Spain's tennis star Rafael Nadal cruised to his fifth Rogers Cup title after he registered a straight-set victory over Russian Daniil Medvedev.
Rafael Nadal is now close to registering a record 35th Masters 1000 title as he entered the quarterfinals of the Rogers Cup.
The 33-year-old Spanish star, a four-time Rogers Cup champion, will face Argentina's Guido Pella in the third round. Pella beat Moldova's Radu Albot 6-3, 2-6, 7-6 (2).
Current world No. 2 Naomi Osaka of Japan would overtake Barty for the top ranking by winning her first match on Wednesday.
The top-ranked Nadal beat the unseeded Greek upstart 6-2, 7-6 (4) for his fourth Rogers Cup crown and fifth victory of the year. He has 33 ATP World Tour Masters 1000 titles.
Despite playing on only 15 hours rest, Halep was in control from the outset against the 15th-seeded Barty, eliminating the Australian in 71 minutes.
Rafael Nadal rallied at night to join the Greek teenager Stefanos Tsitsipas in the semi-finals.
The 25-year-old Stephens, ranked No. 3 in the world, won a hard-court title in Miami in March and lost the French Open final to Simona Halep. In the quarterfinals, the American will face Anastaija Sevastova of Latvia.
The 19-year-old Tsitsipas broke the ninth-seeded Serb's serve early in the third set and held serve from there to reach his first career ATP World Tour Masters 1000 quarterfinal.
Nadal, playing for the first time since a five-set loss to Djokovic in the Wimbledon semifinals, topped France's Benoit Paire 6-2, 6-3 at night after a series of rain delays.
Nadal will now look to bounce back in the Rogers Cup, a build-up to the US Open where he will be defending his title.
Bopanna and his French partner Edouard Roger-Vasselin had conceded their men's doubles second round after the Indian suffered the injury on July 6.
It was Svitolina's fourth victory over a top-10 opponent this week and third win in two days.
With this win, Zverev avenged a loss to Federer at Halle on June 25 and evened their career head-to-head record at two wins apiece.
Federer broke serve for a 5-4 lead in the first set and broke again for 2-1 in the second en route to the victory in a little more than an hour.
In the second career meeting between the two players, Svitolina was in a strong position from the beginning as she took a 5-0 lead over Williams in the opening set and never returned.
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TORONTO: Roger Federer advanced to the Rogers Cup final Saturday night, beating Spain's Feliciano Lopez 6-3, 6-4 to set up a match against upset-happy Jo-Wilfried Tsonga. The second-ranked Federer is seeking his third titles of
Toronto: Serena Williams cruised to victory in the Rogers Cup final beating Sorana Cirstea to capture her third title here.Williams won 6-2, 6-0 in a match that lasted only 65 minutes on Sunday, reports Xinhua.With
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