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Saturday, August 11, 2018

August 11, 2018

Stefanos Tsitsipas proceeds with Rogers Cup keep running in Toronto by achieving Sunday s last

Stefanos Tsitsipas proceeds with Rogers Cup keep running in Toronto by achieving Sunday's last

Tsitsipas, who will turn 20 on Sunday, will play either Spanish star Rafael Nadal or unseeded Russian Karol Khachanov in the last


Stefanos Tsitsipas will play in his lady Masters 1000 last in Toronto on Sunday 

Stefanos Tsitsipas' amazing winning streak at the Rogers Cup in Toronto proceeded with a staggering win over Kevin Anderson to achieve Sunday's last. 

The Greek adolescent adjusted off his high school a very long time in style by bringing down Anderson - his fourth Top 10 adversary in the space of seven days - 6-7 (4-7) 6-4 7-6 (9-7).


In a tight opening set, Anderson recouped from 1-4 down in the attach break on account of some enormous serving and forceful groundstrokes to guarantee it 7-4.

Tsitsipas had just dumped out Dominic Thiem, Novak Djokovic and Alexander Zverev on the way to the semi-finals and the Greek star hinted at no exhaustion as he skiped back to procure a vital leap forward in the third round of the second set.
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Monday, August 6, 2018

August 06, 2018

Live ATP Masters Tennis

Live ATP Masters Tennis



John Isner, who has been tipped for success in the hard-court season, makes the trip to Canada as does 2018 French Open finalist Dominic Thiemand entertaining Australian No 1 Nick Kyrgios.
Nadal is this year's top seed at the Masters 1000 event and will receive a bye into the second round as will second-seed Zverev, who won the Rogers Cup last year by beating Federer 6-3 6-4 in the final.
Del Potro is third seed, opening against the winner of Kei Nishikori v Robin Haase, while Kevin Anderson is seeded fourth and will play Andrey Rublev or a qualifier in the second round.
Other players with a second-round bye include fifth-seed Dimitrov, sixth-seed Cilic, seventh-seed Thiem and eight-seed Isner while ninth-seed Djokovic faces Chung Hyeon in the first round.
Edmund opens against Argentina's Diego Schwartzman on Monday while in the women's draw, British No 1 Johanna Konta will play Jelena Ostapenko following her quarter-final run at the Silicon Valley Classic.
She joins top-seed Simona Halep, recent Wimbledon winner Angelique Kerber, defending champion Elina Svitolina as well as Caroline Wozniacki and Venus Williams, while sister Serena has withdrawn due to personal reasons.
The Toronto-based tournament will begin on the conclusion of the Citi Open in Washington - which is also live on Sky Sports Arena - and is followed by the Cincinnati Masters on August 13, while the final Grand Slam of the year - the US Open at Flushing Meadows - starts on August 27.

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Sunday, August 5, 2018

August 05, 2018

Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal among star-studded Rogers Cup field

Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal among star-studded Rogers Cup field

Coverage of the tournament in Toronto begins on Monday




Wimbledon champion Novak Djokovic and world No 1 Rafael Nadal are among the stars at this year's Rogers Cup, live on Sky Sports Arena.

World No 3 Alexander Zverev, Wimbledon finalist Kevin Anderson and Grand Slam winners Juan Martin del Potro and Marin Cilic will feature, as will ATP Finals champion Grigor Dimitrov and British No 1 Kyle Edmund.
Roger Federer has withdrawn as has Andy Murray following his exhausting quarter-final run in Washington with the tournament starting on Monday, August 6 in Toronto.

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Wednesday, August 1, 2018

August 01, 2018

Heather Watson win sets up Venus Williams clash in San Jose

Heather Watson win sets up Venus Williams clash in San Jose


Heather Watson will play Venus Williams in the second round of the Silicon Valley Classic after struggling to a 6-4 3-6 6-4 win over wild card Claire Liu.
World No 133 Watson took the first set in 47 minutes after breaking for a 4-3 and then a 5-4 lead.
But American Liu, ranked 21 places below Watson, recovered to take the second set, which saw four consecutive breaks of serve.
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Monday, July 30, 2018

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