Cincinnati Masters: Shock Robredo win puts Djokovic ‘Masters Slam’ on ice
The draw for the Cincinnati Masters may be missing its defending champion in an injured Rafael Nadal, along with Juan Martin del Potro, Kei Nishikori…
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Cincinnati Masters: Federer breaks 300 barrier on road to Murray junction
What a difference a day makes in the fast-moving world of the tennis tour. No sooner had Sunday crowned Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in Toronto, no sooner…
Toronto Masters: Super Tsonga beats friend Federer for top-10 return
Novak Djokovic dubbed his half of the draw for the Rogers Cup as ‘terrible’, and he was not wrong. He was joined by two-time former…
Toronto Masters: Fireworks all round as Federer beats Lopez for Tsonga final
Age has been quite a hot topic at the Rogers Cup this year. Driven, of course, by the fact that Roger himself—Federer, that is—celebrated his…
Rogers Cup: Venus Williams beats sister Serena for 1st time in 5 years
It was certainly the best that the Rogers Cup tournament in Montreal could have wished for, that Williams sisters Serena and Venus should set up…
Toronto Masters 2014: Federer fights off fierce Ferrer for a 15th time
It wasn’t meant to be quite so tough, this last match of the day—and on Roger Federer’s birthday. Sure, Novak Djokovic had found the going…
Toronto Masters: Andy Murray falls to on-fire Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
The Rogers Cup in Toronto began with three former champions. But by the quarter-finals, the three-time titlist and top seed Novak Djokovic had gone. Two-time…
Toronto Masters: Federer battles past Cilic in midnight thriller
As if there had not been enough drama for one day, the Rogers Cup saved the best and most nail-biting for last. By rights, the…
Roger Federer at 33: It’s not about the records, it’s the emotions
Remember the days when the tennis world could not stop asking Roger Federer if he would play in the London Olympics? After all, a full…
Toronto Masters: Shocks rip open draw as Djokovic, Wawrinka & Gasquet fall
The day was a blockbuster that featured eight of the top 10 men in the world. The only two not on the schedule were those…
Toronto Masters: Dimitrov, Djokovic & Raonic in photos & quotes
Grigor Dimitrov talks about 4-6 6-2 6-3 victory over Donald Young: “Unfortunately I was 4 1 up in the first set when I just disengaged…
Toronto Masters: Ferrer, Dimitrov, Raonic follow Murray & Djokovic into last 16
It was a day of matches to make the mouth water, and the day when—weather permitting—14 men would join the Swiss duo of Roger Federer…
Toronto Masters: Andy Murray serves up impressive win over Nick Kyrgios
At last, Toronto dawned bright and sunny: not too cold, not too humid, just right. And the same might be said of the line-up that…
Toronto Masters: Federer flies, Gasquet strides, Wawrinka makes it—just
Two-time champion Roger Federer, playing in the Rogers Cup for the first time since 2011, got off to a flier to claim the first spot…
Toronto Masters: Stefan Edberg and his ‘very good journey’ with Federer
It is a rare and usually a rather special tennis player who ends their career with their name attached to something other than a tournament’s…
Murray & Mauresmo “willing to do what it takes” to make partnership work
Andy Murray, taking his place before a select band of the media in Toronto this weekend, soon afforded himself a small smile. The two-time Rogers…
Toronto Masters: Laid-back Federer relishes “a place where less is more”
Roger Federer has never been one for histrionics, never one for bluster, rarely one to let anger or frustration get the better of him. You…
Toronto Masters: Djokovic faces rough road in campaign for 20th Masters
The Canadian Open, which launches the second North American hard-court swing of the season in Toronto this weekend, is one of the oldest tournaments in…