Nishikori Rises In Barclays ATP World Tour Finals Bid

Kei Nishikori continued his qualification push last week for a spot at the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals, to be held at The O2 in London from 13-20 November. The Japanese star rose one spot to fourth place in the Emirates ATP Race To London after a Rogers Cup runner-up finish – his third ATP World Tour Masters 1000 final run. He is now 510 points behind No. 3 Milos Raonic (4,015).

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The recent Citi Open champion Gael Monfils moved Tomas Berdych out of an automatic qualification position by advancing to the Toronto semi-finals (l. to Djokovic). The Frenchman, who is now at No. 8, is 185 points behind seventh-placed Stan Wawrinka, who also reached the last four (l. to Nishikori) at the Aviva Centre.

Wawrinka (2,730 points), Monfils (2,545) and Berdych (2,440) are all now within sight of sixth-placed Dominic Thiem (2,845), who has gone 1-3 in his past three tournaments.

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Five-time Barclays ATP World Tour Finals titlist Novak Djokovic, who captured his 30th ATP World Tour Masters 1000 trophy last week, and No. 2 Andy Murray have already qualified. Six singles spots are up for grabs.

Dodig/Melo Make Their Move

Ivan Dodig and Marcelo Melo secured their third ATP World Tour Masters 1000 team title with victory in Toronto on Sunday. It helped the Croatian-Brazilian pair to jump three spots to fifth position (3,130) in the Emirates ATP Doubles Race To London, just 140 points behind No. 4-ranked Feliciano Lopez and Marc Lopez (3,270). Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Nicolas Mahut (6,175) lead overall with all eight doubles team berths available.

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