to see a player with his heart and determination play.
The second semi final was more of a let down. Federer had been destroying opponent after opponent during the week but Djokovic is never an easy rival. Yet the Serb, possibly with one eye on next weeks Davis Cup, didn't turn up and Federer continued his devastating form to set up the dream finale.
With Nadal's long semi final, there was only one favourite for the final and when Federer took the first set 6-3, alot of people were rushing to the bookies to put their money on a straight sets victory. But we already know by now who Rafael Nadal is. With the pride of a world number one, he snatched the second set by an identical score. The last set though proved to be a bridge too far. Federer's game wasn't dropping and Rafa's stamina levels were. Roger breased to a 6-1 victory and ensured himself a fifth World Tour Championship.
Congratulations also to Daniel Nestor and Nenad Zimonjic who won their segund World Tour Title in a row by defeating Mahesh Bhupathi and Max Mirnyi in the final
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