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2014 Abu Dhabi Exo : december 26th - december 28th
By: Clay Death Date: November 30, 2013, 6:57 pm
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ABU DHABI // Six of the world’s top nine players, including the
current top four, will fight it out for a winner-takes-all
US$250,000 (Dh918,275) prize at the Mubadala World Tennis
Championship in Abu Dhabi later this year.
Abu Dhabi line-up
RAFAEL NADAL
The man of the year. His injuries seemed so severe at one stage
it seemed he may never play again. Yet he has roared back from
his darkest period, winning at Roland Garros and Flushing
Meadows on the way to reclaiming the top spot. Until his loss to
Novak Djokovic in Beijing recently, he looked unbeatable on hard
courts.
NOVAK DJOKOVIC
By his own very standards that he set in his annus mirabilis of
2011, 2013 was probably a bit of a letdown. He won the
Australian Open - as he always seems to do - but failed to add
to his haul subsequently. Still, 99.99% of the rest of the
world’s players wouldn’t mind getting to two other major finals
and one semi.
ANDY MURRAY
Until Nadal’s late surge, Murray was probably the man of the
year, if only for the immense achievement of his Wimbledon
title. He dipped a little thereafter, which should be worrying
precisely because not dipping is what has defined men like
Nadal, Federer and Djokovic. He has undergone a back surgery and
will return to play in Abu Dhabi.
DAVID FERRER
The eternal warrior, Ferrer has skirted around just outside this
golden age as arguably - in terms of consistency - the best
player outside that quartet. This year he made his first Grand
Slam final, at Roland Garros, without dropping a set. It was a
breakthrough of sorts, though at 31, he is nearer the end than
the beginning.
STANISLAS WAWRINKA
What a year for the Swiss, a year when he was, for once, not
just the second-best Swiss player in the world. He made it this
year on his own steam, a beautiful single-handed backhand behind
much of his success. After years of trying made his first major
semi-final in New York.
JO-WILFRIED TSONGA
Always a player to keep an eye on, if for nothing other than his
beautiful all-court game. Tsonga, ranked ninth, has had a mixed
year, with a semi-final at Roland Garros and a quarter-final in
Melbourne to go with two injury-related pull-outs at Wimbledon
and the US Open.
Organisers had already inked in Rafael Nadal, defending champion
Novak Djokovic and 2009 winner Andy Murray.
Yesterday, at the Abu Dhabi International Tennis Complex at
Zayed Sports City, organisers announced the remaining three
participants: David Ferrer, Stanislas Wawrinka and Jo-Wilfried
Tsonga.
Put together, organisers said, this will be “the strongest
line-up in the history of” the championship, now in its sixth
year.
The tournament, which has doubled up in recent years as ideal
preparation running into the new year’s first major the
Australian Open, will take place from December 26-28.
The organisers also announced Pat Cash as an ambassador, with
the former Wimbledon champion hosting a tennis clinic for 400
schoolchildren in the afternoon.
“It’s a very competitive field and it really doesn’t get any
tougher than that,” Cash said. “It’s the equivalent of playing a
grand slam quarter-final – and a good grand slam quarter-final.”
Ferrer, the world No 4, echoed those sentiments.
“With such a strong line-up you know it’s not going to be an
easy three days, but that’s what makes it exciting,” he said.
“Everyone is working hard to be at the top of their game for the
season ahead, and for us, this is a way to put our training to
the test against the top players in the world.”
Nadal, Murray and Djokovic are previous champions and the
Spaniard, freshly crowned world No 1 this week, returns after
pulling out late last year due to an injury.
The three names added yesterday have all played here before and
have had strong seasons.
Ferrer broke through to his first grand slam final at the French
Open. Wawrinka, meanwhile, was a hugely popular semi-finalist at
the US Open last month, but also played in arguably two of the
finest grand slam matches this year, both against Djokovic.
He lost a five-hour, fourth-round epic in Australia having been
6-1 5-2 up and then again at the US Open semi-final, after
leading two sets to one in a match that turned on a 21-minute,
30-point game in the final set.
“There are two players who have had breakthrough years, [and
with Tsonga] two of the most exciting all-round players on the
circuit this year,” Cash said. “We have the world’s top two
players, who probably form the greatest rivalry in tennis
history.
“They’ve played each other 38 times, more than
Nadal-[Roger]Federer. This leads into the Australian Open so the
players come here, they are ready to go. It’s not a casual
warm-up event, they are 100 per cent ready to go when they come
here.”
The seeding for the tournament has not yet been finalised
though, if it follows previous years, the top two in the world
rankings, currently Nadal and Djokovic, will get a bye to the
semi-finals. The other four players will face off on the first
day, before semi-finals and the final on the other two days.
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Re: 2014 Abu Dhabi Exo : december 26th - december 28th
By: Clay Death Date: November 30, 2013, 7:07 pm
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this is the strongest line-up I have ever seen from abu dhabi.
;D ;D
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Re: 2014 Abu Dhabi Exo : december 26th - december 28th
By: thetruth Date: November 30, 2013, 8:15 pm
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Thanks for the info. This will tide us over as we wait for
Melbourne.
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Re: 2014 Abu Dhabi Exo : december 26th - december 28th
By: Clay Death Date: November 30, 2013, 8:25 pm
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tomorrow is the 1st.
just 25 days to go now. we will be able to see nadal, andy,
nole, ferru, wawrinka, Tsonga and company in action.
it will be here before you know it.
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Re: 2014 Abu Dhabi Exo : december 26th - december 28th
By: CETSVids Date: December 21, 2013, 10:13 am
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Thanks for the info about Abu Dhabi. My ATP/WTA on the handheld
doesn't even show it!
Does anyone know if the matches will be streamed? Can't
wait.....
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Re: 2014 Abu Dhabi Exo : december 26th - december 28th
By: Clay Death Date: December 21, 2013, 12:59 pm
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I am hoping they will be streamed general CETSVids.
as of now I am not really sure. I will look around the Internet
when I get home.
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Re: 2014 Abu Dhabi Exo : december 26th - december 28th
By: Clay Death Date: December 21, 2013, 11:01 pm
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so far I have not come up with any stream info.
tennis channel is up to its old tricks however. those morons
will show the matches on delayed basis the following day.
here is the schedule:
Friday, December 27 (EST) Select Time Zone Pacific Mountain
Central Eastern
Time (EST) Program Title
6:00 AM Seoul-WTA : Final
9:00 AM s-Hertogenbosch-ATP : Final
11:00 AM Newport-ATP : Final
2:00 PM Monte Carlo-ATP : Final
4:30 PM TC's Signature Series : Pete Sampras
6:00 PM Year in Review : 2013
7:00 PM Abu Dhabi : 1st Match (DELAY)
9:00 PM Abu Dhabi : 2nd Match (DELAY)
11:00 PM Abu Dhabi : 1st Match
1:00 AM Abu Dhabi : 2nd Match
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Re: 2014 Abu Dhabi Exo : december 26th - december 28th
By: Clay Death Date: December 21, 2013, 11:04 pm
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December 28th is the day of the semis on delayed basis at the
tennis channel. so you can catch the matches and even record
them if you wish:
Saturday, December 28 (EST) Select Time Zone Pacific Mountain
Central Eastern
Time (EST) Program Title
6:00 AM Luxembourg-WTA : Final
7:30 AM Sofia-WTA : Final
9:30 AM Stuttgart-ATP : Final
12:00 PM Madrid-ATP : Final
2:00 PM Rome-ATP : Final
4:00 PM WTA Championships : Final
7:00 PM Abu Dhabi : Semfinal 1 (DELAY)
9:00 PM Abu Dhabi : Semfinal 2 (DELAY)
11:00 PM Abu Dhabi : Semfinal 1
1:00 AM Abu Dhabi : Semfinal 2
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Re: 2014 Abu Dhabi Exo : december 26th - december 28th
By: Clay Death Date: December 25, 2013, 9:13 pm
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Top three set to open Abu Dhabi Tennis Championship
December 25, 2013
LONDON: Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray open the
2014 season in Abu Dhabi on Thursday with Roger Federer hoping
his absence isn’t an indicator of more misery ahead.
World number one Nadal provided the comeback story of 2013,
winning 10 titles, including a record eighth French Open and a
second US Open which took his majors haul to 13.
Djokovic defended his Australian Open crown while Murray claimed
Britain’s first Wimbledon mens’ title in 77 years.
But while the big three start their new campaigns with a
leisurely three-day stroll in Abu Dhabi, record 17-time major
winner Federer begins his 17th season as a professional in
Brisbane and with his career at a crossroads.
In 2013, the world number six failed to reach a Grand Slam final
for the first time since 2002 and his second-round defeat at
Wimbledon ended his run of 36 consecutive Grand Slam
quarter-final appearances.
Federer will turn 33 in August but is acutely aware that his
great hero, Pete Sampras, quit at 31 and at the top of his game,
having secured a fifth US Open.
His record against the sport’s big three also makes for worrying
reading - he is 10-22 against Nadal having lost all four matches
against the great Spaniard this year and 9-11 when up against
Murray, losing their one clash in 2013.
He is still ahead in his rivalry with Djokovic at 16-15 but lost
both their meetings this year while the Serb has taken six of
their last eight matches. The Swiss goes into 2014 having
severed his ties with long-time coach Paul Annacone, one of a
number of players to have tweaked their back-up teams over the
winter.
“For me, it’s pretty simple: this is what I used to do as a
little boy. It’s something that always is there in your DNA,”
said Federer, who will be playing a warm-up tournament in
Australia for the first time in 11 years.
After Brisbane, where he is top seed, Federer heads for the
Australian Open, a title he has captured on four occasions but
where he has fallen in the semi-finals on his last three visits.
Nadal missed the UAE tourament in 2012 as well as the Australian
Open as he nursed a knee injury for seven months, but he had a
record-setting 2013, losing just seven times in 82 matches.
The 27-year-old is now just four majors behind Federer and with
five years on his long-standing rival, is widely expected to
pass the mark of the Swiss whose last major was the 2012
Wimbledon title.
Djokovic stunned tennis by hiring Boris Becker as his new head
coach, a decision prompted by his desperate desire to improve a
record that reads six Grand Slam titles but also six defeats in
finals at majors. As well as defending his Australian Open
title, Djokovic also has another big date lined up for early in
the new year, marrying longtime girlfriend Jelena Ristic to whom
he got engaged in September.
Murray missed the closing tournaments of 2013 to undergo back
surgery and once his Abu Dhabi stint is over he will join Nadal
as the leading attraction in Doha which, along with Brisbane and
Chennai, opens the competitive season.
Agence France-Presse
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Re: 2014 Abu Dhabi Exo : december 26th - december 28th
By: Clay Death Date: December 25, 2013, 9:45 pm
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Mubadala World Tennis Championship: Abu Dhabi
Thursday December 26 Quarterfinals:
#1 - 5 PM: David Ferrer vs Stanislas Wawrinka
#2 - 7 PM: Andy Murray vs Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
Friday December 27:
#1 - 12:30 PM: Loser of Ferrer/Wawrinka vs Loser of
Murray/Tsonga
#2 - 3 PM: Rafael Nadal vs Winner of Ferrer/Wawrinka
#3 - 5 PM: Novak Djokovic vs Winner of Murray/Tsonga
Saturday December 28:
#1 - 3 PM: - Loser of Nadal vs [Ferrer/Wawrinka] vs Loser of
Djokovic vs [Murray/Tsonga]
#2 - 5 PM: MWTC Final
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