Henri Kontinen and John Peers booked their spot in the quarter-finals at Roland Garros on Saturday, beating Italians Daniele Bracciali and Andreas Seppi 7-6(2), 6-4. The reigning Nitto ATP Finals champions hit five aces and won 59 per cent of second-serve return points to beat the Italians after one hour and 36 minutes. Kontinen and Peers will meet 2016 champions Feliciano Lopez and Marc Lopez for a spot in the semi-finals. The Spaniards progressed after 76 minutes, beating Leonardo Mayer and Joao Sousa 6-3, 6-3. Rohan Bopanna and Edouard Roger-Vasselin took just 90 minutes to upset top seeds Lukasz Kubot and Marcelo Melo 6-4, 7-6(1) at Roland Garros on Saturday. Bopanna and 2014 champion Roger-Vasselin (w/Benneteau) fired six aces and...
Henri Kontinen and John Peers certainly finished 2017 on a high note, retaining their trophy at the Nitto ATP Finals. And if the Brisbane International presented by Suncorp is a sign of things to come, the Finnish-Australian pair has no intentions of slowing down, as they rallied to defeat Leonardo Mayer and Horacio Zeballos 3-6, 6-3, 10/2 to claim their 11th team title and second in Brisbane. “We snuck out of my first service game in the second set. And then we just got momentum going our way. And then actually played a really, really good tie-break at the end,” Peers said. “A lot of fun to finish off the tournament that way." It was the 19th ATP World Tour...
Watch highlights as Henri Kontinen and John Peers win the title for the second time at the Brisbane International presented by Suncorp. Video courtesy Tennis Australia. Visit www.BrisbaneTennis.com.au for more video. Playback not available in Australia. Photo: Peter Staples/ATP World Tour
Top seeds Henri Kontinen and John Peers dismissed home favourites Matthew Ebden and John Millman 6-4, 6-3 on Wednesday to advance to the semi-finals of Brisbane International presented by Suncorp. [ALSO LIKE] Kontinen/Peers, who won the Nitto ATP Finals doubles title in November, struck seven aces and broke four times to advance in 60 minutes. They will next meet Grigor Dimitrov and Ryan Harrison, who squeaked past another Aussie team in Nick Kyrgios and Matt Reid 7-6(2), 7-6(3). A third semi-final spot was secured by Wesley Koolhof of the Netherlands and New Zealand's Artem Sitak, who beat American Steve Johnson and Gilles Muller of Luxembourg 7-6(6), 7-5. In first-round action, second seeds Marcelo Demoliner of Brazil and New Zealand's Michael...
Watch highlights as Henri Kontinen and John Peers retain their title at the season finale with a victory against top-seeded Lukasz Kubot and Marcelo Melo. Photo Credit: Thomas Lovelock/ATP World Tour. Watch live tennis at TennisTV.com.