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Rojer-Tecau Set Doubles Date With Top Seeds

Jean-Julien Rojer and Horia Tecau will meet top seeds Henri Kontinen and John Peers after getting their Coupe Rogers campaign off to a winning start on Tuesday. The Dutch-Romanian pair eked out a narrow 7-6(7), 7-5 victory over Mexican Santiago Giraldo and American Donald Young. Rojer and Tecau have split their two FedEx ATP Head2Head meetings with the Finnish-Australian duo. They defeated them in their most recent clash this year, en route to the title in Dubai in March. Spanish compatriots Roberto Bautista Agut and David Ferrer denied home hopefuls Daniel Nestor and Vasek Pospisil 46, 6-4, 10-2. The unseeded pair ended Nestor’s bid to claim an elusive Coupe Rogers doubles crown in Montreal. Twice before Nestor had claimed the...

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Schwartzman Stuns Thiem

Dogged Argentine Diego Schwartzman simply does not know how to surrender. The 24 year old saved four match points to pull off a remarkable 4-6, 7-6(7), 7-5 upset of No. 3 seed Dominic Thiem on Tuesday night. “It was a really intense match as we know each other really well, having played three times before – twice on clay courts,” said Schwartzman. “I knew I needed to play really well to beat him and today I played at 100 per cent. I saved this match, I don’t know how I did it. I was a little lucky, but then focused solely on the point – not thinking it was a match point.” After an impressive start in which he found...

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Nadal, Federer Begin Campaigns Wednesday In Montreal

View FedEx ATP Head2Head for day 3 of the Coupe Rogers & vote for who you think will win! Nadal vs. Coric | Raonic vs. Mannarino | Nishikori vs. Monfils [GROUP POLL]58[/GROUP POLL] View Wednesday Schedule. 1) A star-studded lineup featuring 12 of the Top 20 players in the Emirates ATP Rankings takes the court Wednesday for R32 action at the Coupe Rogers in Montreal. 2) No. 1 seed Rafael Nadal begins his quest to regain the World No. 1 ranking on Wednesday evening as he faces #NextGenATP star Borna Coric, who has taken two of three meetings from the Spaniard on the ATP World Tour. The 20-year-old Croatian defeated Nadal in the QF at Basel in 2014 before Nadal leveled the Head2Head with a...

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