Rogers Cup News
WTA Rogers Cup tournament organisers confirmed that the event will now take place from August 6 to 15, 2021.
The American is also seeking a record-equalling 24th Grand Slam title in her highly anticipated final against Canadian teenager Bianca Andreescu, the number 15 seed, after injuries affected her form in some tournaments this year.
Bruneau, who has worked with the hard-hitting Andreescu since March 2018, said he always "had a lot of trust in her" amid murmurs she could be tennis` next bright star.
Canadian tennis player Milos Raonic has pulled out of the fourth and final major of the season i.e US Open due to a glute injury.
The Auckland Open serves as a warm-up before the year`s first Grand Slam, the Australian Open, which begins on January 20 next year.
Williams, on the other hand, climbed up two places to grab eighth spot in the updated women's singles rankings, ATP reported.
With the win, Nadal has also lifted his third tour-level trophy of the year after sealing wins at Rome and Roland Garros earlier this year,
The victory will see Andreescu surge up from 27th spot to 14th position when an updated WTA rankings are released on Monday.
Nadal, who is a four-time champion of the Canadian Open, will now lock horns with the winner of another last-eight clash between countryman Roberto Bautista Agut and No. 16 seed Gael Monfils.
With the win, 18-time Grand Slam champion Nadal has notched up his 379th Masters 1000 victory, thus surpassing third-ranked Roger Federer's record of 378 in the elite series.
Williams has now stormed into the quarter-finals of the tournament for the eighth time.
In other matches, 76th-ranked American Jennifer Brady defeated 50th-ranked Kristina Mladenovic of France 6-1 6-2.
Shapovalov defeated France`s Pierre-Hugues Herbert 6-3, 7-5 to snap a five-match losing streak while Raonic crushed 16 aces en route to a 6-4 6-4 win over another Frenchman Lucas Pouille.
Greek teenager Stefanos Tsitsipas secured the biggest win of his career when he sent Wimbledon champion Novak Djokovic packing in the third round of the Rogers Cup with a stunning 6-3 6-7(5) 6-3 win on Thursday.
Bopanna will compete at the Asian Games without any competitive match since the Wimbledon Championships.
Williams, who has not played since losing the Wimbledon final to Germany’s Angelique Kerber last month, will have her place in the draw taken by Germany`s Tatjana Maria.
Former world number one Andy Murray withdrew from the Citi Open on Friday, citing fatigue.
Speculations were also that Federer was in the race for the numero uno spot and now with Nadal's shock exit, the road seems clear for him. If he is able to win the Rogers Cup tomorrow, then he is bound to become the World No.1 yet again, on August 21 with an equal or a better finish than Nadal at the Cincinnati masters.
Czech Pliskova, playing her first tournament with the top ranking, was pushed into a deciding set by qualifier Osaka before the 19-year-old called for the trainer when trailing 6-2 6-7(4) 1-0 and promptly withdrew.
It was not just a dream, it was something that most tennis fans yearned to see. To see Rafael Nadal scale up the ladder to reclaim the No. 1 ranking on the ATP rankings chart. But all went in vain as the Spaniard lost to Denis Shapovalov 3-6 6-4 7-6 (7-4) in the third round of the Rogers Cup in Montreal, today.
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