The drama will be palpable at the BNP Paribas Masters, with the Emirates ATP Race To London coming down to one final week. Two berths are set to be decided at the AccorHotels Arena in Paris, with seven players still in contention to secure their places at the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals.

Dominic Thiem and Marin Cilic control their own destinies, with both sitting in the final qualification positions. Cilic soared to 3,090 points with his title run at the Swiss Indoors Basel and is now 210 points ahead of Tomas Berdych.

“There were a lot of things at stake for me and looking ahead to the [Emirates ATP] Race To London, this can decide a lot,” Cilic said. “I was really motivated to be focused on every point… Next week is Paris and it’s another important week for the Race To London and to finish the season well. I hope to play well there.”

Sixth seed Thiem and ninth seed Cilic reside in the same half of the draw and could meet in the semi-finals. Looking to make his debut at the season finale, the Austrian opens against either Jack Sock or Philipp Kohlschreiber, while the Croatian will face either qualifier Dusan Lajovic or countryman Ivo Karlovic.

The five players in pursuit of Thiem and Cilic are Berdych, David Goffin, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, Roberto Bautista Agut and Lucas Pouille. Goffin (2,690 points) must reach his first ATP World Tour Masters 1000 final to have a chance of qualifying, while Tsonga (2,370), Bautista Agut (2,340) and Pouille (2,106) need to win the title for their shot at joining the elite eight.

The lone player chasing Thiem and Cilic who may not need to reach the Paris final is Berdych, who currently has 2,880 Emirates ATP Race To London points. The Czech must advance as far as the semis to have a chance at appearing in the season finale for the seventh consecutive year. A quarter-final date with second seed and World No. 1 hopeful Andy Murray has blockbuster potential.

A pair of third-round match-ups with significant London implications are on the horizon, with Berdych vs. Bautista Agut and Cilic vs. Goffin looming large. Berdych is also in the same quarter of the draw as Pouille. Tsonga, meanwhile, will have to fight past fifth seed Kei Nishikori and fourth seed Milos Raonic to escape his quarter.

Barclays ATP World Tour Finals – The Remaining Contenders
Based on the Emirates ATP Race To London standings as of Sunday, 30 October 2016. Two qualification berths remain.

Two Doubles Berths Remain
Following the qualification of Raven Klaasen and Rajeev Ram, two doubles spots are up for grabs in Paris. No. 7 Henri Kontinen and John Peers and No. 8 Treat Huey and Max Mirnyi hold the inside track, with defending Barclays ATP World Tour Finals champions Jean-Julien Rojer and Horia Tecau 295 points back. The Dutch-Romanian duo must reach the semi-finals to have a chance at returning to The O2 in London.

The two other teams in contention are the Colombian Power of Juan Sebastian Cabal and Robert Farah, who must reach the Paris final and Julien Benneteau and Edouard Roger-Vasselin, who need to win the title.

The Barclays ATP World Tour Finals has established itself as the biggest indoor tennis tournament in the world since moving to London in 2009. Tickets to the tournament, which takes place from 13-20 November, can be purchased at: www.BarclaysATPWorldTourFinals.com.

Fourth seeds Marcel Granollers and Jack Sock streaked to the Swiss Indoors Basel title on Sunday, lifting the trophy in their first tournament as a team.

“We knew well going into the week that if we played well, we could be a dangerous team,” said Sock. “We’re both crafty and like playing from the baseline, but are also comfortable at the net. We served well and he returned very well. He usually carries me on the return games. We just had fun out there and kept it light and loose.”

The Spanish-American duo prevailed 6-3, 6-4 over Robert Lindstedt and Michael Venus in exactly one hour at the St. Jakobshalle, saving three of four break points faced. They claimed an initial break to love in the second game of the first set and another to open the second set, eventually earning the win on their first match point.

“I will be playing with Ivan Dodig next season,” said Granollers. “That’s my plan, but I had a great week with Jack here. We had fun and won the title, so it’s a very good way to end the season.”

For Granollers, it was the 30-year-old’s 13th ATP World Tour doubles title and third of 2016. He previously triumphed on the clay of Bastad (w/Marrero) and in Tokyo earlier this month (w/Matkowski). Sock, 24, notched his eighth ATP World Tour doubles crown and second in three weeks. He recently lifted the Masters 1000 trophy in Shanghai with John Isner. The tandem earn 500 Emirates ATP Doubles Rankings points and split €114,100 in prize money.

Lindstedt and Venus, who were also playing for the first time this week, entered the final on the heels of an upset win over top seeds Jean-Julien Rojer and Horia Tecau on Saturday. The Swede is 20-22 in ATP World Tour finals, while the Kiwi fell to 5-7. They plan to team together full-time next season.

Saturday was a very good day for Marin Cilic.

By winning his semi-final match at the Swiss Indoors Basel, the Croat played himself into his second ATP World Tour final of the season and inside the cut to make the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals, to be held 13-20 Nov. at The O2 in London.

The former US Open champion advanced by producing emotional tennis against serve/volleying lefty Mischa Zverev, who’s finding his best tennis after years of injuries. Cilic saved six of seven break points to come back from a set down and prevail against the 29-year-old 4-6, 7-5, 6-3.

Cilic will meet third seed Kei Nishikori in Sunday’s final. The Japanese leads their FedEx ATP Head2Head series 7-4 but Cilic won the last time they met in a final, at Flushing Meadows in 2014. The Croatian will be going for his second title of the season, having won his maiden ATP World Tour Masters 1000 crown in August in Cincinnati (d. Murray).

The 6’6” right-hander also will be attempting to solidify his position among London contenders. With his semi-final victory, Cilic gained 120 more points and leapfrogged Tomas Berdych to take the No. 9 spot in the Emirates ATP Race To London. The top eight players at the end of the season will qualify for the event. (Rafael Nadal currently occupies the No. 7 spot but will not compete again until 2017.)

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Should Cilic win Sunday’s final, he’d gain 200 more points and would have a total of 3,090, only 115 points behind No. 8 Dominic Thiem heading into the BNP Paribas Masters, the final tournament of the regular season. Almost half – seven – of Cilic’s 15 titles have come indoors, with his most recent indoors title coming last year at Moscow (d. Bautista Agut).

Cilic has competed at the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals one other time, in 2014. He went 0-3 in the round-robin stage.

FINAL PREVIEW: The Swiss Indoors Basel championship on Sunday features two of the bright stars on the ATP World Tour as No. 4 seed Marin Cilic takes on No. 3 seed Kei Nishikori. This is the 12th meeting between the two with Nishikori holding a 7-4 advantage although they each have won 16 sets. This is also their second meeting in a final. At the 2014 US Open, Cilic defeated Nishikori in straight sets to capture his first Grand Slam crown. Both players have served well en route to the final, holding a combined 87 of 90 games. The winner will earn his second ATP World Tour title of the season.

Cilic, who has held serve 42 of 43 games in his four matches, moved to No. 9 in the Emirates ATP Race to London by beating Mischa Zverev on Saturday. The 28-year-old Croat holds the final position for the season finale by 10 points over Tomas Berdych. If Cilic wins the title, he will increase the margin to 210 points going into the final ATP Masters 1000 tournament of the season in Paris, which begins on Monday. No. 9 is the cut for qualification at the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals with Rafael Nadal out for the season. Cilic is appearing in his fourth ATP World Tour final of the season (1-2) and 27th in his career (15-11). His lone title came at ATP Masters 1000 Cincinnati in August (d. Murray).

Nishikori is appearing in his fifth ATP World Tour final of the year (1-3). The 26-year-old Japanese star has won a personal-best 56 matches this season and has qualified for the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals for the third straight year. Nishikori reached the Basel final five years ago in his debut (d. No. 1 Djokovic in SF, l. to No. 4 Federer) and he has held serve 45 of 47 games (saving 13 of 15 break points). He saved two match points in his three-set semi-final win over Gilles Muller. Nishikori, who captured the Memphis title for the fourth year in a row in February, is making his 20th appearance in a final (11-8).