Seldom has so much been riding on the final week of the regular ATP World Tour season. The stakes at this week’s BNP Paribas Masters in Paris-Bercy, have never been higher. Riding a 15-match winning streak, Andy Murray could overtake Novak Djokovic as World No. 1. But the margins are so thin that Djokovic has the opportunity to clinch the coveted year-end No. 1 Emirates ATP Ranking for the third consecutive year. And this is for certain: The final ATP World Tour Masters 1000 event of the year will determine the last two spots at the season-ending Barclays ATP World Tour Finals. Murray, who has spent 76 weeks at No. 2 since first reaching the mark in 2009, can finally...
Up to eight players could be in contention to battle for the final two spots at the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals when the regular season concludes with the BNP Paribas Masters in Paris next week. As of Saturday night, with Ivo Karlovic and David Ferrer out of the Erste Bank Open 500 in Vienna, eight players are within mathematical reach of Marin Cilic, who holds the current minimum qualification points total of 2,890. That's down from 10 players on Friday because both Ferrer and Karlovic needed to win the Vienna title to stay in London contention. Additionally, Cilic, who reached the Basel final on Saturday to pass Tomas Berdych, could raise the bar to a minimum 3,090 points required...
Andy Murray, Tomas Berdych, Dominic Thiem and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga helped kick off the Erste Bank Open 500 on Sunday with a game of mini-tennis in front of Vienna's world-famous St. Stephen's Cathedral. The four ATP World Tour stars, all seeded at this week's Vienna tournament, also interacted with fans and shared their expectations for one of the season's final tournaments. Murray, who's chasing Novak Djokovic for the No. 1 spot in the Emirates ATP Rankings, is the top seed this week. Two years ago, during his only prior appearance at the tournament, the Scot won the title, defeating David Ferrer in the final. If Murray lifts the trophy on Sunday, he'd celebrate his seventh title of the season, which would...
London Home Stretch: The final multiple tournament week of the season on the ATP World Tour takes place with the Swiss Indoors in Basel and the Erste Bank Open 500 in Vienna. There are 500 ranking points at stake to the winner in both tournaments. There are three spots available for the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals (13-20 November) and 14 of the Top 20 in the Emirates ATP Race to London are in action. World No. 2 Andy Murray, who is trying to overtake World No. 1 Novak Djokovic, is the top seed in Vienna. No. 3 Stan Wawrinka leads the field in Basel. Emirates ATP Race to London Update: There are 14 of the Top 20 players in...
The focus for qualification to the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals now shifts to the three-week European indoor circuit, beginning today at the VTB Kremlin Cup in Moscow, the If Stockholm Open and the European Open in Antwerp. Seven players in the Top 20 of the Emirates ATP Race To London are in action, with three singles spots left up for grabs at the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals. The season finale will be held at The O2 in London from 13-20 November. Buy Tickets Gael Monfils will step up his bid to qualify for the first time at this week’s If Stockholm Open, where he competes alongside Grigor Dimitrov, Ivo Karlovic and #NextGen’s Alexander Zverev. Monfils, the next in...
