Pablo Carreno Busta will have a tense wait to see if he is going to qualify for the Nitto ATP Finals after falling to Nicolas Mahut in his opener at the Rolex Paris Masters on Tuesday evening. The Spaniard currently occupies the final qualifying spot in the Emirates ATP Race To London, as he looks to make his debut at the year-end championships, but now must wait and see how Kevin Anderson, Juan Martin del Potro, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and Lucas Pouille perform at the final ATP World Tour Masters 1000 tournament of the season. Home favourite Mahut, who battled past Vasek Pospisil in the first round, defeated the eighth-seeded Carreno Busta 6-4, 6-1 in just 86 minutes. The 35-year-old Mahut,...
Diminutive Argentine Diego Schwartzman recorded his 39th match win of a career-best season with a 6-3, 6-4 victory over Viktor Troicki of Serbia on Tuesday to book his place in the Rolex Paris Masters second round. Currently No. 26 in the Emirates ATP Race To London, Schwartzman has a mathematical chance of qualifying for the Nitto ATP Finals, to be held at The O2 in London from 12-19 November, but his participation would also depend on other results. He will next face ninth-seeded American John Isner. [ALSO LIKE] France’s Adrian Mannarino knocked out 2012 champion David Ferrer of Spain 6-2, 6-4 in one hour and 32 minutes. Mannarino will next look to avenge his loss to David Goffin in the...
Qualifier Jeremy Chardy recorded his first victory in five matches against Gilles Simon, a semi-finalist at the 2012 Rolex Paris Masters, 6-3, 6-0 in 66 minutes on Monday. He advances to play No. 14 seed Roberto Bautista Agut of Spain in the second round. French wild card Nicolas Mahut scraped past Canadian qualifier Vasek Pospisil 5-7, 7-5, 7-6(4) in two hours and 35 minutes. Pospisil hit 12 aces and lost only six of his first-service points (49/55), while Mahut — who will now challenge Nitto ATP Finals contender Pablo Carreno Busta of Spain — struck 11 aces and lost seven of his first-service points (47/54). “I feel good physically and I have a lot of energy,” said Mahut. “I was...
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,"...
Roger Federer missed a year at his hometown tournament, the Swiss Indoors Basel, but he certainly did not miss a step. The Swiss superstar won his eighth Basel title on Sunday, battling back to defeat the surging Juan Martin del Potro, 6-7(5), 6-4, 6-3 to clinch his ATP World Tour-leading seventh title of the year. "I think we're both tired from a long season. Plus he's been playing four straight weeks now, very successful, so we tried to give it all we had," Federer said. "The crowd really enjoyed themselves and at the end there is always going to be a winner unfortunately in tennis. But I think we both can be very happy with the week today." It appeared...
