Missed a moment of the action on Thursday at the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals? Here’s your executive summary: 1) Raonic Rolls Into Semi-Finals With fourth seed Milos Raonic and eighth seed Dominic Thiem battling each other for a place in the final four, it was the Canadian who came out on top in a tight 7-6(5), 6-3 victory. Raonic had never won a match at The O2 prior to this week. Read Match Report Raonic's Serve +1 strategy of following up his big serves with a forehand proved to be particularly effective. With the Canadian's first serve averaging 125mph, he consistently kept the Austrian on his back foot and gave him few opportunities to control the match. Read Brain...
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Milos Raonic qualified for the semi-finals of the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals, at The O2 in London, in second place from Group Ivan Lendl on Thursday night. The fourth seed ended the campaign of eighth seed and first-time qualifier Dominic Thiem 7-6(5), 6-3 to win their second meeting of the season (also Cincinnati), and improved to a 2-1 record in round-robin play. Both players started in confident fashion – with Raonic hitting 10 winners and losing just two of his service points through his first three service games. There were no break points through to the tie-break. Raonic opened up a 2/0 lead, then lost four straight points as Thiem exploited the Canadian’s weaker backhand wing. But Raonic recovered,...
Jamie Murray and Bruno Soares have clinched a Barclays ATP World Tour Finals semi-finals berth and boosted their chances of finishing as year-end No. 1 in the Emirates ATP Doubles Team Rankings after the second seeds defeated Ivan Dodig and Marcelo Melo 6-3, 3-6, 10-6 on Thursday at The O2 arena. Murray/Soares completed their Group Edberg/Jarryd campaign with a maximum three victories and can still overtake Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Nicolas Mahut as the World No. 1 pairing, depending on the outcome of the Frenchmen's final round-robin match on Friday. Herbert/Mahut, who will not qualify for the final four, must prevail in their final Group Fleming/McEnroe contest with Henri Kontinen and John Peers, otherwise the prestigious year-end top spot is in...