Rohan Bopanna and his partner Matwe Middelkoop beat Santiago Gonzalez and Andres Molteni in the summit clash to claim the doubles title at the ATP tennis tournament in Tel Aviv on Sunday.
The Dutchman Martin soared up the ATP Tour rankings to 15th from 46th place after reaching the French Open final. \n\n
The Russian beat Germany's Dieter Kindlmannin the final.\n\n
The Aussie wants a public apology from the ATP, admitting wrongdoing in levying a fine against him.
A few days after it appeared as though a Roger Federer impersonator had gatecrashed the 02 Arena, the Swiss great resumed normal service to outplay Kevin Anderson and reach the last four of the ATP Finals on Thursday.
Japanese teenager Kei Nishikori reached his first ATP semi-final with a 6-2, 6-4 victory over Bobby Reynolds.
The 23-year-old Davis Cupper rallied to beat qualifier Fred Hemmes Jr.
India's Rohan Bopanna and his Australian partner Matthew Ebden lost to top seeds Wesley Koolhof of the Netherlands and Great Britain's Neal Skupsk.
Britain's Andy Murray joined world number one Novak Djokovic and newly-crowned US Open champion Rafa Nadal as definite qualifiers for the ATP World Tour finals on Tuesday, but Roger Federer faces an uphill task to make the eight-man field.
Fresh from winning the Chennai leg, Yuki Bhambri advanced to the second round, even as the other two Indians Saketh Myneni and Vishnu Vardhan made quiet exits in the $50,000 ATP Challenger at BTA Courts in Kolkata.
IMAGES from the Australian Open Men's semi-finals played on Friday.
Cypriot Marcos Baghdatis and Frenchman Jo Wilfried Tsonga joined the list of high-profile pull-outs from the ATP tournament, to be played at the CCI, Mumbai, from September 24 to 30.
Russia's Andrey Rublev overcame Grigor Dimitrov 7-6(7), 6-3 in their semi-final clash at the Shanghai Masters on Saturday, and will now face Hubert Hurkacz, who beat Sebastian Korda.
Carrying forward their good work at the Davis Cup, India's Somdev Devvarman and Rohan Bopanna have qualified for the BNP Paribas Open, an ATP Masters tournament in Indian Wells on Thursday.
The Indo-Pakistan tennis duo of Rohan Bopanna and Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi has booked a berth in the season-ending ATP World Tour Finals to be held from November 20 to 27 at London's O2 arena.
Chile's Marcelo Rios suffered yet another home defeat in the final of the Bellsouth Open.\n\n
The top-seeded Indian pair of Yuki Bhambri and Saketh Myneni rallied from a set down to beat Christopher Rungkat and Akira Santillan and win the Bangkok Open title, their sixth together on the ATP Challenger Tour, in Nonthaburi, Thailand, Saturday.
The 20-year-old will need all of his weapons on Friday if he is to stand a chance in his first meeting with Djokovic.
Germany Jan-Lennard Struff has also withdrawn from the US Open, the USTA said.
World number one Novak Djokovic will bid for a record fourth successive ATP World Tour Finals crown in London later this year after becoming the first man to qualify for the season-ender.
The US Open's decision to extend the 2013 tournament to a third Monday has drawn criticism from the men's govening body the ATP who have called on Flushing Meadows organisers to fall into line with the three other grand slam tournaments.
The 35-year-old Serb was sent home from Australia on the eve of last year's event after a row about his COVID-19 vaccination status.
Only 28 players have ever held the top rank in the ATP Rankings' history, including Djokovic. For the eighth time in a row (he also won the title in 2011-12, 2014-15, 18 and 20), he concluded the year as the top player.
Croatia's Ivo Karlovic posted a 6-4, 6-1 victory over Argentine Mariano Zabaleta in the Houston final.
Davis Cup: Strong Indian team is firm favourite against Pakistan in historic clash
Somdev Devvarman could not qualify for the Wimbledon singles but that did affect his rankings as the Indian rose a rung to career-best 103 in the latest ATP list issued on Monday.
Rohan Bopanna's and Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi's wait for their first ATP title continued after they lost the final of the Pilot Pen Tennis tournament to Wimbledon finalists Robert Lindstedt and Horia Tecau in New Haven, USA.
The US $380,000 ATP Tour event will be held at the newly-laid synthetic courts of the CCI in Mumbai, in September.
Sumit Nagal staged a grand recovery to get the better of Jason Jung of Chinese Taipei 3-6, 6-2, 6-0 and book his place in the quarter-finals of the Chennai Open ATP Challenger in Chennai on Thursday.
'After three decades of passion for our sport and playing for 1.3-plus billion Indians in the Olympics and Davis Cup, I am thrilled that my hard work has been recognised.'
Italy returned to the Davis Cup final after a gap of 25 years as Jannik Sinner beat Novak Djokovic in both singles and doubles to secure a 2-1 victory over Serbia on Saturday that earned the 1976 champions a title clash with Australia.
World No. 1 Novak Djokovic has applied for special permission to enter the United States to participate in the ATP Masters 1000 events.
Somdev Devvarman and Praksh Amritraj moved to the pre-quarterfinals of the $1,25,000 ATP Challenger event in Seoul, Korea after winning their respective first round matches.
India's No 1 singles player Somdev Devvarman on Monday jumped 18 places to become World No 78 in the latest ATP rankings. The tennis star had his Delhi Open triumph to thank.
Roger Federer has secured his place in the ATP Finals for a record 15th time after the Swiss world number three won a record eighth Wimbledon title on Sunday, the Association of Tennis Professionals confirmed on Monday.
While several top seeds will have their say, a look at some emerging players who could be serious contenders.
The Spaniard, who has won a men's record 22 Grand Slam titles, will return for the the Masters 1000 event in Bercy, which the world number two has never won, as part of his preparations for the ATP's finale in Turin from November 13-20.
American Jack Sock clinched the last spot in the ATP Tour finals when he beat Serbian qualifier 5-7, 6-4, 6-1 to win the Paris Masters title on Sunday.
Harsh Mankad reached the men's doubles finals of the USD 50,000 ATP Challenger tournament in the United States but it was curtains for Somdev Devvarman, who lost the semi-finals along with Treat Conrad Huey.
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