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Thiem Completes 2016 Barclays ATP World Tour Finals Field

The eight-player singles field for the 2016 Barclays ATP World Tour Finals is set. Following results on Friday at the BNP Paribas Masters, Dominic Thiem clinches the final spot at the prestigious season-ending tournament, to be held from 13-20 November at The O2 in London. The 23-year-old Thiem will make his debut at The O2 and is the first Austrian singles player to qualify for the event since former World No. 1 Thomas Muster in 1997. Buy Your Tickets Now Eight different countries will be represented as Thiem joins four-time defending champion and 2008 titlist Novak Djokovic of Serbia, Andy Murray of Great Britain, Stan Wawrinka of Switzerland, Kei Nishikori of Japan, Milos Raonic of Canada, fellow debutant Gael Monfils...

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Djokovic: If Murray Gets To No. 1, He Deserves It

If Andy Murray reaches World No. 1, he will have earned it, said the man Murray would replace at the top of the Emirates ATP Rankings. The way Murray has raised his game in the past 12 months, Novak Djokovic said, is “quite extraordinary”. “Undoubtably much respect for what he has done,” said Djokovic, who first played Murray when they were both 11 years old. “All I can say is that he's deservedly in the position he's in at the moment.” Djokovic, who has been No. 1 for 122 consecutive weeks, lost to Marin Cilic 6-4, 7-6(2) on Friday during their BNP Paribas Masters quarter-final. Had Djokovic reached the final in Paris for the fourth consecutive year, he would have stayed...

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Murray One Match Away From No. 1

Andy Murray continued his dominance against Tomas Berdych on Friday at the BNP Paribas Masters in Paris and is now one match away from reaching World No. 1. The Scot toughed out a 7-6(9), 7-5 win over Berdych, who can no longer qualify for the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals. If Murray wins his semi-final match on Saturday against Milos Raonic, he'll become No. 1 in the Emirates ATP Rankings for the first time in his career. The Briton has spent 76 weeks at the No. 2 spot, and the 29-year-old Murray is looking to become the second-oldest player (John Newcombe, 30, in 1974) to debut at No. 1. It has been a long wait for the Scot. Should he reach No. 1, he'll own the ATP...

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Karlovic, Raonic Among Tour's Most 'Efficient' Servers

Tennis has always calculated first serves in and first-serve points won separately, but what would happen if we blended those two metrics together? This would essentially create a “first-serve efficiency” rating, specifically focused on discovering how many first serves you get in multiplied by the percentage won. The blended metric looks like this: First-serve efficiency = first serves in percentage x first-serve points won percentage. [ALSO LIKE] Some players don’t manage to get as many first serves in, but when they do, they win the point a lot. Conversely, other players make a lot of first serves, trading off power for consistency as they try to find the right balance for their game style and physical attributes. An Infosys ATP...

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