Montreal: Roger Federer used a dominant service game to beat Dutchman Robin Haase 6-3, 7-6, (7-5) in the semifinals of the Montreal Masters tennis tournament, here Saturday.
Next up for the Swiss right-hander, who is seeking his third Rogers Cup title after triumphs in Toronto in 2004 and 2006, is Zverev who defeated Canada’s Denis Shapovalov 6-4, 7-5.
Haase, playing in his first ATP World Tour Masters 1000 semifinal, did well to force a second-set tie-break but Federer proved too much to handle as the Swiss fired down nine aces and dropped only nine points on serve.
Federer credited a positive mindset for helping him extend his winning streak to 16 matches.
Zverev on the other hand, ended Shapovalov’s magical week on his third match point when the 18-year-old, who had been the story of the tournament after a stunning win over World No.2 Rafael Nadal, sent a backhand wide. Shapovalov had a great chance at 4-3 in the second set but failed to convert on his three break points.
Wozniacki, Svitolina in final
Toronto: Denmark’s Caroline Wozniacki sailed into the final of the WTA Toronto tennis tournament by cooling off the red-hot Sloane Stephens, while Elina Svitolina needed two wins to punch her ticket to the title match. Wozniacki required 80 minutes to eliminate a resurgent Stephens 6-2, 6-3 and reach her sixth final of 2017. Fifth seeded Svitolina quashed defending champion Simona Halep’s quest for back-to-back titles with a 6-1, 6-1 demolition.
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