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BNP Paribas Masters 2016: Key Battles to Watch, Early Predictions for Tournament
- Updated: October 27, 2016
The BNP Paribas Masters marks the final ATP World Tour Masters 1,000 event of the 2016 men’s tennis season. With players striving to move up the rankings to qualify for the ATP World Tour Finals, there is plenty to look out for in Paris.
Novak Djokovic will be hoping to put his injury-plagued season behind him by lifting the trophy on Nov. 6, but British No. 1 Andy Murray is the early favourite.
It seems unlikely there will be a big enough points shift during the tournament to knock anyone out of the qualification spots for the World Tour Finals, although David Goffin or Marin Cilic could sneak into ninth in the Race for London rankings—a qualifying position this year after Rafael Nadal’s wrist injury ruled him out until 2017.
The Paris Masters is played on an indoor hard court, which should favour baseline players such as Stan Wawrinka, but the astonishing consistency with which Djokovic and Murray clean up makes a shock victor unlikely.
Tennis TV provided a look back at last year’s action between the two:
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