Masters, Nadal with Federer
Djokovic not the best

LONDON – Everything is ready for the London Masters: from Sunday 20 November, in the British capital, the eight best tennis players of 2011 will compete. Today the draw took place: Novak Djokovic, Andy Murray, David Ferrer and Tomas Berdych will meet in the Group A, while Rafa Nadal, Roger Federer, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and Mardy Fish will be involved in Group B. The formula does not change: round robin before the semifinals crossed between the best two of each group. Final Sunday 27.

THE DOUBTS DJOKOVIC AND FISH– To verify the conditions of Novak Djokovic and Mardy Fish. The Serb had to leave the Paris-Bercy tournament due to a problem with his right shoulder that has been affecting him for several weeks. The same goes for the American, who retired in the third round due to a muscle strain in his right thigh. Should he not make it, Serbian Janko Tipsarevic is already ready: in that case, it would be the first all-European Masters in history. At the end of season appointment, after a year in which he did not win any Slam tournament, Roger Federer is in great shape and perhaps as the man to beat: the Swiss won the last two tournaments, the home one in Basel and that of Paris Bercy.

(November 15, 2011)