On song Federer finishes Agut in straight sets to qualify for semis
19-time Grand Slam champion Roger Federer remained on course to lift his 27th ATP World Tour Masters 1000 title, as he booked his place in the semi-finals of the Rogers Cup following a straight-sets victory over Spain’s Roberto Bautista Agut here on Saturday.
The Swiss maestro, who recently clinched his 19th Grand Slam title at Wimbledon, eased past Bautista Agut 6-4, 6-4 in a one-sided quarter-final clash that lasted one hour and eight minutes.
By clinching his seventh straight win over the Spaniard in the men’s singles event, Federer leads the ATP this season with five titles, including two grand slams, and improved his 2017 record to 34-2.
It should be noted that Federer is bidding to capture his first trophy in Montreal and his third overall in Canada.Prior to this, the pair had met only once during a Davis Cup World Group play-off in 2012, when Federer clinched a 6-1, 6-4, 6-4 win.
WOZNIACKI TOPPLES PLISKOVA
Caroline Wozniacki survived three rain delays to book her spot in the WTA Toronto tournament semi-final with a marathon 7-5, 6-7 (3/7), 6-4 victory over world No. 1 Karolina Pliskova on Friday.The sixth seeded Wozniacki posted her first career win over a number-one player in seven tries as she blasted eight aces in the two-hour, 56-minute centre court match.
She next faces American Sloane Stephens, who saved three match points in the third set to oust Lucie Safarova 6-2, 1-6, 7-5 in their quarter-final.
Pliskova fired five aces but won just 45 percent of her second-serve points.