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Kontinen/Peers Close In On No. 1 With Shanghai Crown

Better late than never. One year after coming up just short of lifting the trophy, Henri Kontinen and John Peers have their title at the Shanghai Rolex Masters. Top seeds Kontinen and Peers defeated second seeds Lukasz Kubot and Marcelo Melo 6-4, 6-2 to emerge victorious in Shanghai, claiming their second ATP World Tour Masters 1000 title as a team. The Finnish-Aussie duo had fallen to John Isner and Jack Sock in last year's final, but needed just 69 minutes to dispatch Kubot and Melo on Sunday. Kontinen and Peers have enjoyed great success on Chinese soil this month, having captured the title at the China Open in Beijing last week. Now riding a seven-match win streak, they move to...

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Kontinen And Peers Lead Top Four Seeds Into Shanghai SFs

The top four doubles seeds all advanced to the semi-finals of the Shanghai Rolex Masters on Friday, with top-seeded duo Henri Kontinen and John Peers leading the way as they seek the title after reaching the final last year. It looked like the No. 2 doubles team in the Emirates ATP Race To London would not get the opportunity to better their result from last year when they fell behind a set and three consecutive break points to open the second set, but Kontinen and Peers rebounded to eliminate fifth-seeded Ivan Dodig and Marcel Granollers, 2-6, 6-3, 10-8. While the Croatian-Spanish pairing won one more point overall in the match, they were unable to overcome that lost opportunity. Kontinen and...

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