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Klaasen Ram Roll Past Murray Soares In London SFs

Raven Klaasen and Rajeev Ram beat Jamie Murray and Bruno Soares, year-end No. 1 in the Emirates ATP Doubles Team Rankings, in the Barclays ATP World Tour semi-finals on Saturday in London. Watch live tennis at tennistv.com. Photo: Peter Staples/ATP World Tour

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Klaasen/Ram Power Into Final

Two first-year pairings will contest the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals doubles final Sunday after Raven Klaasen and Rajeev Ram eclipsed newly minted World No. 1 team Jamie Murray and Bruno Soares in Saturday’s semi-finals. Klaasen, of South African, and Ram, of the United States, will play Finland’s Henri Kontinen and Australia’s John Peers, who earlier in the day upset four-time champions Bob and Mike Bryan. Klaasen and Ram needed exactly one hour to claim a 6-1, 6-4 win over Murray and Soares, who yesterday learned they would finish 2016 at No. 1 in the Emirates ATP Doubles Team Rankings. After dropping just 12 points in the first set, Klaasen and Ram faced only one scare in the second set...

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Klaasen/Ram Fight Through To SFs

Seventh seeds Raven Klaasen/Rajeev Ram are making the most of their debut at the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals. The pairing advanced to the semi-finals with a tight 6-3, 7-6(8) win over fourth seeds Feliciano Lopez/Marc Lopez. With the win, Klaasen/Ram clinched second place in Group Fleming/McEnroe. Joining Klaasen/Ram in the final four are fifth seeds Henri Kontinen/John Peers, who finished first in Group Fleming/McEnroe with a 3-0 record. Klaasen/Ram will face second seeds Jamie Murray/Bruno Soares in the semi-finals, who clinched the year-end No. 1 Emirates ATP Doubles Team Ranking on Friday. Kontinen/Peers take on third seeds Bob Bryan/Mike Bryan in the other semi-final. The importance of the occasion produced some understandably tense moments for both Klaasen/Ram and Lopez/Lopez...

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