Monday, November 28, 2011

Tuesday, November 22, 2011

World tour finals

If Nadal wins his next two matches in 2 sets and Fish beats Federer in 2 sets. Federer/Tsonga/Fish will be 1-2. Tiebreak: set won/loss ratio. Federer 2-5, Tsonga 3-4, Fish 3-4. Federer is eliminated because the 2nd tiebreak(set ratio) creates an inferior player. Then the tiebreak between Fish and Tsonga is decided by head to head.


rule

Tiebreak

If three (3) players are tied, then:
i) If three (3) players each have one (1) win, a player having played less than
all three (3) matches is automatically eliminated and the player advancing
to the single elimination competition is the winner of the match-up of the
two (2) players tied with 1-2 records; or
ii) Highest percentage of sets won; or
iii) Highest percentage of games won; or
iv) The player positions on the South African Airways ATP Rankings as of the
Monday after the last ATP World Tour tournament of the calendar year.
v) If (i), (ii), (iii) or (iv) produce one (1) superior player (first place), or one (1)
inferior player (third place), and the two (2) remaining players are tied, the
tie between those two (2) players shall be broken by head-to-head record.
Comment 1: 1 player has 3 wins and the other 3 players have 1 win. Of the