Valencia: Battle for the Masters and Davis taste

The Fast Track Agora and the Basel tournament, Federer's house, they become judges this week for the seven players vying for one of the three vacancies in the London Masters. "It's an added incentive for the public," says David Ferrer, co-owner of the ATP 500 with Juan Carlos Ferrero, a passport for the O2 Arena and defending title-trap debut against Fernando Verdasco. "It's a carrot that I have before, although it is difficult," says Nico Almagro, ninth now in the race that was yesterday and Jo-Wilfried-Tsonga scored 100 points and up to 7 th place after beating Juan Martin del Potro in Vienna for 6 -7 (7 / 5), 6-3, 6-4. The two land now in the Agora.

Almagro has it hard because you can only add up if made final and Argentina, with more room to add points, it comes as a shot. A projectile with a final destination Seville, where (2-4 December) will lead Argentina in the Davis Cup. In Valencia are Pico Monaco (first round match against Almagro), John I. Chela (with Andújar lost last night) and PRSP. Nalbandian cure his hamstring in his homeland. For Spain, Feliciano (20 th in the world, and 2005) and Verdasco (aimed also doubles as Monaco, Chela), Ferrer and Marcel Granollers, who will be the fifth in La Cartuja.

In this struggle to get into the Masters, Gilles Simon has chosen Valencia while Berdych and Fish by Basel, Djokovic and Federer come back after the U.S. Open and also plays Murray. Tipsarevic, who lost the final in St. Petersburg yesterday with Cilic, rests.