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Esoteric round-robin format has its share of flaws

By Sandra Harwitt
Special to ESPN.com

Monday, November 17, 2008

Four Points Except for this coming weekend, where the Argentineans and Spanish will contest for Davis Cup supremacy, the year came to a close at the Tennis Masters Cup on Sunday in Shanghai. Just to clean things up, a final few reflections from a business perspective. Next year the tournament moves to London and takes on a new name as the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals. Round-robins a brainteaser There's no denying there's a purpose behind the round-robin concept as an exclusive forum to sho ...

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