Nov 12, 2011
Nov 10, 2011
BERDYCH, TSONGA, FISH COMPLETE 2011 BARCLAYS ATP WORLD TOUR FINALS SINGLES FIELD
LONDON – Tomas Berdych, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and Mardy Fish will complete the singles player field at the 2011 Barclays ATP World Tour Finals, to be held November 20-27 at The O2 in London, featuring the world’s Top 8 singles players and doubles teams.All three players were guaranteed their place among the world’s Top 8 following results at the BNP Paribas Masters in Paris on Thursday after Berdych defeated Janko Tipsarevic. Berdych, Tsonga and Fish join a star-studded line up including Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal, Andy Murray, Roger Federer and David Ferrer at The O2 in London.
Berdych, who made his debut last year in London, going 1-2 in round robin play, is the first player from the Czech Republic to finish in the Top 10 in back-to-back seasons since Petr Korda in 1991-92.
Tsonga will be making his second career appearance at the season-ending event, having also qualified for the tournament in 2008. The Frenchman enjoyed a strong run of form in London earlier this season, reaching the final of the AEGON Championships at The Queen’s Club (l. to Murray) before reaching the semi-finals at Wimbledonwith a memorable 5-set comeback win over Roger Federer in the quarter-finals.