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...
If you were one of the best in the world at one part of your job, but you really wanted to pursue another aspect, in which you were very good but still growing and learning, which would you choose? For now, Pierre-Hugues Herbert chooses both – doubles, in which he's won nine titles, including four ATP World Tour Masters 1000 crowns – and singles, in which he's reached an ATP World Tour final and is No. 72 in the Emirates ATP Rankings but eager to climb. “It's not an easy thing. Playing both is really tough. Every week you're playing two tournaments,” Herbert said. “And it's not easy to choose the tournaments you want to play.” This week, the 26-year-old...
Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Thai-Son Kwiatkowski take a trip to Rose Island and play mini-tennis while enjoying views of the Narragansett Bay Video courtesy Dell Technologies Hall of Fame Open
French duo Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Nicolas Mahut won their first ATP World Tour team title of the season on Sunday in Rome as they triumphed at the Internazionali BNL d'Italia with a 4-6, 6-4, 10-3 victory over Ivan Dodig and Marcel Granollers. Herbert and Mahut are set to rise to fourth in the Emirates ATP Doubles Race to London after securing 1000 points with their victory at this ATP World Tour Masters 1000 clay-court tournament. "It's good to enjoy being on the court so much, it's been a while since I felt we were close," said Herbert. "It's nice to live this together. From the start to the end, the attitude was very good. We stayed together and were calm...