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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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Zverev: 'We're Not Too Far Away'

A four-time ATP World Tour champion already this season, 20-year-old Alexander Zverev is used to hearing the “next big thing” label thrown his way. Fresh from securing the Citi Open trophy in Washington, D.C on Sunday, the #NextGenATP German enters the Coupe Rogers with a top-four seeding at an ATP World Tour Masters 1000 event for the first time. He is well on track to qualify for both the Nitto ATP World Tour Finals and the Next Gen ATP Finals. Not that it has come as any real surprise. “I think 'surprised' is the wrong word,” Zverev said. “I know how much I've done in the off-season. I know how much work I’ve put in with my whole team. “Obviously...

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