Day-by-day summaries 2010 ATP World Tour Finals

1 day-by-day summaries

1.1 day 1 : 21 november 2010
1.2 day 2 : 22 november 2010
1.3 day 3 : 23 november 2010
1.4 day 4 : 24 november 2010
1.5 day 5 : 25 november 2010
1.6 day 6 : 26 november 2010
1.7 day 7 : 27 november 2010
1.8 day 8 : 28 november 2010

day-by-day summaries
day 1 : 21 november 2010

the tournament started doubles action group a. in opening match defending champions bryan brothers won in straight sets on debutants melzer/petzschner.

in following singles match, 2008 semifinalist murray fought 2009 semifinalist robin söderling. 2 had switched places in atp world rankings 6 days earlier, after sodeling won paris masters overtaking murray 20 points. murray broke 3 times in first set winning 6–2. in second set, söderling more competitive lost serve once allowing murray close out straight sets win in 80 minutes.

polish duo fyrstenberg/matkowski faced dlouhý/paes in third match. won 6–3, 7–6 , closed second 1 game behind bryans after opening round of group a.

the last match of day between 2007 finalists federer , ferrer. federer raced 4–0 lead after 15 minutes. in fifth game ferrer retrieved break, record first game. federer won next 2 games close set out, 6–1. second set closer chances break both players. in end federer got break , after saving 3 break points when serving match swiss star closed match out 6–1, 6–4 win. federer s 30th win @ season ending championships. federer @ end of first round of matches leads group on game difference 1 game ahead of murray.

day 2 : 22 november 2010

rafael nadal against andy roddick in 2010 atp world tour finals

the first match of group b doubles had ranked no. 4 mahesh bhupathi , max mirnyi against polish Łukasz kubot , austrian oliver marach. first set went tiebreak, , won bhupathi , mirnyi 7–6. second won them broke serve 6–4 second set scoreline. victory , result of other match lie second in group.

the first match of group singles between serbian novak djokovic , czech tomáš berdych. djokovic (who won atp world tour finals in 2008) broke @ start , @ end of first set 6–3 win. djokovic broke berdych once in second set enough 6–3, 6–3 win. result of other match in group a, serbian sits on top of group.

in third match of day daniel nestor , nenad zimonjić played against wesley moodie , dick norman , won losing 3 games: 6–2, 6–1.

in last match, rafael nadal , andy roddick squared off. american started brightly winning first set 6–3. pair traded breaks in second before set decided in nadal s favour on tiebreaker, 7–6. third set looked heading towards tie breaker before nadal broke win set 6–4 , match.

day 3 : 23 november 2010

in first match of day 3, jürgen melzer , philipp petzschner defeated lukáš dlouhý , leander paes in 3 sets, winning deciding 1 10–8.

roger federer scored easy win on andy murray.

the third match of day saw surprise, mariusz fyrstenberg , marcin matkowski defeated bryans in 3 sets, deciding set finishing @ 10–8.

day 3 ended robin söderling defeating david ferrer 7–5, 7–5, eliminating ferrer semifinal contention.

day 4 : 24 november 2010

the lowest ranked doubles couple of tournament, composed wesley moodie , dick norman, winners of first match between Łukasz kubot , oliver marach losing 4 games: 6–1, 6–3.

after tomáš berdych redeemed himself lost match djokovic , defeated andy roddick in 2 sets, , made roddick hard qualify semifinals.

canadian daniel nestor , serbian nenad zimonjić defeated mahesh bhupathi , max mirnyi double tiebreak: 7–5 first, , 7–1 second , last one.

the last match of day featured rematch of open final between rafael nadal , novak djokovic. djokovic had break point in opening nadal service game, saved. 3 2 nadal had broken through. djokovic though broke , held make 4 all. djokovic started have issue contact lens, , @ 4 took extended break try resolve problem. after five-minute absence djokovic returned court , held serve, nadal made 5 before gaining important break. nadal fended off several break points clinch set 7 games five. djokovic allowed extend break between sets sort issue out contact lens once again. nadal seemed irritated serb allowed have multiple , lengthy equipment timeouts same reason. upon resumption of play djokovic broken twice , got game on board @ 4–0 huge reception. both players held serve nadal wrapped set , match, 7–5, 6–2.

day 5 : 25 november 2010

the number 1 ranked on doubles bob , mike bryan defeated lukáš dlouhý , leander paes 6–3, 6–4, , closed round robin matches tournament. dlouhý , paes couldn t win match in tournament , eliminated it. in fact pairing splitting had gone 0–6 in appearances in tour finals together.

then, four-time winner roger federer won last match of round robin go undefeated, beating swede robin söderling 7–6(5), 6–3, , head-to-head 15–1 federer. @ complition of first set federer won group , @ end of match söderling eliminated.

the match between mariusz fyrstenberg , marcin matkowski against jürgen melzer , philipp petzschner closed matches doubles group a. polish couple won 6–3, 7–6(7) , qualified.

the final match of day saw andy murray take on david ferrer. ferrer won opening 2 games before murray won 6 in row book place in semi finals. murray broke in second hand , break again close out 6–2, 6–2 win.

day 6 : 26 november 2010

polish Łukasz kubot , austrian oliver marach defeated canadian daniel nestor , serb nenad zimonjić 6–0, 1–6, [10–6], not enough qualify semifinals, , contrary nestor , zimonjić did it.

then, rafael nadal defeated tomáš berdych , qualified semifinals first of group.

closing doubles matches round robin mahesh bhupathi , max mirnyi defeated wesley moodie , dick norman double 6–4 , qualified semifinals second of group b.

closing round robin matches 2010 edition, novak djokovic defeated andy roddick 6–2, 6–3 , qualified semifinals.

day 7 : 27 november 2010

the semifinals began surprise nestor , zimonjić knocked of top-seeded bryan double in 3 sets thrilling third one. saved match point when down in third set 9–10 before making 3 straight points win.

they face bhupathi , mirnyi in final defeated polish pair fyrstenberg , matkowski in 2 sets. polish under pressure of time saving 4 match points before giving fifth mirnyi forced fyrstenberg error.

the first singles semi final saw world number 1 rafael nadal face home hero andy murray. nadal edged first set on tie break after no breaks of serve. highlight of set 36 shot rally, murray won. murray won second set 6–3 breaking nadal twice. nadal in third broke murray before scot broke when spaniard serving match. after letting 2 match points go by, nadal after 3 hours took match in final set tie break

federer defeated djokovic in straight sets set final spanish rival. second meeting year after had met @ madrid nadal won in straight sets.

day 8 : 28 november 2010

the day began doubles final between daniel nestor , nenad zimonjić, beat top seeds , defending champions bob , mike bryan in semifinals, versus mahesh bhupathi , max mirnyi. 2008 champions lifted second title in doubles @ barclays atp world tour finals after beating 4th seeds in 1 hour , 21 minutes, 7–6(6), 6–4.

later, second seed roger federer beat top seed rafael nadal in second match of year clinch fifth title @ barclays atp world tour finals, equaling records of pete sampras , ivan lendl, both 5 titles. in match of 1 hour , 37 minutes, federer completed unbeatable tournament, winning in 3 sets, 6–3, 3–6, 6–1. nadal continues lead head-to-head against federer, 14–8, , in atp world tour ranking.