Watch highlights as Raven Klaasen and Rajeev Ram prevail in the BNP Paribas Open doubles final over Lukasz Kubot and Marcelo Melo. Watch live matches at tennistv.com. Photo: Jared Wickerham/BNP Paribas Open
Watch Hot Shot as Rajeev Ram and Raven Klaasen show lightning-quick reflexes at the net against Lukasz Kubot and Marcelo Melo in the BNP Paribas Open doubles final. Watch live matches at tennistv.com. Photo: Getty Images
Eighth seeds Lukasz Kubot and Marcelo Melo are through to their first ATP World Tour Masters 1000 final as a team after edging fourth seeds Jamie Murray and Bruno Soares 3-6, 7-5, 10-5 in the BNP Paribas Open semi-finals on Friday. The Polish/Brazilian duo rallied from a 2-4 deficit in the second set, winning five of the next six games to force a Match Tie-break, which they controlled from the start to seal victory in one hour and 33 minutes. Kubot and Melo joined forces full-time at the start of 2017. They have won two titles together before, capturing back-to-back Vienna crowns in 2015 and 2016. In Saturday’s final, they will face sixth seeds Raven Klaasen and Rajeev Ram, who...
Novak Djokovic and Viktor Troicki saved a match point to knock out defending champions Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Nicolas Mahut on Monday at the BNP Paribas Open. The Serbians were down 8/9 in the Match Tie-break but won the final three points to defeat the top-seeded Frenchmen 5-7, 6-1, 11-9 and move into the quarter-finals in Indian Wells. Djokovic and Troicki, playing in a tour-level event together for the first time since 2012 Indian Wells, broke twice to take the second set in 28 minutes. They fell behind 0/4 in the Match Tie-break but came back to reach the last eight of the ATP World Tour Masters 1000 tournament. Watch Full Match Replays The Belgrade natives will face sixth seeds Raven...
Treat Huey and Max Mirnyi have extra motivation this week at the BNP Paribas Open. Since making his ATP World Tour Masters 1000 debut in 1997 at the Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters, the 39-year-old Mirnyi has won 16 doubles titles at this level. Of the current Golden 9, Indian Wells remains the only title missing from his collection. Meanwhile, the 31-year-old Huey has his sights sets on a first Masters 1000 title following a runner-up finish in the desert four years ago. What makes these Masters 1000 tournaments special? Mirnyi: There’s a lot to play for. The best teams are playing. There’s a lot of points, prize money, and this is where you can improve your game and move up the...
