David Ferrer is out with cleft metacarpal
After training with Alex Bogomolov Jr. and yesterday, with his friend Juan Monaco, Rafael Nadal came matched second round (knockout) of the 1000 Montreal Masters, Rogers Cup, against the winner of first round match between Croatian Ivan Dodig and Frenchman Jeremy Chardy.
Probably, Nadal will debut on Wednesday against Dodig or Chardy. If Rafa goes ahead, he might come across in the second round with Verdasco. In the quarter Berdych peers. In the semifinals should get Andy Murray, who stepped down at Nadal in the semifinals in Canada 2010. A year ago, the men's tournament was the Rogers Cup in Toronto.
The other area of the box goes to a Federer-Djokovic semi-final, semifinal rematch of Roland Garros, Djokovic only loss in 2011: 48-1. Federer, who turns 30 tomorrow, said: "I'm enjoying it and I think I can still win any Grand Slam tournament." Out: Andy Roddick, Robin Soderling and David Ferrer, diagnosed with cleft metacarpal in his left hand.
Rafa adds 500 points tomorrow
Just Monday morning, Rafa Nadal will add 500 points in the ATP list, which won the title in Barcelona in April, and now come out of the list (which is calendar weeks) 2010 Washington tournament. With 500 points, Nadal will be 11,770: number two after Djokovic, 13,155. In Montreal, Rafa defends 360 points as a semifinalist 2010.