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Federer trying to re-energize game in Cincinnati

Monday, 12 August 2013, 10:30 Last update: about 11 years ago Malta Independent

Roger Federer usually feels good when he arrives in Cincinnati for a tournament he has won more times than anyone else. This week, not so much.   Federer is trying to reconstruct his game...

Nadal beats Raonic in Montreal final

Monday, 12 August 2013, 06:17 Last update: about 11 years ago Malta Independent

Rafael Nadal beat Milos Raonic 6-2, 6-2 on Sunday in the Rogers Cup final, spoiling Raonic's bid to become the first Canadian winner in the event in 55 years.   Robert Bedard, the last...

Serena Williams wins Rogers Cup in romp

Monday, 12 August 2013, 06:00 Last update: about 11 years ago Malta Independent

Top-ranked Serena Williams breezed to her third Rogers Cup title Sunday with a 6-2, 6-0 victory over unseeded Romanian Sorana Cirstea.   It was her eighth WTA title of the year and the 54th...

Serena Williams reaches final at Rogers Cup

Sunday, 11 August 2013, 09:14 Last update: about 11 years ago Malta Independent

Serena Williams will be aiming for her eighth title of the season after advancing to the Rogers Cup final with a tough 7-6 (3), 6-4 win over Poland's Agnieszka Radwanska on...

Nadal tops Djokovic to reach Rogers Cup final

Sunday, 11 August 2013, 09:00 Last update: about 11 years ago Malta Independent

Rafael Nadal defeated two-time defending champion Novak Djokovic 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 (2) in a thrilling, two-and-a-half-hour match on Saturday to reach the final of the Rogers Cup.   The...

Djokovic and Nadal to clash in Rogers Cup semi

Saturday, 10 August 2013, 10:40 Last update: about 11 years ago Malta Independent

Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal swept into the semfinals of the Rogers Cup with rapid victories on Friday, though their upcoming semifinal will for once take second billing to an all-Canadian affair...

Radwanska tops Errani to make Rogers Cup semis

Saturday, 10 August 2013, 10:39 Last update: about 11 years ago Malta Independent

Top-seeded Serena Williams eased into the Rogers Cup semifinals by overpowering Slovakia's Magdalena Rybarikova 6-1, 6-1 on Friday.   Williams, coming off a seventh tournament victory of...

Andy Murray eliminated in Montreal

Friday, 9 August 2013, 06:31 Last update: about 11 years ago Malta Independent

Wimbledon champion Andy Murray tumbled out of the Rogers Cup on Thursday, while Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal progressed after difficult matches.   The second-seeded Murray, a two-time...

Serena Williams advances in Toronto

Friday, 9 August 2013, 06:25 Last update: about 11 years ago Malta Independent

Top-seeded Serena Williams advanced to the Rogers Cup quarterfinals Thursday, beating 13th-seeded Kirsten Flipkens of Belgium 6-0, 6-3.   Williams, coming off a tournament victory 2½...

Murray, Nadal win in Montreal

Thursday, 8 August 2013, 06:35 Last update: about 11 years ago Malta Independent

Andy Murray made a successful return in his first match since winning at Wimbledon, beating Spain's Marcel Granollers 6-4, 7-6 (2) on Wednesday in the second round of the Rogers...

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