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Murray counting on support
Andy Murray is hoping that home comforts will help him capture the prestigious ATP Tour Finals crown at the O2 Arena in London next week.
The British number one will benefit from home advantage when he battles it out against the seven other best players in the world over the next week.
Murray enjoys home crowd favouritism at Wimbledon, and believes he will enjoy the same backing as he did both at SW19 and at the O2 in last year’s event.
“The pressure is pretty much the same and the home crowd really does make a difference,” said Murray at a media Q&A session in London.
“Every tennis player will tell you when you play at home it really helps you to have the crowd behind you.
“Everyone knows it’s a huge tournament, it’s nice to be around the top guys in such a great event, and I hope to make it back and qualify for it for years to come.
“The venue is going to be great, as it was last year, the atmosphere was brilliant and we had full crowds for almost all of the matches and they’re expecting it to be the same again.”
Murray won two out of three matches at the O2 last year, but went out agonisingly on games difference, but that disappointment will not change his mentality this time around.
Rankings
“Last year won’t change my approach, I always just go out to try and win tennis matches and I’m not going to start thinking about games won, I just want to go out and win the matches, if you win two you should be okay.”
Robin Soderling is first up in the round-robin phase for Murray, with the Swede taking over at world number three after winning the recent Paris Masters, but rankings are not at the top of Murray’s thoughts.
“The rankings are not a major deal, I still have a chance of finishing three anyway with a good tournament here. You have to beat the best to win grand slams anyway and I don’t think the rankings will stop you doing that.
“He (Soderling) is a big guy, he’s a big hitter and very dangerous, and he’s the man in form at the moment after winning in Paris.”
Murray is in no doubt as to the size of the event, with the tournament right up there with the best around due to only the top eight players being involved.
“All the players at the start of the year want to try and make it to this event as it shows you’ve had a great year. It’s similar to the Masters events but here all the players are in good form coming into the tournament and there are no easy matches.
“I feel fresh mentally and physically but I’m going to have to play at my very best to have a chance of winning against these great players.
“You can’t predict who’s going to win a tournament like this and that’s what makes it so special.”
Troicki topples Baghdatis
Viktor Troicki clinched the first ATP title of his career after defeating Marcos Baghdatis in the final of the Kremlin Cup on Sunday.
The 24-year-old Serbian came from a set behind to record a 3-6 6-4 6-3 victory over the fourth-seeded Cypriot in Moscow.
Troicki seemed to have a fitness advantage over his opponent and was the sharper player as the match wore on.
He eventually prevailed after nearly two hours of play, rounding out the victory in fine style with a drop-shot on match point.
“This is just unbelievable for me. It’s my first win and it was especially great to achieve it here in Moscow as my father is half-Russian,” Troicki said.
He added: “Marcos was playing very good in the first set. But then I started playing better and better and in the end I won my first title. It feels unbelievable.”
Troicki did not have much time to savour his victory, however, as he was due back on court to play the doubles final shortly afterwards.
Federer seals 64th title
Roger Federer has equalled Pete Sampras’ tally of 64 ATP titles with victory in the Stockholm Open on Sunday.
The Swiss ace, who beat Florian Mayer 6-4 6-3 to lift the trophy, paid tribute to a spirited display from the German who is yet to win a title.
Mayer clearly had a mountain to climb against the world number two but refused to be overawed by the task facing him.
The German came out fighting right from the start and attacked his opponent at every opportunity, breaking serve in the first set.
But Federer broke back immediately before holding his own serve to love and then breaking again to seal the set.
Pressure
Federer found himself wrong-footed by some classy shots by the German during the second set.
But when the 16-times grand slam winner broke in the sixth game the writing was on the wall for Meyer.
“It’s fantastic to come here, face the pressure and be able to come through at the end,” Federer said after picking up the trophy from Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden.
“It was a really difficult final and you can see I’m still breathing hard. I thought Mayer played a terrific final so I’m very happy.
“It’s been a tough week. I came from Shanghai where I played five matches, then the jet lag and the whole thing, so to back it up with another win is great.”
The result puts Federer into joint fourth spot with Sampras for the most Open titles of the modern era.
Jimmy Connors holds the record with 109 victories, ahead of Ivan Lendl
(94) and John McEnroe (77).
Tsonga wins, Verdasco falls
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga clinched his first victory since July with a 7-6 (7-4) 6-3 triumph over Feliciano Lopez at the ATP Shanghai Masters.
The Frenchman was in impressive form in just his second match back in action after missing the entire hard-court season due to a knee injury.
After both players held serve through the opening set, Tsonga took charge in the tie-break thanks to a pair of aces before clinching a 1-0 lead with a forehand winner.
The 12th seed then clinched an early break at the start of the second set and retained his advantage to move through to round two.
Important
“When you don’t play for two or three months, you lose your tennis,” Tsonga, who lost in the first round of the Tokyo Open last week, said.
“When you come back, you start (from) zero. So for me, it was really important to win my first match and today I did it.”
There was no such joy for Fernando Verdasco, however, as the ninth seed was knocked out in straight sets by Dutchman Thiemo de Bakker.
The Spaniard suffered a further blow to his hopes of qualifying for the season-ending ATP Championships in London as he fell at the first hurdle for the third straight tournament.
“Of course, you know when things are not going well, everything comes (out) wrong and unlucky,” he said. “When the victories are coming, everything is easier.”
Having lost the opening set in a tight tie-break Verdasco then wasted two set points in the second, letting slip a 5-2 lead as he suffered a 7-6 (7-4) 7-5 defeat.
Battled through
There were no such problems for Jurgen Melzer, the 13th-seeded Austrian battling his way past wildcard Yang Tsung-hua of Taiwan 6-4 7-6 (7-5).
Juan Monaco of Argentina defeated Florent Serra of France 6-4 7-6 (7-3), while Serra’s compatriot Gilles Simon was beaten 6-4 6-1 by Swiss Stanislas Wawrinka
There was better news for another Frenchman in action, Jeremy Chardy dominating the second set against Marcos Baghdatis to see off the Cypriot 7-6 (7-4) 6-1.
The top eight seeds in the tournament received a first-round bye. World number one Rafael Nadal, fresh from his victory in the Japan Open in Tokyo, will take on Wawrinka in his opening match.
Britain’s Andy Murray will begin his bid for glory against either Radek Stepanek or Yan Bai of China.
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