Americans John Isner and Jack Sock won their first match ever together earlier this week at the Shanghai Rolex Masters. On Sunday, they'll try win their first ATP World Tour Masters 1000 team title. The Americans beat second seeds and compatriots Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan 6-2, 7-6(2) in 59 minutes on Saturday in Shanghai. Isner and Sock were nearly untouchable on serve. They struck 15 aces, saved both break points faced and won 83 per cent of their service points (44/53). In Sunday's final, they'll face Henri Kontinen and John Peers, who beat Croatians Marin Cilic and Mate Pavic 6-3, 6-4. [ALSO LIKE] Both Isner and Sock have captured ATP World Tour Masters 1000 doubles titles. Sock and Canadian Vasek...
Roberto Bautista Agut outplayed Novak Djokovic on one of tennis' biggest stages on Saturday, prevailing against the World No. 1 6-4, 6-4 during their semi-final encounter at the Shanghai Rolex Masters. Now the Spaniard will go for the biggest title of his career – a first ATP World Tour Masters 1000 crown. “I can't describe how I feel. I'm so happy. I played really good tennis this week, and I hope to play the same tennis tomorrow in the final," Bautista Agut said. The 28 year old controlled play with his booming, flat forehand and refused to back down against Djokovic, who was trying to reach his 10th final of the season. Heading into Saturday's ATP World Tour Masters 1000 semi-final, Bautista...
Henri Kontinen and John Peers will play for their first ATP World Tour Masters 1000 team title after advancing to the Shanghai Rolex Masters final in straight sets on Saturday. The Finnish/Australian duo claimed 81 per cent of their first-serve points and saved four of five break points to dismiss Croatians Marin Cilic and Mate Pavic 6-3, 6-4 in 69 minutes. Kontinen/Peers will play for their fourth title of the season on Sunday in Shanghai. “It was really good for us to put in the performance we did today. It is showing that we can beat the best teams out there when we play well,” Peers said. “Hopefully we can put in another performance like that tomorrow.” The team has gone...
Gilles Simon was down a set and a break to Jack Sock, but rallied to beat the American 4-6, 6-4, 7-6(5) in the quarter-finals of the Shanghai Rolex Masters on Friday. The Frenchman is a win away from matching his best result at this ATP World Tour Masters 1000 event, having finished runner-up to Roger Federer in 2014. Simon came into the match on a high, having upset No. 3 seed Stan Wawrinka in the previous round. However, Sock, who is into the doubles semi-finals in Shanghai alongside countryman John Isner, controlled the run of play in the first set by attacking relentlessly. The 24 year old pushed Simon off the court with powerful inside-out forehands, then closed out points...
Andy Murray absorbed the best of David Goffin and turned in a masterclass performance on Friday to reach the Shanghai Rolex Masters semi-finals with a 6-2, 6-2 victory. The Scot has now won 16 sets in a row on the ATP World Tour, having come into Shanghai on the back of his fifth tour-level title of the season at the China Open in Beijing, where he did not drop a set all week. Steve Johnson and Lucas Pouille then fell victim to the in-form Scot at the start of his Shanghai campaign. "There was a lot of long games and tight games where Goffin had chances on my serve but also on his own serve," Murray said. "There was a...