BNP PARIBAS MASTERS PARIS
London Battle Reaches Climax In Paris
Paris, France
by ATP Staff
|10.11.2010
Thursday’s third-round play at the BNP Paribas Masters looms as a critical day in the battle for the final three singles places at the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals. Should Fernando Verdasco and Jurgen Melzer, Nos. 9 and 11 respectively in the year-to-date ATP Rankings, both lose, then the battle is over and Tomas Berdych, David Ferrer and Andy Roddick will qualify.
Melzer, who must win his first ATP World Tour Masters 1000 title just to have a chance of making it to London, faces a do-or-die battle with No. 7 Ferrer, who survived a third-set tie-break to beat Italian qualifier Fabio Fognini en route to the third round.
Verdasco, who must reach the quarter-finals to have a chance of qualifying, faces a difficult third-round meeting with Frenchman Gael Monfils.
No. 6 Berdych, looking to qualify for the season finale for the first time in his career, faces the 2009 Barclays ATP World Tour Finals champion Nikolay Davydenko Thursday.
Roddick, attempting to qualify for the eighth straight year, faces Ernest Gulbis, with the winner possibly facing Soderling in the quarter-finals.
| Battle For London - Singles Contenders | ||||||
| W | F | SF | QF | R16 | R32 | |
| Berdych | 4665 | 4265 | 4025 | 3845 | 3755 | 3675 |
| Ferrer | 4645 | 4245 | 4005 | 3825 | 3735 | 3655 |
| Roddick | 4485 | 4085 | 3845 | 3665 | 3575 | 3495 |
| Verdasco | 4150 | 3750 | 3510 | 3330 | 3240 | 3160 |
| Youzhny | 3910 | 3510 | 3270 | 3090 | 3000 | 2920 |
| Melzer | 3605 | 3205 | 2965 | 2785 | 2695 | 2615 |
Doubles Update: Lukasz Kubot and Oliver Marach became the fifth team to qualify for the doubles by reaching the Paris quarter-finals Wednesday.
| Battle For London - Doubles Contenders | ||||||
| W | F | SF | QF | R16 | R24 | |
| Kubot/Marach | 4555 | 4155 | 3915 | 3735 | 3555 | 3555 |
| Fyrstenberg/Matkowski | 4520 | 4120 | 3880 | 3700 | 3520 | 3520 |
| Bhupathi/Mirnyi | 4270 | 3870 | 3630 | 3450 | 3270 | 3270 |
| Bopanna/Qureshi | 4265 | 3865 | 3625 | 3445 | 3265 | 3265 |
| Moodie/Norman | 4195 | 3795 | 3555 | 3375 | 3285 | 3195 |
| Lindstedt/Tecau | 3830 | 3430 | 3190 | 3010 | 2920 | 2830 |
| Aspelin/Hanley | 3780 | 3380 | 3140 | 2960 | 2870 | 2780 |
| Cermak/Mertinak | 3620 | 3220 | 2980 | 2800 | 2665 | 2665 |
Watch live online this week as the battle for London reaches its climax.
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