Juan Sebastian Cabal and Robert Farah have defended their Argentina Open title with a comprehensive 6-1, 6-4 win over third seeds Santiago Gonzalez and David Marrero on Sunday. The top seeds in Buenos Aires saved a match point in their Match Tie-break triumph over Italians Simone Bolelli and Fabio Fognini in the semi-finals to book an 18th ATP World Tour final together. Watch Full Match Replays The Colombians dictated play against Gonzalez/Marrero by winning 88 per cent of points on first serve and broke three times to wrap up the victory on the one-hour mark. "It's great to repeat here," said Cabal. "We love Buenos Aires. The city, the stadium here and the food too." "We had a pretty difficult draw but...
Ivan Dodig and Marcel Granollers have clinched their first ATP World Tour title as a pairing at the ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament with a 7-6(5), 6-3 victory over Dutch wild card team Wesley Koolhof and Matwe Middelkoop. Dodig/Granollers, playing just their second event together, had dispatched top seeds Nicolas Mahut and Pierre-Hugues Herbert for a place in the Rotterdam final, whilst Koolhof/Middelkoop were looking to add to their Apia International Sydney trophy they won last month. Watch Full Match Replays With no breaks, a tie-break was required to separate these in-form pairings in the opening set and the third seeds managed to edge ahead. They struck instantly in set two to build a 2-0 lead, an advantage they maintained...
The eighth time was the charm for Ryan Harrison on Saturday at the Memphis Open. After going winless in his seven previous ATP World Tour singles semi-finals, he converted on his fifth match point to reach his first final with a 6-4, 6-4 victory over fellow American Donald Young. “It’s surreal right now. I’ve hit some obstacles in my career where I wasn’t sure if I’d be able to do this,” said Harrison in his on-court interview. “Donald played unbelievable on all of those match points and I didn’t do anything wrong, so I told myself not to panic, smile it off and keep doing what I can. I’m just glad I could get the win.” Harrison has yet to...
Alexandr Dolgopolov has been a dominant force this week at the Argentina Open and the Ukrainian continued his strong form on Saturday, blasting past Pablo Carreno Busta 7-5, 6-2 to reach the final. Dolgopolov has not relinquished a set in advancing to his seventh ATP World Tour final and first on the clay of Buenos Aires. He will contest his first title match in three years, since falling to Rafael Nadal in Rio de Janeiro in 2014, against top seed Kei Nishikori. "I feel very good," said Dolgopolov. "It's really nice to be in a final again because because I had a couple tough years." The 28 year old needed just 69 minutes to dispatch fourth seed Carreno Busta on...
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga will play for his first ATP World Tour title in 17 months on Sunday at the ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament in Rotterdam. The Frenchman knocked out 2014 champion Tomas Berdych on Saturday, ousting the fourth seed 6-3, 6-4 in 72 minutes. The victory marks a milestone 400th win for the 31 year old. “It was a good match, played pretty solid on my serve, which is good for my game. When I'm serving like this I'm able to create a bit more on the return and be a bit more offensive,” Tsonga said. “Just really happy to be in the final. Now it's the last step, and it's not an easy one so I'm already focused on...
