Former Barclays ATP World Tour Finals champion and six-time Grand Slam winner Stefan Edberg has hailed the introduction of the Next Gen ATP Finals from 2017 as a “great opportunity” for the rising stars of the game. The new ATP World Tour tournament, hosted in Milan, Italy, will feature the world’s top 21-and-under singles players each season. Edberg, who featured in a similar event back in 1985 called the Tennis World Young Masters, won his first ATP World Tour title in Milan (1984) and would relish the opportunity to feature in this new competition if he was a junior once again. “I think this is a great idea. It's good for tennis. It's great to promote these young players,” said...
Watch semi-final highlights from Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray winning their semi-final matches at the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals in London. Watch live tennis at tennistv.com. Photo: Peter Staples / ATP World Tour
It all comes down to this. The top spot in the year-end Emirates ATP Rankings will be decided in the final of the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals, as Novak Djokovic downed Kei Nishikori 6-1, 6-1 on Saturday. The stage is set for a titanic clash for the title, with No. 1 Andy Murray and No. 2 Djokovic renewing their storied rivalry. The Serbian, a five-time champion at the season finale, is seeking to extend his reign atop the year-end Emirates ATP Rankings with a third straight No. 1 finish and fifth overall. Murray, meanwhile, will look to extend his stay at No. 1 after assuming the mantle two weeks ago at the BNP Paribas Masters. Regardless of the result,...
Milos Raonic was one point from snatching a slice of history at the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals on Saturday. The Canadian sat on the cusp of claiming his biggest victory over World No. 1 Andy Murray, and after three and a half hours he could taste the finish line. But the longest match on the ATP World Tour this year, and longest three-set affair in the history of the season finale (since records were first kept in 1991), would fall just out of reach. Andy Murray moved one step closer to clinching year-end No. 1 in the Emirates ATP Rankings with a pulsating 5-7, 7-6(5), 7-6(9) victory. It was a mesmerising thriller at The O2, arguably one of the...
Andy Murray somehow taps a backhand volley against Milos Raonic during their Barclays ATP World Tour Finals semi-final on Saturday in London. Watch live tennis at tennistv.com. Photo: Peter Staples / ATP World Tour