Ninth seed David Goffin didn’t have things all his own way on Tuesday at the Coupe Rogers in a 4-6, 6-1, 6-4 victory over Japan’s Yuichi Sugita over one hour and 44 minutes. The Belgian, who is currently No. 13 in the Emirates ATP Rankings, led 4-2 in the first set but then won just five points in the next four games. Although he regrouped to win five straight games in the second set, the decider was a close affair – with Sugita ceding control to Goffin in the penultimate game. It was Goffin’s 20th match win on hard courts this season (34-14 overall), which includes two runner-up finishes at Sofia (l. to Dimitrov) and Rotterdam (l. to Tsonga). Goffin...
Hyeon Chung anticipates well against Feliciano Lopez, who appears in control at the net, on Tuesday at the Coupe Rogers. Watch live tennis at tennistv.com. Photo: Peter Staples/ATP World Tour
Three #NextGenATP players, Hyeon Chung, Borna Coric and Ernesto Escobedo, who are all vying for a place at the Next Gen ATP Finals in Milan later this year, got off to winning starts on Tuesday at the Coupe Rogers. All three players feature in the Top 10 of the Emirates ATP Race To Milan. Chung, 21, withstood 16 aces from 2014 semi-finalist Feliciano Lopez in a 6-1, 4-6, 7-6(3) win over two hours and 15 minutes to set up a second-round encounter against ninth seed David Goffin or Yuichi Sugita. With no breaks of serve in the third set, Chung broke clear at 4/2 in the tie-break to wrap up victory. Listen To ATP Tennis Radio Earlier in the day,...
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...
Jack Sock pulls off an impressive behind-the-back volley against Pierre-Hugues Herbert at the Coupe Rogers in Montreal. Watch live matches at tennistv.com. Photo: Getty Images
