In one of the more thrilling doubles finals of the season, Rohan Bopanna and Pablo Cuevas emerged with the trophy at the Erste Bank Open 500 on Sunday. The Indian-Uruguayan duo saved a pair of match points for a tight 7-6(7), 6-7(4), 11/9 victory over Marcelo Demoliner and Sam Querrey. The match, which lasted one hour and 45 minutes, saw Bopanna deny the first championship point at 9/7 with a volley winner, followed by a Querrey forehand unforced error as the second came and went. "Absolutely brilliant," Bopanna exclaimed. "It’s one of the first years for me that I won a 250, 500 and a 1000. I’d made a final of a 250, 500 and a 1000 also but it’s...
The Swiss Indoors Basel final on Sunday is a blockbuster match-up between top seed and seven-time champion Roger Federer against 2012-13 winner and No. 4 seed Juan Martin del Potro. There is a lot at stake for both players with 200 Emirates ATP Ranking points on the line going to the champion (500 for the week). If Federer wins, he will trail No. 1 Rafael Nadal by 1,460 points going into ATP Masters 1000 Paris. If del Potro wins, he will move into the final spot for the season-ending Nitto ATP Finals in London. This is their 24th meeting, the fourth in 2017 between the two superstars. Federer holds a 17-6 head-to-head advantage, including 12-6 on hard courts. Del Potro...
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga has gone from the fringe of the Emirates ATP Race To London to the thick of the battle in less than two weeks, as he continues his push to qualify for a third Nitto ATP Finals. The Frenchman helped his cause by beating Philipp Kohlschreiber, 7-6(4), 7-5 in the semi-finals of the Erste Bank Open 500 on Saturday in Vienna to advance to his third final at the event and his fifth final this season. "I'm playing well. I'm playing good tennis," Tsonga said. "Truly happy with my level this week...tomorrow it's the final and only the winner [of the final] counts so I will give my best to be the winner." Tsonga, who was 22nd in the...
Kyle Edmund strikes a perfect lob during his match against Lucas Pouille in the semi-finals of the Erste Bank Open 500 on Saturday. Photo Credit: Bildagentur Zolles KG. Watch live tennis at tennistv.com.
