American qualifier Coco Vandeweghe, the niece of former NBA star Kiki Vandeweghe, followed up her upset victory over Ana Ivanovic on Wednesday by knocking off another former world number one, Jelena Jankovic, to move into the Rogers Cup quarterfinals in Montreal. Vandeweghe battled out a tough 7-6(8), 2-6, 7-5 victory over the seventh-seeded Serb a…
Novak Djokovic was eliminated from the Rogers Cup on Thursday as he fell to 13th-seeded Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in the third-round from Toronto. The world number one and top seeded Djokovic was defeated fairly easily by Tsonga, who cruised to a 6-2, 6-2 victory in just over an hour. Tsonga was the more efficient player all…
World number one Novak Djokovic showed some rust in his Rogers Cup opener as he edged France’s Gael Monfils 6-2, 6-7(4), 7-6(2) to move into the third-round in Toronto. Playing in his first match since winning the Wimbledon crown, Djokovic needed 2 hours and 41 minutes to get past the 22nd ranked Monfils. The Serb…
Two-time Rogers Cup champion Roger Federer rolled into the second-round in Toronto on Tuesday as he defeated wild card Peter Polansky 6-2, 6-0. The match took just 52 minutes and the Swiss played a near perfect match to get past the 129th-ranked Polansky. “I started well and that’s always helpful to play more freely,” said…
American Shelby Rogers shocked everyone at the Rogers Cup on Tuesday night, upending eighth-ranked Canadian Eugenie Bouchard in front of her home fans, 6-0, 2-6, 6-0 to notch her first ever top 10 win and move into the third-round in Montreal. In a match that seemed to sway dramatically with each set, Rogers came out…
The ATP tour announced on Monday that it has canceled the inaugural Israel Open which was set to take place next month in Tel Aviv because of the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas in the region. “Ensuring the security of our players, fans and all those involved in organizing a world-class event, is our…
Wayne Odesnik remains the man to beat going into the final week of the USTA Pro Circuit U.S. Open Wild Card Challenge. Odesnik leads the standings with 77 points, but is not playing this week. With 100 points at stake at this week’s $100,000 Comerica Bank Challenger in Aptos, Calif., any American in this week’s field can…
John Isner was bounced from the Rogers Cup in Toronto yesterday, losing his opening-round match to Ivan Dodig of Croatia 6-4, 6-7(4), 6-3. The highest-ranked American, Isner has now lost in the first-round of the last two tournaments following his title at the Atlanta Open to begin the Emirates Airline US Open Series. While Isner’s…
Seventh-ranked Milos Raonic knocked off his fellow Canadian Vasek Pospisil 6-1, 6-4 on Sunday to win the Citi Open title match in Washington, D.C. The 23-year old Raonic captured the first final between two Canadians on the ATP World Tour in the Open Era to pick up his sixth career and first ATP World Tour…
Serena Williams stormed back on Sunday to capture the Bank of the West Classic championship in Stanford, Calif., defeating Angelique Kerber 7-6(1), 6-3 to win her fourth title of the year. The top-ranked Serena, playing in her first tournament since retiring in the middle of her doubles match at Wimbledon, trailed 1-5 in the first…