Just came back from the night session of the Barclay's ATP World Tour Finals at the O2 Arena. Today's one of the last days of the Group stage and we saw a doubles match and the last of the Group B group matches. Not having the luck to see Federer play (missed out again by a whisker as he was playing during the day), we saw Nadal and Tsonga instead.
As both Nadal and Tsonga were vying for the remaining Group B place in the semis (Federer was the first to qualify), the match was destined to be intense from the beginning. Naturally, the match was very tight with both Nadal and Tsonga playing some exceptional shots, however, Tsonga was clearly the more outstanding player, which was reflected by some of his very impressive shots.
In the end, the match went to three sets before Tsonga finally broke Nadal three times to win (he was broken in the second last game by Nadal and so was made to break Nadal for a third time in the set to win).
Watching the tennis in O2 was a great experience. Apparently, O2 is the world's largest indoor tennis stadium and given it's multipurpose facilities, they were able to make fancy light work and sound effects in between games. Amongst the most impressive was turning the blue courts into a screen on which short videos were projected.
Looking forward to our next visit tomorrow where we'll be treated to the last of the Group matches, including one featuring the number 1 doubles team and one featuring the leading player in Group A of the singles matches - Ferrer.
Nice stadium, but jeesh you'll need a super zoom to see where the hell the ball is.
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