It was a slow start from Stan Wawrinka in London losing easily to a resurgent Rafa Nadal. in his first round robin match.
However Stan has fought well to defeat David Ferrer in his 2nd match and tonight it was a straight head to head battle with Andy Murray for the final spot in the ATP Tour Final semi-finals.
The match was a close affair and although Wawrinka took a 5-3 lead in the first set Murray never let him get away and broke straight back. The 1st set went to a tie-break and when Andy looked to be pulling away 4-2 up the Scot lost 5 points in a row and Wawrinka took the set 7-6 (7-4)
Andy seemed to lose focus at the start of the 2nd set and quickly lost serve to go 0-2 down as Wawrinka's confidence grew. Wawrinka broke again to go 7-6 5-2 and it all looked over for Murray. However Andy showed some fight and got a break back and even had 15-40 on Stans serve to level at 5-5 but couldn't take his chance and Wawrinka got the win 7-6 6-4.
Andy Murray will now focus on preparation for the Davis Cup Final next week against Belgium and Stan Wawrinka needs to get himself rested and ready for his semi-final against fellow Swiss star Roger Federer tomorrow evening. Novak Djokovic plays Rafa Nadal in the first semi-final
However Stan has fought well to defeat David Ferrer in his 2nd match and tonight it was a straight head to head battle with Andy Murray for the final spot in the ATP Tour Final semi-finals.
The match was a close affair and although Wawrinka took a 5-3 lead in the first set Murray never let him get away and broke straight back. The 1st set went to a tie-break and when Andy looked to be pulling away 4-2 up the Scot lost 5 points in a row and Wawrinka took the set 7-6 (7-4)
Andy seemed to lose focus at the start of the 2nd set and quickly lost serve to go 0-2 down as Wawrinka's confidence grew. Wawrinka broke again to go 7-6 5-2 and it all looked over for Murray. However Andy showed some fight and got a break back and even had 15-40 on Stans serve to level at 5-5 but couldn't take his chance and Wawrinka got the win 7-6 6-4.
Andy Murray will now focus on preparation for the Davis Cup Final next week against Belgium and Stan Wawrinka needs to get himself rested and ready for his semi-final against fellow Swiss star Roger Federer tomorrow evening. Novak Djokovic plays Rafa Nadal in the first semi-final