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Breaking down the eight Shanghai qualifiers, a reflection on their year.

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Main draw results only. No Davis Cup.

Roger Federer
W - Australian Open, Dubai, Hamburg, Wimbledon, Cincinnati, US Open, Basel, Shanghai
F - Monte Carlo, Roland Garros, Montreal, Madrid
4R - Miami
3R - Rome, Paris
2R - Indian Wells
W/L: 67-9
v. top 10: 16-4

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Rafael Nadal
W - Indian Wells, Monte Carlo, Barcelona, Rome, Roland Garros, Stuttgart
F - Hamburg, Wimbledon, Paris
SF - Chennai, Montreal, Shanghai
QF - Australian Open, Dubai, Miami, London, Madrid
4R - US Open
2R - Cincinnati
1R - Sydney
W/L: 70-15
v. top 10: 11-7

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Novak Djokovic
W - Adelaide, Miami, Estoril, Montreal, Vienna
F - Indian Wells, US Open
SF - Rotterdam, Roland Garros, Wimbledon, Madrid
QF - Dubai, Rome, Hamburg
4R - Australian Open
3R - Monte Carlo, London
2R - Umag, Cincinnati, Paris
1R - Marseilles
RR - Shanghai
W/L: 65-19
v. top 10: 6-10

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Nikolay Davydenko
W - Moscow
SF - Doha, Rotterdam, Rome, Roland Garros, Cincinnati, US Open
QF - Australian Open, Barcelona, Poertschach, Montreal
4R - Indian Wells, Wimbledon
3R - Miami, Hamburg, New Haven, Paris
2R - Sydney, Dubai, Monte Carlo, Halle, Sopot, Beijing, St. Petersburg
1R - Marseilles, Estoril, Gstaad, Amersfoort, Umag
RR - Shanghai
W/L: 53-29
v. top 10: 3-7

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Andy Roddick
W - London, Washington
F - Memphis
SF - Australian Open, San Jose, Indian Wells, Miami, Indianapolis, Shanghai
QF - Poertschach, Wimbledon, Montreal, US Open
3R - Rome, Cincinnati
1R - Roland Garros, Lyon
W/L: 48-16
v. top 10: 5-7

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David Ferrer
W - Auckland, Bastad, Tokyo
F - Shanghai
SF - Barcelona, US Open
QF - Umag, Indian Wells, Rotterdam, Monte Carlo, Hamburg, Cincinnati, Paris
4R - Australian Open, Miami
3R - Roland Garros, New Haven
2R - Marseilles, Wimbledon, Stuttgart, Montreal, Madrid
1R - Dubai, Rome, Basel
W/L: 57-22
v. top 10: 9-7

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Fernando Gonzalez
W - Beijing
F - Australian Open, Rome
QF - Vina del Mar, Hamburg, London, Vienna, Madrid, Basel
4R - Indian Wells
3R - Miami, Wimbledon
2R - Monte Carlo, Montreal, Cincinnati, Paris
1R - Estoril, Roland Garros, Los Angeles, US Open
RR - Shanghai
W/L: 33-20
v. top 10: 3-6

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Richard Gasquet
W - Mumbai
F - Tokyo, Estoril
SF - Sydney, Wimbledon, Paris
QF - Adelaide, Marseilles, Monte Carlo, Nottingham, Gstaad
4R - Australian Open, Indian Wells
3R - Miami
2R - Rome, Hamburg, Roland Garros, Montreal, Cincinnati, US Open, Madrid, Lyon
1R - Halle
RR - Shanghai
W/L: 44-22
v. top 10: 5-7
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Normally I'd include tiebreaks but men just play too many tiebreaks. :eek: They've each played many tiebreaks and all of them are in the positives for tiebreaks won/lost, I believe.

Every qualifier made the semifinal of a slam or better, so none of the players are completely unmerited in qualifying for Shanghai.

What do you think of the top eight players and the seasons they've had? What were the highlights to you, or any interesting trends you noticed?
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Whistleway
n/m
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Renaud
Whistleway said:
I'm not sure if your top10 is right for federer.
He has lost x2 nalby, x2 nadal and x1 djokovic
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Nalby was not top 10 when he beat Federer.
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selyoink
I'm just glad all 8 made at least one slam semi-final unlike last year when you had mugs like Blake and Robredo without a slam SF.
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Richard is actually not that bad vs the top 10 this year, relatively. Hmm...
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Kolya
selyoink said:
I'm just glad all 8 made at least one slam semi-final unlike last year when you had mugs like Blake and Robredo without a slam SF.
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Good point.
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I'd prefer to see Gonzalez out and Nalbandian in.

Gonzalez's best results are one optional title and runner up finishes in the Australian Open and Rome while Nalbandian at least won 2 Masters Series Events.
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Jaffas85 said:
I'd prefer to see Gonzalez out and Nalbandian in.

Gonzalez's best results are one optional title and runner up finishes in the Australian Open and Rome while Nalbandian at least won 2 Masters Series Events.
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Multiple masters series winners should, second to grand slam winners (which can be kind of flukey, anyway), be allowed into Shanghai. I've never seen someone win two Masters in a year and beat top 10 players so handily and not qualify.
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Nadal did the best at the Masters Events. He won three, finalist in two, semifinalist in one, and quarterfinalist in two others. His only poor AMS showing was in Cincinnati when he was badly injured anyway.

In general, he lost before the quarterfinals only three times, which is the most consistent among any top player this year. Way to go Nadal. :worship:
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Kolya
Of course anyone would want Nalbandian playing including me but he hasn't earned the points over the course of the year.

2008 = Nalbandian's year? Possibly.
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Wow, this must be one of the few times in the history of the TMC that all qualifiers have made at least one GS semi-final during the year.
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Will Nalbandian be going to Shanghai as the #1 Alternate?

Since winning in Paris has he expressed an interest in doing this?

He could stand a good chance of playing with Roddick perhaps being suspect and Davydenko being awful lately.
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Updated with their results in Shanghai. Ferrer's top 10 stats went way up and Djokovic's went way down, obviously. :lol:

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VolandriFan
Fernando's season wasn't completely torrid.
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