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**Nypbscao** · 03-08-2012, 09:20 PM

Logical, but U$TA ain't moving the US Open from having the Labor Day weekend right smack dab in the middle of it.

You're right of course. Commercialism crushes logic every time. Which is why they also have the Men's semifinals on Saturday even though they play best of five. Sigh. Why do aspects of America suck so much

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**CialisBestPrice** · 03-08-2012, 10:05 PM

Wait until 2016. Not only shorter summer because of the Wimbledon shift, but another Olympic year. The Rio Olympics will be a week later (August 5-21) than London. US Open will be August 29-Sept 11. If tennis remains in the first week, that would leave only two weeks between the Olympics and USO for Canada and Cincinnati (never mind New Haven/Dallas) and neither week would be desirable for the top players to play.

**sXVUOUVC** · 03-08-2012, 10:06 PM

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

BOUCHARD, DUBOIS AND WOZNIAK IN THE MAIN DRAW OF THE ROGERS CUP PRESENTED BY NATIONAL BANK

Montréal, August 3, 2012 – Today, Tennis Canada announced the wild cards for the Rogers Cup presented by National Bank. Three Québecers, Eugenie Bouchard (Westmount, QC), Stéphanie Dubois (Laval, QC) and Aleksandra Wozniak (Blainville, QC) will be part of the main draw of this WTA Premier event.

At 18 years old, Bouchard will be making her second appearance in the main draw of the Rogers Cup and her first in Montréal. She’s been on a winning streak these past weeks, racking up an impressive 19 consecutive wins, winning the Wimbledon junior singles and doubles titles and the Granby National Bank Challenger and reaching the quarters of a WTA tournament for the very first time in Washington.

Dubois, 25 years old, will be taking part in her 11th Rogers Cup. She’s had some magical moments in Montréal, especially in 2006 and 2008 when she reached the third round. Currently ranked 151st, she was 87th in the world at the start of the year—a career high. Dubois, who hails from Laval, has just taken part in the London Olympic Games, representing Canada in doubles with compatriot Aleksandra Wozniak.

Wozniak will be taking part in the Rogers Cup for the 10th time. She started out the season strong, climbing from 105th to 52nd in the world. The 24-year-old from Blainville won the $100 000 Nassau Challenger in March and reached the third round of the French Open. Wozniak is also fresh from the London Olympics, where she lost in the second round to Venus Williams. Wozniak will be trying to get past the second round of the Rogers Cup presented by National Bank for the very first time in her career.

The wild cards for the qualifying tournament were also handed out, and there was a strong Canadian contingent. Françoise Abanda (Montréal, QC), Gabriela Dabrowski (Ottawa, ON), Marianne Jodoin (Varennes, QC), Sonya Molnar (Guelph, ON), Erin Routliffe and Carol Zhao (Richmond Hill, ON) will be playing in the qualifiers along with Sharon Fichman (Toronto, ON) and Marie-Ève Pelletier (Repentigny, QC), who ranked high enough. The qualifications will get underway tomorrow and continue until Monday, as 64 players will face off for eight spots in the main draw.

About the Rogers Cup presented by National Bank
The Rogers Cup presented by National Bank is a Tennis Canada owned and operated world-class tournament celebrating its 132nd anniversary of the men’s event from August 4-12, 2012 at Rexall Centre and its 120h anniversary of the women’s event from August 4-13, 2012 at Uniprix Stadium in Montreal. As an ATP Masters 1000 tournament, Premier WTA tournament and U.S. Open Series event, the Rogers Cup presented by National Bank will showcase the world’s best players. The Rogers Cup presented by National Bank is the third-oldest title in tennis, behind only Wimbledon and the U.S. Open.

**tigoCeree** · 03-08-2012, 10:37 PM

Wait until 2016. Not only shorter summer because of the Wimbledon shift, but another Olympic year. The Rio Olympics will be a week later (August 5-21) than London. US Open will be August 29-Sept 11. If tennis remains in the first week, that would leave only two weeks between the Olympics and USO for Canada and Cincinnati (never mind New Haven/Dallas) and neither week would be desirable for the top players to play.

Rio should be hard courts so at least that will serve as a good tune up for NY.

**gariharrr** · 03-09-2012, 12:33 AM

Somewhere, Mardy is smiling. Don't blow it, kid.

Not somewhere, but 10 feet away from me

**sXVUOUVC** · 03-09-2012, 02:27 AM

FEDERER PULLS OUT OF ROGERS CUP PRESENTED BY NATIONAL BANK

Due to withdrawal, Milos Raonic moves into seeded position in Toronto

Toronto, August 3, 2012 – Tennis Canada announced Friday that world No. 1 Roger Federer has withdrawn from Rogers Cup presented by National Bank in Toronto.

"I am very disappointed that I have to withdraw from Toronto as I love the city and the Canadian fans are amazing. I have always enjoyed playing there but after a long stretch of tournaments, I will need some time to recover,” said Federer. "I look forward to coming back to Canada next year."

Due to Federer’s withdrawal, Canada’s Milos Raonic now moves into the No. 16 seed position and will receive a first-round bye. The draw to determine first-round match-ups will take place on Saturday.

An updated player list for Rogers Cup presented by National Bank in Toronto is below:

1. DJOKOVIC, Novak SRB
2. MURRAY, Andy GBR
3. TSONGA, Jo-Wilfried FRA
4. BERDYCH, Tomas CZE
5. TIPSAREVIC, Janko SRB
6. DEL POTRO, Juan Martin ARG
7. MONACO, Juan ARG
8. ISNER, John USA
9. SIMON, Gilles FRA
10. CILIC, Marin CRO
11. FISH, Mardy USA
12. KOHLSCHREIBER, Philipp GER
13. NISHIKORI, Kei JPN
14. GASQUET, Richard FRA
15. MAYER, Florian GER
16. RAONIC, Milos CAN
17. DOLGOPOLOV, Alexandr UKR
18. STEPANEK, Radek CZE
19. GRANOLLERS, Marcel ESP
20. SEPPI, Andreas ITA
21. LOPEZ, Feliciano ESP
22. TROICKI, Viktor SRB
23. YOUZHNY, Mikhail RUS
24. BENNETEAU, Julien FRA
25. ANDERSON, Kevin RSA
26. HAAS, Tommy GER
27. MELZER, Jurgen AUT
28. ANDUJAR, Pablo ESP
29. BERLOCQ, Carlos ARG
30. NALBANDIAN, David ARG
31. BAGHDATIS, Marcos CYP
32. CHARDY, Jeremy FRA
33. TOMIC, Bernard AUS
34. LACKO, Lukas SVK
35. BOGOMOLOV, JR., Alex RUS
36. YOUNG, Donald USA
37. KUKUSHKIN, Mikhail KAZ
38. LU, Yen-Hsun TPE
39. SPECIAL EXEMPT
40. DANCEVIC, Frank (WILD CARD) CAN
41. POLANKSY, Peter (WILD CARD) CAN
42. POSPISIL, Vasek (WILD CARD) CAN
43. QUALIFIER
44. QUALIFIER
45. QUALIFIER
46. QUALIFIER
47. QUALIFIER
48. QUALIFIER

**sandracuk** · 03-09-2012, 05:15 AM

Why isn't Roddick here? He has such a poorly managed schedule.

I would be surprised if any of those top 6 actually show up, except for Berdych.

**Nypbscao** · 03-09-2012, 05:21 AM

Well, Tsonga doesn't have to play on Sunday so he'll probably be in Toronto. It wouldn't surprise me if Novak, Murray, and Delpo all pull out though. On a related note, I bet that everyone playing Toronto will be happy that Raonic is now seeded.

**ebBPxIai** · 03-09-2012, 05:53 AM

ATP Qualifying Draw - Toronto

[1] DIMITROV, Grigor BUL vs CHIUDINELLI, Marco SUI
WC POKRAJAC, Milan CAN vs [7] ZOPP, Jurgen EST

[2] MAYER, Leonardo ARG vs BERRER, Michael GER
WC PELIWO, Filip CAN vs [11] DODIG, Ivan CRO

[3] MATOSEVIC, Marinko AUS vs ODESNIK, Wayne USA
GABASHVILI, Teymuraz RUS vs [9] LEVINE, Jesse USA

[4] FOGNINI, Fabio ITA vs WC KRAINIK, Pavel CAN
REYNOLDS, Bobby USA vs [12] BECKER, Benjamin GER

[5] EBDEN, Matthew AUS vs ALT CHVOJKA, Erik CAN
CAPDEVILLE, Paul CHI vs [10] STAKHOVSKY, Sergiy UKR

[6] RUSSELL, Michael USA vs MATHIEU, Paul-Henri FRA
WC DUCLOS, Pierre-Ludovic CAN vs [9] CIPOLLA, Flavio ITA

**ebBPxIai** · 03-09-2012, 06:01 AM

WTA Qualifying Draw Montreal

(1)Urszula Radwanska (POL)/BYE
Gabriela Dabrowski (CAN) vs Melanie Oudin (USA)
Ashley Weinhold (USA) vs Tamarine Tanasugarn (THA)
Sharon Fichman (CAN) vs (11)Anna Tatishvili (GEO)

(2)Vania King (USA)/BYE
Alicja Rosolska (POL) vs WC Francoise Abanda (CAN)
(wc)Katalin Marosi (HUN) vs WC Marianne Jodoin (CAN)
Lena Litvak (USA) vs (16)Magdalena Rybarikova (SVK)

(3)Galina Voskoboeva (KAZ)/BYE
WC Danielle Mills (USA) vs Olga Savchuk (UKR)
Marie-Eve Pelletier (CAN) vs Aravane Rezai (FRA)
Tori Kinard (USA) vs (13)Julia Cohen (USA)

(4)Barbora Zahlavova Strycova (CZE)/BYE
Michelle Larcher De Brito (POR) vs Kristina Mladenovic (FRA)
Kai-Chen Chang (TPE) vs Jill Craybas (USA)
WC Sonja Molnar (CAN) vs (15)Mirjana Lucic (CRO)

(5)Iveta Benesova (CZE)/BYE
WC Megan Moulton-Levy (USA) vs WC Erin Routliffe (CAN)
Madison Brengle (USA) vs Sesil Karatantcheva (KAZ)
Jana Cepelova (SVK) vs (9)Mandy Minella (LUX)

(6)Arantxa Rus (NED)/BYE
Estrella Cabeza Candela (ESP) vs WC Carol Zhao (CAN)
Anastasia Rodionova (AUS) vs Bethanie Mattek-Sands (USA)
WC Jennifer Elie (USA) vs (14)Vera Dushevina (RUS)

(7)Timea Babos (HUN) vs Natalie Grandin (RSA)
Maria Sanchez (USA) vs Lauren Davis (USA)
Alla Kudryavtseva (RUS) vs WC Darija Jurak (CRO)
Julia Boserup (USA) vs (12)Johanna Larsson (SWE)

(8)Bojana Jovanovski (SRB) vs Alexa Glatch (USA)
Misaki Doi (JPN) vs Eleni Daniilidou (GRE)
Shuai Zhang (CHN) vs Irina Falconi (USA)
Vladimira Uhlirova (CZE) vs (10)Kiki Bertens (NED)

03-08-2012, 09:20 PM	#21
Nypbscao Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 396 Senior Member	Logical, but U$TA ain't moving the US Open from having the Labor Day weekend right smack dab in the middle of it. You're right of course. Commercialism crushes logic every time. Which is why they also have the Men's semifinals on Saturday even though they play best of five. Sigh. Why do aspects of America suck so much ? Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter
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03-08-2012, 10:05 PM	#22
CialisBestPrice Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 576 Senior Member	Wait until 2016. Not only shorter summer because of the Wimbledon shift, but another Olympic year. The Rio Olympics will be a week later (August 5-21) than London. US Open will be August 29-Sept 11. If tennis remains in the first week, that would leave only two weeks between the Olympics and USO for Canada and Cincinnati (never mind New Haven/Dallas) and neither week would be desirable for the top players to play. Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter
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03-08-2012, 10:06 PM	#23
sXVUOUVC Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 346 Senior Member	FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE BOUCHARD, DUBOIS AND WOZNIAK IN THE MAIN DRAW OF THE ROGERS CUP PRESENTED BY NATIONAL BANK Montréal, August 3, 2012 – Today, Tennis Canada announced the wild cards for the Rogers Cup presented by National Bank. Three Québecers, Eugenie Bouchard (Westmount, QC), Stéphanie Dubois (Laval, QC) and Aleksandra Wozniak (Blainville, QC) will be part of the main draw of this WTA Premier event. At 18 years old, Bouchard will be making her second appearance in the main draw of the Rogers Cup and her first in Montréal. She’s been on a winning streak these past weeks, racking up an impressive 19 consecutive wins, winning the Wimbledon junior singles and doubles titles and the Granby National Bank Challenger and reaching the quarters of a WTA tournament for the very first time in Washington. Dubois, 25 years old, will be taking part in her 11th Rogers Cup. She’s had some magical moments in Montréal, especially in 2006 and 2008 when she reached the third round. Currently ranked 151st, she was 87th in the world at the start of the year—a career high. Dubois, who hails from Laval, has just taken part in the London Olympic Games, representing Canada in doubles with compatriot Aleksandra Wozniak. Wozniak will be taking part in the Rogers Cup for the 10th time. She started out the season strong, climbing from 105th to 52nd in the world. The 24-year-old from Blainville won the $100 000 Nassau Challenger in March and reached the third round of the French Open. Wozniak is also fresh from the London Olympics, where she lost in the second round to Venus Williams. Wozniak will be trying to get past the second round of the Rogers Cup presented by National Bank for the very first time in her career. The wild cards for the qualifying tournament were also handed out, and there was a strong Canadian contingent. Françoise Abanda (Montréal, QC), Gabriela Dabrowski (Ottawa, ON), Marianne Jodoin (Varennes, QC), Sonya Molnar (Guelph, ON), Erin Routliffe and Carol Zhao (Richmond Hill, ON) will be playing in the qualifiers along with Sharon Fichman (Toronto, ON) and Marie-Ève Pelletier (Repentigny, QC), who ranked high enough. The qualifications will get underway tomorrow and continue until Monday, as 64 players will face off for eight spots in the main draw. About the Rogers Cup presented by National Bank The Rogers Cup presented by National Bank is a Tennis Canada owned and operated world-class tournament celebrating its 132nd anniversary of the men’s event from August 4-12, 2012 at Rexall Centre and its 120h anniversary of the women’s event from August 4-13, 2012 at Uniprix Stadium in Montreal. As an ATP Masters 1000 tournament, Premier WTA tournament and U.S. Open Series event, the Rogers Cup presented by National Bank will showcase the world’s best players. The Rogers Cup presented by National Bank is the third-oldest title in tennis, behind only Wimbledon and the U.S. Open. Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter
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03-08-2012, 10:37 PM	#24
tigoCeree Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 459 Senior Member	Wait until 2016. Not only shorter summer because of the Wimbledon shift, but another Olympic year. The Rio Olympics will be a week later (August 5-21) than London. US Open will be August 29-Sept 11. If tennis remains in the first week, that would leave only two weeks between the Olympics and USO for Canada and Cincinnati (never mind New Haven/Dallas) and neither week would be desirable for the top players to play. Rio should be hard courts so at least that will serve as a good tune up for NY. Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter
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03-09-2012, 12:33 AM	#25
gariharrr Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 775 Senior Member	Somewhere, Mardy is smiling. Don't blow it, kid. Not somewhere, but 10 feet away from me Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter
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03-09-2012, 02:27 AM	#26
sXVUOUVC Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 346 Senior Member	FEDERER PULLS OUT OF ROGERS CUP PRESENTED BY NATIONAL BANK Due to withdrawal, Milos Raonic moves into seeded position in Toronto Toronto, August 3, 2012 – Tennis Canada announced Friday that world No. 1 Roger Federer has withdrawn from Rogers Cup presented by National Bank in Toronto. "I am very disappointed that I have to withdraw from Toronto as I love the city and the Canadian fans are amazing. I have always enjoyed playing there but after a long stretch of tournaments, I will need some time to recover,” said Federer. "I look forward to coming back to Canada next year." Due to Federer’s withdrawal, Canada’s Milos Raonic now moves into the No. 16 seed position and will receive a first-round bye. The draw to determine first-round match-ups will take place on Saturday. An updated player list for Rogers Cup presented by National Bank in Toronto is below: 1. DJOKOVIC, Novak SRB 2. MURRAY, Andy GBR 3. TSONGA, Jo-Wilfried FRA 4. BERDYCH, Tomas CZE 5. TIPSAREVIC, Janko SRB 6. DEL POTRO, Juan Martin ARG 7. MONACO, Juan ARG 8. ISNER, John USA 9. SIMON, Gilles FRA 10. CILIC, Marin CRO 11. FISH, Mardy USA 12. KOHLSCHREIBER, Philipp GER 13. NISHIKORI, Kei JPN 14. GASQUET, Richard FRA 15. MAYER, Florian GER 16. RAONIC, Milos CAN 17. DOLGOPOLOV, Alexandr UKR 18. STEPANEK, Radek CZE 19. GRANOLLERS, Marcel ESP 20. SEPPI, Andreas ITA 21. LOPEZ, Feliciano ESP 22. TROICKI, Viktor SRB 23. YOUZHNY, Mikhail RUS 24. BENNETEAU, Julien FRA 25. ANDERSON, Kevin RSA 26. HAAS, Tommy GER 27. MELZER, Jurgen AUT 28. ANDUJAR, Pablo ESP 29. BERLOCQ, Carlos ARG 30. NALBANDIAN, David ARG 31. BAGHDATIS, Marcos CYP 32. CHARDY, Jeremy FRA 33. TOMIC, Bernard AUS 34. LACKO, Lukas SVK 35. BOGOMOLOV, JR., Alex RUS 36. YOUNG, Donald USA 37. KUKUSHKIN, Mikhail KAZ 38. LU, Yen-Hsun TPE 39. SPECIAL EXEMPT 40. DANCEVIC, Frank (WILD CARD) CAN 41. POLANKSY, Peter (WILD CARD) CAN 42. POSPISIL, Vasek (WILD CARD) CAN 43. QUALIFIER 44. QUALIFIER 45. QUALIFIER 46. QUALIFIER 47. QUALIFIER 48. QUALIFIER Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter
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03-09-2012, 05:15 AM	#27
sandracuk Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 674 Senior Member	Why isn't Roddick here? He has such a poorly managed schedule. I would be surprised if any of those top 6 actually show up, except for Berdych. Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter
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03-09-2012, 05:21 AM	#28
Nypbscao Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 396 Senior Member	Well, Tsonga doesn't have to play on Sunday so he'll probably be in Toronto. It wouldn't surprise me if Novak, Murray, and Delpo all pull out though. On a related note, I bet that everyone playing Toronto will be happy that Raonic is now seeded. Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter
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03-09-2012, 05:53 AM	#29
ebBPxIai Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 406 Senior Member	ATP Qualifying Draw - Toronto [1] DIMITROV, Grigor BUL vs CHIUDINELLI, Marco SUI WC POKRAJAC, Milan CAN vs [7] ZOPP, Jurgen EST [2] MAYER, Leonardo ARG vs BERRER, Michael GER WC PELIWO, Filip CAN vs [11] DODIG, Ivan CRO [3] MATOSEVIC, Marinko AUS vs ODESNIK, Wayne USA GABASHVILI, Teymuraz RUS vs [9] LEVINE, Jesse USA [4] FOGNINI, Fabio ITA vs WC KRAINIK, Pavel CAN REYNOLDS, Bobby USA vs [12] BECKER, Benjamin GER [5] EBDEN, Matthew AUS vs ALT CHVOJKA, Erik CAN CAPDEVILLE, Paul CHI vs [10] STAKHOVSKY, Sergiy UKR [6] RUSSELL, Michael USA vs MATHIEU, Paul-Henri FRA WC DUCLOS, Pierre-Ludovic CAN vs [9] CIPOLLA, Flavio ITA Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter
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03-09-2012, 06:01 AM	#30
ebBPxIai Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 406 Senior Member	WTA Qualifying Draw Montreal (1)Urszula Radwanska (POL)/BYE Gabriela Dabrowski (CAN) vs Melanie Oudin (USA) Ashley Weinhold (USA) vs Tamarine Tanasugarn (THA) Sharon Fichman (CAN) vs (11)Anna Tatishvili (GEO) (2)Vania King (USA)/BYE Alicja Rosolska (POL) vs WC Francoise Abanda (CAN) (wc)Katalin Marosi (HUN) vs WC Marianne Jodoin (CAN) Lena Litvak (USA) vs (16)Magdalena Rybarikova (SVK) (3)Galina Voskoboeva (KAZ)/BYE WC Danielle Mills (USA) vs Olga Savchuk (UKR) Marie-Eve Pelletier (CAN) vs Aravane Rezai (FRA) Tori Kinard (USA) vs (13)Julia Cohen (USA) (4)Barbora Zahlavova Strycova (CZE)/BYE Michelle Larcher De Brito (POR) vs Kristina Mladenovic (FRA) Kai-Chen Chang (TPE) vs Jill Craybas (USA) WC Sonja Molnar (CAN) vs (15)Mirjana Lucic (CRO) (5)Iveta Benesova (CZE)/BYE WC Megan Moulton-Levy (USA) vs WC Erin Routliffe (CAN) Madison Brengle (USA) vs Sesil Karatantcheva (KAZ) Jana Cepelova (SVK) vs (9)Mandy Minella (LUX) (6)Arantxa Rus (NED)/BYE Estrella Cabeza Candela (ESP) vs WC Carol Zhao (CAN) Anastasia Rodionova (AUS) vs Bethanie Mattek-Sands (USA) WC Jennifer Elie (USA) vs (14)Vera Dushevina (RUS) (7)Timea Babos (HUN) vs Natalie Grandin (RSA) Maria Sanchez (USA) vs Lauren Davis (USA) Alla Kudryavtseva (RUS) vs WC Darija Jurak (CRO) Julia Boserup (USA) vs (12)Johanna Larsson (SWE) (8)Bojana Jovanovski (SRB) vs Alexa Glatch (USA) Misaki Doi (JPN) vs Eleni Daniilidou (GRE) Shuai Zhang (CHN) vs Irina Falconi (USA) Vladimira Uhlirova (CZE) vs (10)Kiki Bertens (NED) Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter
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