View FedEx ATP Head2Head for Day 2 of the Coupe Rogers & vote for who you think will win! Thiem vs. Schwartzman | Lopez vs. Chung | Anderson vs. Sela [GROUP POLL]57[/GROUP POLL] View Tuesday Schedule 1) World No. 7 Dominic Thiem of Austria, American No. 1 Jack Sock and four-time quarter-finalist Tomas Berdych headline play on Court Central Tuesday at the Coupe Rogers in Montreal. 2) Thiem, seeking his first win here in four tries (2014, l. to Simon, R64; 2015, l. to Gulbis, R64; 2016, l. to Anderson, R32), vies for his 40th match win of the year when he meets Diego Schwartzman of Argentina for a berth in the R16. The No. 3 seed from Austria began his summer hard-court campaign by...
It's not often that Roger Federer walks through the grounds of an ATP World Tour event without memories of lifting the trophy. But that is the case this week in Montreal, as the Swiss makes his long-awaited return to the Stade Uniprix. Appearing for the first time in six years, Federer has reached the final just once in the Canadian metropolis, falling to Novak Djokovic in 2007. The Coupe Rogers has witnessed the 35 year old lift the trophy on two occasions, defeating Andy Roddick in 2004 and Richard Gasquet in 2006, but both victories came in Toronto (the ATP World Tour Masters 1000 event alternates between the two cities every year). But Federer says that despite his lack of...
Montreal fans are among some of the most vocal and passionate on the ATP World Tour, which will create a rock concert atmosphere when home favourite Milos Raonic takes the court at the Coupe Rogers. The sixth seed will start his Montreal campaign against Adrian Mannarino or #NextGenATP Russian Daniil Medvedev. Raonic has enjoyed success on home soil before, finishing runner-up at this event in 2013 (l. Nadal) and reaching at least the quarter-finals in four of his past five attempts. Most importantly, he has moved past the injuries that plagued him at the beginning of the season and is able to play and practise the way he wants. “I’ve been healthy physically for a while now, which is nice,”...
Rafael Nadal could reclaim his standing as World No. 1 in the Emirates ATP Rankings at the Coupe Rogers, but the Spaniard said he’s focused on the matches at hand for now. A semi-final finish in Montreal will allow top seed Nadal to unseat Andy Murray in the top spot, a position he hasn’t held since July 2014. But with several tricky opponents potentially standing between him and the last four, including home favourite Milos Raonic, red-hot John Isner and the always dangerous Juan Martin del Potro, Nadal said he can’t afford to look ahead. “I don’t even think about that now. I’m trying to have the right preparation now and that’s it,” said Nadal. “I’m going to keep trying...
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga helped out with the draw ceremony Friday at the Coupe Rogers, but the draw didn’t do the 2014 champion any favours. The Frenchman was placed onto line 32, opposite Sam Querrey and Gilles Muller. “I’m playing the winner of the last two players to beat me,” he told the crowd in French with a laugh. Tsonga, indeed, lost to Querrey and Muller respectively during Wimbledon and the Aegon Championships, victims of his opponent’s memorable runs. Querrey went on to reach the semi-finals at the All England Club, knocking out defending champion Andy Murray in the process, while Muller ran up a seven-match winning streak that included the Eastbourne title. Flash back to three years ago at this ATP...
