World number one Roger Federer
has pulled out of the Paris Masters tournament which started on Monday,
saying he was exhausted, organisers said. Click on the red icon for
live scoring from the opening day of the Paris Masters.
The
top seed, who celebrated a first title in his home town in the Swiss
Indoors tournament in Basel on Sunday, is expected to be back in action
for the season-ending Masters Cup from Nov. 12 to 19 in Shanghai.
The
Paris tournament, celebrating its 20th anniversary this year, is the
only Masters Series event where the dominant Swiss has not reached at
least the final.
It is the last event before the season-ending
Masters Cup, which will feature the top eight players in the ATP race
from November 12 to 19 in Shanghai.
Only Federer, Nadal, Croat
Ivan Ljubicic, American Andy Roddick and Nikolay Davydenko of Russia
have booked a trip to China, with the last three tickets still up for
grabs.