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Tennis Canada announced Wednesday the official player acceptance lists for the 2012 Rogers Cup in Montreal and Toronto. This year, 59 of the Top 60 players in the world will be descending upon Canada, including both current world No. 1 Maria Sharapova and defending Rogers Cup champion Novak Djokovic. The Top 35 men of the ATP World Tour will play at Rexall Centre in Toronto from August 4-12, while 24 of the Top 25 women of the WTA will compete August 4-13 at Uniprix Stadium in Montreal.
“We are thrilled to welcome back all the best male players in the world to Toronto,” said Rogers Cup Toronto tournament director Karl Hale. “The depth in the men’s game makes for riveting storylines and unparalleled rivalries and we look forward to watching all the action up-close and personal when the players hit the courts in Toronto.”
“We are very pleased to announce that 24 of the Top 25 players in the world will be in Montreal this year,” said Rogers Cup Montreal
tournament director Eugène Lapierre. “Our list shows that Rogers Cup continues to be one of the most important and appreciated tournaments on the tennis calendar, one that the ladies don’t want to miss.”
Other past champions expected at the tournaments include seven-time French Open winner Rafael Nadal, 16-time Grand Slam champion Roger Federer, two-time Rogers Cup titlist Andy Murray, and former world No.1 players Caroline Wozniacki and Ana Ivanovic. Joining them will be last year’s Rogers Cup finalist and US Open champion Sam Stosur, Australian Open champion Victoria Azarenka and home-grown Canadian hero Milos Raonic.
“I think that Rogers Cup in both Montreal and Toronto do a tremendous job in organizing the event and it’s one of the best [Masters] 1000
events that we have in the world of tennis,” said Djokovic. “Every player enjoys playing there. I’m really looking forward to coming there
and playing my best tennis.”
For the second year, the two internationally-recognized Rogers Cup events will be staged during the same week making them “virtually
combined”. As with last year, all necessary elements will be in place to ensure that spectators, journalists and players are able to interact across venues.
New for 2012, both draws will consist of 48 players with the Top 16 seeds receiving first-round byes. Main draw action in Montreal will
begin one day later than usual on Tuesday, August 7 with the women’s final taking place in the evening on Monday, August 13. An evening final is also scheduled in Toronto for the first time ever on Sunday, August 12 with doubles starting at 5 p.m. and singles at 7 p.m.
The draws in each city will be completed with the addition of qualifiers, tournament wildcards and Tour special exemptions. These
entrants will be announced at a later date.
With the smaller draw size, qualifying weekend at both tournaments will be extremely competitive with fan favourites such as Tommy Haas, David Nalbandian, Marcos Baghdatis and Shahar Peer all possibilities based on their ranking to be part of the group fighting for a spot into the main draw. Entry to the grounds during qualifying is free for spectators both in Montreal and Toronto.
ENTRY LIST – MAIN DRAW ROGERS CUP TORONTO
(Rankings listed are as of Monday, June 25)
1. DJOKOVIC, Novak SRB 1
2. NADAL, Rafael ESP 2
3. FEDERER, Roger SUI 3
4. MURRAY, Andy GBR 4
5. FERRER, David ESP 5
6. TSONGA, Jo-Wilfried FRA 6
7. BERDYCH, Tomas CZE 7
8. TIPSAREVIC, Janko SRB 8
9. DEL POTRO, Juan Martin ARG 9
10. ISNER, John USA 10
11. ALMAGRO, Nicolas ESP 11
12. FISH, Mardy USA 12
13. SIMON, Gilles FRA 13
14. MONACO, Juan ARG 14
15. MONFILS, Gael FRA 15
16. VERDASCO, Fernando ESP 16
17. LOPEZ, Feliciano ESP 17
18. CILIC, Marin CRO 18
19. GASQUET, Richard FRA 19
20. NISHIKORI, Kei JPN 20
21. DOLGOPOLOV, Alexandr UKR 21
22. RAONIC, Milos CAN 22
23. GRANOLLERS, Marcel ESP 23
24. WAWRINKA, Stanislas SUI 24
25. RODDICK, Andy USA 25
26. SEPPI, Andreas ITA 26
27. STEPANEK, Radek CZE 27
28. TOMIC, Bernard AUS 28
29. MAYER, Florian GER 29
30. KOHLSCHREIBER, Philipp GER 30
31. ANDERSON, Kevin RSA 31
32. BENNETEAU, Julien FRA 32
33. YOUZHNY, Mikhail RUS 33
34. TROICKI, Viktor SRB 34
35. MELZER, Jurgen AUT 35
36. ANDUJAR, Pablo ESP 36
37. BERLOCQ, Carlos ARG 37
38. FERRERO, Juan Carlos ESP 38
39. SPECIAL EXEMPT / EXEMPTION SPECIALE
40. WILD CARD / LAISSEZ-PASSER
41. WILD CARD / LAISSEZ-PASSER
42. WILD CARD / LAISSEZ-PASSER
43. QUALIFIER / QUALIFIÉ
44. QUALIFIER / QUALIFIÉ
45. QUALIFIER / QUALIFIÉ
46. QUALIFIER / QUALIFIÉ
47. QUALIFIER / QUALIFIÉ
48. QUALIFIER / QUALIFIÉ
ENTRY LIST – MAIN DRAW ROGERS CUP MONTREAL
(Rankings listed are as of Monday, June 25)
1. SHARAPOVA, Maria RUS 1
2. AZARENKA, Victoria BLR 2
3. RADWANSKA, Agnieszka POL 3
4. KVITOVA, Petra CZE 4
5. STOSUR, Samantha AUS 5
6. WOZNIACKI, Caroline DEN 7
7. KERBER, Angelique GER 8
8. BARTOLI, Marion FRA 9
9. ERRANI, Sara ITA 10
10. LI, Na CHN 11
11. ZVONAREVA, Vera RUS 12
12. CIBULKOVA, Dominika SVK 13
13. IVANOVIC, Ana SRB 14
14. LISICKI, Sabine GER 15
15. KANEPI, Kaia EST 16
16. PENNETTA, Flavia ITA 17
17. PETKOVIC, Andrea GER 18
18. KIRILENKO, Maria RUS 19
19. PETROVA, Nadia RUS 20
20. JANKOVIC, Jelena SRB 21
21. SAFAROVA, Lucie CZE 22
22. VINCI, Roberta ITA 23
23. GOERGES, Julia GER 24
24. CETKOVSKA, Petra CZE 25
25. ZHENG, Jie CHN 27
26. HANTUCHOVA, Daniela SVK 29
27. PAVLYUCHENKOVA, Anastasia RUS 30
28. MCHALE, Christina USA 32
29. NICULESCU, Monica ROU 33
30. PENG, Shuai CHN 34
31. KUZNETSOVA, Svetlana RUS 35
32. WICKMAYER, Yanina BEL 36
33. PASZEK, Tamira AUT 37
34. BARTHEL, Mona GER 39
35. SUAREZ NAVARRO, Carla ESP 40
36. PERVAK, Ksenia KAZ 41
37. HALEP, Simona ROU 42
38. WILD CARD / LAISSEZ-PASSER
39. WILD CARD / LAISSEZ-PASSER
40. WILD CARD / LAISSEZ-PASSER
41. QUALIFIER / QUALIFIÉE
42. QUALIFIER / QUALIFIÉE
43. QUALIFIER / QUALIFIÉE
44. QUALIFIER / QUALIFIÉE
45. QUALIFIER / QUALIFIÉE
46. QUALIFIER / QUALIFIÉE
47. QUALIFIER / QUALIFIÉE
48. QUALIFIER / QUALIFIÉE
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