Djokovic & Federer 取得2018年終賽資格 - 網球 Tennis

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剛剛在 ATP World Tour 官方臉書看到的消息，
繼豆之後，費爸和冏爸也取得今年年終賽的資格。

剩下的五個名額，則由 Del Potro，Sascha，Cilic，Anderson 和 Thiem，
最有機會爭奪。

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Djokovic, Federer Clinch 2018 Nitto ATP Finals Spots
01:20 AM GMT SEPTEMBER 08, 2018

Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer, two of the most successful players in the
history of the season finale, have joined World No. 1 Rafael Nadal as
qualifiers for the 2018 Nitto ATP Finals, to be held at The O2 in London from
11-18 November.

Five-time former champion Djokovic clinched his place in the elite field for
the 11th time by reaching the US Open final on Friday with victory over Kei
Nishikori of Japan, which meant that six-time titlist Federer automatically
sealed his spot for a record 16th season as a result of the Grand Slam
champion rule*.

The 31-year-old Djokovic made 10 straight appearances at the prestigious
season-ending tournament from 2007-2016, compiling a 31-11 record with titles
in 2008, 2012-15. He also reached the 2016 final, finishing runner-up to Andy
Murray in a match that decided who finished year-end No. 1 in the ATP
Rankings.

https://youtu.be/dOiJO3WahXQ

Djokovic has returned to his peak-performance days in 2018 with his fourth
Wimbledon trophy (d. Anderson) in July and a historic first Western &
Southern Open title in Cincinnati (d. Federer), which saw him become the
first singles player to capture all nine ATP World Tour Masters 1000 crowns
in the history of the series (since 1990). Having won 21 of his past 22
matches, the Serbian will play Juan Martin del Potro, who is currently in
third in the ATP Race To London, in his seventh US Open final on Sunday.

Federer will make a 16th visit to the season finale, having competed in
2002-15 and 2017, with a 55-13 match record, including titles in 2003-04,
2006-07, 2010-11. He also reached the final on four other occasions,
finishing runner-up to David Nalbandian in 2005 and to Djokovic in 2012, ’
2014-15.

More than 14 years after he first became No. 1, Federer returned for a
six-week stint to the top of the ATP Rankings on 19 February 2018, breaking a
number of records — the longest period between stints at No. 1, the oldest
player to attain top spot and for the longest duration between first and last
days at the summit of men’s professional tennis. He also held the top spot
on two other occasions, in the week beginning 14 May (one week) and from 18
June (one week), for 310 weeks overall.

https://youtu.be/Qr21PG-UpMI

The 37-year-old Swiss retained the Australian Open crown (d. Cilic) in
January, marking his 20th Grand Slam championship trophy, and the following
month he captured the ABN Amro World Tennis Tournament title in Rotterdam (d.
Dimitrov), after which he returned to No. 1 for the first time since 4
November 2012. Federer picked up the 98th trophy of his career at the
MercedesCup in Stuttgart (d. Raonic), and also finished runner-up at the BNP
Paribas Open in Indian Wells (l. to Del Potro), which broke a 17-match
winning streak, the Gerry Weber Open in Halle (l. to Coric) and in Cincinnati.

Del Potro is the next in line to qualify for the 2018 Nitto ATP Finals, which
would mark his first appearance at The O2 in London since 2013. Alexander
Zverev of Germany, Croatia’s Marin Cilic, Kevin Anderson of South Africa and
Austria’s Dominic Thiem hold down the fifth through eighth spots in the ATP
Race To London.

The Nitto ATP Finals welcomes more than 250,000 fans to The O2 arena
annually, as well as generating global viewership figures reaching an average
of 95 million viewers each year, as the ATP’s best eight singles players and
doubles teams compete over eight days at the biggest indoor tennis tournament
in the world.

* The Grand Slam champion rule is for a current-year major championship
winner, who is guaranteed to finish between Nos. 8-20 in the ATP Race To
London.

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