It’s not unfamiliar to see players take a few years to find their footing on the ATP World Tour, but Nicholas Monroe recently achieved a career milestone at age 34. The American, who celebrates his 35th birthday this week at the Fayez Sarofim & Co. U.S. Men’s Clay Court Championship, reached his first ATP World Tour Masters 1000 final this year in Miami. Paired with Jack Sock, they defeated several top teams en route to the championship match, including top seeds Henri Kontinen and John Peers, and Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan. “Jack is probably the best doubles player in the world right now, in my opinion, so that was always going to be a lot of fun. We gel...
Watch the Miami Open presented by Itau doubles final live on TennisTV.com not before 3 pm EDT/ 9 pm CEST • In Saturday’s doubles championship, the unseeded American duo of Nicholas Monroe and Jack Sock take on No. 6 seeds Lukasz Kubot of Poland and Marcelo Melo of Brazil. All four players are trying to win their first Miami Open presented by Itau title. Sock is the only former finalist, in 2015 (w/Pospisil). They lost to the Bryan brothers. • Monroe/Sock defeated Qureshi/Simon 64 63 in 1R, [1] Kontinen/Peers 36 76(5) 10-8 in 2R, [7] Dodig/Granollers 76(5) 63 in QF and [3] Bryan/Bryan 76(5) 63 in SF to reach first final of season and second together (2015 Stockholm) • They are playing in their first tournament of the season and fifth career ATP...
Nicholas Monroe and Jack Sock moved into a first ATP World Tour Masters 1000 doubles final as a pairing, defeating four-time Miami Open presented by Itau champions Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan 7-6(5), 6-3 on Thursday. As a result, Henri Kontinen will become the 50th player and the first from Finland to be named No. 1 in the Emirates ATP Doubles Rankings on Monday. A high quality first set required a tie-break to separate the American pairings. Sock, who reached the quarter-finals in singles in Miami, looped a fine lob on his back foot to open up a 5/3 lead, before Monroe clinched the opener at the net. Watch Full Match Replays Bob Bryan secured an immediate break in set...
ATP World Tour stars, including Grigor Dimitrov and Kevin Anderson, visit the pandas at the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding in between tennis at the Chengdu Open. Video/Photo courtesy Chengdu Open.
