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Murray, Djokovic Battle For No. 1 In Paris

Seldom has so much been riding on the final week of the regular ATP World Tour season. The stakes at this week’s BNP Paribas Masters in Paris-Bercy, have never been higher. Riding a 15-match winning streak, Andy Murray could overtake Novak Djokovic as World No. 1. But the margins are so thin that Djokovic has the opportunity to clinch the coveted year-end No. 1 Emirates ATP Ranking for the third consecutive year. And this is for certain: The final ATP World Tour Masters 1000 event of the year will determine the last two spots at the season-ending Barclays ATP World Tour Finals. Murray, who has spent 76 weeks at No. 2 since first reaching the mark in 2009, can finally...

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London Contenders Shrink As Race Tightens

Up to eight players could be in contention to battle for the final two spots at the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals when the regular season concludes with the BNP Paribas Masters in Paris next week. As of Saturday night, with Ivo Karlovic and David Ferrer out of the Erste Bank Open 500 in Vienna, eight players are within mathematical reach of Marin Cilic, who holds the current minimum qualification points total of 2,890. That's down from 10 players on Friday because both Ferrer and Karlovic needed to win the Vienna title to stay in London contention. Additionally, Cilic, who reached the Basel final on Saturday to pass Tomas Berdych, could raise the bar to a minimum 3,090 points required...

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