Men Tennis Update – Canadian Open and Cincinnati Open
Men Tennis Update - Canadian Open and Cincinnati Openepa03820040 Spain's Rafael Nadal returns a ball to Serbian opponent Novak Djokovic during their men's semi-final singles match at the Rogers Cup Open ATP tennis tournament in Montreal, Canada, 10 Aug 2013. Nadal won the match. EPA/ANDRE PICHETTE |
****** EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ******
* Nadal blitzes Raonic
****** TODAY’S MEN’S NEWS ******
Canadian Open
Singles – Final: (4) R Nadal def. (11) M Raonic 6-2 6-2
As a match, this was pretty dull — Milos Raonic had only four aces, and won only 60% of first serve points, and he isn’t going to win matches that way! As an event, however, it was interesting indeed, because Rafael Nadal, who is firmly #3, is now within a thousand points of Andy Murray.
It’s not likely that Nadal can catch Murray in Cincinnati; he needs to win the title and have Murray go out in the first few rounds. And winning the Canadian/Cincinnati back-to-back combination is almost impossible. But it could happen. And even if it doesn’t, Nadal is making real noise in the Race. It’s worth looking at those numbers; Nadal, with eight titles this year plus two finals in 11 events, is above 8000 points:
Nadal: 8010
Djokovic: 6420
Murray: 5250
Ferrer: 4290
del Potro: 2960
Berdych: 2755
Federer: 2695
Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray had better get things in gear…. But Nadal isn’t getting overconfident: “We have to realize how many points I have to win to be number one. I think I will not be number one if I have less than ten thousand points at the end of the season. [Given where the others stand, he is likely right.] Today I have eight thousand. I need to win minimum two thousand more. That’s very difficult in this part of the season, but I’m going to try.”
Doubles – Final: (3) Peya/Soares def. Fleming/A Murray 6-4 7-6(7-4)
All right. That’s it. We’re done. We aren’t talking about #3 seeds Peya/Soares any more.
That’s not because we’re mad at them or something. It’s because the #2 team in the world can’t be seeded #3. They are up to #3 and #4 (behind the Bryans, of course), and they have their fourth and biggest title of the year (following Sao Paulo, Barcelona, and Eastbourne). They have won on three surfaces; they need only an indoor title to complete a surface sweep. There really isn’t any question but that they are the best non-Bryans of 2013 — they are the only team whose point total is as much as a third of the Twins’ in the Race. And Soares is doing even better; he also won Auckland (with Fleming, ironically). The doubles world splits into the Bryans and the Rest, but we know with certainty who is the Best of the Rest.
Cincinnati
Singles – First Round: J Benneteau def. M Baghdatis 6-3 6-2
Julien Benneteau keeps alive his hopes for a U. S. Open seed — but it appears Marcos Baghdatis will be stuck several spots below #50; no seed for him!
Singles – First Round: (WC) R Harrison def. A Dolgopolov 7-6(7-3) 6-4
No seed for Alexandr Dolgopolov, either. Perhaps just as well; he’s really in a funk.
****** TODAY’S FEATURE ******
KEYWORDS: No Feature Today
******** THIS WEEK IN TENNIS ********
THIS WEEK ON THE ATP WORLD TOUR:
Cincinnati (1000/Hard). Defending Champion: Roger Federer
NEXT WEEK ON THE ATP WORLD TOUR:
Winston-Salem (250/Hard). Defending Champion: John Isner
******** STATS AND FACTS ********
RANKINGS
Estimated ATP World Tour Rankings
As of August 11, 2013
Rank &
Prior…Player………..Points
1..(1) Djokovic……….11400
2..(2) Murray………….8610
3..(4) Nadal…………..7860
4..(3) Ferrer………….7130
5..(5) Federer…………5515
6..(6) Berdych…………4865
7..(7) Del Potro……….4740
8..(8) Tsonga………….3470
9.(10) Wawrinka………..2925
10.(13) Raonic………….2645
11..(9) Gasquet…………2625
12.(11) Nishikori……….2485
13.(12) Haas……………2140
14.(18) Janowicz………..2116
15.(14) Almagro…………2100
16.(16) Fognini…………2050
17.(17) Simon…………..2030
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.(27) Paire…………..1450
25.(25) Youzhny…………1440
26.(24) Kohlschreiber……1410
27.(29) Lopez…………..1355
28.(26) Querrey…………1345
29.(31) Dimitrov………..1305
30.(28) Chardy………….1281
**DRAWS
Canadian Open — Week of August 5
WINNER: Rafael Nadal
…………….3R……………QF………..SF…………..F
1 Djokovic……(1)Djokovic……Djokovic…..Djokovic
16 Tipsarevic…Istomin
9 Nishikori…..(9)Nishikori
7 Gasquet…….(7)Gasquet…….Gasquet
4 Nadal………(4)Nadal………Nadal……..Nadal……….Nadal
15 Janowicz…..(15)Janowicz
10 Haas………Matosevic(Q)…..Matosevic
8 Wawrinka……Paire
5 Berdych…….(5)Berdych
12 Almagro……Pospisil(WC)…..Pospisil…..Pospisil
14 Simon……..Davydenko……..Davydenko
3 Ferrer……..Bogomolov(Q)
6 Del Potro…..(6)del Potro
11 Raonic…….(11)Raonic…….Raonic…….Raonic…….Raonic
13 Fognini……Gulbis………..Gulbis
2 Murray……..(2)Murray
STATUS OF SEEDS:
1 Djokovic…….lost SF (Nadal)
2 Murray………lost 3R (Gulbis)
3 Ferrer………lost 2R (Bogomolov)
4 Nadal……….WON TOURNAMENT
5 Berdych……..lost 3R (Pospisil)
6 Del Potro……lost 3R (Raonic)
7 Gasquet……..lost QF (Djokovic)
8 Wawrinka…….lost 2R (Paire)
9 Nishikori……lost 3R (Gasquet)
10 Haas……….lost 2R (Matosevic)
11 Raonic……..lost F (Nadal)
12 Almagro…….lost 1R (Stepanek)
13 Fognini…….lost 2R (Gulbis)
14 Simon………lost 1R (Davydenko)
15 Janowicz……lost 3R (Nadal)
16 Tipsarevic….lost 1R (Istomin)
Cincinnati — Week of August 12
1 Djokovic
–bye
Monaco
Melzer
Goffin (Q)
McDonald (Q)
Pospisil (SE)
16 Simon
12 Raonic
Sock (WC)
Tipsarevic
Querrey
F Mayer
Isner
–bye
8 Gasquet
3 Ferrer
–bye
R Harrison (WC)
Dolgopolov
Tursunov (Q)
Klizan
Blake (WC)
16 Janowicz
10 Nishikori
Lopez
Chardy
Mannarino (Q)
Paire
Davydenko
–bye
7 del Potro
5 Federer
–bye
Kohlschreiber
Fish
Granollers
Rosol
Anderson
11 Haas
13 Almagro
Dimitrov
B Baker (WC)
Istomin
Andujar (Q)
Becker (Q)
–bye
4 Nadal
5 Berdych
–bye
Roger-Vasselin (Q)
Nieminen
Robredo
Bellucci
Seppi
9 Wawrinka
14 Fognini
Stepanek
Benneteau
Baghdatis
Gulbis
Youzhny
–bye
2 Murray
******** SCORES ********
SUNDAY
Canadian Open
Singles – Final
(4) R Nadal def. (11) M Raonic 6-2 6-2
Doubles – Final
(3) Peya/Soares def. Fleming/A Murray 6-4 7-6(7-4)
Cincinnati
Singles – First Round
J Benneteau def. M Baghdatis 6-3 6-2
(WC) R Harrison def. A Dolgopolov 7-6(7-3) 6-4
©Daily tennis news wire
Topics: Canadian Open, Milos Roanic, Rafael Nadal, Sports, Tennis, Tennis News, Western and Southern Open
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