Dominic Thiem and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga advance at the Erste Bank Open on Tuesday while Feliciano Lopez and Jurgen Melzer upset a pair of seeds. Watch live matches on tennistv.com. Photo: Bildagentur Zolles KG
Before his home tournament in Vienna, Dominic Thiem talks about growing up in Austria, his coach's new book and his push to qualify for the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals.
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, Andy Murray, Dominic Thiem and Tomas Berdych launch the 2016 Erste Bank Open 500 with a photo overlooking St. Stephen's Cathedral and flashmob tennis in the city. Photo: Bildagentur Zolles KG
A pair of ATP World Tour 500 events in Basel and Vienna comprise the penultimate week of the regular season, with players battling for critical points in the Emirates ATP Race To London. Three berths remain up for grabs at the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals, as Dominic Thiem, Tomas Berdych, David Goffin and Marin Cilic are within 1,035 points of Gael Monfils for the sixth position. Bidding to make his debut at The O2 in London, Monfils is off next week, but could qualify based on the results of the other contenders. Thiem is looking to bolster his chances of joining Novak Djokovic, Andy Murray, Stan Wawrinka, Milos Raonic and Kei Nishikori with a strong performance at his hometown...