When David Goffin arrived in a cold, overcast London less than a fortnight ago, he had never beaten Rafael Nadal, nor Roger Federer. He had never previously qualified for the Nitto ATP Finals outright – just a sole appearance as an alternate for the injured Gael Monfils last year, a match in which he salvaged just three games from Novak Djokovic. Grigor Dimitrov had never qualified for the season finale before. He was more familiar with London in the summer, when intermittent rain made way for blazing bursts of sun on Centre Court at Wimbledon or at Queen’s Club for the Aegon Championships. Now under the roof of The O2, it is down to the final match of the season...
Watch highlights as Grigor Dimitrov overcomes Jack Sock in three sets to advance to the final of the Nitto ATP Finals, where he will face David Goffin, who took down Roger Federer. Photo Credit: Thomas Lovelock/ATP World Tour. Watch live tennis at TennisTV.com.
Grigor Dimitrov might be playing the best tennis of his career. The Bulgarian remained unbeaten at the Nitto ATP Finals on Saturday night, converting his fourth match point to advance past American Jack Sock 4-6, 6-0, 6-3 at The O2. Dimitrov improved to 4-0 in London this week to reach the Nitto ATP Finals title match, his fifth final of the season and the biggest of his career. Waiting for him will be seventh seed David Goffin, who upset six-time former champion Roger Federer 2-6, 6-3, 6-4 earlier on Saturday. Dimitrov leads their FedEx ATP Head2Head series 4-1, including a 6-0, 6-2 rout on Wednesday during Group Pete Sampras play. “I think his confidence is going to be up there....
It will be No. 1 vs. No. 2 in the doubles championship of the Nitto ATP Finals, when Lukasz Kubot and Marcelo Melo duel with Henri Kontinen and John Peers. The hottest rivalry of the year on the ATP World Tour doubles circuit will have a fitting conclusion on Sunday at The O2 in London. Kubot and Melo secured the year-end No. 1 position in the Emirates ATP Doubles Team Rankings, but Kontinen and Peers enter as the defending champions at the season finale. Both teams will be keen to cap their campaigns with a trophy, as the curtain falls on 2017. While the top-seeded Polish-Brazilian duo celebrated a more successful season overall, they struggled to find any consistent gains...
