Rogers Cup: Novak Djokovic plays down winning chances in Montreal

Representative for the couple confirmed that former Wimbledon champion, 28, and wife Sears, 27, are expecting their first child. Nadal hasn’t superior past the quarterfinal of a Grand Slam event since final yr’s French Open, however he’s reached the ultimate in every of his final three U.S. Open appearances, having not performed at Flushing Meadows since 2013.

“I’m feeling better and better”, Raonic told reporters ahead his first-up match against the victor of Jerzy Janowicz versus Ivo Karlovic.

For nearly three months, Djokovic has stayed away from singles play outdoors of the Grand Slam tournaments. A major win would have secured their place, but now they head into the US hard court series still chasing the points.

The world No 1, who has not played since retaining his Wimbledon title last month, is in the same half of the draw as Stan Wawrinka, Berdych and Milos Raonic.

The Scot was dumped out in the second round of the Citi Open in Washington by world number 53 Russian Teymuraz Gabashvili last week so he is hoping to remain in the tournament for longer this week. He added, “We are both extremely excited, happy, and we feel lucky”. In 2007, it was one of my biggest wins. “I remember that match very well”, said Nadal, who needed three sets to beat Andre Agassi 6-3, 4-6, 6-2.

He said: “I feel OK, it always get a bit of time getting used to the hard courts”. Thereafter he is seeded to meet Gael Monfils in the third round, Cilic in the quarter-finals, Kei Nishikori in the semi-finals and Djokovic in the final. Filip Peliwo plays Sergiy Stakhovsky of Ukraine in the first grandstand match at 12:30 while Philip Bester kicks off the evening session on the grandstand court at 6:30 p.m. with a match against Giles Muller of Luxembourg.

The most interesting victor at the Canadian Open tennis championships was Jeff Borowiak, a free spirit from California who won the 1977 title in Toronto.

Can he get the better of his arch nemesis Novak Djokovic?

Tennis returns to Canada this week at the Montreal Masters for the sixth Masters 1000 event of the year.