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The No. 5 seeds Sania Mirza of India and Elena Vesnina of Russia suffered a bitter first-round defeat at the hands of the Italian tandem of Roberta Vinci and Sara Errani.
I find it hard to believe that the string of monumental upsets at the ongoing Rogers Cup tournaments in Montreal and Canada are simply a product of circumstance. On the men’s side, three of the most consistent tennis players in history all fell prior to the quarterfinals of the Canadian Masters.
When the biggest stars in tennis gathered in Canada for the first time since Wimbledon, few expected that so many top players would suffer stunning early round losses. As the tournament approaches its latter stages, we will look closer at the biggest upsets in Canada and try to analyze just went wrong.
Is no top seed safe from the whirlwind storm of upsets? Roger Federer joined Rafael Nadal and Andy Murray as top seeds that were eliminated from the Rogers Cup in Montreal Canada after falling to Jo-Wilfried Tsonga for the second straight time.
World No.1 Novak Djokovic struggled early, but managed to defeat former world No. 3 Nikolay Davydenko 7-5, 6-1 in the second round of the Rogers Cup held in Montreal, Canada. Djokovic, playing in his first singles match as the top-ranked player, stumbled out of the gate, dropping two early breaks of serve to give Davydenko a quick 4-1 advantage.
While Wednesday’s Rogers Cup showdown between Roger Federer and Vasek Pospisil may have been the most important match of the 21-year-old’s fledgling career, for Federer, it was just another day at the office. The Swiss maestro defeated the talented Canadian by a score of 7-5, 6-3, to advance to the round of sixteen.
The No. 5 seeds Sania Mirza of India and Elena Vesnina of Russia will face the Italian tandem of Sara Errani and Roberta Vinci Wednesday at the Rogers Cup in Toronto, Canada...
Roger Federer, Novak Djokovic, and Rafael Nadal will all be back in action on Wednesday for the first time in over a month. The top three players in the world have been enjoying a long hiatus from the tour but are ready and raring to go for the final stretch run of the season.
The 2009 U.S. Open champion Juan Martin Del Potro made short work of world No. 51 Jarkko Nieminen of Finland, earning a 6-4, 6-0 victory in a little over an hour. Del Potro hammered 13 aces and saved all three break points he faced to cruise to an easy victory. Del Potro seems to be in top form, hitting the ball with authority and becoming more efficient on his serve...
It was a beautiful day of tennis in Toronto, but a seemingly disastrous day to be a seeded player. On Monday, four seeded players were eliminated from the field in surprising fashion, three of them suffering defeats at the hands of qualifiers...
After expending every ounce of energy against the No. 11 seed John Isner in an epic three-set semifinal thriller that lasted into the wee hours of Sunday morning, No. 1 seed Gael Monfils’s run at the Legg Mason Tennis Classic came to an unceremonious end at the hands of unseeded Radek Stepanek by a score of 6-4, 6-4.
As Roger Federer celebrates his 30th birthday, we’ll recall some of the best moments of Federer’s past, look at his current year, and wish him the best as we look ahead to what is to come for the Swiss great.
World No. 128 Donald Young’s dream run at the Legg Mason Tennis Classic in Washington D.C. came to an abrupt end on Saturday. The American was playing in his first career ATP semifinal but was ultimately beaten by world No. 54 Radek Stepanek 6-3, 6-3.
After taking nearly a month off from the tour, Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic will soon return to action at the upcoming Roger’s Cup in Montreal, Canada. They will, however, be facing a difficult challenge, as their quarters of the draw are filled with difficult obstacles.
American Donald Young is enjoying the greatest tournament run of his career, having made his first career semifinal in an ATP World Tour level event at the Legg Mason Tennis Classic in Washington D.C. by way of a 6-3, 7-6 (4) victory over the No. 7 seed Marcos Baghdatis...
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