No. 16 Lucas Pouille, +8 Lucas Pouille captured the biggest crown of his career on Sunday at the Erste Bank Open 500 to rise eight positions to No. 16 in the Emirates ATP Race To London. The 23-year-old defeated fellow Frenchman Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 6-1, 6-4 for his fourth ATP World Tour crown. With the victory, Pouille became the first player in 2017 to win on all surfaces, adding a hard-court crown in Vienna to triumphs on the Gazprom Hungarian Open clay in Budapest and on grass at the Mercedes Cup in Stuttgart. Tsonga, who is at No. 14 in the battle for the two remaining spots for next month’s Nitto ATP Finals, leads the ATP World Tour this year with...
No. 14 Juan Martin del Potro, +4 A convincing straight-sets triumph over top seed Grigor Dimitrov in the final of the Intrum Stockholm Open lifted Juan Martin del Potro into contention for a return to the Nitto ATP Finals, to be held 12-19 November at The O2 in London. Del Potro secured his 20th ATP World Tour title and jumped four spots to No. 14 in the Emirates ATP Race to London by retaining his Stockholm crown. Read Report. The Argentine has 2,135 points in the Race, 470 points behind eight-placed Spaniard Pablo Carreno Busta. The 29-year-old is looking to secure his first Nitto ATP Finals berth since 2013 as one of the top eight players to qualify for the season...
It will be a sprint to the end of the 2017 Emirates ATP Race To London. Two weeks remain in the Race, and half of the Nitto ATP Finals qualification spots are still available. Rafael Nadal, Roger Federer, Alexander Zverev and Dominic Thiem have already qualified for the prestigious event, to be held 12-19 November at The O2 in London. But four other places remain, with Grigor Dimitrov, Pablo Carreno Busta, Sam Querrey and Kevin Anderson looking to boost their chances at the Erste Bank Open 500 in Vienna. Marin Cilic, David Goffin and Juan Martin del Potro will hope to do the same at the Swiss Indoors Basel. Dimitrov might not have to wait until the new tournaments start...
No. 5 Marin Cilic, +1 The Croatian is close to booking his third trip in the past four years to the Nitto ATP Finals, to be held 12-19 November at The O2 in London. Cilic climbed one spot in the Emirates ATP Race To London by reaching the semi-finals at the Shanghai Rolex Masters (l. to Nadal). Read Report The 6'6” right-hander has 3,535 points in the Race, 80 points ahead of Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov, who's looking to make his debut at the prestigious tournament. The top eight players qualify for the season-ending event. Cilic will look to finalise his London plans in the coming weeks as the ATP World Tour regular season heads into its final stretch. No....
No. 15 Nick Kyrgios, +5 The Australian star put himself within striking range in the Emirates ATP Race To London with a strong performance at the China Open, where he advanced to the final (l. Nadal). Kyrgios earned 300 points to move his total to 2,000 points in the Race, which put him into the No. 15 spot. Since No. 7 Stan Wawrinka and No. 10 Novak Djokovic are both out for the rest of the season due to injury, Kyrgios is only behind five active players as he attempts to qualify for his first Nitto ATP Finals. He is 740 points behind David Goffin, who currently occupies the eighth and final qualifying spot. Pablo Carreno Busta, who is No....
