Seventh seeds Raven Klaasen/Rajeev Ram are making the most of their debut at the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals. The pairing advanced to the semi-finals with a tight 6-3, 7-6(8) win over fourth seeds Feliciano Lopez/Marc Lopez. With the win, Klaasen/Ram clinched second place in Group Fleming/McEnroe. Joining Klaasen/Ram in the final four are fifth seeds Henri Kontinen/John Peers, who finished first in Group Fleming/McEnroe with a 3-0 record. Klaasen/Ram will face second seeds Jamie Murray/Bruno Soares in the semi-finals, who clinched the year-end No. 1 Emirates ATP Doubles Team Ranking on Friday. Kontinen/Peers take on third seeds Bob Bryan/Mike Bryan in the other semi-final. The importance of the occasion produced some understandably tense moments for both Klaasen/Ram and Lopez/Lopez...
Stan Wawrinka is forced into some fine net play by Andy Murray during their Barclays ATP World Tour Finals round-robin match on Friday. Watch live tennis at tennistv.com. Getty Images photo.
Watch highlights of Andy Murray beating Stan Wawrinka at the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals in London on Friday. Watch live tennis at tennistv.com. Photo: Peter Staples / ATP World Tour
The battle for year-end No. 1 in the Emirates ATP Rankings will come down to the final weekend of the season. World No. 1 Andy Murray made sure of that on Friday by dismissing third seed Stan Wawrinka 6-4, 6-2 in his final Group John McEnroe match. “I weathered the early storm a little bit. Stan came out hitting the ball huge. He was hitting a lot of winners, a lot of aces,” said Murray. “But once I got through the early part of the match, I started to create chances in most of his service games. I served very well myself, got a lot of free points with my serve. That allowed me to also dictate a lot of...
Watch highlights as Henri Kontinen and John Peers complete their round-robin action in Group Fleming/McEnroe with a third victory against Frenchmen Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Nicolas Mahut. Watch live tennis at tennistv.com. Photo: Peter Staples / ATP World Tour