ATP World Tour veteran Dudi Sela stalled #NextGenATP Croatian Borna Coric's hopes of qualifying for the Next Gen ATP Finals by eliminating the 20 year old from the VTB Kremlin Cup on Monday, 6-3, 6-2. The Israeli fell behind 0-2, but then won eight of the next nine games to take a commanding set and a break lead over the No. 6 player in the Emirates ATP Race To Milan. Sela would not look back, closing out his opponent in 63 minutes. While Coric can no longer control his destiny in the Race this week, he currently leads the final automatic qualifier, No. 7 Hyeon Chung, by 146 points. Alexander Bublik maintained his dreams of qualifying for the inaugural Next...
Roger Federer was at his ruthless best on Sunday, streaking to the Shanghai Rolex Masters title with a 6-4, 6-3 victory over Rafael Nadal. It was a vintage Federer performance, as the Swiss secured the 71-minute win with a dominant display, clinching a second Shanghai crown (2014) and 27th at the ATP World Tour Masters 1000 level. With the win, Federer notched his 700th match victory on hard courts and improved to 10-1 against the Top 10 this year. It was the 94th title in his storied career, which pulls him level with Ivan Lendl for second on the Open Era list. Only Jimmy Connors owns more trophies (109). Federer's 2017 campaign continues to set the bar, as the 36...
Better late than never. One year after coming up just short of lifting the trophy, Henri Kontinen and John Peers have their title at the Shanghai Rolex Masters. Top seeds Kontinen and Peers defeated second seeds Lukasz Kubot and Marcelo Melo 6-4, 6-2 to emerge victorious in Shanghai, claiming their second ATP World Tour Masters 1000 title as a team. The Finnish-Aussie duo had fallen to John Isner and Jack Sock in last year's final, but needed just 69 minutes to dispatch Kubot and Melo on Sunday. Kontinen and Peers have enjoyed great success on Chinese soil this month, having captured the title at the China Open in Beijing last week. Now riding a seven-match win streak, they move to...
Rafael Nadal was made to work, but the top seed advanced to the final of the Shanghai Rolex Masters on a crisp Saturday evening in the Chinese metropolis. Nadal overcame a dogged effort from Marin Cilic to secure the semi-final victory 7-5, 7-6(3), reaching his 111th final and 10th of the year. It marks the fifth time in his career that he has contested at least 10 title matches in a single season. "Very happy. Of course I played I think a very high level of tennis," Nadal said. "[It] was a great match again. I don't know what he said, if he already talked or what he's going to say later, I don't know, but in my opinion, he...
It will be No. 1 vs. No. 2 on Sunday, when top seeds Henri Kontinen and John Peers battle second seeds Lukasz Kubot and Marcelo Melo for the Shanghai Rolex Masters title. The four leading teams in the Emirates ATP Doubles Race To London were in action on semi-final Saturday at the Qi Zhong Tennis Center. Kubot and Melo stormed back to defeat Jean-Julien Rojer and Horia Tecau 4-6, 6-3, 10/7 in one hour and 23 minutes, continuing their hot streak at the ATP World Tour Masters 1000 level. Advancing to their eighth team final this year, the second seeds will contest their fourth at the Masters 1000 stage. They hoisted the trophy in both Miami and Madrid. "We played...