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Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal may be in the same quarter of the draw for the second time in the last three Grand Slams, but there is balance to this bracket.
The U.S. Open draw ceremony was held on Thursday in New York and once again Rafael Nadal’s plunge in the rankings to outside the top four has cost him at a Grand Slam.
Andy Murray was in a hurry to book his spot in his third Rogers Cup title match, routing Kei Nishikori 6-3, 6-0 in Saturday's semi-finals. With the win, the 28 year old is projected to move ahead of Roger Federer for World No. 2 in the Emirates ATP Rankings on Monday, entering the Top 2 for the first time since August 2013.
Click here to see the latest photo gallery from the men's tennis in Montreal: Andy Murray vs. Kei Nishikori & Novak Djokovic vs. Jeremy Chardy.
Kei Nishikori downed Rafael Nadal 6-2, 6-4 at the Rogers Cup on Friday. The Japanese recorded his first FedEx ATP Head2Head win against Nadal in eight meetings and moved into the semi-finals in Canada for the first time.
Three-time former champion Rafael Nadal has safely advanced to the Rogers Cup quarter-finals with a 6-3, 6-3 victory over Mikhail Youzhny on Thursday night.
Kei Nishikori rallied from an early deficit to down home hope John Isner 4-6, 6-4, 6-4 in the Citi Open final. Isner snatched the opener with a pair of screaming forehand returns in the 10th game, earning the first break of the match.
Kei Nishikori captured the 10th title of his career with a 4-6, 6-4, 6-4 victory over John Isner in the Citi Open final on Sunday afternoon. Nishikori won 29 of 30 first-serve points during the last two sets, did not face a single break point in that span, and triumphed after one hour and 54 minutes.
Kei Nishikori avenged his loss to Marin Cilic in last year's US Open final with a 3-6, 6-1, 6-4 win in the Citi Open semi-final Saturday to reach his fourth ATP World Tour final of the year.
It's not every day that you see a Grand Slam final matchup in the semis of a 500-point event. But that is what the Washington, D.C. faithful will be treated to on Saturday.
Kei Nishikori recovered after dropping the opening set tie-break to see off Aussie James Duckworth 6-7(8), 6-1, 6-4 at the Citi Open Tuesday night.
Before Lleyton Hewitt and Marin Cilic stole the show on Tuesday night (and Wednesday morning) at the Citi Open, Americans took center stage in the nation's capital.
The top half of the men's singles draw will take center stage at Wimbledon on Monday, while No. 1 seed Novak Djokovic will have the traditional 1:00 start on Centre Court as the defending champion.
Having scooted off to get a first look at defending champion Novak Djokovic on the grass (and that included the whole helicopter deal) your intrepid Global Chick galloped back to Eastbourne as fast as her steed could carry her to be back in time for the Men’s draw this morning.
Roger Federer, Andy Murray, and Rafael Nadal landed in a tough bottom half of the bracket when the men’s singles draw at Wimbledon was announced on Friday.
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