Shanghai Masters Cup final 2005

[Annie]

I was wondering where you were girl.....We miss you too....Hope life is less hectic for you soon and we get to see you more often. Take good care

[SAFINNO1]

Here is another guy looking forward to a Holiday.

Hewitt Clinches Return to Shanghai

Lleyton Hewitt, currently in fourth place in the INDESIT ATP 2005 Race, has secured a spot in Tennis Masters Cup Shanghai, the $4.45 million circuit finale. He qualifies because there are no longer enough ATP tournament points available for four other players to pass him in the INDESIT ATP 2005 Race.

Hewitt has posted a 37-9 record in 2005, winning the title in Sydney while reaching the finals at the Australian Open and the Pacific Life Open, the ATP Masters Series in Indian Wells. The 24-year-old Australian has lost to the eventual champion in each of the last seven Grand Slams that he has played. He missed two and a half months of this season due to foot and rib injuries.

In 2002, when the Tennis Masters Cup was last held in Shanghai, Hewitt defeated Juan Carlos Ferrero to claim his second consecutive title in the prestigious event.

Hewitt will be making his fifth appearance in Tennis Masters Cup, and owns a 13-5 record in the event, which ties him with World No. 1 Roger Federer for the most wins in Tennis Masters Cup history (since 2000). In 2001, Hewitt claimed the title on home soil in Sydney with a win over Sebastien Grosjean in the final. One year later, he defended that title in Shanghai and finished as the year-end No. 1 for the second consecutive season. Last year at the 2004 Tennis Masters Cup, Hewitt reached the final where he lost to Federer.

Five of the eight spots for singles at Tennis Masters Cup Shanghai now have been confirmed. Hewitt joins Federer, Rafael Nadal, Andy Roddick and Marat Safin in the field. Just 104 points separates the INDESIT ATP 2005 Race No. 7 Nikolay Davydenko, who currently stands as the last man into the field, and No. 15 Robby Ginepri.

Ginepri and fellow Madrid semifinalists David Nalbandian and Ivan Ljubicic will try to better their standing this weekend in Madrid.

"It's about Masters Cup. That goal, it's closer and closer," said Ljubicic after his win over Fernando Gonzalez on Friday in Madrid. "It's not close, but it's closer. You know, today it was extremely important match because Fernando was six points behind me. You know, a lot of guys are still fighting for that spot. You know, every match now, the more I go on, it's more and more important, the bigger and the bigger the stakes are in there. I felt like it was quite important match to win."

The remaining three singles spots will be determined between this weekend's play in Madrid, at tournaments next week in Basel, Lyon and St. Petersburg, and at the BNP Paribas Masters in Paris (Oct. 31-Nov. 6).

[sika]

Mon rêve est de pouvoir voir un jour mon MARAT jouer , j'espère qu'il se réalisera .....
Vivement Shangaï pr te voir !!!! ( à la télé )

[SAFINNO1]

Sika, if you could post in English it would help very much.

Anyway i think sika said this:
My dream is to be able to see one day my MARAT playing, I hope that it will be carried out..... Hope to see you in Shangaï !!!! (On tele)

[marats]

One off l my wishes is to see Marat play life on court !!!
Maybe next year i'm going to Paris !!
It's an amazing dream to see him play on court !!!



Hope to see him play real soon !

[SAFINNO1]

I was just checking Marat's career stats and he will play his 500th match in his last RR match at shanghai. He is currently on 497 with a success percentage of 64.6%

[Annie]

How cool!!!!! ;D

[SAFINNO1]

Masters cup players and career records
Hewitt played 517 with a win percentage of 77%
Roger played 506 with a win percentage of 76.5%
Nadal played 163 with a win percentage of 76.1%
Roddick played 394 with a win percentage of 74.4%
Safin played 497 with a win percentage of 64.6%

Masters cup probables
Aggasi has played 1125 with a win percentage of 76.5%
Coria has played 291 with a win percentage of 70.1%
Davydenko has played 262 with a win percentage of 50.8%
Ljubicic has played 376 with a win percentage of 56.6

Just found those stats, interesting. But at the end of the day Marat is the best.LoL

[Karen]

Nice stats, thanks lly. That was interesting !!

Agassi, wow, wonder if he will add to that number, lol

BTW, in the latest Tennis magazine it has ben listing the best 40 tennis players ever....Marat didn't make the list
Quick rundown from #40. Sabatini, Rafter, Wade, Kuerten, Capriati, Smith Stan, Hewitt, Mandlikova, Austin T., Henin, Ashe, Davenport, Nastase, Sanchez-vicario, Courier, Williams V. HUH, Vilas, Goologong, Hingis, Emerson, Rosewall, Federer, Becker, Williams S. HUH?, Newcombe, Wilander, Edberg, Seles, Agassi, McEnroe, Lendl, King BJ, Laver, Connors, Court, Borg. That is starting at 40th best to 5th best.

4) Evert
3) Graf
2) Navratilova
1) Sampras

I definetly don't agree with some of these. I know wrong thread but since we were talking stats.

[annie]

Karen and Ily thanks for the infos...
and Karen...you're not the only one...

[Karen]

My tennis newsletter says Agassi has clinched a spot at the Masters. Don't quite understand that since he hasn't played since the USO. Guess that's why I don't teach Mathematics

[tall_one]

karen said:

My tennis newsletter says Agassi has clinched a spot at the Masters. Don't quite understand that since he hasn't played since the USO. Guess that's why I don't teach Mathematics

i think that is just them predicting that he will, he hasn't yet or it would be on the ATP website

[SAFINNO1]

Yeah he should be confirmed over the weekend becuase Coria and Ljubo lost early this week i think.

[marats]

I hope he can make it to shanghai !!!
Always support you Marat !!!

[marats]

He's not going to Shanghai !!!
So sorry for you Marat !!!!
Get better soon !!!
Always support you !!