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London Battle Reaches Climax In Paris

Paris, France

by ATP Staff

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10.11.2010

Roddick© Getty ImagesAndy Roddick has a strong chance to qualify for London this week.

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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