Upsets galore at Rogers events
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TOP-RANKED Novak Djokovic was upset by 13th-seeded Jo-Wilfried Tsonga at the Rogers Cup in Toronto on Thursday, falling 2-6, 2-6 in only 63 minutes in the third round.
Second-seeded Roger Federer narrowly avoided another upset, edging Marin Cilic 7-6 (5), 6-7 (3), 6-4.
Djokovic came in with 11 straight wins over Tsonga but was nowhere near adding a 12th. “Just nothing was going,” Djokovic said. “No baseline, no serve, no return. So just generally (a) very bad day, very poor performance.”
Tsonga’s serve gave Djokovic plenty of trouble. The Frenchman had only eight aces, but Djokovic continually struggled to keep his returns in play and Tsonga pulled off a victory he relished.
“It’s not every day you get the rewards of what you’re doing every day during the year,” he said. “You leave your family, practice every day hard, suffer a lot on the court. And when you win a match like this, you just feel good.”
Tsonga will play eighth-seeded Andy Murray in the quarterfinals. Murray advanced when opponent Richard Gasquet withdrew because of an abdominal strain.
Federer’s quarterfinal opponent will be David Ferrer. The Spaniard was also pushed to three sets by a Croat opponent, defeating Ivan Dodig 1-6, 6-3, 6-3.
Third-seeded Stan Wawrinka failed to make it two Swiss in the last eight, as he was beaten 6-7 (8), 5-7 by Kevin Anderson. The South African will next play seventh-seeded Grigor Dimitrov, a 7-5, 5-7, 6-4 winner over Tommy Robredo.
Milos Raonic also advanced in his home tournament, beating Julien Benneteau of France 6-3, 4-6, 6-4. The sixth-seeded Raonic, coming off a tournament victory on Sunday in Washington, will play Feliciano Lopez in the quarterfinals. The Spaniard beat Tomas Berdych 3-6, 6-3, 6-4
In Montreal, Serena Williams cruised into the quarterfinals of the Rogers Cup with a 7-5 6-4 win over Lucie Safarova, while sister Venus ousted German sixth seed Angelique Kerber 6-3, 3-6, 6-4 as the tournament lost more seeds on Thursday.
Petra Kvitova, ranked No. 2 and playing in her first event since winning her second Wimbledon title, fell 4-6, 6-1, 2-6 to Russia’s Ekaterina Makarova while fourth seed Maria Sharapova was beaten 2-6, 6-4, 2-6 by Spain’s Carla Suarez Navarro.
Seventh seed Jelena Jankovic of Serbia was also sent packing, leaving just two of the top eight seeds — Serena Williams and third seed Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland — in the quarterfinals.
Serena will now face Denmark’s former world No. 1 Caroline Wozniacki, who brought American qualifier Shelby Rogers’ fairytale run to a shuddering 6-1, 6-0 end, in the quarterfinals.
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