Tennis - ATP World Tour – Tagged "Nitto ATP Finals" – Page 27

Nov 14, 2017

Sock Happy To Get By Cilic

Jack Sock discusses his victory over Marin Cilic on Tuesday at the Nitto ATP Finals and looks ahead to playing Alexander Zverev in his final round-robin match. Watch live tennis at TennisTV.com.

Nov 14, 2017

Venus/Harrison Celebrate Reaching Semi-finals

Michael Venus and Ryan Harrison talk about fighting back to beat Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Nicolas Mahut to reach the semi-finals at the Nitto ATP Finals.

Nov 14, 2017

4 a.m. Fire Alarm Doesn't Slow Down Sock

On the morning of Jack Sock's first Nitto ATP Finals win, the American was standing outside his hotel at 4 a.m., waiting with Rafael Nadal and Dominic Thiem to go back to bed. Early Tuesday morning, the fire alarm went off in Sock's hotel. It was not a test, and the alarm felt like it was in Sock's room, he said. “It was probably one of the most annoying noises I've ever heard in my entire life. We're on the second floor of the hotel. I guess whatever happened in the hotel was on the second floor. “From what the workers at the hotel said, the location of your room is how loud the alarm is. We are right there,...

Nov 14, 2017

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...

Nov 14, 2017

Sock Gains First Win In London

All match long on Tuesday at the Nitto ATP Finals, Jack Sock had been content to slice his backhand to Marin Cilic in hopes of seeing a better option – a chance to crush his world-class forehand. But with the match on the line, the eighth seed ditched the plan and was bold – swinging through his two-handed backhand with power. His reward: his first win at the Nitto ATP Finals. The 25-year-old American beat fifth seed Marin Cilic 5-7, 6-2, 7-6(4) to move to 1-1 in Group Boris Becker and improve his hopes of reaching this weekend's semi-final round. “I think if I do the right things and I play the right tennis, I can give myself a chance...