Marin Cilic did not have the Nitto ATP Finals he was hoping for this week. The fifth seed fell in all three of his Group Boris Becker matches, despite pushing them to three sets and leading by a break in the third set against Alexander Zverev and Jack Sock. But when the Croatian fully looks back at his 2017 season, he will have much to be proud of this year. For the second consecutive year, Cilic will finish in the Top 10 of the Emirates ATP Rankings, and for the 10th consecutive year, the 6'6” right-hander celebrated an ATP World Tour title. In May, Cilic won the TEB BNP Paribas Istanbul Open (d. Raonic). It was his first clay-court title...
Roger Federer won't finish 2017 as the year-end No. 1 in the Emirates ATP Rankings. But the second seed has put himself in great position to still finish his fairytale comeback season with a perfect ending. The 36-year-old Swiss won his third consecutive match at the Nitto ATP Finals on Thursday, dismissing fifth seed Marin Cilic 6-7(5), 6-4, 6-1 to finish Group Boris Becker play 3-0. It's the 10th time Federer has ended group play unbeaten, and he'll head to Saturday's semi-final full of belief, not that he has been lacking. The six-time Nitto ATP Finals champion has reeled off 13 consecutive wins, including eight indoors, dating back to his Swiss Indoors Basel title run. This weekend, he'll be the...
Kansas City Chiefs fan Jack Sock gets a special good luck present from the NFL ahead of his must-win contest with Sascha Zverev at the Nitto ATP Finals.
Six days. Nine players. 24 singles matches by Friday’s end. And the fourth spot in the semi-finals of the season finale will come down to one match in Group Pete Sampras between fourth-seeded Dominic Thiem and seventh-seeded David Goffin on Friday afternoon. There will be no counting sets or games involved — the winner moves on, and the loser goes home. Both Thiem and Goffin have one victory each at this Nitto ATP Finals, and the winner between them will earn a semi-final clash against second-seeded Roger Federer, who finished with a perfect record in round-robin play on Thursday. Perhaps that is why Thiem was so excited after his victory on Wednesday evening against Pablo Carreno Busta. “I'm very happy...
Watch highlights as Roger Federer comes back to beat Marin Cilic in his final round-robin match of the 2017 Nitto ATP Finals, and Henri Kontinen/John Peers defeat alternates Raven Klaasen and Rajeev Ram. Photo Credit: Peter Staples/ATP World Tour. Watch live tennis at Tennis TV.com.
