Monday, November 4, 2013

Nadal's "Magic Number" at 2

To clinch the year-end No.1 ranking, Rafael Nadal has a "magic number" of 2.  Nadal needs two wins (or two losses by Djokovic, or a combination of one win by Nadal and one loss by Djokovic) in the round-robin stage of the World Tour Finals.

Rafa currently has 12,030 ranking points, while Nole has 10,610.  Djokovic can still get a maximum of 12,300 points by season's end if he becomes an undefeated champion at WTF (which he accomplished last year) and if he wins his two Davis Cup Final matches.  By winning two round-robin matches, Nadal will add 400 points to his tally, pushing his total to an insurmountable 12,430.

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