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Masters Cup Over for Djokovic
by Barbora Kasparova

After the Thursday's lost to Spaniard Nadal 6-4 6-4, Serb Novak Djokovic is heading home from the last Grand Slam of the year held in Shanghai. Although Djokovic is considered to be the biggest disappointment of the tournament, he has not lost his optimism: "...but I don't want to think negative. It's been an amazing year, just too long." (http://uk.news.yahoo.com/afp/20071115/tts-tennis-atp-masters-6d6e476_4.html) The 20 year-old Djokovic is currently ranking 3rd in the ATP chart with 4470 points. He's certainly had a successful year, in Australian open he reached the fourth round and lost to Federrer, reached semi-finals in Wimbledon and Roland Garros, and made it to the finals in the U.S. Open where he again got beaten by Federrer. As his coach, Marian Vajda, former Slovak tennis player and former head of the Slovak Davis Cup team and fed Cup team, remarked: "His progress is amazing," (http://www.usatoday.com/sports/tennis/2007-09-04-djokovic-challenging_N.htm). Djokovic is planning some rest for the Christmas and in January he'll play again on the Australian Open in Melbourne. (For more information on his schedule or on Djokovic, check out his official web site www.novak-djokovic.com) We will know the winner of this year's Masters Cup on Sunday; semifinals will be played on Saturday. Spaniards Nadal and Ferrer and the U.S. player Andy Roddick have already assured their appearance on Saturday matches, the fourth one will be either the world number one Roger Federrer or Fernando Gonzales.

related story: http://uk.news.yahoo.com/afp/20071115/tts-tennis-atp-masters-6d6e476_4.html

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