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Nadal, Federer win opening matches at Rogers Cup

MONTREAL (AP) — Top- Slam wins at the Australian
seeded Rafael Nadal Open and Wimbledon. He
and No. 2 Roger Federer played his first match of
cruised to easy victories the hardcourt season that
Wednesday in their open- leads to the U.S. Open.
ing matches at the Rogers “I think this tournament
Cup. Nadal breezed past I’m trying to play with
Borna Coric of Croatia 6-1, confidence that I gained
6-2 to advance to the third through the grass-court
round, while Federer rout- season,” Federer said. “I
ed Canadian Peter Polan- have to adjust my game
sky, 6-2, 6-1 in 53 minutes. a little bit just because the
Nadal, a three-time Rogers bounce of the ball is so
Cup winner who is back in much higher here than at
the hunt for the No. 1 rank- Wimbledon, and there’s
ing after winning his 10th wind, which in Wimbledon
French Open title this year, we didn’t have much of.
will play Canadian teenag- “It’s just really to see how it
er Denis Shapovalov, who goes this week, and then
downed 2009 U.S. Open learn from this week, how
champion Juan Martin I need to then play in Cin-
De Potro 6-3, 7-6 (4) in a cinnati (next week) and
second-round match on the U.S. Open.”
a gusty Wednesday after- The Swiss star, who turned
noon. 36 on Tuesday, next faces
The 18-year-old Spain’s David Ferrer, a 7-6
Shapovalov became the (7), 3-6, 6-1 winner over
youngest player to reach 15th-seeded American
the round of 16 of a Mas- Jack Sock.
ter Series tournament since Polansky, ranked No. 116 in
Nadal in 2004 at Miami. the world after some strong
Federer, a two-time Rog- results in challenger events,
ers Cup champion ranked upset No. 75 Vasek Pospisil Rafael Nadal of Spain returns to Borna Coric of Croatia during the Rogers Cup men’s tennis tourna-
third in the world, has had of Canada in the first round ment, Wednesday, Aug. 9, 2017 in Montreal.
a surprise resurgence this on Monday. Associated Press
season by posting his 18th It was his second meeting Rogers Cup, he lost 6-2, 6-0. one of the most memo- that flared up this week.
and 19th career Grand with Federer. At the 2014 “Even though I lost, this is rable experiences of my In other results, third-seed-
life along with the match ed Dominic Thiem of Aus-
I played against him in To- tria was upset 6-4, 6-7 (7),
ronto,” Polansky said. “His 7-5 by Argentina’s Diego
transition from the baseline Schwartzman, and fifth-
to the net, it’s a joke. seeded Kei Nishikori of Ja-
“You blink and he’s at the pan, a finalist last year, was
net. You hit balls pretty ousted 6-7 (4), 7-6 (7), 7-5
hard at him and he’s han- by Gael Monfils. It was the
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