Fourth seeds Daniel Nestor and Edouard Roger-Vasselin recovered from a 2/6 deficit in the Match tie-break on Wednesday to beat Steve Johnson and Diego Schwartzman 6-3, 2-6, 11-9 in 73 minutes for a place in the semi-finals at the Brisbane International presented by Suncorp. Nestor has won the Brisbane title on two occasions – in 2012 (w/Max Mirnyi) and 2014 (w/Mariusz Fyrstenberg). Nestor and Roger-Vasselin will next face top seeds Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Nicolas Mahut or Thanasi Kokkinakis and Jordan Thompson, who play on Thursday. Gilles Muller and Sam Querrey overcame Kei Nishikori and Dominic Thiem 6-3, 7-6(1) to a semi-final match against local wild cards Sam Groth and Chris Guccione, who beat third seeds Raven Klaasen and Rajeev Ram...
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...
Former Wimbledon doubles champion Horia Tecau is now a published author. The Romanian wrote a children's book titled, 'Viata in ritm de tenis', translated in English to 'Life in the rhythm of tennis', to show children the importance of sports and reading. The 110-page book encourages children to pursue their dreams through hard work and how to persevere through life's challenges. “It's full of lessons that I've learned through my tennis experiences,” Tecau said. Buy The Book Tecau provided space in the book for children to write their own dreams as well. He launched the book with about 300 kids on 12 December in Bucharest. The 31-year-old Tecau has won 29 tour-level doubles titles, including 2015 Wimbledon, 2015 Barclays ATP...
Jamie Murray and Bruno Soares take the fun doubles quiz, naming the tidiest doubles team at the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals and the doubles player most likely to be late.
Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan take the doubles quiz and share which team is the messiest in the locker room and which player is the most adept at social media.
