After the Tokyo 2021 Olympic Games, the ball village will return to the tournaments of ATP Tour. At the end of August, the last Grand Slam of the year is the US Open will officially start. Therefore, the current players are attending the tournaments running on the hard ground.
Before the US Open took place, in August there will be two important tournaments in the Masters 1000 category. The first tournament is the Rogers Cup, also known as Canadian Open, held in Montreal and Toronto (Canada) from July 9 to July 16. This is the 140th year of the tournament.
Currently, the reigning champion of the men's singles is Rafael Nadal. In 2019, the 'King of the Play Car' excelled in defeating Daniil Medvedev to win the championship. This is also the fourth time Rafa crowned in this tournament. However, in the latest announcement, Nadal confirmed withdrawal from this year's Rogers Cup because of injury.
Over 3 days of competition, Canada has completed the second round. Today, the matches in the third round will officially start. In particular, the focus will be the matches of Stefanos Tsitsipas and Daniil Medvedev – two prominent names of the Next Gen generation.
At 22:00 on August 12, Tsitsipas will play first. Accordingly, the Greek player will face Karen Khachanov – who has just won the men's single medal at the Tokyo 2021 Olympic Games.
Tennis schedule today 12/8
