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Denis Shapovalov, 18, knocks off top seed Rafael Nadal in Rogers Cup in third set tiebreaker at Rogers Cup
Shapovalov, from Richmond Hill, advances to the quarter-finals of the tournament. He is the youngest player to reach the round of 16 of a Master Series tournament since Nadal did it in 2004. He advances to a quarter-final meeting Friday night with France’s Adrian Mannarino, who defeated Hyeon Chung of South Korea 6-3, 6-3. Shapovalov has taken major strides this week to reach his goal of cracking the world’s top 100 with wins over Rogerio Dutra Silva and 2009 U.S. Open champion Juan Martin Del Potro. He also halted Nadal’s bid to regain the No. 1 ranking, which the Spaniard could have achieved by reaching the semifinals.
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MONTREAL— Roger Federer isn’t one to gloat over his stunning record against former top-10 opponent David Ferrer.
Without playing especially well, the 19-time grand slam champion from Switzerland defeated Ferrer 4-6, 6-4, 6-2 in the third round of the Rogers Cup on Thursday, stretching his career record against the Spaniard to 17-0. It started with a win in Vienna in 2003.
“Maybe in the beginning he was not as good as he is now,” said Federer. “Maybe I won five times because I’m better than he was.
“I was No. 1 in the world. I played him on hard courts also. I didn’t play him often on clay. Also, there were many tight matches, so maybe it became a mental thing for him. I have a lot of respect for David. As a person, he’s very nice. He’s a great fighter on the court. So this type of headto-head is a bit strange.”
In Friday’s quarter-finals, secondseeded Federer will face 12th-seeded Roberto Bautista Agut of Spain, against whom he is 6-0. Bautista Agut outlasted Frenchman Gael Monfils 4-6, 7-6 (5), 7-6 (2) in a two hours 56 minutes battle on centre court at Uniprix Stadium.
Unseeded Argentine Diego Schwartzman posted a strange win over American Jared Donaldson 0-6, 7-5, 7-5 to advance to a quarter-final meeting with Robin Haase, the 52ndranked Dutchman who upset seventh-seeded Grigor Dimitrov of Bulgaria 7-6 (3), 4-6, 6-1.
Kevin Anderson of South Africa downed American Sam Querrey 6-4, 6-1 and will next play fourthseeded Alexander Zverev, who ousted 16th seeded Nick Kyrgios 6-4, 6-3.