Starting chuntering aagin didn't help when Andy had momentum at  5 - 4 *   30 - 15  and was really just unlucky at the net court / drop shot / slip point.

C'mom  5 - 6 *

PS : I don't like yellow either for tennis players, used to always be happy to see an opponent wearing yellow since I felt it unlucky somehow.

40 - 15 *,  c;mon !

Madeline wrote:

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Tsonga lost in 3.

I wouldn't say he will have nothing to play for on Friday. Pride, points, and prize money come to mind.

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...err, and possible qualification for the semi finals !  ( if he beats Andy 2 - 0 and Djokovic beats Berdych 2 - 0 ).  I agree though that even if he falls out of contention for SF qualification, a guy like Tsonga could still be dangerous for the reasons you give and just the guy he is.

As I said before, it could get complicated with this result. They could all still qualify or miss out, and Andy could finish 1st, 2nd or miss out.

Standings  ( with matches won, sets won and lost, and games won and lost ) :

Djokovic      2   4 - 1   30 - 23

Murray        1   3 - 3   29 - 30

Berdych       1   3 - 3   29 - 27

Tsonga        0   1 - 4   21 - 29

Tiebreaker if level on matches won :

a)  If 2 tied,  head to head result.

b)  If 3 tied ( and that could be on both 2 wins or 1 win )

   i)  % sets won   ( and then head to head if that reduces to 2 being level ) 

   ii )  % games won   ( if 3 still level after b )  i )  )

I still think Andy will get through, but now much more likely in 2nd place.  So apart from today costing him 200 points ( well 400 really if you take it directly against Djokovic ) it would quite likely mean a semi final vs Fed rather than say Duracell Ferrer who apart from being generally preferable anyway, must run out of gas at some point surely.

So if Tsonga beats Berdych tonight, the match between Andy and Tsonga will determine who comes second ( Novak would beat either on head to head for first place even if he lost to Berdych ).  That's the more straightforward final match scenario.

If Berdych beats Tsonga, it could potentially be rather complicated on Friday....so let's not bother unless it happens 

Yes, that all looks right to me.  At least there is no way that 3 can be tied on matches won and also % sets sets won and it come down to games.  

Which given how long it took the ATP to work that one out once before may come as a relief to many folk !