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Murray/Soares Receive 2016 Year-End No 1 Doubles Trophy

Jamie Murray and Bruno Soares received the ATP World Tour No. 1 Doubles Team trophy presented by Emirates on Saturday from Chris Kermode, Tournament Chairman of the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals and ATP Executive Chairman and President. The British-Brazilian team were presented the trophy following their semi-final match against Raven Klaasen and Rajeev Ram at The O2 in London, venue of the season finale. ”I think we can still improve a lot in our game,” said Murray. “I think we have the past few months. The more we play together, the better we'll get, I think.” Soares said, “I think it's amazing. The fact that we lost today doesn't take anything away from us, everything that we achieved throughout...

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Klaasen/Ram Power Into Final

Two first-year pairings will contest the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals doubles final Sunday after Raven Klaasen and Rajeev Ram eclipsed newly minted World No. 1 team Jamie Murray and Bruno Soares in Saturday’s semi-finals. Klaasen, of South African, and Ram, of the United States, will play Finland’s Henri Kontinen and Australia’s John Peers, who earlier in the day upset four-time champions Bob and Mike Bryan. Klaasen and Ram needed exactly one hour to claim a 6-1, 6-4 win over Murray and Soares, who yesterday learned they would finish 2016 at No. 1 in the Emirates ATP Doubles Team Rankings. After dropping just 12 points in the first set, Klaasen and Ram faced only one scare in the second set...

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