Montreal
Australian Bernard Tomic missed out on a chance to test himself against world No. 1 Novak Djokovic as the youngest member of the ATP top 50 lost an early lead to go down in the opening round 5-7, 6-3, 6-3 to German Florian Mayer. Mayer stand 0-5 against top seed Djokovic, who has a bye into the second round.
Mayer, 29, won his fourth match from five against Tomic, who couldn’t make use of his early first-set lead, “I was up 5-2 in the first set and should have closed it out in the second. In the second set I didn’t start that well. My concentration dropped and he played well. In the first set he was tight but in the second I missed my opportunities and didn’t focus very well – he took over then.”
Aussie qualifier Marinko Matosevic, who beat Canadian Milos Raonic last week in Washington, made up for Tomic’s loss as he reached the second round over Germany’s Benjamin Becker 6-2, 6-3. Croatian Ivan Dodig beat Grega Zemlja 6-1, 6-1. Italy’s Andreas Seppi beat Czech Lukas Rosol 6-4, 4-6, 7-6 (7-4) while colorful Latvian Ernests Gulbis stopped experienced Spaniard Feliciano Lopez 7-6 (7-4), 6-4.
Jesse Levine earned the first Canadian win of the week as he beat Xavier Malisse 6-4, 7-6 (7/4) to next face Rafael Nadal as the Spaniard plays for the first time in six weeks since his first-round Wimbledon defeat. The run of poor form continued for Janko Tipsarevic and the 16th seed was defeated by Uzbek Denis Istomin 6-4, 6-3.
With the leading eight seeds still not yet on court, the practice courts were filled with household names on a sunny day. Two-time champion Andy Murray (2008-09) has been hitting for nearly a week under the supervision of coach Ivan Lendl as the Scot prepares to debut on cement following his Wimbledon title last month.
The world No. 2 said he is already dreaming of repeating as US Open winner while trying to say focused on Montreal. Confessed Murray: “I want to try and do well here but I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t thinking of the Open.”
RANKINGS
Estimated ATP World Tour Rankings
As of Aug. 5, 2013
Rank &
Prior…Player………..Points
1..(1) Djokovic……….11050
2..(2) Murray………….8530
3..(3) Ferrer………….7130
4..(4) Nadal…………..6870
5..(5) Federer…………5515
6..(6) Berdych…………4785
7..(7) Del Potro……….4660
8..(8) Tsonga………….3470
9.(10) Wawrinka………..2925
10..(9) Gasquet…………2455
11.(11) Nishikori……….2405
12.(12) Haas……………2105
13.(14) Almagro…………2100
14.(13) Raonic………….2055
15.(18) Janowicz………..2036
16.(17) Simon…………..2030
17.(16) Fognini…………2015
18.(15) Cilic…………..1985
19.(21) Anderson………..1740
20.(19) Tipsarevic………1650
22.(20) Isner…………..1585
22.(23) Seppi…………..1585
23.(22) Robredo…………1570
24.(24) Kohlschreiber……1410
25.(25) Youzhny…………1405
26.(27) Paire…………..1405
27.(29) Lopez…………..1355
28.(26) Querrey…………1345
29.(31) Dimitrov………..1305
30.(28) Chardy………….1281
DRAWS
Canadian Open — Week of August 5
(1) Djokovic, Novak
Bye
Tomic, Bernard
Mayer, Florian
Nieminen, Jarkko
WC Peliwo, Filip
Istomin, Denis
(16) Tipsarevic, Janko
(9) Nishikori, Kei
Q Polansky, Peter
Seppi, Andreas
Rosol, Lukas
Klizan, Martin
Bellucci, Thomaz
Bye
(7) Gasquet, Richard
(4) Nadal, Rafael
Bye
WC Levine, Jesse
Malisse, Xavier
WC Dancevic, Frank
Q Lu, Yen-Hsun
Benneteau, Julien
(15) Janowicz, Jerzy
(10) Haas, Tommy
Q Goffin, David
Q Matosevic, Marinko
Q Becker, Benjamin
Kohlschreiber, Philipp
Paire, Benoit
Bye
(8) Wawrinka, Stanislas
(5) Berdych, Tomas
Bye
Anderson, Kevin
Dolgopolov, Alexandr
WC Pospisil, Vasek
Isner, John
Stepanek, Radek
(12) Almagro, Nicolas
(14) Simon, Gilles
Davydenko, Nikolay
Andujar, Pablo
Q Weintraub, Amir
Q Bogomolov Jr., Alex
Llodra, Michael
Bye
(3) Ferrer, David
(6) Del Potro, Juan Martin
Bye
Zemlja, Grega
Dodig, Ivan
Youzhny, Mikhail
Melzer, Jurgen
Chardy, Jeremy
(11) Raonic, Milos
(13) Fognini, Fabio
Baghdatis, Marcos
Gulbis, Ernests
Lopez, Feliciano
Dimitrov, Grigor
Granollers, Marcel
Bye
(2) Murray, Andy
STATUS OF SEEDS:
1 Djokovic
2 Murray
3 Ferrer
4 Nadal
5 Berdych
6 Del Potro
7 Gasquet
8 Wawrinka
9 Nishikori
10 Haas
11 Raonic
12 Almagro
13 Fognini
14 Simon
15 Janowicz
16 Tipsarevic
MONDAY
Montréal
Singles – First Round
[9] K Nishikori (JPN) d [Q] P Polansky (CAN) 46 64 62
D Istomin (UZB) d [16] J Tipsarevic (SRB) 64 63
F Mayer (GER) d B Tomic (AUS) 57 63 63
A Seppi (ITA) d L Rosol (CZE) 64 46 76(4)
M Klizan (SVK) d T Bellucci (BRA) 57 64 76(6)
[WC] J Levine (CAN) d X Malisse (BEL) 64 76(4)
[Q] M Matosevic (AUS) d [Q] B Becker (GER) 62 63
B Paire (FRA) d P Kohlschreiber (GER) 76(1) 75
P Andujar (ESP) d [Q] A Weintraub (ISR) 61 76(5)
I Dodig (CRO) d G Zemlja (SLO) 61 61
E Gulbis (LAT) d F Lopez (ESP) 76(4) 64
Doubles – First Round
T Haas (GER) / J Melzer (AUT) d A Dolgopolov (UKR) / F Fognini (ITA) 67(2) 64 10-5