Tested early and often, Roger Federer overcame a formidable performance from David Ferrer to advance to the Coupe Rogers quarter-finals on Thursday. Federer prevailed 4-6, 6-4, 6-2 in one hour and 57 minutes. The Swiss kept his bid alive for a first title in Montreal, improving his 2017 hard-court record to 21-1 and bumping his overall win streak to 14 straight. Meeting for the first time in three years, Federer extended his impressive FedEx ATP Head2Head advantage over Ferrer to 17-0. "I already beat other players 17 times," said Federer. "Sometimes I played them maybe 30 or 40 times. They ended up beating me at a certain stages, like Roddick, Gonzalez and Soderling. Sometimes I beat them 10 times in...
Roberto Bautista Agut found a way to win on Thursday in a gutsy comeback against Gael Monfils for a place in the Coupe Rogers quarter-finals. The Spanish No. 12 seed played second fiddle to his French opponent, a winner of their three previous meetings, for the first hour, but then clawed his way back into contention – and saved one match point at 5-6 in the deciding set – to triumph 4-6, 7-6(5), 7-6(1) in three hours. “I’m happy, as I knew I would have to play a lot of rallies,” said Bautista Agut. “I’m going to try and recover and enjoy the win today before preparing for tomorrow’s match.” Bautista Agut, into his third ATP World Tour Masters 1000...
Watch highlights as Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, Gael Monfils and Alexander Zverev all reach the third round at the Coupe Rogers in Montreal on Wednesday. Watch live tennis at tennistv.com
Montreal is proving a happy hunting ground for match point-saving warriors with fourth seed Alexander Zverev the lastest to battle back from the brink. The #NextGenATP star saved three match points – including one 49-shot rally – to hold off Richard Gasquet at the Coupe Rogers on Wednesday. His 6-3, 4-6, 7-6(3) triumph over the Frenchman sets a blockbuster showdown with the player most tipped to rival him as a future World No.1, Nick Kyrgios. The 16th-seeded Australian earlier powered past Italian Paolo Lorenzi 6-2 ,6-3. Gasquet arrived in Montreal having missed the first five ATP World Tour Masters 1000 events due to appendicitis surgery and lower back issues. But against Zverev, he produced the type of form that had...
Rafael Nadal’s bid to regain top spot in the Emirates ATP Rankings is off on the right foot with the Spaniard easily accounting for #NextGenATP Croatian Borna Coric at the Coupe Rogers on Wednesday. Nadal had fallen in two of the pair’s three prior FedExATP Head2Head meetings but was barely troubled in a 6-1, 6-2 result in Montreal. Coric had claimed the pair’s most recent encounter, also on North American hard courts, at the Western & Southern Open last season. Despite the one-sided scoreline on Wednesday, Nadal admitted that defeat was never far from his mind. “Never too easy,” Nadal said. “At the beginning of the match there were great points. I think I started playing so well in the...
