Barclays ATP World Tour Finals doubles champions Henri Kontinen and John Peers take the fun doubles quiz, answering who spends the most time on his pre-match hairstyle and which doubles player works the hardest.
CROATIA 2, ARGENTINA 1 Arena Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia Davis Cup Final Croatia is one win from claiming their second Davis Cup crown after Marin Cilic and Ivan Dodig provided the heroics in Saturday's doubles rubber. In front of a sold out Arena Zagreb in the Croatian capital, Cilic and Dodig defeated Juan Martin del Potro and Leonardo Mayer 7-6(2), 7-6(4), 6-3 to put the host nation ahead 2-1 after Day 2 of competition. Dodig, No. 13 in the Emirates ATP Doubles Rankings, led the charge in claiming his fifth straight Davis Cup doubles rubber since 2015. He has won three in a row this year with Cilic. “This is a once in a lifetime experience and I have to thank...
Raven Klaasen and Rajeev Ram might have discovered the key to playing their best under pressure this week during their run to the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals doubles title match: Don't realise you're under pressure. During their semi-final match in London, Klaasen/Ram led 6-1, 5-4 against Jamie Murray and Bruno Soares, the No. 1 duo in the Emirates ATP Doubles Team Rankings. But Klaasen thought the score was only 4-3 in the second set. So he freely put away volleys as if the match wasn't on the line, delivering a backhand put-away to win the first point and a forehand overhead to go up 30/0. “They made a few returns in the game, and I made some very good plays...
Henri Kontinen and John Peers finished their debut season with the perfect ending on Sunday in London. The pairing won the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals doubles title during their team debut, beating fellow first-timers Raven Klaasen and Rajeev Ram 2-6, 6-1, 10-8 at The O2. "To be honest, it probably actually hasn't sunk in. It will hopefully sink in tomorrow once I get a flight back home," said Peers. "When I start to think what we've achieved probably in the last month, it's been a great thing for both of us. "It just feels really good to know all the hard work we kept putting in time and time again, even if we felt good or bad, that it's...
Two first-year pairings will contest the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals doubles final Sunday after Raven Klaasen and Rajeev Ram eclipsed newly minted World No. 1 team Jamie Murray and Bruno Soares in Saturday’s semi-finals. Klaasen, of South African, and Ram, of the United States, will play Finland’s Henri Kontinen and Australia’s John Peers, who earlier in the day upset four-time champions Bob and Mike Bryan. Klaasen and Ram needed exactly one hour to claim a 6-1, 6-4 win over Murray and Soares, who yesterday learned they would finish 2016 at No. 1 in the Emirates ATP Doubles Team Rankings. After dropping just 12 points in the first set, Klaasen and Ram faced only one scare in the second set...
