Tomas Berdych is in unfamiliar territory this week at the BNP Paribas Masters. He is 10th in the Emirates ATP Race To London and No. 11 in the Emirates ATP Rankings, marking his first week outside of the world rankings’ Top 10 since reaching the 2010 Wimbledon final as the World No. 13. In the 329 weeks since then, Berdych has qualified for the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals and ended the year at No. 6 or No. 7 on six straight occasions. Both of those streaks are on the line Tuesday when the 2005 BNP Paribas Masters champion plays his opening match in Paris. Berdych trails Dominic Thiem and Marin Cilic for the final two vacancies at the year-end...
A pair of ATP World Tour 500 events in Basel and Vienna comprise the penultimate week of the regular season, with players battling for critical points in the Emirates ATP Race To London. Three berths remain up for grabs at the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals, as Dominic Thiem, Tomas Berdych, David Goffin and Marin Cilic are within 1,035 points of Gael Monfils for the sixth position. Bidding to make his debut at The O2 in London, Monfils is off next week, but could qualify based on the results of the other contenders. Thiem is looking to bolster his chances of joining Novak Djokovic, Andy Murray, Stan Wawrinka, Milos Raonic and Kei Nishikori with a strong performance at his hometown...
The focus for qualification to the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals now shifts to the three-week European indoor circuit, beginning today at the VTB Kremlin Cup in Moscow, the If Stockholm Open and the European Open in Antwerp. Seven players in the Top 20 of the Emirates ATP Race To London are in action, with three singles spots left up for grabs at the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals. The season finale will be held at The O2 in London from 13-20 November. Buy Tickets Gael Monfils will step up his bid to qualify for the first time at this week’s If Stockholm Open, where he competes alongside Grigor Dimitrov, Ivo Karlovic and #NextGen’s Alexander Zverev. Monfils, the next in...