Canadian Conquest @CoupeRogers @RogersCupTo; Wednesday’s Schedule
This Land is Our Land
Canada Day is supposed to be celebrated on July 1st. But for Tennis Canada, August 6th seems like a more appropriate date. Yesterday, there were celebrations in both languages and great moments of national unity due to massive successes on the hard courts of Montreal and Toronto. Most Canadian players were celebrating long three set comeback wins, so it will be interesting to see if fatigue is a factor today as they continue their marches to the titles.
In Montreal, junior sensation Filip Peliwo was already on his way to winning a first round ATP match with Jarko Niemenen retired at 3-6, 7-5, 3-1. It marks Peliwo’s first win as a pro. He’ll play Denis Istomin at noon today.
Filip Peliwo
Vasek Pospisil provided his Canadian fans with a shocker of his own, a 5-7, 7-6(5), 7-6(4) victory over a red-hot John Isner. For his troubles, Vashy will face Radek Stepanek later today.
Also, Frank Dancevic delighted the faithful at Parc Jarry with a three set win against qualifier Yendy Lu, 5-7, 7-6(6), 6-1. He’ll try to duplicate that success against Jerzy Janowicz today.
Not wanting to be left out of the Tennis Canada party, standard-bearer Milos Raonic edged Jeremy Chardy, 6-3, 4-6, 7-5. Mikhail Youzhny is on his docket today.
And don’t forget Jesse Levine, who advanced on Monday. He’s got the tallest order of all today, as he tries to upstage the upsetters. He’s got Rafa Nadal today.
On the women’s side in Toronto at the Centre of the Universe, Canadian phenom and national darling Eugenie Bouchard was all poise in her conquest of Alisa Kleybanova, 6-3, 6-1. That poise will be tested tonight as Bouchard does battle with Petra Kvitova.
About the only bad news Canadians got yesterday was that two Canadians had to play each other. Sharon Fichman and Stephanie Dubois are no strangers to the others games, so it was no surprise that a grueling three setter ensued. In the end, the recent successes of Fichman continued as she won 5-7, 6-2, 6-2. Fichman plays Jelena Jankovic for a trip to the third round.
—Steve Fogleman
TORONTO RESULTS, TUESDAY AUGUST 6, 2013 / RÉSULTATS DE TORONTO DU MARDI 6 AOÛT 2013
Singles – Second Round / simple – 2e tour
[3] A Radwanska (POL) d Y Wickmayer (BEL) 62 63
D Cibulkova (SVK) d [8] A Kerber (GER) 67(0) 62 75
First Round / 1er tour
[11] M Kirilenko (RUS) d [Q] P Martic (CRO) 62 61
[12] S Stosur (AUS) d [Q] J Glushko (ISR) 57 62 63
[13] K Flipkens (BEL) d V Williams (USA) 06 64 62
[15] J Jankovic (SRB) d [Q] A Tatishvili (GEO) 76(6) 46 63
[16] A Ivanovic (SRB) d S Hsieh (TPE) 61 62
F Schiavone (ITA) d [Q] C Scheepers (RSA) 26 63 63
M Rybarikova (SVK) d [Q] A Dulgheru (ROU) 64 63
[Q] L Davis (USA) d [LL] S Kuznetsova (RUS) 36 75 75
A Cornet (FRA) d E Vesnina (RUS) 63 63
E Makarova (RUS) d [Q] A Rodionova (AUS) 61 75
[WC] E Bouchard (CAN) d A Kleybanova (RUS) 63 61
C Suarez Navarro (ESP) d J Hampton (USA) 64 64
[WC] S Fichman (CAN) d [WC] S Dubois (CAN) 57 62 62
Doubles – Second Round / Double – 2e tour
[1] S Errani (ITA) / R Vinci (ITA) d K Marosi (HUN) / M Moulton-Levy (USA) 64 36 10-5
First Round / 1er tour[5] S Mirza (IND) / J Zheng (CHN) d N Grandin (RSA) / D Jurak (CRO) 46 76(5) 10-2
[6] L Huber (USA) / N Llagostera Vives (ESP) d [PR] S Kuznetsova (RUS) / F Pennetta (ITA) 76(2) 76(6)
J Goerges (GER) / B Zahlavova Strycova (CZE) d [7] K Mladenovic (FRA) / G Voskoboeva (KAZ) 75 64
H Chan (TPE) / E Hrdinova (CZE) d A Klepac (SLO) / V Lepchenko (USA) 62 63
[WC] D Hantuchova (SVK) / M Hingis (SUI) d [WC] A Kerber (GER) / P Kvitova (CZE) 64 62
I Begu (ROU) / O Govortsova (BLR) d S Soler-Espinosa (ESP) / K Zakopalova (CZE) 64 26 10-5
A Kudryavtseva (RUS) / A Rodionova (AUS) d J Husarova (SVK) / P Martic (CRO) 46 64 10-5
MONTREAL RESULTS, SUNDAY AUGUST 4, 2013 / RÉSULTATS DE MONTRÉAL DU DIMANCHE 4 AOÛT 2013
Singles – Second Round / simple – 2e tour
[1] N Djokovic (SRB) d F Mayer (GER) 62 61
[7] R Gasquet (FRA) d M Klizan (SVK) 63 62
[9] K Nishikori (JPN) d A Seppi (ITA) 46 75 61
First Round / 1er tour
[10] T Haas (GER) d [Q] D Goffin (BEL) 76(4) 63
[11] M Raonic (CAN) d J Chardy (FRA) 63 46 75
R Stepanek (CZE) d [12] N Almagro (ESP) 63 67(4) 63
[13] F Fognini (ITA) d M Baghdatis (CYP) 16 61 61
N Davydenko (RUS) d [14] G Simon (FRA) 26 61 61
[15] J Janowicz (POL) d J Benneteau (FRA) 36 63 75
[WC] F Peliwo (CAN) d J Nieminen (FIN) 36 75 31 Retired
[WC] F Dancevic (CAN) d [Q] Y Lu (TPE) 57 76(6) 61
A Dolgopolov (UKR) d K Anderson (RSA) 76(0) 64
[WC] V Pospisil (CAN) d J Isner (USA) 57 76(5) 76(4)
[Q] A Bogomolov Jr. (RUS) d M Llodra (FRA) 62 46 63
M Youzhny (RUS) d J Melzer (AUT) 64 76(3)
M Granollers (ESP) d G Dimitrov (BUL) 64 64
Doubles – First Round / Double – 1er tour
A Seppi (ITA) / M Youzhny (RUS) d [Alt] J Chardy (FRA) / L Kubot (POL) 64 63
D Inglot (GBR) / J Janowicz (POL) d A Begemann (GER) / R Bopanna (IND) 76(4) 64
P Andujar (ESP) / R Nadal (ESP) d D Ferrer (ESP) / F Lopez (ESP) 67(2) 61 12-10
M Fyrstenberg (POL) / M Matkowski (POL) d B Paire (FRA) / S Wawrinka (SUI) 76(6) 62
TORONTO ORDER OF PLAY – WEDNESDAY AUGUST 7, 2013 / HORAIRE DES MATCHS DE TORONTO – MERCREDI 7 AOÛT 2013
CENTRE COURT start 11:00 am / débute à 11 h
A Pavlyuchenkova (RUS) vs [4] N Li (CHN)
Not Before 1:00 PM
[Q] L Davis (USA) vs [7] [WC] M Bartoli (FRA)
Not Before 3:00 PM
K Zakopalova (CZE) vs [5] S Errani (ITA)
Not Before 7:00 PM
[1] S Williams (USA) vs F Schiavone (ITA)
[6] P Kvitova (CZE) vs [WC] E Bouchard (CAN)
GRANDSTAND start 11:00 am
[11] M Kirilenko (RUS) vs A Cornet (FRA)
[15] J Jankovic (SRB) vs [WC] S Fichman (CAN)
[16] A Ivanovic (SRB) vs F Pennetta (ITA)
S Cirstea (ROU) vs [9] C Wozniacki (DEN)
C Suarez Navarro (ESP) vs [12] S Stosur (AUS)
COURT 1 start 11:00 am
M Barthel (GER) vs [14] S Stephens (USA)
E Makarova (RUS) vs [10] R Vinci (ITA)
[Q] K Bertens (NED) vs [13] K Flipkens (BEL)
[WC] G Dabrowski (CAN) / S Fichman (CAN) vs [8] A Pavlyuchenkova (RUS) / L Safarova (CZE) – After Suitable Rest
COURT 2 start 11:00 am
[5] S Mirza (IND) / J Zheng (CHN) vs O Kalashnikova (GEO) / A Rosolska (POL)
Not Before 1:30 PM
V Lepchenko (USA) vs M Rybarikova (SVK)
Not Before 3:30 PM
J Jankovic (SRB) / K Srebotnik (SLO) vs D Cibulkova (SVK) / S Hsieh (TPE) – After Suitable Rest
COURT 3 start 11:00 am
[4] R Kops-Jones (USA) / A Spears (USA) vs H Chan (TPE) / E Hrdinova (CZE)
I Begu (ROU) / O Govortsova (BLR) vs [3] A Groenefeld (GER) / K Peschke (CZE)
Not Before 3:30 PM
A Kudryavtseva (RUS) / A Rodionova (AUS) vs [2] E Makarova (RUS) / E Vesnina (RUS) – After Suitable Rest
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MONTREAL ORDER OF PLAY – WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 7, 2013 / HORAIRE DES MATCHS DE MONTRÉAL – MERCREDI 7 AOÛT 2013
CENTRAL start 12:00 noon / débute à midi
M Granollers (ESP) vs [2] A Murray (GBR)
Not Before 14:00
[4] R Nadal (ESP) vs [WC] J Levine (CAN)
Not Before 18:00
M Youzhny (RUS) vs [11] M Raonic (CAN)
Not Before 20:00
[6] J Del Potro (ARG) vs I Dodig (CRO)
BN COURT start 12:00 noon
[WC] V Pospisil (CAN) vs R Stepanek (CZE)
[5] T Berdych (CZE) vs A Dolgopolov (UKR)
[WC] F Dancevic (CAN) vs [15] J Janowicz (POL)
Not Before 19:00
[Q] A Bogomolov Jr. (RUS) vs [3] D Ferrer (ESP)
COURT 9 start 12:00 noon
[13] F Fognini (ITA) vs E Gulbis (LAT)
[WC] F Peliwo (CAN) vs D Istomin (UZB)
J Benneteau (FRA) / N Zimonjic (SRB) vs C Fleming (GBR) / A Murray (GBR)
N Davydenko (RUS) vs P Andujar (ESP)
COURT 5 start 13:00
B Paire (FRA) vs [8] S Wawrinka (SUI)
[10] T Haas (GER) vs [Q] M Matosevic (AUS)
T Berdych (CZE) / M Llodra (FRA) vs M Klizan (SVK) / J Tipsarevic (SRB)
G Dimitrov (BUL) / P Kohlschreiber (GER) vs [WC] F Dancevic (CAN) / A Shamasdin (CAN)
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