Second seeds Jamie Murray and Bruno Soares came out on top in another tight match on Friday at the Mercedes Cup in Stuttgart, reaching the final with a 6-3, 6-7(5), 10-6 victory over Marcin Matkowski and Max Mirnyi. Murray/Soares needed 11 match points to prevail in their quarter-final on Wednesday against Brian Baker and Nikola Mektic, but only needed three in the Match Tie-break against Matkowski/Mirnyi to advance in 77 minutes. Awaiting them in the final will be top seeds Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan or fourth seeds Oliver Marach and Mate Pavic. Murray/Soares are 1-1 in ATP World Tour doubles finals in 2017, prevailing in Acapulco (d. Isner/Lopez) and finishing runner-up in Sydney (l. Koolhof/Middelkoop). [ALSO LIKE] At the...
Feliciano Lopez reflects on beating Tomas Berdych in the MercedesCup quarter-finals and looks forward to potentially playing one of his idols growing up, Tommy Haas. Video courtesy: MercedesCup
Watch Tomas Berdych slip on the lush grass, but recover to strike a winner against Feliciano Lopez on Friday in Stuttgart. Video courtesy: MercedesCup. Photo: Peter Staples/ATP World Tour
Relive the most exciting moments from quarter-final action at the MercedesCup in Stuttgart, including wins from Mischa Zverev and Lucas Pouille. Watch live matches at tennistv.com. Video courtesy MercedesCup.
Feliciano Lopez is one match away from reaching his fourth grass-court final – and his first in three years. The Spaniard battled hard at the Mercedes Cup to beat third-seeded Czech Tomas Berdych 6-7(4), 6-3, 6-4 in two hours and nine minutes on Friday for a place in the Stuttgart semi-finals. Berdych could not convert two set-point chances at 6-5, 15/40 on Lopez's serve in the first set, but seized early control of the tie-break in a big-serving encounter. Serve-volleyer Lopez broke for a 4-2 lead in the second set, then in the seventh game of the decider to improve to a 12-12 match record in 2017. Berdych hit 21 aces, but Lopez struck 19 aces and importantly saved all...
