Toronto: Top-seeded Novak Djokovic won his second straight Rogers Cup title and third overall, beating Richard Gasquet 6-3, 6-2 on Sunday.
The Serbian, also the tournament winner in 2007, won for the first time since Miami four months ago.
Djokovic was coming off a third-place finish in the Olympics.
"The losses I had in the Olympic Games gave me even more desire to come here and perform my best and try to win a title," Djokovic said. "I am very happy to be in this position. I truly did not expect to win this tournament after the emotional losses in the Olympics....
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09:45 AM, Aug 13, 2012
Toronto: Top-seeded Novak Djokovic advanced to the Rogers Cup semifinals, winning two matches Friday in the rain delayed tournament. Djokovic, the defending champion in the hardcourt event, beat Sam Querrey 6-4, 6-4 in the afternoon in a third-round match that was originally scheduled for Thursday, then delayed by rain for 2 1/2 hours in the second set. The second-ranked Serb returned to the court at night to beat Tommy Haas...
10:34 AM, Aug 11, 2012
Montreal/Toronto: India's Sania Mirza and Leander Paes have moved into the quarter-finals with their respective partners whereas their compatriots Mahesh Bhupathi and Rohan Bopanna lost their pre-quarterfinal match at the Rogers Cup tennis doubles. Sania and her American partner Bethanie Mattek-Sands beat Slovak duo Dominika Cibulkova and Daniela Hantochova 6-2, 6-3, in an hour and nine minutes on Friday. Both the sets ran more or less on similar lines as...
02:29 AM, Aug 11, 2012
Toronto: Mardy Fish and Richard Gasquet won their third round matches on Friday before rain disrupted play at the Rogers Cup. Fish rallied to beat Juan Monaco 2-6, 6-1, 6-4, and Gasquet advanced with a 6-4, 6-2 upset of fourth-seed Tomas Berdych. Janko Tipsarevic defeated Marin Cilic 6-2, 6-4, and Novak Djokovic led Sam Querrey 6-4, 4-3 when the rains came. All singles matches were called off on Thursday because...
02:28 AM, Aug 11, 2012
London: Top-ranked Victoria Azarenka withdrew from the Rogers Cup on Friday because of a knee injury. Azarenka, who had a first-round bye, was level at 3-3 in her second-round match against Tamira Paszek when it was suspended by rain Thursday night. The 23-year-old Belarusian won two Olympic medals in London, taking gold in mixed doubles and bronze in singles. Meanwhile Petra Kvitova of the Czech Republic dispatched Marion Bartoli 6-1,...
02:16 AM, Aug 11, 2012
Montreal: Sania Mirza and her American partner Bethanie Mattek-Sands registered a straight-set victory over Julia Goerges of Germany and Czech Republic's Kveta Peschke 7-6(1), 6-3 to enter the second round of the Rogers Cup here. Seventh seeded Indo-American pair took an hour and 28 minutes to get the better of their rivals. Sania and Bethanie converted two of the four breakpoints that they got, while saved as many as three...
05:49 PM, Aug 10, 2012
Toronto: Andy Murray has pulled out of the third round of the Rogers Cup with a knee injury. The Olympic gold medalist says he hurt his left knee during the opening match against Flavio Cipolla of Italy. Murray was to play Canadian Milos Raonic late Thursday. Murray says he's unsure whether he will play in the ATP Tour's next stop in Cincinnati or the upcoming U.S. Open. His withdrawal follows...
02:10 AM, Aug 10, 2012
Montreal: Fifth-seeded Petra Kvitova rallied to beat Ksenia Pervak 4-6, 7-6 (0), 6-0 on Wednesday night in the second round of the Rogers Cup. Kvitova, the 2011 Wimbledon champion, quickly finished off Pervak after the match was delayed for 30 minutes by rain with the players tied 4-4 in the second set. In other second-round matches, eighth-seeded Sara Errani beat Jana Cepelova 6-3, 6-2, and 16th-seeded Lucie Safarova edged Sesil...
09:43 AM, Aug 09, 2012
London: Maria Sharapova has withdrawn from the Rogers Cup with a stomach ailment. The second-ranked Sharapova told organizers she picked up the bug at the London Olympics. Sharapova won the silver medal at the games after losing to Serena Williams in the final. Sharapova was replaced in the draw by Galina Voskoboeva of Kazakhstan. ...
10:02 PM, Aug 08, 2012
Montreal: Top-ranked Novak Djokovic advanced to the Rogers Cup final when Jo-Wilfried Tsonga retired from their semi-final match on Saturday night because of an apparent right arm injury. Djokovic, who led 6-4, 3-0 when the Frenchman retired, will face sixth-seeded Mardy Fish on Sunday. The Australian Open and Wimbledon champion is playing his first tournament since taking the top spot in the world rankings and improved his match record for...
08:31 AM, Aug 14, 2011
Montreal: Indian challenge ended at the ATP Rogers Cup as Rohan Bopanna and his Pakistani partner Aisam-ul-haq Qureshi conceded their doubles quarter-final match to top seeds Mike and Bob Bryan due to an injury to the Indian Davis Cupper. The fifth seed Indo-Pak pair was locked 3-3 in the opening set with the formidable Americans but opted out of the contest when Bopanna developed some problem in his left ankle....
03:36 PM, Aug 13, 2011
Montreal: India's Rohan Bopanna and Pakistan's Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi entered the men's doubles quarterfinals of the Rogers Cup tennis with a 6-4, 7-6(6) victory over Australia's Paul Hanley and Bruno Soares of Brazil. Bopanna and Qureshi next play the winner of the match between top seeded Mike and Bob Bryan duo of the US and Spaniards Feliciano Lopez and Fernando Verdasco. Sania Mirza and Elena Vesnina crashed out of the women's...
04:43 PM, Aug 11, 2011
Montreal, Canada: India's Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi made a shock second round exit losing 1-6, 6-7 (9) to Czech Tomas Berdych and German Florian Mayer in the Rogers Cup tennis men's doubles. The third-seeded Indians were given a bye in the first round. Bhupathi has won the Rogers Cup doubles title five times, including with Paes in 1997 and 2004. This was the first time the experienced Indian pair...
06:53 PM, Aug 10, 2011
Montreal: France's Jo-Wilfried Tsonga beat Italy's Fabio Fognini 6-4, 7-6 (0) in the Rogers Cup on Monday. On a day when only three seeds were in action, No.13 Tsonga progressed to a second-round meeting with Australian teenager Bernard Tomic, who was a 7-6 (5), 6-3 winner over Taiwan's Lu Yen-hsun. Switzerland's Stanislas Wawrinka beat Argentina's David Nalbandian 6-1, 6-4. The 14th-seeded Wawrinka will next play American qualifier Michael Russell or...
10:44 AM, Aug 09, 2011
Toronto: Qualifier Galina Voskoboeva of Kazakhstan beat No. 9 seed Marion Bartoli of France 6-3, 6-3 on Monday in the first round of the Rogers Cup and Germany's Julia Goerges topped No. 15 seed Jelena Jankovic with a 6-1, 6-3 victory in an evening match. Bartoli struggled with her serve throughout the match, giving away four double-fault points, while Voskoboeva capitalised on her opportunities by winning four of her six...
09:16 AM, Aug 09, 2011
Montreal: Third seeds Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi have advanced to the second round of the Rogers Cup, an ATP Masters event, after getting a bye in the opening round. Also moving to the next round was the Indo-Pak pair of Rohan Bopanna and Aisam-ul-haq Qureshi, seeded fifth, as all the eight seeded pairs got byes in their first round. Bopanna and Qureshi may run into top seeded Americans Mike...
03:43 PM, Aug 08, 2011
Toronto: Sania Mirza's poor run in women's singles event continued as she failed to qualify for the WTA Rogers Cup after losing in a marathon three-setter to Germany's Kathrin Woerle in the qualifiers, here. The 11th seed Indian squandered a set lead to eventually go down 7-6 (5) 5-7 3-6 in the second and final round of the qualifying event, which lasted for two hours and 40 minutes. Before this...
03:23 PM, Aug 08, 2011
Montreal: An injured Kim Clijsters hobbled to a 2-6, 6-3, 6-2 quarter-final loss to Vera Zvonareva at the Montreal Cup on Friday, casting doubt on the Belgian's ability to defend her U.S. Open crown. Clijsters later played down the injury she described as tightness in her left hip, saying she will undergo an MRI next week to make sure it is nothing serious. The Belgian made it clear she intends...
09:08 AM, Aug 21, 2010
Montreal: Kim Clijsters raced into the quarter-finals of the Montreal Cup with a ruthless 6-2 6-1 demolition of Kaia Kanepi on Thursday, sending a menacing message to anyone eyeing the Belgian's U.S. Open crown. Clijsters, who was back on centre court about 15 hours after a three-set win over American Bethanie Mattek-Sands, was not bothered by the quick turnaround and needed just 55 minutes to see off the 34th ranked...
09:02 AM, Aug 20, 2010
Montreal: Kim Clijsters rallied from a set and a break down to beat American Bethanie Mattek-Sands 4-6, 6-4, 6-3 on Wednesday and advance to the third round of the Rogers Cup. After dropping the first set, the fifth-seeded Clijsters was down 4-1 in the second and had to fight off two break points against the aggressive Mattek-Sands, a qualifer ranked 101st in the world. Mattek-Sands continued to attack the net...
09:15 AM, Aug 19, 2010
