The United States Tennis Association (USTA) yesterday was given a wildcard into the main draw of the US Open – last major of the season to former world number one, Maria Sharapova. The Russian five-time was granted the wildcard into her first time since her two-year doping ban for testing positive for heart disease drug meldonium at the 2016 Australian Open.
Twenty-year old German Alexander Zverev beat Roger Federer 6-3, 6-4 on Sunday in Montreal, Canada to take the Rogers Cup final. The 20-year-old Zverev won last week in Washington and has five titles this season, including in two ATP Masters 1000 events. He’s the youngest winner here since Novak Djokovic beat Federer in 2007 final.
Top seeded, Rafael Nadal has been denied a chance at the world number one spot by 18-year-old Canadian, Denis Shapovalov, in the third round of the Montreal Rogers cup.
Andy Murray is set to miss the Western and Southern Open in Cincinnati due to reported hip injury. The world number 1 made this known on Wednesday in a post on his Facebook wall.
Roger Federer eased back into action for the first time since winning his eighth Wimbledon title last month as he also reached the third round with a dominant victory, at the Rogers Cup in Montreal, Canada. The Swiss star who celebrated his 36th birthday on Tuesday, beat Peter Polansky of Canada 6-2, 6-1, in just 53 minutes.
Maria Sharapova has reportedly been advised by her doctors to withdraw from the Bank of West Classic due to soreness in her left arm. The organizers of the tournament who made the disclosure in a statement issued yesterday said the decision was "preventative" to avoid further injury trouble. She was earlier billed to play on Wednesday night. Her inability to feature in the tournament has automatically made the seventh-seed Lesia Tsurenko to move to the quarterfinals of the tournament.
