Home News ATP Finals Day 3 – Thiem vs Monfils, Djokovic vs Raonic

ATP Finals Day 3 – Thiem vs Monfils, Djokovic vs Raonic

by TN

In the closest match of the ATP World Tour Finals so far, youngster Dominic Thiem managed to mentally outlast Gael Monfils in a topsy-turvy affair that ended 6-3 1-6 6-4. The reason I wrote “mentally outlast” is that Thiem is 22-3 in deciding sets this year while Monfils has a history of wavering in matches and his three double-faults in the last game of the match wasn’t particularly inspiring for his camp. Thiem did look very tired in the second set and sprayed a number of balls, but in the end he got his act together and got the W. Now he has a chance of qualifying for the semi-finals. He needs to beat Raonic in his next match to do so.

Raonic on the other hand, did play well against Djokovic and forced two tie-breaks despite being down a break in set. But in the end Djokovic was too strong and won by the slimmest of margins 7-6 (8-6) 7-6 (7-5). Djokovic hasn’t been in spellbinding form, but he sure looks ready for another final and the most dramatic one would be against Andy Murray.

screen-shot-2016-11-16-at-12-58-38

ATP WORLD TOUR FINALS 2016

McEnroe Group

Andy Murray 1-0 (2-0)
Stan Wawrinka 0-1 (0-2)
Kei Nishikori 1-0 (2-0)
Marin Cilic 0-1 (0-2)

Lendl Group

Novak Djokovic 2-0 (4-1)
Milos Raonic 1-1 (2-2)
Gael Monfils 0-2 (1-4)
Dominic Thiem 1-1 (2-3)

Year-end world number one ranking scenarios

Player 0 wins 1 gp win 2 gp wins 3 gp wins 1 gp win & RU 2 gp wins & RU 3 gp wins & RU 1 gp win & title 2 gp wins & title 3 gp wins & title
Murray 10910 11110 11310 11510 11510 11710 11910 12010 12210 12410
Djokovic 10780 10980 11180 11380 11380 11580 11780 11880 12080 12280

You may also like

Leave a Comment