Fans attending the Nitto ATP Finals on Sunday will be treated with a historic moment as the day session gets underway. The season finale in London is set to open with a clash between second seed Roger Federer and debutante Jack Sock, marking a record 15th tournament appearance for the Swiss. Federer saw his streak of 14 consecutive appearances snapped last year due to injury, but the six-time champion will be eager to make an emphatic statement to conclude a dominant 2017 campaign. Looking to neutralise Sock's power game, Federer will take confidence from a 3-0 FedEx ATP Head2Head mark against the American. He did not drop a set in those three encounters, most recently prevailing 6-1, 7-6(4) in this...
Jack Sock looks to make an impact at the 2017 Nitto ATP Finals after being the eighth and final player to qualify for London for his first time in his career.
Jack Sock might be the only non-European at the Nitto ATP Finals this year, but he certainly isn’t out of place. Having earned his place at the prestigious year-end event in London on the back of a surprising title run at the Rolex Paris Masters, Sock is flying the American flag amidst a field of Europeans. Although they might not share the same continent, they’ll share the same court over the next week of exciting matchups at The O2 arena in Britain’s capital. Not since 2011 has an American qualified for the Nitto ATP Finals, when Mardy Fish capped off a sensational season with three tight matches at the round robin stage, and Sock’s victory in Paris, which halted a...