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In the Finals ATP no easy match. Rafa Nadal and David Ferrer were placed in different groups

Rafa Nadal was training with Carlos Moya in Mallorca, the last time they exercise together with ‘Charly’, the idol, mentor, friend, active, while in La Galleria Pall Mall in London was made the draw for the groups ATP Finals 2010. The world number one was paired with Novak Djokovic (3), Tomas Berdych (6) and Andy Roddick (8) in Group A. In B, Roger Federer (2), Robin Soderling (4), Andy Murray (5) and David Ferrer (7).

Luck dealt. And in a tournament which brings together the top eight, you can not expect to have easy opponents. Although you can make occasional speculation about the opponents it will face Nadal and that will reissue the finals of Wimbledon (Berdych) and U.S. Open (Djokovic).

To begin with Djokovic, who won this title in 2008, is on the horizon the Davis Cup final, the first for Serbia, and that could determine his attitude toward the parties at the O2 Arena in London. Berdych, meanwhile, does not seem to be having a good run of form, from which to contest the final of Wimbledon have won only eleven of the 20 games he has played. He has not beat Rafa from Madrid 2006, the only party in fast track ‘indoor’ that have settled to date.

The umpire, Andy Roddick, will be the first rival Nadal in the finals of ATP. The player from Nebraska is one of the ‘veterans’ of the competition, with eight consecutive rankings to be among “experts”, although his season has been very irregular due in part to the mononucleosis he suffered in the summer.

In Group B, David Ferrer, in his second Masters, will have to be measured by three giants. Roger Federer wants to close a year that things have not gone as well as you want-especially in large calendar appointments, recovering ATP title in the Finals, where it is four in nine starts but the last two years has been moved to the first change (for the first time in 2008 did not exceed the qualifying round) or in the semis (2009). The Swede Robin Soderling reached the highest ranking of his career (4), with confidence through the roof after his title in Paris-Bercy and the conviction that “I can beat the best.” He proved last year in London, beating Nadal and Djokovic in his first two matches of a Masters semi-final loss against Juan Martin Del Potro in the ‘tie break’ the third set.

Britain’s Andy Murray plays at home. And he wants to please his audience, something he could do last year to stay out of the semifinals for the difference in games with Federer and Del Potro. Indeed, the bid for the British table began just over 24 hours and already exceed $ 3,000.

The competition, as always, will be held by the format of ‘all against all’, which will leave the four semifinalists. Entertainment guaranteed.

Moyàz global tribute

Carlos Moya announced Wednesday at a hotel in Madrid his retirement from professional tennis. The former world number one will have a special farewell to the National Masters Championship in Sevilla from 9 to 12 December this year and has been invited by the Spanish Tennis Federation (RFET). But not the only tribute that receives ‘Charly’ in the coming days. The ATP is also preparing a survey on which was number one in the world, the first of our country, for two weeks in 1999. Will be in London with the best at his side.

The composition of groups of ATP Finals are as follows:
Individual

- Group A: Rafael Nadal (ESP, 1) Novak Djokovic (SER, 3), Tomas Berdych (CERs, 6) Andy Roddick (USA, 8).

- Group B: Roger Federer (SUI, 2) Robin Soderling (SWE, 4) Andy Murray (GBR, 5) David Ferrer (ESP, 7).

Double

- Group A: Bob and Mike Bryan (USA, 1) Lukas Dlouhy (RCH) / Leander Pas (IND, 4), Mariusz Fyrstenberg / Marcin Matkowski (POL, 6), Jurgen Melzer (AUT) / Philipp Petzschner (GER, 12).

- Group B: Daniel Nestor (CAN) / Nenad Zimonjic (SER, 2), Lukasz Kubot (POL) / Oliver Marach (AUT, 5) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND) / Max Mirnyl (BLR, 3), Wesley Moodie (RSA ) / Dick Norman (BEL, 7).

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