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Harrison/Venus First To Clinch SF Berth

The first doubles team to advance to the semi-finals of the Nitto ATP Finals is not the pair many would have expected. Eighth-seeded Ryan Harrison and Michael Venus, who lost five of six matches to close their regular season, defeated Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Nicolas Mahut, 6-7(4), 6-4, 10/5, to guarantee a berth in the final four at The 02, clinching first place in Group Eltingh/Haarhuis. Once top-seeded Henri Kontinen and John Peers — who this year's Roland Garros champions beat on Sunday — took down Jean-Julien Rojer and Horia Tecau in the first match of the day Tuesday, Harrison and Venus simply needed a win against Herbert and Mahut. And that's what they got, eliminating Rojer and Tecau from semi-final...

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