monf was too tired v sod in valencia after winning in france..every 1 know this[;)]

Valencia was played on blue clay
Bercy is being played on a proper indoor HC.

Sod wins tomorrow he knocks muz out of 4th...surely murray wouldnt have to do a lot to regain that spot before oz???

tennis doesnt get any better than today, absolutely incredible, llodra and fed both had match points. monfils was totally clutch

lost 650 quid on paris outright whatever the outcome, but first bad week in a while.

hopefully that will convince the atp to throw in some faster surfaces....

That llodra forehand down line he missed

You cant of expected sod to serve as well as he did today neo...foot on the pedal and never let up..shocked how easy he had it.

Soderling won the two biggest indoor tour titles this season
That's why he's the Indoor King kiddos

He should thank gael for taking out fed.

Murray going 5 has kind of made things harder for my o2 bet...could get the group of death

Last tournament of the year, it's been emotional But let's see if we can end it with a win rather than a wimper. I'll try and keep this shorter than Paris which, let's say, didn't go too well ... lol

London - In Group A, I reckon Nadal will come through with relative ease in beating Roddick and Berdych, two players who are well capable of beating Nadal on this surface on their day but 'their day' doesn't seem near on the horizon. As far as the second spot goes, I can see it coming down to Roddick or Djokovic, both should beat Berdych, and I fancy Roddick will beat Djokovic again (4-0 in last 4 meetings) ... so Djokovic may have to beat Nadal and, with what happened in NYC and Djokovic's priorities in Belgrade becoming more evident, Roddick can force his way through this group. Group B looks even harder to call but I reckon Soderling and Federer will be the ones to make it, Soderling's confidence is on a real high now and, despite not beating anyone of great note in Paris, I don't think there's any real substitute for good form and confidence especially when he's proved that he can beat any of the best players on his day. Murray doesn't look quite all there at the minute for me and I don't think the home factor is a real advantage for him. Federer looked good in Basle and Paris.

So my last-four picks are Nadal, Roddick, Federer and Soderling ... and you may be shocked to hear but i'm picking Nadal. Positives for him are that he's fresh, he's super-motivated to win this last big title missing from his CV and his group is much kinder than last year (0-3) so they are opponents he can play his way into form against. Also, the courts are meant to be similar to last year which is pretty medium-slow, so assuming he's not carrying any serious injury, he should handle okay. Negatives, obviously his indoor record is very average, 1 title in his career, and though he's fresh, he's a player who seems to do well with a lot of matches under his belt. While his group is kind, the other opponents from Group-B awaiting are all tough opponents ... but if they are all beating eachother with tough 3-setters, it could work in Nadal's favour later in the competition. And let's face it, tennis can't sink a whole lot lower than it is at the moment so him winning this as well won't make too much difference.

Nadal to win WTF @ 10/3 (£85)

I quite like Roddick's price of just under 30s at the minute but haven't taken it, instead i've gone with a bit of the 6/4 on him getting out of his group. Soderling's price looks very big too but i'll resist again, banking on Nadal facing him in the final where his superior matchplay can take him through.

Roddick's price is massive considering the hold he has had over Djokovic the last two years, avoided Fed too. Price massive if Sod and Muzza eliminate the GOAT.

Made Djokovic look like an amateur in Cinci too when Roddick had some sort of illness

Had a few quid @ 32 yesterday. Only outright value i could spot for the week.

Looks like the market leans towards Federer , even though Nadal is my favorite this time I'll go with the flow , I'm taking Federer to win .

If he's still there in the semi-finals I'll be sure to heckle the hacker.

Nice one Kaiser

I've gone slightly mad and backed Ferrer @ 65
He shouldn't get out of the group, but if he did, would fancy taking on any of the other group in a SF.

Seems the tournament director has had a word with the spanish lads and said "get me one of those Valencia courts, por favor".

Isn't it the same surface as last year? Nadal didn't do too well then

Andy