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Defending champ Rafael Nadal wins Rogers Cup opener

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08 August, 2019, 02:05 pm
Last modified: 08 August, 2019, 02:09 pm

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Defending champ Rafael Nadal wins Rogers Cup opener

After rain delays of six and 30 minutes, Nadal fought off two set points in the first-set tiebreaker.

UNB
08 August, 2019, 02:05 pm
Last modified: 08 August, 2019, 02:09 pm
Rafael Nadal of Spain celebrates his victory over Daniel Evans of Great Britain during second round of play at the Rogers Cup tennis tournament Wednesday August 7, 2019 in Montreal.
Rafael Nadal of Spain celebrates his victory over Daniel Evans of Great Britain during second round of play at the Rogers Cup tennis tournament Wednesday August 7, 2019 in Montreal.

Top-seeded Rafael Nadal opened his Rogers Cup title defense Wednesday, beating England's Daniel Evans 7-6 (6), 6-4 in a second-round match delayed by rain three times.

After rain delays of six and 30 minutes, Nadal fought off two set points in the first-set tiebreaker.

Long live the ?

After a two hour rain delay, defending champion @RafaelNadal ends a valiant effort from Dan Evans 7-6(6), 6-4 to reach R16.#CoupeRogers | ?: Patrice Lapointe pic.twitter.com/F6NVLBAo0G— Coupe Rogers (@CoupeRogers) August 7, 2019

Play was stopped for 1 hour, 56 minutes with Nadal leading 2-0 in the second set.

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"All the matches are difficult here," Nadal said. "It was a tough first set. Then in the second, I was able to take advantage at the beginning, but then he broke me back."

The 33-year-old Spanish star, a four-time Rogers Cup champion, will face Argentina's Guido Pella in the third round. Pella beat Moldova's Radu Albot 6-3, 2-6, 7-6 (2).

Round 3️⃣ for @RafaelNadal. ?

The top seed beats Daniel Evans 7-6(6), 6-4. #CoupeRogers

?: @TennisTV | @CoupeRogers pic.twitter.com/09TG9ihpZs— ATP Tour (@ATP_Tour) August 7, 2019

Second-seeded Dominic Thiem beat Canada's Denis Shapovalov 6-4, 3-6, 6-3.

Thiem was coming off a victory on clay at the Generali Open in his native Austria.

Felix Auger-Aliassime won an all-Canadian match when Milos Raonic retired because of a back injury.

Auger-Aliassime the first set 6-3, and Raonic won the second 6-3 before stopping play.

Poland's Hubert Hurkacz upset fourth-seeded Stefanos Tsitsipas of Greece 6-4, 3-6, 6-3, and France's Richard Gasquet beat fifth-seeded Kei Nishikori of Japan 6-7 (6), 6-2, 7-6 (4); and France's Adrian Mannarino, topped 11th-seeded Borna Coric of Croatia, 6-2, 6-1.

Sixth-seeded Karen Khachanov of  Russia edged Stan Wawrinka of Switzerland 6-4, 6-7 (3), 6-2; eighth-seeded Daniil Medvedev of Russia topped Kyle Edmund of Britain 6-3, 6-0; and 10th-seeded Roberto Bautista Agut of Spain edged Diego Schwartzman of Argentina 6-2, 7-5; and

Cristian Garin of Chile knocked off 12th-seeded American John Isner 6-3, 6-4; and 14th-seeded Marin Cilic of Croatia topped Australia's John Millman 6-3, 6-4.

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