Tennis - ATP World Tour – Tagged "Story of the Season" – Page 13

Dec 28, 2017

The 2017 ATP Season In 217 Seconds

Are you ready? Relive the 2017 ATP World Tour season in 217 seconds. Getty Images photo.

Nov 25, 2017

France Earns 2-1 Lead In Davis Cup Final

FRANCE 2, BELGIUM 1 Lille, France (Indoor Hard) For a while, it appeared that Belgium was ready to shock the fans inside Stade Pierre Mauroy, as Joris De Loore and Ruben Bemelmans served for a two sets to one lead in Saturday's doubles rubber in Lille, France. But Richard Gasquet and Pierre-Hugues Herbert battled the whole way in front of their home crowd to defeat the Belgians 6-1, 3-6, 7-6(2), 6-4 and move France within one match of capturing its 10th Davis Cup title. Belgium, which is in its second Davis Cup Final in three years and third overall, now must win both reverse singles rubbers to triumph in the tie and claim their first victory at the event. Yannick...

Nov 24, 2017

Tsonga Levels Davis Cup Final at 1-1

FRANCE 1, BELGIUM 1 Lille, France (Hard Indoor) France needed its top-ranked player to come through in the Davis Cup final on Friday, and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga certainly did just that. With his country trailing Belgium 0-1, Tsonga upended ATP World Tour veteran Steve Darcis 6-3, 6-2, 6-1 in Lille, France to end the first day of play at Stade Pierre Mauroy. Tsonga, who made a late push in the Emirates ATP Race To London by winning the European Open and reaching the final at the Erste Bank Open 500, beat Darcis in their first meeting in 15 years, which came on the ITF Pro Circuit. It was an important victory for France, which would have faced a daunting 0-2 deficit...

Nov 19, 2017

Hear Him Roar, Title Belongs To Grigor!

Grigor Dimitrov finished the best season of his career with the biggest title of his life. The Bulgarian won his fifth consecutive match at the Nitto ATP Finals on Sunday, beating David Goffin 7-5, 4-6, 6-3 to win the season-ending championships during his debut. It's the fourth title of Dimitrov's 2017 – a career-high – and the eighth of his career. The right-hander was already going to climb to a career-high No. 3 in the year-end Emirates ATP Rankings. But now he'll do so emphatically and with a heap of momentum heading into his 2018 season. “This makes me even more locked in, more excited about my work, and for what's to come,” Dimitrov said. “It's a great platform for...

Nov 05, 2017

Sock Secures London Berth With First Masters 1000 Crown

Entering the week, Jack Sock was sitting at 24th in the Emirates ATP Race To London. He was so far back that he did not even know he had a chance to qualify for the Nitto ATP Finals. Everything had to fall his way for him to make London. And everything did. Sock claimed his maiden ATP World Tour Masters 1000 title on Sunday at the Rolex Paris Masters, assuring himself a place in the final eight at The O2. He defeated Filip Krajinovic 5-7, 6-4, 6-1 for the victory in just under two hours. It will be a day Sock never forgets. Not only does the 25-year-old book his spot at the season finale for the first time and lift...