Those who have tickets for the early session on Sunday afternoon will be licking their lips at the prospect of seeing two icons of tennis playing for the chance to get to the Final on Monday evening.
The other Semi Final is between two players who had a classic match in Australia to really get the season going so fans may be treated to another quality match later.
Rafael Nadal win 2-1 v Roger Federer: Despite holding a healthy advantage in the head to head, Rafael Nadal does have a couple of demons to exorcise in this match as he has lost all 4 previous matches against Roger Federer that have been played at the World Tour Finals.
That includes 2 losses in London and the indoor hard courts certainly make this a closer match than I would expect an outdoor hard court or most outdoor surfaces would. On most I would favour Nadal over Federer these days, but these courts do make you wonder.
Nadal himself hasn't looked up to the speed of the rest of the season so far this week and it could be that the long year has caught up with him, especially now he has secured the World Number 1 Ranking. His feeling that the Tour Finals should perhaps be played on a different surface may have given us an insight that he doesn't feel he can produce his best tennis on the indoor hard courts and I think that gives Federer a chance.
A chance mind, because Federer hasn't played his best tennis this week either, although he would have been given a confidence boost in the manner he beat Juan Martin Del Potro yesterday after looking down and out in all three sets. However, his match up against Nadal isn't the best and I have a feeling that the Spaniard is going to come through, albeit after three sets.
Novak Djokovic - 4.5 games v Stanislas Wawrinka: Novak Djokovic admitted that he couldn't get the balance right in his win last night against Richard Gasquet as he couldn't quite motivate himself with the Semi Final in mind, and I do expect a better response from him in this one.
I have been impressed with Stanislas Wawrinka's season, but he was looking tight in his win over David Ferrer and would have been beaten if the Spaniard had a little more gas left in the tank.
The Australian Open clash between these two was memorable, but the US Open match was another very good one, although it was Stan who didn't have a lot left in that match as he wilted in the final two sets of a five set match.
If Wawrinka serves well, this could be a very close match, but I think Djokovic is going to come out firing after the performance yesterday and I think he will do enough to win this one 63, 64.
MY PICKS: Rafael Nadal win 2-1 @ 4.33 Sporting Bet (1 Unit)
Novak Djokovic - 4.5 Games @ 2.10 Pinnacle (2 Units)
World Tour Finals Update: 6-6, + 5.96 Units (19 Units Staked, + 31.37% Yield)
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