The last tournament of the season (before the Masters, only for the top8 + 2 substitutes) ends with a new title for tenedab ! He's now ranked #3. This M1000 was super surprising, with one of the lowest "BWW ratio" ever just like an ATP250 : 53,2% !
The BWW ratio is the percentage of matches won by the player with the best ranking among the 2 opponents.



Nelson, LLTL : it's a pleasure to meet you Krambambulli. You just played your first season among the LLTL, and you were super close to win your first title at Shanghaï. What do you think about your season ?

Krambambulli : As you already said, Shanghai was very close to win my first "career" title. Unfortunately Rafa was not at his best to challenge Roger. I'm satisfied with 2017 including my personal highlights (finalist of Shanghai and Quarterfinal at Wimbledon) and confident that I will improve next year at the LLTL.

Nelson, LLTL : Unfortunately you won't play the Masters, but your fellow compatriot Dominic Thiem will. What do you think he could achieve next week and next season ?

Krambambulli : Dominic has the weapons to beat all of these great guys, but he needs more confidence. I can remember that last year he had also a poor hardcourt-season after the US Open and played very well against Novak Djokovic, Gael Monfils and Milos Raonic at his first apperance at the finals in London. There is a chance for him to take the next step into semifinals if he drops the unforced errors at normal level. In any case I will attend the finals at the O2-Arena next week watching the group stage games on Wednesday and Thursday.
As Dominic has made most of his points on clay courts (#2 after Rafa), it is a taff way for him to defend his ranking in the first half of the year, but I think he can do that and if he improve on the other surfaces he has the chance being in the Top 4 for the longer term..

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