Raven Klaasen and Rajeev Ram caused an upset on Monday at the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals when they defeated Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Nicolas Mahut, who are vying to become the year-end No. 1 pair in the Emirates ATP Doubles Team Rankings. Klaasen and Ram won 7-5, 6-4 in 83 minutes in a Group Fleming/McEnroe round-robin encounter, which avenged their loss to Herbert and Mahut in this year’s final of the Miami Open presented by Itau. Had Herbert and Mahut won the match, then Mahut would have become the first Frenchman in the 40-year history of the Emirates ATP Doubles Rankings to finish as the year-end individual No. 1. Herbert and Mahut are now just 375 points ahead of Jamie...
Who will come out on top as Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Nicolas Mahut do battle with Jamie Murray and Bruno Soares for the year-end top spot in the Emirates ATP Doubles Team Rankings?
The doubles action at the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals has provided no shortage of excitement in years past, and the drama will be just as palpable this week in London. For the second straight year, the year-end No. 1 position in the Emirates ATP Doubles Rankings is in play at The O2, with top seeds Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Nicolas Mahut looking to hold off the surging tandem of Jamie Murray and Bruno Soares. Last year, it was Horia Tecau and Jean-Julien Rojer ending the six-year reign of Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan with a thrilling semi-final victory, en route to clinching the title. "It would be a huge achievement, to finish the year as the best team," said Soares....
A LOOK BACK Open D’Orleans (Orleans, France): Seventh seed Pierre-Hugues Herbert delighted the home crowd by winning the biggest singles title of his career over Norbert Gombos of Slovakia, 7-5, 4-6, 6-3. This is Herbert’s fourth career ATP Challenger Tour title, with the Frenchman now owning a 4-0 record on the final Sunday. He also prevailed earlier this February at the $100,000 ATP Challenger Tour event in Bergamo, Italy. Herbert and Nicolas Mahut are No. 1 in the Emirates ATP Doubles Race to London, having already qualified for the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals. Despite the loss, Gombos can be satisfied in reaching his first final of the year. The 26 year old has been turning his season around in...