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Nishikori/Thiem Shock Second Seeds In Brisbane

Kei Nishikori/Dominic Thiem scored the first major doubles upset of 2017 on Tuesday at the Brisbane International presented by Suncorp, shocking second seeds and reigning ATP Finals champions Henri Kontinen/John Peers, 1-6, 6-3, 12-10. Nishikori/Thiem saved a match point on their serve at 8/9 in the Match Tie-break, but Kontinen/Peers did the same on their own serve at 9/10. The Japanese-Austrian pair regrouped to grab a mini-break and close out the battle in one hour and 49 minutes. The Japanese star’s three career-best ATP World Tour doubles performances have all come in Brisbane. Nishikori was a runner-up in 2015 (w/Dologpolov) and a semi-finalist in 2013 and 2015 (w/Dimitrov). Thiem reached his first ATP World Tour doubles final last July in...

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Baghdatis, Klizan To Join Thiem In Sofia

The Garanti Koza Sofia Open announced its final entry list for the main draw of the tournament’s second edition. The event will be held in Arena Armeec in the Bulgarian capital 5-12 February 2017. The hosts and organisers are expecting extremely strong competition in February. The Sofia field includes 11 players in the Top 50 of the Emirates ATP Rankings: Dominic Thiem (No. 8), David Goffin (No. 11), Roberto Bautista Agut (No. 14), Bulgarian star Grigor Dimitrov (No. 17), Viktor Troicki (No. 29), Philipp Kohlschreiber (No. 32), Gilles Muller (No. 34), Martin Klizan (No. 35), Marcos Baghdatis (No. 36), Nicolas Almagro (No. 44) and Andrey Kuznetsov (No. 46). Get Tickets "It will be a really world-class tournament and the fans...

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Rivalries Of 2016: Thiem vs. Zverev

Continuing our Season In Review series, ATPWorldTour.com revisits the fiercest rivalries of 2016. Today we feature Dominic Thiem vs. Alexander Zverev: The future superstars of the ATP World Tour made their presence known with significant statements in 2016. Players aged 19-23 accounted for 11 titles in total and two of them wasted no time in kicking off a budding rivalry. Longtime sporting adversaries Austria and Germany added Dominic Thiem and Alexander Zverev to the fray, with the pair meeting on four occasions this year. Each encounter proved to be an intense clash of exuberance and shotmaking, as 23-year-old Thiem and 19-year-old Zverev contested a trio of three-set clashes on the ATP World Tour, in addition to a four-set battle at...

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