Tennis - ATP World Tour – Tagged "Doubles" – Page 2

May 21, 2018

Hot Shot: A Once In A Lifetime Rally In Heilbronn

Now that's something you don't see everyday. Quick thinking and fast hands were on display at the ATP Challenger Tour event in Heilbronn.

May 20, 2018

Colombians Claim Historic First Masters Title In Rome

Juan Sebastian Cabal and Robert Farah had their backs against the wall throughout the week at the Foro Italico. And on Sunday, the Colombians survived once again to claim their maiden ATP World Tour Masters 1000 crowns. Cabal and Farah rallied past Pablo Carreno Busta and Joao Sousa 3-6, 6-4, 10-4 to take the title at the Internazionali BNL d'Italia. Appearing in their second final at the Masters 1000 level, having finished runners-up in Miami in 2014, the duo went one step further to emerge victorious. "This is the title we have been looking for, for a long time," said Cabal. "We've been working hard for it. Hard work pays off in the end and we're really happy about it....

May 18, 2018

Pavic To Rise To World No. 1 On Monday Despite Loss

Mate Pavic earned a victory before taking the court on Friday at the Foro Italico. With Lukasz Kubot and Marcelo Melo's loss at the Internazionali BNL d'Italia, it is guaranteed that the 24-year-old Croatian will become the 52nd player to reach No. 1 in the history of the ATP Doubles Rankings (since 1976) on 21 May. He will be the youngest doubles No. 1 since Todd Woodbridge in February 1996. However, Pavic and his partner, Oliver Marach, fell later in the day on Court Pietrangeli against Pablo Cuevas and Marcel Granollers. The Uruguayan-Spanish duo overcame a break deficit in both sets to oust the No. 2 seeds 6-3, 7-6(4) in one hour, 28 minutes. Cuevas and Granollers will play Pablo...

May 17, 2018

Pavic Keeps Dream Of No. 1 Alive In Rome

If Mate Pavic rises to No. 1 in the ATP Doubles Rankings on Monday he will potentially look back on his hard-fought second-round win with Oliver Marach at the Internazionali BNL d’Italia as a critical moment. Pavic and Marach, one of the ATP World Tour’s strongest teams this season, saved three match points in a 30-point Match tie-break to beat Steve Johnson and Dominic Thiem 0-6, 6-3, 16-14 in 79 minutes for a place in the Rome quarter-finals. The duo had won just 14 points in the first set. Johnson and Thiem could not convert three match point chances at 9/8, 11/10 and 13/12 in a tense finale, which saw Pavic and Marach close out their third opportunity to improve...

May 11, 2018

Bryan Bros Making Push For History

Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan have accomplished countless feats throughout their careers. They have won a record 38 ATP World Tour Masters 1000 titles and lifted 116 tour-level trophies together. But at the Mutua Madrid Open on Friday, the brothers continued their pursuit of even more history. The second seeds battled through a tough quarter-final to oust No. 5 seeds Jamie Murray and Bruno Soares 6-4, 6-7(4), 10-7, advancing to the semi-finals in Madrid for the ninth time. But furthermore, they kept alive their hopes of becoming the oldest No. 1-ranked players in the ATP Doubles Rankings on Monday. If the 40-year-old Americans go on to win their third ATP World Tour Masters 1000 title of the year, Bryan/Bryan will...