Andy Murray sealed a storybook conclusion to his 2016 campaign, assuming the mantle of year-end No. 1 in the Emirates ATP Rankings with his first Barclays ATP World Tour Finals title. Murray dethroned rival Novak Djokovic 6-3, 6-4 in Sunday's gripping final. Murray capped a stunning march to the pinnacle of the tennis world with his 24th consecutive match win and fifth straight title. He cemented his place in the history books in becoming the 17th player to finish atop the Emirates ATP Rankings and first Brit to lift the trophy at the season finale. "It’s a very special day," Murray during the trophy presentation. "It’s been a tough rivalry. I’ve lost many of them but obviously I’m happy I’ve...
Henri Kontinen and John Peers finished their debut season with the perfect ending on Sunday in London. The pairing won the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals doubles title during their team debut, beating fellow first-timers Raven Klaasen and Rajeev Ram 2-6, 6-1, 10-8 at The O2. "To be honest, it probably actually hasn't sunk in. It will hopefully sink in tomorrow once I get a flight back home," said Peers. "When I start to think what we've achieved probably in the last month, it's been a great thing for both of us. "It just feels really good to know all the hard work we kept putting in time and time again, even if we felt good or bad, that it's...
It all comes down to this. The top spot in the year-end Emirates ATP Rankings will be decided in the final of the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals, as Novak Djokovic downed Kei Nishikori 6-1, 6-1 on Saturday. The stage is set for a titanic clash for the title, with No. 1 Andy Murray and No. 2 Djokovic renewing their storied rivalry. The Serbian, a five-time champion at the season finale, is seeking to extend his reign atop the year-end Emirates ATP Rankings with a third straight No. 1 finish and fifth overall. Murray, meanwhile, will look to extend his stay at No. 1 after assuming the mantle two weeks ago at the BNP Paribas Masters. Regardless of the result,...
Andy Murray fought off a match point and outlasted Milos Raonic in one of the season's finest matches on Saturday during their Barclays ATP World Tour Finals semi-final in London. The Scot, encouraged by the home crowd, prevailed past Raonic 5-7, 7-6(5), 7-6(9) in three hours and 38 minutes, the longest three-set match at the season finale since match times were recorded in 1991. “It was one of the tougher matches I played this year,” Murray said. “It was not easy... obviously with it being very long, but also mentally tiring as well.” Now Murray will play in the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals title match for the first time, and he'll be playing to keep his No. 1 Emirates...
Two first-year pairings will contest the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals doubles final Sunday after Raven Klaasen and Rajeev Ram eclipsed newly minted World No. 1 team Jamie Murray and Bruno Soares in Saturday’s semi-finals. Klaasen, of South African, and Ram, of the United States, will play Finland’s Henri Kontinen and Australia’s John Peers, who earlier in the day upset four-time champions Bob and Mike Bryan. Klaasen and Ram needed exactly one hour to claim a 6-1, 6-4 win over Murray and Soares, who yesterday learned they would finish 2016 at No. 1 in the Emirates ATP Doubles Team Rankings. After dropping just 12 points in the first set, Klaasen and Ram faced only one scare in the second set...