Montréal -- Aug. 5

[janie]

Fact sheet + entry list

Tournament Name: COUPE ROGERS
Location: MONTREAL, QUEBEC, CANADA
Dates: AUGUST 5-11, 2013
Prize Money: US $2,887,085
56 MAIN DRAW/28 QUALIFYING DRAW

SITE: Uniprix Stadium
285 Gary-Carter Street
Montreal, Quebec, Canada–H2R 2W1
SURFACE: Hard-Decoturf
BALL: Penn ATP Tournament Select Extra Duty
WEB SITE: www.CoupeRogers.com

Qualifying draw: Friday, August 2, 9:00 p.m.
Main draw: Friday, August 2, tba
Doubles draw: Saturday, August 3, 2:00 p.m.

ATP Ranking Points
W: 1000
F: 600
SF: 360
QF: 180
R16: 90
R32: 45 (Seeds: 10)
R64: 10 (WC: 0)
Q: +25
Q14: 16
Q28: 0

Entry deadline: June 24, 2013
Seeding: July 29, 2013

1 Djokovic, Novak SRB 1
2 Murray, Andy GBR 2
3 Federer, Roger SUI 3 OUT AUG. 2 - back injury
4 Ferrer, David ESP 4
5 Nadal, Rafael ESP 5
6 Berdych, Tomas CZE 6
OUT Tsonga, Jo-Wilfried FRA 7
8 Del Potro, Juan Martin ARG 8
9 Gasquet, Richard FRA 9
10 Wawrinka, Stanislas SUI 10
11 Nishikori, Kei JPN 11
12 Cilic, Marin CRO 12
13 Haas, Tommy GER 13
14 Tipsarevic, Janko SRB 14
15 Raonic, Milos CAN 15
16 Almagro, Nicolas ESP 16
17 Simon, Gilles FRA 17
18 Kohlschreiber, Philipp GER 18
19 Querrey, Sam USA 19
20 Monaco, Juan ARG 20
21 Isner, John USA 21
22 Janowicz, Jerzy POL 22
23 Anderson, Kevin RSA 23
24 Dolgopolov, Alexandr UKR 24
25 Chardy, Jeremy FRA 25
26 Youzhny, Mikhail RUS 26
27 Paire, Benoit FRA 27
28 Seppi, Andreas ITA 28
OUT Robredo, Tommy ESP 29
30 Fognini, Fabio ITA 30
31 Dimitrov, Grigor BUL 31
32 Lopez, Feliciano ESP 32
33 Benneteau, Julien FRA 33
34 Mayer, Florian GER 34
35 Rosol, Lukas CZE 35
36 Klizan, Martin SVK 36
37 Melzer, Jurgen AUT 37
38 Nieminen, Jarkko FIN 38
39 Gulbis, Ernests LAT 39
40 Baghdatis, Marcos CYP 40
41 Granollers, Marcel ESP 41
42 Davydenko, Nikolay RUS 42
OUT Fish, Mardy USA 43
OUT Troicki, Viktor SRB 44
45 (SE)
46 (Q)
47 (Q)
48 (Q)
49 (Q)
50 (Q)
51 (Q)
52 (Q)
53 (WC)
54 (WC)
55 (WC)
56 (WC)

Alternates
IN Stepanek, Radek CZE 45
IN Bellucci, Thomaz BRA 46
IN Istomin, Denis UZB 47
OUT Hanescu, Victor ROU 48
IN Dodig, Ivan CRO 49
1 Andujar, Pablo ESP 50
2 Montanes, Albert ESP 51
OUT Zeballos, Horacio ARG 52
3 Llodra, Michael FRA 53
4 Verdasco, Fernando ESP 54
5 Zemlja, Grega SLO 55
OUT Gimeno-Traver, Daniel ESP 56
6 Brands, Daniel GER 57
7 Haase, Robin NED 58
8 Tomic, Bernard AUS 59

[janie]

Nice come-from-behind win for Mayer over Tomic.

[lexpretend]

Heh, Isner lost to a CAN WC in a third-set TB.

Not sure what happened, but CAN junior Peliwo, whose results I note because he is hot, was losing 3-6, 3-5 to Nieminen, and then came back to lead 3-1 in the third set, then Nieminen retired. Wonder if Peliwo got lucky or Nieminen just stole his moment.

Fognini d. Baghdatis 1-6 6-1 6-1. No comment.
Granola d. Grisha 6-4 6-4. No comment except LOL.

All-bromance R2! Paire vs. Wawrinka!

[janie]

Thatwas a great win for the Popsicle guy! And for Peliwo. Happy for Canada.

[janie]

Pospisil's on a rampage! Took down the mighty ex of Deadisova. I hope no one's going to tell me that Vasek is a jerk like Polansky.

[janie]

What happened to Haas?

[lexpretend]

Shoulder, apparently.

Peliwo took Istomin to three sets but lost - still, I think that's more impressive than a win-by-ret.

Big shocker is Ferrer losing to Bogomolov

Paire won the Bromance Battle over Stan, 6-2 7-6.

Gulbis d. Fognini 6-3 1-6 6-1, which is a score befitting that match-up.

[Grarliner]

Janowicz loses the following leads against Nadal - 6-5, serving for the first set. 5-2, first set tiebreak. 3-0, one break in the second.

[lexpretend]

Murray a set and a break down to Gulbis, who's playing really well.

[lexpretend]

Murray broke back, but then Gulbis broke again at 4-3 and served it out. Some excellent tennis from Ernie vs a flat Muzz.

R3 exits for both Wimbledon champions on their return, the comedown is harsh.

[janie]

Woohoo Ernests! Fun day for him.

[janie]

Has Pospisil week been declared in Canada yet?

[The Chloe]

Not yet.

[Lady]

What is this new admitted cheating I'm hearing about?
(Yes, I barely watch tennis between slams now, but I can't miss moments that will be referenced for years to come!!)

[lexpretend]

Oh god, Lahyani's terrible screw-up in Raonic vs Delpo:

tennis.si.com/2013/08/08/milos-raonics-win-over-juan-martin-del-potro-tainted-by-controversy/

"Hypothetically yes, technically no" is a ludicrous thing to say, Milos. You can tell from his immediate reaction he thought he'd lost the point. CHEATER!!!!!!1111

SMH @ Davenport shit-stirring yet again by bringing The Hand up.

I think Pospisil is a bug server, so I can't get behind his run. A KING KOLYA/Gulbis SF would be nice, though.

Why is Matosevic in another big QF? Go away.

[Traveling Man]

Not owning up to the net touch was a shitty thing to do.

As long as Muzza keeps winning majors, don't care. And he lost to a very good player obvs.

[Old Hag]

I'd do what Raonic did. The point was clearly over. This match was serious business. Screw your pedantic rules.

[R. Black]

Lame "controversy".

I think it's the sort of situation where you have to let the umpire deal with the situation, and if the umpire doesn't ask any question, well that's just too bad. It's not the player's job to judge if the point was over or not when the net was touched. Why didn't the umpire fix his error when he realized his mistake?

[R. Black]

All-Canadian semifinal.

[The Chloe]

Gentlemanly though it would have been for Milos to own up to having touched the net and generously concede the point, I also do not think this is a big deal. I doubt most would do that.

Anyway, I might watch the semifinal tomorrow. Why not? It's not like I have a job!

[The Chloe]

I watched. It was not a good match, really. I'll watch the big one later, which also has a good chance of not being great. Yay Saturday!

[The Chloe]

Aug 7, 2013 2:47:31 GMT -5 lexpretend said:

Heh, Isner lost to a CAN WC in a third-set TB.

Not sure what happened, but CAN junior Peliwo, whose results I note because he is hot, was losing 3-6, 3-5 to Nieminen, and then came back to lead 3-1 in the third set, then Nieminen retired. Wonder if Peliwo got lucky or Nieminen just stole his moment.

I've just Googled Peliwo in search of hotness and found a not yet mature boy. Please explain. Is this like that time I had a crush on Gendry from Game of Thrones, until I Googled him and found upsettingly outdated photos from his time on Skins?

[The Chloe]

Aug 7, 2013 13:43:07 GMT -5 janie said:

Pospisil's on a rampage! Took down the mighty ex of Deadisova. I hope no one's going to tell me that Vasek is a jerk like Polansky.

If his interview immediately prior to Milos' was any indication, he's not very articulate. He had just lost though. Also, he's a tennis player, so I suppose that being articulate is not the goal.

[Old Hag]

Raonic in the final and takes Gasquet's spot in the Top 10 via cheap Canadian final. I'll take that upgrade.

[The Chloe]

Raonic will lose to Nadal tomorrow. Nadal will win all the things.

[lexpretend]

Aug 9, 2013 14:33:53 GMT -5 R. Black said:

Lame "controversy".

I think it's the sort of situation where you have to let the umpire deal with the situation, and if the umpire doesn't ask any question, well that's just too bad. It's not the player's job to judge if the point was over or not when the net was touched. Why didn't the umpire fix his error when he realized his mistake?

What is actually the rule here? I know the ump can correct him/herself if they call the score wrong, but what if replay shows a situation like this where an obvious error has been made after the score's been called - are they able to change that? They should be. I should ask @unseededlooming or something.

[The Chloe]

I have no idea either. In slightly related news, the umpire lost track of the score during Nadal and Djokovic's match last night. He entered it wrong, and then didn't call it on the next point, as thought he didn't know what it was. The crowd was booing and Nadal and Djokovic were both just like "dude..." It was a small, but great moment for all.

[Old Hag]

I'm 99% sure the ump can change after calling the score, but changing after seeing a replay on the big screen opens up a can of worms, especially when there's a local player involved.

[The Chloe]

Not even close. That went exactly as expected. Nadal to win all the things.

[The Chloe]

Also, Nadal to pull out of Cincy?