Watch highlights from the doubles final showdown as Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Nicolas Mahut defeat Jamie Murray and Bruno Soares to lift their sixth ATP World Tour Masters 1000 title. Watch live matches at tennistv.com. Photo: Getty Images
Frenchmen Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Nicolas Mahut continued their ruthless run through the North American summer ATP World Tour Masters 1000 events, improving to 7-0 with a 6-4, 7-6(9) win against Ryan Harrison and Michael Venus in the Western & Southern Open semi-finals. Herbert and Mahut lifted the trophy at the Coupe Rogers in Montreal last week and will battle for their 10th team title on Sunday against Jamie Murray and Bruno Soares. Herbert/Mahut are also bidding for a sixth Masters 1000 crown together, all at different tournaments. The last team to win in Canada and Cincinnati in the same season was Ivan Dodig and Marcelo Melo, who accomplished the feat last year. The fifth seeds needed one hour and 35...
Watch Hot Shot as Pierre-Hugues Herbert ends a cat-and-mouse rally with a backhand pass through Rohan Bopanna and Ivan Dodig. Watch live matches at tennistv.com. Photo: Peter Staples
Watch highlights from the doubles finals, as Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Nicolas Mahut defeat Rohan Bopanna and Ivan Dodig to claim their fifth ATP Masters 1000 title together. Watch live matches at tennistv.com. Photo: Getty Images
They say that Montreal is the Paris of North America, and French duo Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Nicolas Mahut certainly made it their home this week. Herbert and Mahut claimed their ninth title together, edging Rohan Bopanna and Ivan Dodig 6-4, 3-6, 10-6 on Sunday at the Coupe Rogers. The fifth seeds improved to 20-8 this season after one hour and 22 minutes, firing four aces and notching 88 per cent of first serve points. It was the fifth ATP World Tour Masters 1000 crown for the French duo, all coming at different tournaments. Last year, they prevailed in Indian Wells, Miami and Monte Carlo, and earlier this year they lifted the trophy in Rome. "It was a hard match against...