margin-left: 15px; So it was the fate of a friend to inform Henkka of the news that Nicholas Monroe and Jack Sock had beaten Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan, the leaders of professional doubles over much of the past 15 years, at the Miami Open presented by Itau. A New Chapter For Finland's Kontinen | ATP Tour | Tennis After squandering three match points in losing in the first round of the singles and being fined $12,000 for damaging the court with her racket Watson has looked a player transformed. The 24-year-old was bitterly disappointed four years ago when Andy Murray chose Laura Robson over her as his mixed partner, the pair going on to win the silver medal. } This time they came out victorious in three sets to win their fourth title together and their first Masters title overall. It remains to be seen can Kontinen and Skugor make it all the way in their first tournament as a pair. In February, Peers teamed up with established doubles specialist Jamie Murray, a partnership that immediately looked to be a successful one, as the pair reached the semifinals of their first tournament together at the Open Sud de France. Copyright 1994 - 2020 ATP Tour, Inc. All Rights Reserved. In teaming up with John, he has helped me a lot with his greater doubles experience. It will be No. Kontinen and Peers looked dangerous from the start and once they managed the first break at 2-2 they took control. As good as he is on the court, he is off the court. Mirra Andreeva, the new women's tennis prodigy, Naomi Osaka credits Giannis Antetokounmpo for giving her 'life-changing' perspective, Dayana Yastremaska changed her hairstyle! Next up for the pair was the Asian swing of tournaments, where they had their best run of results to date, making two finals in a row and competing in their first Masters 1000 tournament as partners. Tennis Channel Plus is THE best destination for all WTA action from Charleston. But it could have been very different for the relaxed and easy-going Kontinen, who, aged 21 had two knee, two right wrist surgeries and shoulder problems on the horizon. width: auto; "It definitely was one of my great shots on match points. I never set out to be No. At one stage we were both so injured that we were not allowed to play tennis and we did fitness together. One week later at the BNP Paribas Masters event in Paris the duo made it all the way to the final without dropping a set where they again met Herbert and Mahut. LONDON (AP) The Latest from Wimbledon (all times local): ___ 7:40 p.m. 1. And if theBrisbane, Finnish-Australian duo take down year-end No. Nenad Zimonjic: Id like to congratulate Henri, a relaxed and easy-going guy. At the US Open, the pair had their most successful run at a Grand Slam tournament, making it all the way to the quarterfinals, defeating ninth seeds David Marrero and Fernando Verdasco on the way. This however allowed them to compete at the Aegon Trophy, a Challenger event which they ultimately won. .summary-tbody td[data-type*='Rating'] { Heather Watson and Henri Kontin win Wimbledon mixed doubles title Perjantain kaksinpelien jlkeen Suomi johti 20 ja ratkaisi koko maaottelun nelinpeliss lauantaina. Kontinen, who won an Australian Open title and back-to-back Nitto ATP Finals titles with Peers, will be hoping to be able to contend for the biggest titles with rising doubles star Struff. 2015 was a breakthrough year for him as he won five titles[2][3] including title at the Barcelona Open BancSabadell, his first ATP World Tour 500 series title. His mother, Elizabeth Little, and sister, Sally Peers, are also former professional tennis players. Their bronze was Australia's first ever medal in an Olympic mixed doubles competition.[6]. Watson and partner Henri Kontinen of Finland beat Robert Farah of Colombia and Anna-Lena Groenefeld of Germany 7-6 (5), 6-4. Paired with Roberto Maytn they finished the season ranked No. In July, Murray/Peers reached the final of the 2015 Wimbledon Championships losing to Rojer/Tecu in straight sets. 1 for the first time on 9 June 2003. . 1s in ATP history. a[href*="540/draws?matchType=qualifier"]{ Australian doubles specialist John Peers said he and Finland's Henri Kontinen mutually agreed to split and find new partners for the upcoming season but they remained on good terms. float: left; display:none; Peers also finished runner up at the Wimbledon Championships and US Open in 2015 alongside Jamie Murray, and at the 2019 Australian Open with Kontinen. It proved to be a high point for the big fish of the junior world. The 29-year-old German enjoyed his best doubles year in 2019, having made three finals this past season. Henri Kontinen is the new No. I was unlucky early on, but I worked hard on my fitness to get stronger, and now manage my knee and be careful.. His good results continued in 2016 as he won the title at the Brisbane International in January with John Peers. The pair made it to the quarterfinals before losing to Julien Benneteau and douard Roger-Vasselin. 1. Henri KontinenjaHarri, Top seeds dropped one set en route to the trophy Henri KontinenandEdouard Roger-Vasselinlifted their second tour-level title as a team on Sunday, following a 6-2, 7-5 victory againstJonathan ErlichandAndrei Vasilevskiin, Finlands Henri Kontinen and John Peers of Australia have agreed to part ways and find new partners for the 2020 season. Robert Lindstedt, who trained with Kontinen when he partnered Nieminen, told ATPWorldTour.com, "We all used the same physio, Jarmo Ahonen, and I used to go to Helsinki a lot. PHOTO INSIDE, The Columbia University closed the regular season with a 6-1 win against Cornell, ATP Madrid: Carlos Alcaraz downs Grigor Dimitrov and remains on title course, Rafael Nadal reflects on "disastrous" loss to Alexander Zverev in Madrid, Mutua Madrid Open: Iga Swiatek's brisk triumph sees her enter pre-quarters.

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