Raven Klaasen and Rajeev Ram qualify for the Semifinals after a 6-3 7-6(8) victory over Feliciano and Marc Lopez.
The South African and American duo broke twice in the first set en route to winning the first set 6-3. However the second set saw the Spaniard’s show more resistance and determination, which saw both teams defend break points and counter each other’s playing styles. As a result the second set went to a tiebreak. A tense tiebreaker saw Klaasen and Ram convert match point after a 5th opportunity, to book their place in the last four.
The duo will now play Jamie Murray and Bruno Soares tomorrow evening in the semifinals. The British-Brazilian pair were confirmed as the year end world number one team today after Pierre-Hughes Herbert and Nicolas Mahut failed to beat Henri Kontinen and John Peers.
The French pair took the first set on a tiebreak 7-5, despite surrendering an early break. The second set saw Kontinen and Peers step up their game and break in the tenth game, to grab the second set 6-4. As a result the contest went to a match tiebreak, which Kontinen and Peers dominated and took the tiebreak 10-4. As a result they remain unbeaten at this year’s World Tour Finals and will play the Bryan Brothers in the semifinals tomorrow. For Herbert and Mahut it has been a sour end to what has been a dominant season.
Tommorow we will see our semifinals, 12pm local time sees unbeaten Henri Kontinen and John Peers taking on Bob and Mike Bryan and at 6pmJamie Murray and Bruno Soares will play Raven Klaasen and Rajeev Ram. We should have two great semifinals, let’s hope they live up to expectation.
