Henri Kontinen and John Peers booked their spot in the semi-finals of the BNP Paribas Masters on Friday as they ousted third seeds Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan 6-4, 6-2 in 51 minutes. Kontinen and Peers qualified for the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals earlier in the week and will look to reach their second ATP World Tour Masters 1000 final of the season in Paris. The Finnish/Australian duo have been in a rich vein of form in the latter stages of the season, finishing runners-up at the Shanghai Rolex Masters last month (l. to Isner/Sock). “Today was another strong performance from us,” Peers said. “We took our chances early in both sets and kept that going. It’s really good...
On his 15th attempt, Marin Cilic has beaten Novak Djokovic. The Croatian hit past the World No. 1 with power tennis on Friday at the BNP Paribas Masters in Paris, upsetting the top seed 6-4, 7-6(2) in one hour and 45 minutes. Cilic, who qualified for the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals on Thursday, will meet American John Isner in Saturday's semi-final. “It was really, really good, really good today, and just can't be happier about that,” Cilic said. “Just another sign that I'm in a really good form and produced some great tennis today.” [ALSO LIKE] Djokovic's loss means that Andy Murray now controls his fate in the battle for No. 1. The Scot will become No. 1 in...
Local favourite and No. 11 seed Jo-Wilfried Tsonga trailed fifth seed Kei Nishikori for the majority of their third-round match at the BNP Paribas Masters, but showed remarkable fighting spirit to save two match points and prevail on Thursday in Paris, 0-6, 6-3, 7-6(3). “We are here to give our best, so that first set didn't go well for me. I made double faults, things like that, but it was because I want to do well,” said Tsonga. “But little by little, I was able to get settled. My confidence came back and I was able to play better.” With the win, Tsonga is also still in contention to qualify for the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals. A title win...
The last of eight spots available at the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals was claimed by Treat Huey and Max Mirnyi on Thursday. Huey/Mirnyi lost in the first round of the BNP Paribas Masters earlier this week, but secured their first team qualification when defending London champions Jean-Julien Rojer and Horia Tecau fell in the second round of Paris. Huey/Mirnyi have one title as a team, winning in Acapulco earlier this year. It will be Huey's first trip to the year-end championships, while Mirnyi has qualified 10 times, winning in 2011 alongside Daniel Nestor. Get Your Tickets Now Joining Mirnyi/Huey at the O2 on 13 November will be Frenchmen Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Nicolas Mahut, who reclaimed the No. 1 spot...
Second seed Andy Murray wasted no time getting down to business on Thursday against No. 13 seed and local favourite Lucas Pouille at the BNP Paribas Masters, giving the Parisian crowd no chance to get involved as he convincingly advanced to the quarter-finals, 6-3, 6-0. With the win, Murray remains in contention to unseat Novak Djokovic as World No. 1. The Brit must either win the title in Paris and have Djokovic lose before the final, or reach the final and have Djokovic lose before the semi-finals. The Serbian also moved into the quarter-finals with a three-set win over No. 14 seed Grigor Dimitrov. “I thought I returned well today. I had chances in almost all of his service games...
