Friday, November 7, 2008

Tennis Masters Cup Shanghai 2008

The Final of Men Tennis
Tennis Masters Cup Shanghai 2008
November 9-16, 2008

The Tennis Masters Cup is a tennis tournament played at the end of each year for the top eight players in tennis world rankings. Tennis Masters Cup is not a knock-out tournament. The players are divided into two groups of four, and play three round-robin matches. From there, the two players with the best records in each group progress to the semifinals, with the winners meeting in the final to determine the champion.

For 2008 Master Cup will no have No.1 (Nadal) but world watch Andy Murray and Tsonga that can show power play for end of this year.

Location: Shanghai China (2005-2008)
Venue: Qi Zhong Stadium
Type : Masters Cup
Surface : Hard / Indoors
Draw Size: 8 Round Robin
Prize Money: $3,800,000
Past Winner: Singles - Federer
Doubles - Knowles/Nestor d

TV Coverage: Starsport, SHTV, ESPN, TrueSport

Single Master Cup 2008
Round Robin Groups

  • Red Group : Roger Federer, Andy Murray, Andy Roddick, Gilles Simon*
  • Gold Group: Novak Djokovic, Nikolay Davydenko, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, Juan Martin del Potro
*replaces R Nadal

Doubles Master Cup 2008
Round Robin Groups
  • Red Group: B Bryan/M Bryan, M Bhupathi/M Knowles, J Coetzee/W Moodie, P Cuevas / L Horna
  • Gold Group : D Nestor/N Zimonjic, J Bjorkman/K Ullyett, L Dlouhy/ L Paes, M Fyrstenberg/ M Matkowski
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Master Cup 2008 Results & Order of play
November 9, 2008
Center Court start 2:00 pm (local time)
(or 7 am CET/1 am ET)
  • Djokovic vs del Potro---Djokovic won 2-0(7-5/6-3)
  • Davydenko vs Tsonga---Davydenko won 2-1(6-7/6-4 /7-6)
  • Bryan/Bryan won Cuevas/Horna --------6-1 /7-6
  • Bhupathi/Knowles won Coetzee/Moodie-- 6-2 / 6-3
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November 10, 2008
Center Court start 2:00 pm
  • Nestor/Zimonjic vs Fyrstenberg/Matkowski---Nestor/Zimonjic won 2-1 (7-6/5-7/7-6)
  • Bjorkman/Ullyett vs Dlouhy/Paes------Bjorkman/Ullyett won 2-0(6-3/7-5)
  • Federer vs G. Simon---Simon won 2-1 (4-6/6-4/6-3)
  • Murray vs A. Roddick---Murray won 2-1(6-4/1-6/6-1)
Day 3 Order of Play
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