Nicholas Monroe and Jack Sock moved into a first ATP World Tour Masters 1000 doubles final as a pairing, defeating four-time Miami Open presented by Itau champions Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan 7-6(5), 6-3 on Thursday. As a result, Henri Kontinen will become the 50th player and the first from Finland to be named No. 1 in the Emirates ATP Doubles Rankings on Monday. A high quality first set required a tie-break to separate the American pairings. Sock, who reached the quarter-finals in singles in Miami, looped a fine lob on his back foot to open up a 5/3 lead, before Monroe clinched the opener at the net. Watch Full Match Replays Bob Bryan secured an immediate break in set...
Fourth seeds Jamie Murray and Bruno Soares sailed into the quarter-finals on Sunday at the Miami Open presented by Itau, recording a dominant 6-0, 6-3 win over Paolo Lorenzi and Joao Sousa. Murray/Soares have dropped just 10 games in their first two matches this tournament. Next up for them are either sixth seeds Lukasz Kubot and Marcelo Melo or Jean-Julien Rojer and Horia Tecau. Watch Full Match Replays Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan moved closer to their fifth title in Miami with a 6-3, 6-4 win over Australian wildcards Nick Kyrgios and Matt Reid. The third seeds didn’t face a break point en route to claiming victory in 52 minutes. They’ll next play Croatians Marin Cilic and Nikola Mektic, who...
Jamie Murray and Bruno Soares successfully kicked off their Miami Open presented by Itau campaign on Saturday. The fourth seeds saved three of the four break points they faced to beat Treat Huey and Max Mirnyi 6-4, 6-3 in 68 minutes. Murray and Soares will next face Paolo Lorenzi and Joao Sousa in the second round. Second seeds and defending champions Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Nicolas Mahut defeated Dominic Inglot and Florin Mergea 6-1, 4-6, 16-14. The French team will next face Brian Baker and Daniel Nestor in the second round. Watch Full Match Replays Top seeds Henri Kontinen and John Peers also claimed an opening win, a 6-3, 4-6, 10-8 victory over Juan Sebastian Cabal and Robert Farah. They'll next...
Rajeev Ram gave himself the best possible 33rd birthday present on Saturday at the BNP Paribas Open, teaming with Raven Klaasen to defeat eighth seeds Lukasz Kubot and Marcelo Melo 6-7(1), 6-4, 10-8 to take the doubles title in Indian Wells. The victory gives Klaasen and Ram their first ATP World Tour Masters 1000 title as a team. It's the first Masters 1000 title for Ram and second for Klaasen, who previously won Shanghai in 2015 with Melo. This is Klaasen/Ram's fifth title as a team and second of 2017, having also prevailed last month in Delray Beach. Four of their five matches this fortnight went to a Match Tie-break. Klaasen/Ram also have the unique distinction of recording back-to-back wins...
At this week’s prestigious $150,000 ATP Challenger Tour event in Irving, U.S.A., the elite competitors in the singles draw garnered a lot of attention. A multitude of #NextGenATP players joined a red-hot Nikoloz Basilashvili, Jeremy Chardy and former champions Marcel Granollers, Aljaz Bedene and Lukas Rosol to create one of the strongest fields of the year. But players and fans around the Four Seasons Resort and Sports Club are quick point out that the doubles draw is just as ruthless, with the level of competition akin to an ATP World Tour event. In fact, at No. 134 in the Emirates ATP Doubles Rankings it boasts the highest cut at any Challenger since 2010. Former Top 10 stalwarts Leander Paes, Rohan...
