Moments after making his debut at the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals, Dominic Thiem meets his sporting hero, Jose Mourinho, and receives a very special gift.
With the Finals Club celebrating the heritage of the 1980s at the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals, we see just how much the current stars of the ATP World Tour know about the 80s.
On Sunday, 18-year-old American Michael Mmoh claimed his maiden ATP Challenger Tour title, defeating Peter Polansky 7-5, 2-6, 6-1 in the Knoxville final. Mmoh, who soars 64 spots to a career-high No. 204 in the Emirates ATP Rankings, is the fourth different American teen to prevail on the Challenger circuit this year, joining Taylor Fritz, Frances Tiafoe and Reilly Opelka. The title comes on the heels of reaching his first final last month as a qualifier in Tiburon. It also marks the 12th time a teenager has won a Challenger title in 2016. Congratulations, Michael. You turned things around in the third set after you struggled with an ab injury in the second. What was the difference there after you...
By John Peers Our 2016 Barclays ATP World Tour Finals has certainly gotten off to a good start. We've already beaten new World No. 1 Andy Murray in the all-important “Gong Challenge”. Standing on centre court, Murray tossed the ball up six times but couldn't hit the 14-inch gong, which sat about 20 metres away in the stands. (For the record, he was using someone else's racquet). My doubles partner, Henri Kontinen, had also tried to peg the gong six times but he, too, couldn't connect. But I grabbed my Prince racquet, tossed the ball up and hit the gong on my first attempt. I'll admit, it was luck, but I won't be testing that theory. I've never done it since...
Doubles alternates Juan Sebastian Cabal and Robert Farah give their thoughts on Tuesday evening's doubles match between Henri Kontinen and John Peers and Feliciano Lopez and Marc Lopez.