Pablo Cuevas and Marcel Granollers were solid on serve on Monday to get the better of Juan Martin del Potro and Dominic Thiem 6-3, 7-6(8) in 87 minutes at the Mutua Madrid Open. Cuevas and Granollers won the first three games of the match, then, towards the end of a competitive second set, won the first four points of the tie-break. Del Potro and Thiem recovered to lead 5/4 and, having saved one match point at 5/6, could not convert one set point of their own at 7/6 as del Potro returned a backhand long. Cuevas sealed victory with an unreturned served for a place in the second round against top seeds and defending champions Lukas Kubot and Marcelo Melo....
Watch doubles semi-final highlights from the Rolex Paris Masters, as Ivan Dodig and Marcel Granollers advanced to the championship match. Watch live tennis at tennistv.com.
Watch doubles highlights of Ivan Dodig and Marcel Granollers versus Henri Kontinen and John Peers on Friday at the Rolex Paris Masters. Watch live tennis at tennistv.com.
Ivan Dodig and Marcel Granollers have clinched the final team spot at the Nitto ATP Finals, to be held at The O2 in London from 12-19 November. The Croatian-Spanish team qualified as a result of Wednesday's play at the Rolex Paris Masters, the final event of the regular 2017 ATP World Tour season. Dodig and Granollers join Lukasz Kubot and Marcelo Melo, Henri Kontinen and John Peers, Jean-Julien Rojer and Horia Tecau, Jamie Murray and Bruno Soares, Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan, Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Nicolas Mahut, and Ryan Harrison and Michael Venus at the prestigious ATP World Tour season finale, which will see crowds of 17,500 spectators for each session. The pair earned their right to compete in London...
Ivan Dodig and Marcel Granollers exhibited a dominant display in claiming the doubles title at the Swiss Indoors Basel. The duo did not drop a set all week, capped by 7-5, 7-6(6) victory over Frenchmen Fabrice Martin and Edouard Roger-Vasselin on Sunday. Currently in command of the final spot in the Emirates ATP Doubles Race To London, Dodig and Granollers add 500 points to bring their total to 3,490. With less than 1,000 points separating them from four other teams, it will be a mad dash to the finish line at next week's Rolex Paris Masters. "Thanks to my partner for a great week and through all this season we really tried hard and we have one more title together,"...
