With two doubles and two singles, the semi-finals of 2017 Nitto ATP Finals is all set to reveal the finalists of the tournament.
Day Seven: SEMI-FINAL
Afternoon Session
Match One: Ryan Harrison/ Michael Venus vs Łukasz Kubot/ Marcelo Melo
Time: 5:30 pm IST/ 8:00 pm SGT/ 12:00 pm GMT
Match Two: Roger Federer vs David Goffin
Time: 7:30 pm IST/ 10:00 pm SGT/ 2:00 pm GMT
Venue: The O2 Arena, London
Date: 18 November 2017
Live Streaming: The match can be watched online at tennistv.com
In the first match of the semi-final American ace Ryan Harrison and his partner, Michael Venus will be facing Polish player Łukasz Kubot and his Brazilian doubles partner Marcelo Melo at centre court.
After the first face-off, tennis fans will be watching a glamorous showdown between Swiss great Roger Federer and the Belgian ace David Goffin in men's singles semi-final match at O2 Arena.
Both players faced each other for the first time in 2012 French Open. Later, they played together in 2014, 2015 and 2017 Swiss Indoors Basel, 2016 Australian Open and 2016 Gerry Weber Open.
According to head-to-head stats, the 36-year-old Federer had a 6-0 lead against the 26-year-old, as he won all previous battles against Goffin.
There will be another doubles match in the evening session of the tournament, where Britain's Jamie Murray and his partner Brazilian Bruno Soares will be playing against Australian John Peers and his doubles partner Henri Kontinen.
In the second singles semi-final battle, Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov will be serving against American ace Jack Sock.
The semi-final match of 2017 Nitto ATP Finals will be the fifth battle of their career. In 2014 Intrum Stockholm Open both players were pitted against one another in a quarter-final match. Later they played in 2015 French Open, ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Canada and 2017 ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Indian Wells.
According to a head-to-head count, while 2017 Paris Masters winner Sock has won three matches against the 26-year-old, the world rank six, Dimitrov managed to bag one victory out of four.
Evening Session:
Match One: Jamie Murray/ Bruno Soares vs John Peers/ Henri Kontinen
Time: 11:30 pm IST/ 2:00 am SGT (Next Day)/ 6:00 pm GMT
Match Two: Grigor Dimitrov vs Jack Sock
Time: 1:30 am IST (Next day)/ 4:00 am SGT (Next day)/ 8:00 GMT
Day Six Highlights:
On the sixth day of 2017 ATP Finals, Australian ace Oliver Marach and his Croatian partner Mate Pavić defeated the American pair Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan by 6-4, 6-4 in the first match of the afternoon session. On the other hand, Jamie Murray and partner Bruno Soares had defeated Łukasz Kubot and Marcelo Melo.
Day six also had two singles. In the first battle, Goffin took the victory over world No. 4 Dominic Thiem by 6-4, 6-1. Later, at the centre court, Dimitrov claimed his victory over Spaniard Pablo Carreno Busta by 6-1, 6-1 and progressed to the semi-finals.
TV Schedule
Singapore: Hub Sports 1
Malaysia: Astro Supersport
Japan: Gaora Sports Channel, NHK, TV Bank
China: CCTV5, iQiyi, SMG
Thailand: TrueVision
Hong Kong: PCCW
Australia: ESPN 2, Live streaming: Watch ESPN
USA: Tennis Channel, ESPN3, Live streaming: Watch ESPN
UK: Sky Sports, BBC 2, Live streaming: Sky Go
India: Sony ESPN, Live streaming: Sony Liv
