Yuichi Sugita discusses advancing by retirement for the second match in a row and looks ahead to playing Frenchman Adrian Mannarino in the Rakuten Japan Open quarter-finals. Watch live tennis at tennistv.com.
Second seeds Bruno Soares and Jamie Murray reached the semi-finals of the Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships on Thursday by beating Marcus Daniell and Marcelo Demoliner 6-3, 6-4 in 67 minutes. As a result, Murray and Soares have moved to within 10 points in the Emirates ATP Doubles Race To London of No. 4-ranked Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan (4,355) as teams battle to qualify for the Nitto ATP Finals, to be held at The O2 in London from 12-19 November. Murray and Soares, the only seeds left in the field with a 3-2 in finals record this year (7-4 overall as a team), will next challenge Dominic Inglot and Daniel Nestor in the Tokyo semi-finals. Japanese wild cards Ben...
Watch highlights of the second-round action in Tokyo on Thursday, where Steve Johnson, Richard Gasquet and David Goffin advanced to the quarter-finals. Watch live tennis at tennistv.com.
Henri Kontinen and John Peers booked their spot in the semi-finals of the China Open in Beijing with a 7-5, 7-6(6) victory over Rohan Bopanna and Pablo Cuevas on Thursday. The Finnish-Australian duo are already assured of their place at the year-end Nitto ATP Finals in London, where they are defending champions. This week, they are chasing their third tour-level title of the year, to add to victories at the Australian Open – their first Grand Slam title – and Washington. Peers and Kontinen are also into their eighth ATP World Tour semi-final of the season. They will next face Mischa Zverev and Paolo Lorenzi, who squeaked by wild cards Juan Martin del Potro and Leonardo Mayer, 6-4, 7-6(5). The...
Rafael Nadal breaks down extraordinary defence from Karen Khachanov to win this point in hot shot style in their Beijing second-round clash. Watch live tennis at tennistv.com.
