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Monday Net Post

By Peter Bodo

By TW Contributing Editor, Ed McGrogan

[Ed's Note: This week's MNP is once again abbreviated due to travel commitments.  The regular format will return next week.]

Rogers Cup (ATP - Hard - Toronto, Canada)

  • Singles Final: Rafael Nadal def. Nicolas Kiefer 6-3, 6-2.
        - Singles Semifinal: Nicolas Kiefer def. Gilles Simon 6-7, 6-3, 7-6.
        - Singles Semifinal: Rafael Nadal def. Andy Murray 7-6, 6-3.

  • Singles Bracket

  • Doubles Final: Daniel Nestor/Nenad Zimonjic def. Bob Bryan/Mike Bryan 6-2, 4-6, 10-6.
        - Doubles Semifinal: Bob Bryan/Mike Bryan def. Paul Hanley/Jordan Kerr 6-3, 6-4.
        - Doubles Semifinal: Daniel Nestor/Nenad Zimonjic def. Lukas Dlouhy/Leander Paes 6-3, 7-6.

  • Doubles Bracket

Banka Koper Slovenia Open (WTA - Hard - Portoroz, Slovenia)

  • Singles Final: Sara Errani def. Anabel Medina Garrigues 6-3, 6-3.
        - Singles Semifinal: Sara Errani def. Caroline Wozniacki 6-4, 6-4.
        - Singles Semifinal: Anabel Medina Garrigues def. Julia Goerges 6-3, 2-6, 6-4.

  • Doubles Final: Anabel Medina Garrigues/Virginia Ruano Pascual def. Vera Dushevina/Ekaterina Makarova 6-4, 6-1.
        - Doubles Semifinal: Anabel Medina Garrigues/Virginia Ruano Pascual def. Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez/Arantxa Parra Santonja 7-6, 6-3.
        - Doubles Semifinal: Vera Dushevina/Ekaterina Makarova def. Ekaterina Bychkova/Vesna Manasieva 6-3, 6-3.

  • Singles & Doubles Brackets

East West Bank Classic (WTA - Hard - Los Angeles, United States)

  • Singles Final: Dinara Safina def. Flavia Pennetta 6-4, 6-2.
        - Singles Semifinal: Dinara Safina def. Jelena Jankovic 7-6, 6-1.
        - Singles Semifinal: Flavia Pennetta def. 3-6, 6-2, 7-5.

  • Doubles Final: Yung-Jan Chan/Chia-Jung Chuang def. Eva Hrdinova/Vladimira Uhlirova 2-6, 7-5, 10-4.
        - Doubles Semifinal: Yung-Jan Chan/Chia-Jung Chuang def. Lisa Raymond/Samantha Stosur 7-6, 3-6, 10-7.
        - Doubles Semifinal: Eva Hrdinova/Vladimira Uhlirova def. Bethanie Mattek/Sania Mirza 6-2, 2-1 (retired).

  • Singles & Doubles Brackets

By the Letter

T...ravel takes precedence; no "letters" this week.

McGrogan's Heroes

ATP - Rafael Nadal

Gilles Simon, Nicolas Kiefer, and Andy Murray all played well in Toronto, and each has a backstory worth reading about.  Simon is the hot new kid on the block, Kiefer is the veteran making a final push in his career, and Murray is starting to live up to all the talk lauded on him.  But without a doubt, the lead story is that Nadal has made a seamless adjustment from clay to grass to hard courts, looking simply dominant in the process this week.  He's been monopolizing the ATP Tour lately, as well as the McGrogan's Hero award.

WTA - Dinara Safina

Dinara did her fans proud by winning her second title of the year, this time on the hard courts of Los Angeles.  She also probably made many WTA fans proud, unless they are ardent supporters of Jelena Jankovic.  Had Jankovic defeated Safina in the semifinals, Jelena would have become - by computer determination only, I may add - the number one ranked player in the world.  Trends have been tough to uncover in the women's game lately; having a No. 1 player without a Grand Slam title to her credit would have made for even more head scratching.

Tennis Theatre

For those of you who missed it, this is Nadal's epic first set tiebreaker with Richard Gasquet in the Toronto quarterfinals:

This Week's Tournaments

  • TV Schedule

Western & Southern Financial Group Masters (ATP - Hard - Cincinnati, United States)

  • Singles Bracket
  • Doubles Bracket
  • Website

Rogers Cup (WTA - Hard - Montreal, Canada)

  • Singles Bracket
  • Doubles Bracket
  • Website

Nordea Nordic Light Open (WTA - Hard - Stockholm, Sweden)

  • Singles & Doubles Bracket
  • Website

Beyond the Bracket

To return next week.

if...

you read our (Andrew Burton and I) coverage from Toronto this past week, is there anything you'd like to see different the next time we cover an event?  Say, in Montreal next year?