For the first time in Nitto ATP Finals history, three debutants are into the semi-finals at the season finale. And with sixth-seeded Grigor Dimitrov, who won Group Pete Sampras, playing eighth-seeded Jack Sock, the second qualifier from Group Boris Becker, the London crowd is guaranteed at least one debutant in the final for the first time since 2007 (David Ferrer). It goes without saying that this final four-clash is a tremendous opportunity for both Dimitrov and Sock. Not only will the winner become the lowest seed to advance to the championship match since No. 6-seeded Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in 2011, but they will give themselves an opportunity to win the biggest title of their careers. That adds even more pressure to...
Grigor Dimitrov is finishing the ATP World Tour season just like he started it: in top form and full of confidence. The sixth seed strolled into the semi-finals of the Nitto ATP Finals on Friday night, beating alternate Pablo Carreno Busta of Spain 6-1, 6-1 to finish Group Pete Sampras play a perfect 3-0. Dimitrov joins Group Boris Becker winner Roger Federer as the only unbeaten singles players, and the Bulgarian has looked impressive doing so. In his opening match, he needed three sets to advance past fourth seed Dominic Thiem, but against Carreno Busta and fellow semi-finalist David Goffin, Dimitrov lost only four games in four sets. “I wanted to keep on going with the style that I've been...
Where do you need to direct your serve to make the prestigious Nitto ATP Finals? It turns out that variety works very well, and out wide slightly edges down the T as the most dominant first serve location at the elite level of our game. Breaking down first and second serves by targets and win percentages is a new metric now available at www.atpworldtour.com, in the Serve & Return Tracker under the Stats tab. The data comes from ATP World Tour Masters 1000 tournaments and Nitto ATP Finals from 2011 to present. View The Serve & Return Tracker An Infosys ATP Beyond The Numbers analysis of first serve location from the eight players at the Nitto ATP Finals reveals that...
Watch highlights as Grigor Dimitrov allows Pablo Carreno Busta just two games in an impressive victory. David Goffin also earned a spot in the semi-finals with a win against Dominic Thiem. Photo Credit: Thomas Lovelock/ATP World Tour. Watch live tennis at Tennis TV.com.
