|
Roger Federer Voted "The Most popular singles player" Amongst Chinese Fans
Roger Federer was voted “the most popular singles player” amongst Chinese fans in the poll launched by Sina, the exclusive Internet Service Provider for the Chinese official website for the Tennis Masters Cup Shanghai, and the largest Internet portal in China.
11,204 Chinese fans participated in the poll to support their favorite players. Federer won “the most popular singles player” vote with 47.02%, followed by Marat Safin at 17.08%. Andy Roddick, Andre Agassi and Rafael Nadal all exceeded 5%. The Bryan Brothers won “the best doubles players” with a supporting rate of 72.96%. Jonas Bjorkman and Max Mirnyi came in second place with 7.04%. Marcos Baghdatis was honored “the best new player of the year” with a 61.49% supporting rate.
|
|
 | | | 1st | | | Nadal, R. | | | 1175 | | 2nd | | | Djokovic, N. | | | 785 | | 3rd | | | Federer, R. | | | 721 | | 4th | | | Davydenko, N. | | | 387 | | 5th | | | Murray, A. | | | 380 | | 6th | | | Ferrer, D. | | | 322 | | 7th | | | Blake, J. | | | 294 | | 8th | | | Roddick, A. | | | 279 | | 9th | | | Wawrinka, S. | | | 256 | | 10th | | | Almagro, N. | | | 238 | | | |
 | | | 1st | | | Nestor, D.
Zimonjic, N.
| | | 859 | | 2nd | | | Bryan, B.
Bryan, M.
| | | 812 | | 3rd | | | Erlich, J.
Ram, A.
| | | 537 | | 4th | | | Bhupathi, M.
Knowles, M.
| | | 444 | | 5th | | | Bjorkman, J.
Ullyett, K.
| | | 371 | | | |
|
|
