ATP World Tour Masters/ WTA 2017 - Rogers/ Cincinnati

[PKBasu]

One set all, as Bopanna/Dodig win the second set tiebreaker. 46 76(8)

[cricketics]

9-9 in super tie break. Bopanna/Dodig were down 3-6 and now its 9-9. They had a match point but Ram/Klassen saved the match point.

Bopanna aces his way to another Match Point now.
10-9 Bopanna/Dodig.

Klassen serving.

And Dodig scores a brilliant winner and Bopanna/Dodig are through to a masters final.

Good chunk of points and good pay cheque.

[sameerph]

Good win.

RamK was up 5-2 in his Q1 match at Cincy but just got broken back while serving for the set at 5-3 .

[Sin Hombre]

Good win.

RamK was up 5-2 in his Q1 match at Cincy but just got broken back while serving for the set at 5-3 .

Ram wins the first set in the tiebreak to 1.

[Rajiv]

Yes, first blood to Ram
Could have finished earlier at 4-2 with 2 break points.

Come on Ram finish it...

[Sin Hombre]

And starts the second with an early break.

Wins it in straights; 7-6(1), 6-4.

[Rajiv]

A superb straight sets win

All he had to so was remain calm and play his natural game and how well he followed to score an superlative win.

15 points in the bag just equal to a challenger QF

Main draw now looks within grasp.

[cricketics]

Brilliant win by Ram. This win against higher ranked Lajovic will surely help Ram in gaining confidence during US Open qualies.

But he's got to try here and go to the main draw in cincy.

Well done Ram, may the force be with you.

[Sin Hombre]

Next up for Ram is fellow 22-year old Martener who beat Prajnesh quite comfortably 6-2, 7-6(1)

The German is more of a clay courter so Ram should have his chances.

[PKBasu]

Fabulous win for Ramkumar!! What a year he is having so far, absolutely stunning stuff -- his third top-100 win of 2017. He has beaten then-#8 Thiem, #68 Lajovic, then-#68 Dutra-Silva. And also has wins over Polansky and Andreozzi (who were then ranked in the 120s), plus future stars Duckhee Lee and Tommy Paul. RamK is right there among the top 22 year olds in the world!

[jaydeep]

Rohan-Dodig scored an excellent comeback win over Rajeev-Klaasen ... They facing another French pair in the final.

At $4.6M Rogers Cup 2017, Montreal, Canada

[SF] (7) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Ivan Dodig (CRO) bt (6) Raven Klaasen (RSA)/ Rajeev Ram (USA) 46 76(8) 11-9

[F] (7) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Ivan Dodig (CRO) vs (5) Pierre-Hugues Herbert (FRA)/ Nicolas Mahut (FRA)

[jaydeep]

A superb upset win by RamK over another top-75 player ... Next, he is facing German Maximilian Marterer, who defeated Prajnesh ... Prajnesh gave decent performance in his first Master qualifying match.

At $5.6M Cincinnati Masters 2017, USA

[Q1] Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,179) bt (4) Dusan Lajovic (SRB,68) 76(1) 64
[Q1] Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,213) l (14) Maximilian Marterer (GER,122) 26 67(2)

[Q2] Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,179) vs (14) Maximilian Marterer (GER,122)

[jaydeep]

Lee managed some coup as he is partnering Sascha in Cincinnati and playing his first Masters of 2017.

At $5.6M Cincinnati Masters 2017, USA

[R1] Leander Paes (IND)/ Alexander Zverev (GER) vs Feliciano Lopez (ESP)/ Marc Lopez (ESP)
[R1] (7) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Ivan Dodig (CRO) bye

[Rajiv]

Winnable match and the very fact Pragnesh could stretch him in the second set makes victory for Ram a high possibilty.

Nice to see Leander pulling a coup with an exciting talent

[sameerph]

Excellent win by RamK. Good that he got this confidence boost after a couple of lean weeks. Merterer lost to Lajovic in his last match before this week. So, if law of transitivity woks here, RamK should win.