Montreal WTA 1000

[jimlosaltos]

Anisimova harnessing her momentum from Wimbledon rather than the negatives of her final, downs Raducanu 2 and 1.

Kostyuk had the point of the event so far yesterday vs Dasha Kasatkina. Fell flat, hard on her butt, got up and won the point anyway to earn a match point, then closed it out.
Earlier in the set, hit a drop serve on game point and won it.

Match of day promises to be Coco vs 18 year old Canadian phenom Victoria Mboko. Teen took Coco to 3 sets in Rome.

[jimlosaltos]

Huuuuge 18 year old Canadian Mboko beats Coco in 2 sets and 1 hour.

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[jimlosaltos]

Today's lineup is promising ...

Osaka vs Sevastova

Iga vs Tauson

Anismova (who's shaken off Wimby final) vs Svitolin

Mochova leads Keys a set, on court as I type Sat AM.

[jimlosaltos]

With Fritz into quarters, List of every active ATP player to make the quarters at every Masters 1000 event.
A few on this list don't get enough credit IMHO.

Indian Wells
Miami
Monte-Carlo
Madrid
Rome
Toronto
Cincinnati
Shanghai
Paris

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[jimlosaltos]

Shelton topped Cobolli in a third set tiebreak.

They had a tiny dustup at the net, which social has picked up.

Most probable explanation, Flavio gestured at 1-0 in the TB that Ben hit his FH basically with his eyes closed, watch Ben’s reaction when he hit a FH winner at 2-0 in the TB. He took offense to his friend essentially saying he got lucky. It pissed Ben off and clearly made him play better. Bear was poked.
Such sensitive dudes.

Partial videl here: https://x.com/TheTennisLetter/status...84143204508098
It continued on to the sideline.

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[stroke]

Yes, my take, not that it matters, is Ben should have just let it go. Cabolli is a good guy, has no history of drama, and is just not a problem sportsmanship wise. They had been out there a long time, and Ben won the match. Just move on Ben.

[jimlosaltos]

Yes, my take, not that it matters, is Ben should have just let it go. Cabolli is a good guy, has no history of drama, and is just not a problem sportsmanship wise. They had been out there a long time, and Ben won the match. Just move on Ben.

Agreed. But I posted this in the "wrong" Rogers Cup. Sigh.