Henri Kontinen of Finland and John Peers of Australia will play for their second tour-level title of the season on Sunday at the Citi Open in Washington, D.C. The top seeds and Australian Open champions beat third seeds Jamie Murray and Bruno Soares 6-7(8), 7-5, 10-8 on Saturday to reach the ATP World Tour 500-level final. Kontinen/Peers hit 10 aces and saved six of seven break points to advance in one hour and 43 minutes. The semi-final was the second consecutive match they've clinched in a Match Tie-Break. They advanced to the semi-finals by beating Croatians Ivan Dodig and Mate Pavic 7-5, 4-6, 14-12. Kontinen/Peers will face Marcelo Melo of Brazil and Lukasz Kubot of Poland, who beat Americans Bob...
Henri Kontinen and Marcelo Melo will go face-to-face on Thursday in a battle to decide who will be No. 1 in the Emirates ATP Doubles Rankings on Monday, when the new list is published. Kontinen and John Peers kept alive their hopes of capturing a second Grand Slam championship trophy of the season on Wednesday when they booked their place in the Wimbledon doubles semi-finals. The top seeds and Australian Open champions kept their nerve to beat No. 10 seeds and Roland Garros titlists Ryan Harrison and Michael Venus 6-4, 6-7(5), 6-7(4), 7-6(7), 6-1 in three hours and 17 minutes. Kontinen and Peers resumed on Wednesday leading 6-4, 6-7(5), 4-3, but were unable to convert two set point chances at...
Top seeds Henri Kontinen and John Peers came through a tough first-round test on Thursday at Wimbledon, rallying from a set down to defeat the Italian duo of Fabio Fognini and Andreas Seppi 2-6, 7-5, 6-2, 6-1. Kontinen/Peers won 15 of the last 18 games to advance in two hours and 12 minutes. Seeking their first title since winning their maiden Grand Slam crown at this year’s Australian Open, they take on wild cards Scott Clayton and Jonny O’Mara in the next round. Second seeds and defending champions Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Nicolas Mahut had arguably the toughest opening round in Roland Garros finalists Santiago Gonzalez and Donald Young, but hung tough for a 6-3, 7-6(3), 4-6, 7-6(1) victory. Herbert/Mahut have...
Top seeds Henri Kontinen and John Peers headline a strong doubles field on the grass at Wimbledon. The Finnish-Australian duo haven’t won a title since taking their first Grand Slam crown at the Australian Open, but will look to change that when they open their campaign against Italian duo Fabio Fognini and Andreas Seppi. Defending champions and second seeds Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Nicolas Mahut have a difficult first round against Roland Garros finalists Santiago Gonzalez and Donald Young. Herbert/Mahut prevailed earlier this year at the ATP World Tour Masters 1000 event in Rome. View Draw Looming in their quarter of the draw are fifth seeds and three-time Wimbledon champions Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan, who start their fortnight against Australian...
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