Romanian world number one Simona Halep beat American Sloane Stephens in three sets to win the Rogers Cup in Montreal. Halep, who beat Stephens in the French Open final in June, eventually came out on top 7-6 (8-6) 3-6 6-2. Halep took a dramatic first set in a tie-break after three breaks of service apiece,
Unseeded youngster Stefanos Tsitsipas saved a match point before beating Kevin Anderson to set up a final against Rafael Nadal at the Rogers Cup. The Greek, who turns 20 on the day of Sunday’s final in Toronto, overcame the South African 6-7 (4-7) 6-4 7-6 (9-7). The world number 27 also beat Dominic Thiem, Novak
Wimbledon champion Novak Djokovic saw his bid for a fifth Rogers Cup triumph ended by a shock third-round defeat at the hands of Greek teenager Stefanos Tsitsipas in Toronto. Tsitipas, who turns 20 on Sunday, beat the 13-time Grand Slam champion 6-3 6-7 (5-7) 6-3 in two hours 18 minutes. The world number 27 is
British number one Johanna Konta moved into the Rogers Cup third round by beating two-time Grand Slam champion Victoria Azarenka in a match that was halted by rain on Wednesday. Konta led 6-3 3-0 when play was stopped in Montreal, and completed a comfortable victory on Thursday. The 27-year-old went on to win 6-3 6-1
China’s Peng Shuai has been banned for six months and fined $10,000 (£7,760) for breaking tennis anti-corruption rules before Wimbledon 2017. Former doubles world number one Peng tried to change her women’s doubles partner after the sign-in deadline. The Tennis Integrity Unit said she “used coercion and offered the possibility of financial reward”. That was
Angelique Kerber’s first match since she won Wimbledon ended in a 6-4 6-1 defeat by France’s Alize Cornet at the Rogers Cup in Montreal. World number four Kerber, 30, who beat Serena Williams to claim her third Grand Slam title, made 32 unforced errors in the second-round match. Cornet, ranked 30 places below German Kerber,
Novak Djokovic began his bid for a fifth Rogers Cup crown with a straight-sets victory over Bosnia’s Mirza Basic. Djokovic, the Wimbledon champion, won 6-3 7-6 (7-3) against Basic, who was a late replacement for injured South Korean Chung Hyeon. Thirteen-time Grand Slam champion Djokovic will face Canada’s Peter Polansky in the second round. Elsewhere,
British number one Johanna Konta came from behind to beat 11th seed Jelena Ostapenko in the first round of the Rogers Cup in Montreal. Konta, currently ranked 43rd in the world after starting the year in ninth, prevailed 6-7 6-1 6-2. She was pegged back from a 3-0 lead in the opening set and lost
British number one Kyle Edmund was thrashed 6-1 6-2 by Diego Schwartzman in the first round of the Rogers Cup in Toronto, Canada. Edmund, who is ranked number 16 in the world, was beaten in an hour by Argentina’s world number 12. Schwartzman immediately took control of the match by breaking his opponent’s first service
British number two Katie Boulter was beaten in straight sets by Lesia Tsurenko in the first round of the Rogers Cup in Montreal. Ukraine’s Tsurenko, 29, eased to a 6-4 6-2 win in 85 minutes. It is likely Boulter, 22, would have moved into the world’s top 100 for the first time had she won.