1. David Ferrer and Kei Nishikori complete line-up for Barclays ATP World Tour Finals.
2. WTA Elite Trophy, 2015: Zhuhai, China
Inaugural tournament replacing Tournament of Champions, consisting of the top 11 players ( plus 1 wildcard) who didn’t qualify for the WTA Finals, ranked between 9-19 (10-26, this year due to Serena Williams withdrawing from the WTA Finals and Safraova grabbing the 9th spot and 6 players deciding not to accept the invitation of playing in Zhuhai. The 12 players are split into 4 groups of 3, with the winners of each group advancing to the SFs. An uneaten player can win a maximum of 700 ranking points and $635,000 in prize money.
Group 1: Venus, Madison Keys & Zheng Saisai (WC)
Group 2: Suarez-Navarro, Svitolina & Petkovic ( won tournament of Champions last year in Sofia, Bulgaria).
Group 3: Pliskova, Jankovic & Errani
Group 4: Wozniacki, Vinci & Kuznetsova
2.1- Day 2 Wed, results:
Pliskova wins in 3 set battle over Jankovic: 6-4, 3-6, 6-2
Suarez-Navarro bt Petkovic: 6-0, 6-0
Vinci bt Kuznetsova: 6-4, 6-4
- Nadal races past Rosol into the 3rd rd- 2nd straight win over the Czech after Basel last week.
- Federer continues hot streak, as he cruises past Andreas Seppi in jus 47 mins.
- Murray crushes David Goffin in foreshadowing of Davis Cup Final clash.
4. Simona Halep hires Darren Cahill as full-time coach from beginning in Jan 2016.
All Things Tennis- from Hamza Shakeel 