Robin Haase dared to dream and delivered on Friday when he booked a spot in the Coupe Rogers semi-finals, his first at an ATP World Tour Masters 1000 tournament. Haase extended his perfect record to 5-0 against Argentinean Diego Schwartzman in a hard-fought 4-6, 6-3, 6-3 quarter-final victory over two hours and four minutes. "I'm really happy," said Haase. "I played a lot of good matches, especially yesterday against [Grigor] Dimitrov. It's tough to come back and play that same level. I didn't, but I managed to win because I kept fighting. You could see that we were both mentally... It took a lot out of us. We beat good guys. We've been playing really well. Then to do it...
World No. 6 Marin Cilic announced on Friday that he has been forced to withdraw from the Western & Southern Open in Cincinnati, where he is the defending champion, due to an abductor injury. "I was really eager to play in Cincinnati, where I won my first-career ATP World Tour Masters 1000 singles title last year and where I’ve had some of the best performances during my career, but I still don't feel at 100 per cent to compete at the top level and to defend my title there," said Cilic. “I had already started with my preparation and the progress is going well, but there isn't enough time for me to prepare for Cincinnati and to be completely ready...
View FedEx ATP Head2Head for the quarter-final matchups of the Coupe Rogers & vote for who you think will win! Federer vs. Bautista Agut | Zverev vs. Anderson | Shapovalov vs. Mannarino [GROUP POLL]60[/GROUP POLL] View Friday Schedule • Either Roger Federer or Rafael Nadal will be ranked No. 1 on August 21 and seeded No. 1 at the US Open. Appearing in his eighth Coupe Rogers quarter-final, Federer controls his own destiny. A third title in Canada would give Federer 7,545 Emirates ATP Rankings points. With Nadal defending 90 of his 7,555 ranking points next week, Federer would clinch No. 1 with the Montreal title and an equal-or-better finish than the Spaniard in Cincinnati, where the Swiss is a seven-time champion. • Federer is...
Watch Hot Shot as Denis Shapovalov's backhand cross-court pass even gets an applause from Adrian Mannarino. Watch live matches at tennistv.com. Photo: Peter Staples
Watch Thursday highlights from the Coupe Rogers, featuring Denis Shapovalov, Rafael Nadal, Roger Federer, David Ferrer, Nick Kyrgios and Alexander Zverev. Watch live tennis at tennistv.com
