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Benoit Paire will continue his Paris campaign on Tuesday against another Frenchman–Gilles Simon–after staging a hard-to-believe comeback against Gael Monfils. Meanwhile, first-round action is continuing with Fernando Verdasco vs. Borna Coric. Benoit Paire vs. (14) Gilles Simon How Paire is still alive at the BNP Paribas Masters in order to…

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This is a rare occasion in which the elite eight-man field at the World Tour Finals is already set a stone before the Paris Masters even begins. As such, the upcoming week can be all about this tournament, itself. All eight year-end championship participants can go after a coveted Masters…

Originally posted on Moo's Tennis Blog:
Agnieszka Radwanska won her biggest title to date, defeating Petra Kvitova, 6-2 4-6 6-3, in an entertaining finale in Singapore. Radwanska was absolutely rock solid, producing just one unforced error through the first two sets and five throughout the entire match. Kvitova was… well, Peak-Error-Petra in the first…

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Spain’s own Roberto Bautista Agut will enjoy home-court advantage in Sunday’s Valencia final against Joao Sousa. Bautista Agut saved a whopping six match points in a semifinal win over Steve Johnson. Taking place simultaneously with the Basel title match between Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal, it will be final that…

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It will be the the 34th meeting between Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal when two friendly rivals battle for the Basel title on Sunday. They have not faced each other at a tournament this small since Dubai in 2006. On the day after Halloween, fans at the Swiss Indoors Basel…

Rafael Nadal vs. Roger Federer ICYMI, see how #Federer edged @Kohlschreiber in @_Swiss_Indoors Thursday highlights. Watch: https://t.co/rWG9AvqP1e pic.twitter.com/rSri4djcia — ATP World Tour (@ATPWorldTour) October 30, 2015 //platform.twitter.com/widgets.js The fact these two are still contesting finals in 2015 when they met in their first tournament final in 2005 is impressive.  Rafael Nadal owns a distinct head-to-head…

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An on-fire Steve Johnson will look to maintain his hot streak against Roberto Bautista Agut on Saturday in Valencia. The other semifinal pits Vasek Pospisil against Joao Sousa. (7) Roberto Bautista Agut vs. Steve Johnson Two familiar foes will be going head-to-head when Bautista Agut and Johnson battle on Saturday…

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http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/john-isner-of-us-celebrates-a-point-during-the-second-day-news-photo/494521948 After a long year on the tour, several American men are playing their penultimate tournament of the season on Swiss soil. Donald Young, John Isner, Jack Sock and Denis Kudla all made the trip to Basel and it’ll be their penultimate event of the year. With the exception of Kudla…

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Roger Federer will resume his Basel campaign during quarterfinal action on Friday, when he faces David Goffin. Richard Gasquet and Ivo Karlovic are also aiming for a spot in the last four. (1) Roger Federer vs. (8) David Goffin After dominating his first match of this week’s Swiss Indoors Basel 6-1,…