The tennis season literally came to a finale after the end of the season ending ATP world tour finals. Here is our weekly ATP and WTA rankings(top 10);
ATP RANKINGS
NAME. POINTS
1.Novak Djokovic. 11510
2 Roger Federer. 9700
3 Rafael Nadal. 6835
4 Stan Wawrinka. 5295
5 Kei Nishikori. 5025
6 Andy Murray. 4675
7 Tomas Berdych. 4665
8 Milos Raonic. 4440
9 Marin Cilic. 4150
10 David Ferrer. 4045
* South- African Kevin Anderson is ranked is ranked 16th in the world.
WTA. RANKINGS
NAME. POINTS
1 Venus Williams. 8485
2 Maria Sharapova. 7050
3 Simona Halep. 6292
4 Petra Kvitova. 5966
5 Ana Ivanovic. 4820
6 Agnieszka Radwanska. 4810
7 Eugenie Bouchard. 4715
8 Caroline Wozniacki. 4625
9 Angelique Kerber 3480
10 Dominika Cibulkova. 3052.
TENNIS NEWS AND TITBITS
* Roger Federer pulled out of the final of the ATP world tour at the 02 arena with a back injury which he suffered in the semis against fellow Swiss player Stanislas Wawrinka.
* Two former world No.1 Venus Williams and Martina Hingis will face off in the first match of the champions tennis league today(Monday).
*Kei Nishikori believes that his strong showing at the ATP world tour finals will provide him the perfect springboard to win his first Grand Slam next year.
* The ATP world tour finals will continue to be played at the London 02 arena next year but the organisers are considering other cities for 2016 and beyond.
TENNIS QUOTES
*” Right now am in the pinnacle of my career. I feel physically very fit. I’m motivated to keep on playing on a very high level. I’m going to try to use these year in front of me to fight for the No.1 in the world and fight for the biggest titles”. Novak Djokovic after ending the year 2014 as world No.1.
* ” I think i will have a lot of chance in the big tournaments,especially Grand slams. Hopefully I can come back to a final again. I love to play the Australian Open,hopefully I can have a good start of the year there”. Japanese Kei Nishikori optimistic about his chances of winning a Grand slam title next year.
SOME TENNIS FACTS
* The longest tennis match lasted for 11 hours and 5 minutes spanning a total of 3 three days.
*Roger Federer holds the record for the highest career prize money in tennis with a whopping sum of $62m.
* The first black player to win the Us.Open was Arthur Ashe in 1986.
* Shortest Grand slam final was lasted for only 32mins when Steffi Graph defeated Natasha Zvereva 6-0, 6-0.
* The French Open happens to be named after a stadium where it takes place. The stadium is named after Roland Garros who was a pilot in World War 1.
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