By John Peers Our 2016 Barclays ATP World Tour Finals has certainly gotten off to a good start. We've already beaten new World No. 1 Andy Murray in the all-important “Gong Challenge”. Standing on centre court, Murray tossed the ball up six times but couldn't hit the 14-inch gong, which sat about 20 metres away in the stands. (For the record, he was using someone else's racquet). My doubles partner, Henri Kontinen, had also tried to peg the gong six times but he, too, couldn't connect. But I grabbed my Prince racquet, tossed the ball up and hit the gong on my first attempt. I'll admit, it was luck, but I won't be testing that theory. I've never done it since...
Fifth seeds Henri Kontinen/John Peers made their Barclays ATP World Tour debut as a pairing a memorable one, not facing a break point in defeating fourth seeds Feliciano Lopez/Marc Lopez 6-3, 7-6(7) in one hour and 17 minutes. Kontinen/Peers have now won 10 of their past 12 matches. They’ve won four ATP World Tour titles together this season, including their first ATP World Tour Masters 1000 title earlier this month at the BNP Paribas Masters in Paris. That victory enabled Kontinen to make his debut inside the Top 10 of the Emirates ATP Rankings. Kontinen was making his debut at The O2, while Peers was making his second consecutive appearance at the season-ending championships. Feliciano Lopez was also making his...
Raven Klaasen and Rajeev Ram caused an upset on Monday at the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals when they defeated Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Nicolas Mahut, who are vying to become the year-end No. 1 pair in the Emirates ATP Doubles Team Rankings. Klaasen and Ram won 7-5, 6-4 in 83 minutes in a Group Fleming/McEnroe round-robin encounter, which avenged their loss to Herbert and Mahut in this year’s final of the Miami Open presented by Itau. Had Herbert and Mahut won the match, then Mahut would have become the first Frenchman in the 40-year history of the Emirates ATP Doubles Rankings to finish as the year-end individual No. 1. Herbert and Mahut are now just 375 points ahead of Jamie...
Who will come out on top as Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Nicolas Mahut do battle with Jamie Murray and Bruno Soares for the year-end top spot in the Emirates ATP Doubles Team Rankings?
Doubles alternates Juan Sebastian Cabal and Robert Farah preview the clash between Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Nicolas Mahut and debutants Raven Klaasen and Rajeev Ram.