Upsets, upsets, and extra upsets.
A few of tennis’ largest stars fell to a number of the very unlikely opponents.
Whereas no Canadians made it previous the quarterfinals in Cincinnati, you’ll want ten TV’s to maintain up with all of the Canadian motion in Granby.
Right here’s what it’s essential to know.
Incase you missed it: Cincinnati was something however predictable
The Western and Southern Open has seen fairly a distinct final result than the tournaments that preceded it in Toronto and Montreal.
Pablo Carreño Busta and Simona Halep, each champions from that Nationwide Financial institution Open offered by Rogers, had been ousted inside the first two rounds (Though Halep was compelled to withdraw as a consequence of damage). From there, each the ATP and WTA sides noticed a lot of their high seeds fall early and infrequently.
On the womans facet, American Madison Keys shocked world No. 1 Iga Świątek 6-3, 6-4 within the third spherical. Świątek has now didn’t make it previous the spherical of 16 in 4 tournaments since she received Roland Garros again in June.
Canada’s Leylah Annie Fernandez additionally had her match minimize quick, when she fell to Ekaterina Alexandrova in straight units within the opening spherical.
In the long run it was Caroline Garcia, who began within the qualifiers, that got here out on high defeating Petra Kvitová 6-2, 6-4. The 28-year-old received previous the likes of Maria Sakkari, Jessica Pegula, and Aryna Sabalenka en path to the ultimate the place she captured her third profession Masters 1000 title, and first since 2017.
On the mens facet, whereas Carreño Busta couldn’t make it previous the opening spherical, his finals counterpart Hubert Hurkacz didn’t make it a lot additional, falling to John Isner within the spherical of 32. Montreal semifinalist Casper Ruud additionally didn’t make it previous day two, dropping to wildcard Ben Shelton.
However the story of this match, begins and ends with Borna Coric.
The 25-year-old started to show heads when he defeated Rafael Nadal within the spherical of 32 in a tough fought 3-setter. From there, he started a run of dominance that began with a convincing 6-2, 6-3 win over Roberto Bautista Agut.
Within the quarterfinals, Coric subsequent took down Félix Auger-Aliassime 6-4, 6-4, earlier than beating Cameron Norrie in straight units to succeed in the ultimate.
Fourth seeded Stefanos Tsitsipas was unable to place a cease to the Croatian within the last, as Coric accomplished the fairy story ending with a 7-6(0),6-2 victory.
What to look at: Canada nicely represented in Granby
Whereas the Nationwide Financial institution Open offered by Rogers is over, the ATP and WTA excursions aren’t completed with Canada simply but.
The lady’s singles draw of the Granby Nationwide Financial institution Championships started on Sunday and to say Canada was nicely represented can be an understatement.
Kayla Cross, Cadence Brace, and Marina Stakusic all prevailed within the qualifying spherical to hitch Rebecca Marino, Victoria Mboko, and Katherine Sebov in the principle draw.
Sebov later turned the primary Canadian to advance on the match, beating Xinyu Wang in comeback vogue, 3-6, 6-4, 6-0.
Monday marks the second day of qualifying on the mens facet, and 4 Canadians shall be vying for a spot in the principle draw. Kelsey Stevenson, Justin Boulais, Dan Martin, and Taha Baadi will look to hitch a primary draw that already options 4 different Canadians.
Beneath the radar: Shapovalov exhibits indicators of previous self in Cincinnati
The latest previous hasn’t been straightforward for Denis Shapovalov. Going into Cincinnati, the Canadian hadn’t received consecutive matches since Could.
Most not too long ago, in Montreal, he seemed overmatched when dropping to Alex de Minaur within the first spherical.
In Cincinnati, Shapovalov opened his match successful a troublesome first set in opposition to Grigor Dimitrov 7-6(4). Within the second set, nonetheless, the 23-year-old took cost, closing out the match 6-3.
Shapovalov carried that momentum into a troublesome second spherical matchup with American Tommy Paul, and it was halfway via the second set the place the Canadian started to seem like his previous self.
Down 6-3, 4-1, Shapovalov received 5 straight video games to win the second set, and dominated within the third to win the match 3-6, 6-4, 6-3.
Within the spherical of 16 he met world No. 1 Daniil Medvedev, and regardless of dropping the match, Shapovalov confirmed he can as soon as once more compete with the world’s finest, saving 77% of his break factors in an in depth 5-7, 5-7 loss.
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