ATP Masters 1000 Rogers Cup Montreal

All top seed players are through to the round of 16 on Thursday.

The anticipated return of Spain’s Rafael Nadal was cut short as his opponent countryman David Ferrer retired after 36 mn for a knee injury. Nadal looked a bit rusty but was up a break at 4-3 when Ferrer quit.

Roger Federer had a good workout against local Frederic Niemeyer The 33 years old canadian pushed the world #1 to a tiebreak on the first set but lost some steam on the second.New father Federer won 7-6,6-4,he will face next his countryman Stanislas Wawrinka who beat him earlier this year in the semi-final in Monte Carlo.

Former world #1 J.C. Ferrero continues creating havoc in the draws eliminating Leyton Hewitt and Gael Monfils in straight sets.#3Andy Murray is next in line for the spaniard.The frenchmen J.W. Tsonga and Gilles Simon will battle for a spot in the quarter-finals and the man in form Nicolay Davidenko will face hard hitter Fernando Gonzalez.

At the bottom of the draw Nadal’s opponent is the german P.Petzochner who upset 15 seed Tommy Robredo. Last week champion in Washington D.C. #6 J.M. del Potro and #4 Novak Djokovic shouldn’t have too much trouble against Jan Hernych and Mikhail Youzhny respectively.

The match to watch is last american left in Montreal #5 Andy Roddick vs spaniard #10 Fernando Verdasco.Roddick just lost to Del Potro last Sunday,he’s looking to redeem himself after two disappointing finals,in Wimbledon and Washington D.C. However, Verdasco has been very consistant this season and has given Roddick trouble in the past.

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