3:06 PM ET Associated Press TORONTO — Four-time champion Novak Djokovic advanced to the third round of the Rogers Cup on Wednesday, defeating Canadian wild card Peter Polansky 6-3, 6-4. Djokovic, coming off his fourth Wimbledon title last month, fired seven aces and never faced a break point in the 1-hour, 25-minute match. A former
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12:12 AM ET Associated Press MONTREAL — Alize Cornet of France beat listless-looking Wimbledon champion Angelique Kerber 6-4, 6-1 on Wednesday in the second round of the Rogers Cup. The unseeded Cornet advanced to a third-round meeting with 15th-seeded Ashleigh Barty of Australia, a 7-6 (7), 6-2 winner over Belgium’s Alison Van Uytvanck. Kerber, from
11:23 AM ET Juan Martin del Potro announced Wednesday that he is pulling out of the Rogers Cup in Toronto because of a left wrist injury. Del Potro wrote on Twitter that his wrist “needs some days of rest.” The 29-year-old Del Potro, seeded third in the tournament, was scheduled to play Robin Haase on
7:18 PM ET Associated Press MONTREAL — Maria Sharapova advanced to the second round of the Rogers Cup with a 6-1, 6-2 victory over qualifier Sesil Karatantcheva of Bulgaria on Tuesday. Play resumed under the afternoon sun with Sharapova leading 4-1 in the first set after heavy rain and lightning forced organizers to suspend the
1:14 AM ET Associated Press TORONTO — Novak Djokovic advanced to the second round with a 6-3, 7-6 (7) win over Mirza Basic at the Rogers Cup on Tuesday. And former world No. 3 Stan Wawrinka came back to beat 16th-seed Nick Kyrgios 1-6, 7-5, 7-5. The four-time champion Djokovic, the ninth seed in Toronto,
12:01 AM ET Associated Press MONTREAL — Venus Williams advanced to the second round of the Rogers Cup after a 7-5, 6-1 victory over Caroline Dolehide on Monday. The 14th-ranked Williams made quick work of her 19-year-old fellow American in the second set after coming from behind to win a back-and-forth first set. The seven-time
9:37 AM ET American billionaire Larry Ellison has thrown his weight behind the International Tennis Federation’s planned revamp of the Davis Cup and says Indian Wells could stage the event. The ITF announced this year that it had sealed a 25-year, $3 billion partnership with investment group Kosmos to transform the 118-year-old Davis Cup men’s
9:28 PM ET Associated Press Bradley Klahn earned a wild-card entry to the US Open on Monday with his win over David Ferrer in the first round of the Rogers Cup in Toronto. The 27-year-old former NCAA champion will be returning to the Open for the first time since 2014, when he was ranked as
12:36 AM ET Associated Press TORONTO — Canada’s Milos Raonic got off to a strong start at the Rogers Cup, beating David Goffin of Belgium 6-3, 6-4 on Monday. Raonic, who has fallen from No. 3 to No. 30 due to numerous injuries the past two seasons — including a quadriceps tear at Wimbledon last
7:03 PM ET Associated Press WASHINGTON — Alexander Zverev‘s second Citi Open title in a row is merely the latest sign that he is separating himself from the other up-and-coming youngsters in tennis. That doesn’t mean he is sure that guys such as Roger Federer or Rafael Nadal are worrying just yet. “You’ve got to