Tennis - ATP World Tour – Tagged "2017" – Page 29

Nov 18, 2017

Hot Shot: Dimitrov Wins Tremendous Rally With Drop Volley

Grigor Dimitrov finishes off a tremendous back-and-forth rally with excellent touch at the net in this hot shot. Watch live tennis at TennisTV.com.

Nov 18, 2017

Rivalry Renewed In Doubles Final

It will be No. 1 vs. No. 2 in the doubles championship of the Nitto ATP Finals, when Lukasz Kubot and Marcelo Melo duel with Henri Kontinen and John Peers. The hottest rivalry of the year on the ATP World Tour doubles circuit will have a fitting conclusion on Sunday at The O2 in London. Kubot and Melo secured the year-end No. 1 position in the Emirates ATP Doubles Team Rankings, but Kontinen and Peers enter as the defending champions at the season finale. Both teams will be keen to cap their campaigns with a trophy, as the curtain falls on 2017. While the top-seeded Polish-Brazilian duo celebrated a more successful season overall, they struggled to find any consistent gains...

Nov 18, 2017

Five Keys to Goffin’s Success Over Federer

An unexpected loss is easier to understand once you connect the statistical dots. David Goffin stunned Roger Federer 2-6, 6-3, 6-4 to move through to the final of the Nitto ATP Finals at The O2 after starting slow, but running all over the six-time champion at the finish line. The opening set was all Federer, and then the pendulum swung towards the Belgian as he broke for a 2-0 lead in the second set, and then again for a 2-1 lead at the beginning of the third. Set one looked nothing like sets two and three as Federer went from dictating points with authority to spraying loose balls with dismay. In the first set, Federer laid down the law. He...

Nov 18, 2017

Kontinen/Peers Earn Chance To Retain Title

There is little doubt as to who the two best doubles teams on the ATP World Tour have been this season. So it is only fitting that the top two seeds at the Nitto ATP Finals will battle for the title at the season finale. After a tight opening set, Henri Kontinen and John Peers used the momentum they gained from blitzing Jamie Murray and Bruno Soares in a tie-break to steamroll into their second consecutive final at The O2, defeating the fourth seeds in the semi-finals, 7-6(2), 6-2, in 78 minutes. The defending champions will get a crack at winning the title at The O2 once again on Sunday against top-seeded Lukasz Kubot and Marcelo Melo, who will finish...

Nov 18, 2017

Speeding Around The O2

Get a whirlwind tour of The O2 as it plays host to the biggest indoor tennis event in the world - the Nitto ATP Finals.