Friday, October 31, 2008

Paris Masters "Jinx" Lives On

None of the Big 4 in men's tennis has ever won the Paris Masters, and the trend continues at this year's tournament. While world no. 3 Novak Djokovic lost in the round of 16 against Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, Rafael Nadal, Roger Federer and world no. 4 Andy Murray all bowed out in the quarterfinals.

Murray was beaten by defending champion David Nalbandian, while Federer withdrew due to a stiff back ahead of his quarterfinal match-up against James Blake. Down one set, Nadal retired from his match against former champion Nikolay Davydenko. Rafa was a finalist here last year.

When the rankings are updated on Monday, Nov. 3, Nadal will have 6,675 points compared to Federer's 5,205:
http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=p7B6JwEslHXq3EGdmd205aw

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