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Kontinen/Peers London-Bound!

Henri Kontinen and John Peers will make their team debut at the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals next month. The Finn/Aussie pairing became the seventh doubles team to qualify for the year-end championships on Monday with a 6-2, 6-2 rout against Treat Huey and Max Mirnyi at the BNP Paribas Masters in Paris. “We knew what we had to do and it was good to be able to do it,” Peers said. Buy Tickets Kontinen/Peers converted all four break points and erased the only two break points they faced in the 46-minute victory. They'll face seventh seeds Raven Klaasen and Rajeev Ram in the second round. “We're going to finish here, try to concentrate here on every match,” Kontinen said,...

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Scouting Report: A Lot On The Line In Paris

Last Stop Before London: The final tournament of the regular season on the ATP World Tour takes place in Bercy with the BNP Paribas Masters. Seven players are in contention to battle for the final two spots at the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals in London. The 48-player draw includes four former winners, led by three-time reigning champion (four overall) Djokovic (2009, 2013-15), David Ferrer (2012) Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (2008), and Tomas Berdych (2005). Djokovic is the only four-time winner in the history of the tournament. Two Spots Left in London: Seven players are within mathematical reach of Marin Cilic, who holds the eighth and final spot with 3,090 points, 210 points ahead of Tomas Berdych. The seven players still alive...

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