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Thiem Qualifies For Nitto ATP Finals

Dominic Thiem has qualified for the Nitto ATP Finals, to be held 12-19 November at The O2 in London, for a second successive year as a result of Friday’s quarter-finals at the Shanghai Rolex Masters. Thiem, who is currently No. 4 in the Emirates ATP Race To London, joins Rafael Nadal, Roger Federer and Alexander Zverev in the 2017 field, leaving four places up for grabs with four weeks to go until the prestigious season-ending tournament. "I am very proud to have qualified again this year,” said Thiem. “It is not easy to qualify once but even more so to repeat the following year. I look forward to competing with the best players in the world at The O2." Buy...

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Federer-DelPo Blockbuster Leads Shanghai SF Lineup

The four players remaining in the Shanghai Rolex Masters will compete for their spot in the penultimate ATP World Tour Masters 1000 final of the year, as Roger Federer faces Juan Martin del Potro and Rafael Nadal takes on Marin Cilic. Watch live tennis at tennistv.com.

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Federer Sets DelPo Clash In Shanghai Semi-finals

Roger Federer moved another step closer to earning his second Shanghai Rolex Masters title on Friday with a 7-5, 6-4 win over Richard Gasquet to advance to the semi-finals, where he will play No. 16 seed Juan Martin del Potro. "I thought it was a really good match. Some big points, important shots at the right time for both guys sometimes to stay even, and we both created chances," Federer said. "I thought we were able to keep up the level from the beginning till the very end...I enjoyed it because it was slices and topspins and angles and power and finesse. I think the match had a bit of everything." Considering the Swiss entered the match having won the...

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Del Potro Clings To London Hopes, Advances To SFs

While at times it looked as if Juan Martin del Potro was in trouble, the Argentine continued his last-ditch effort to climb the Emirates ATP Race To London standings with a 4-6, 6-1, 6-4 victory over Viktor Troicki, advancing to his second semi-final at the Shanghai Rolex Masters. After failing to convert on two immediate break points, del Potro would eventually drop the first set to the Serbian, who took advantage of his first and only opportunity of the set at 3-3. But del Potro quickly stormed to a 3-0 lead in the second set and would not give the advantage back, evening the match after 72 minutes. It was at 2-2 in the decider that del Potro faced a...

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