ATP Tour Finale: Roger Is Snubbed Again

Curtain Call

Player: Oliver Marach

Nation: Austria

Age: 29

Current Doubles Ranking: #14
Doubles Partner: Lucasz Kubot (Poland)
Notable Conquest: Dlouhy/Paes, 4th seed

Tour Page: http://www.barclaysatpworldtourfinals.com/Tennis/Players/Top-Players/Oliver-Marach.aspx
Personal Website: http://www.marach.at

Today's Match: lost to Bryan/Bryan in straight sets

An unusual number of players have been eliminated in the group stage despite having 2-1 records: Andy Murray and Novak Djokovic on the singles side and Kubot/Marach on the doubles side. This is the partnership's first time in the year-end tournament. Marach is the older and the lower-ranked of the pair.

So, once again Roger Federer will not be Sports Illustrated's Sportsman of the Year. It's perhaps a minor detail for a man who has received just about every other award the sports world has to offer but the premier American sports publication has been in denial of the world's greatest athlete for quite some time now. The window is probably past. Great as he is, Federer's years of greatest dominance are probably behind him.