WTA 1000 Rogers Cup Montréal 7/27 - 8/7 2025

[ti-amie]

So the talk about Elmo moving the event to Austin is not just idle chit chat huh?

[ti-amie]

Thursday Order of Play

Centre Court
Starts at 12:30 PM

UKR M. Kostyuk (24) vs AUS D. Kasatkina (15)
Upcoming
USA C. Gauff (1) vs RUS V. Kudermetova
Upcoming
CAN V. Mboko vs CZE M. Bouzkova
Upcoming
KAZ E. Rybakina (9) vs ROU J. Cristian

Rogers
Starts at 12:30 PM

CHN L. Zhu vs NED S. Lamens
Upcoming
RUS M. Andreeva (4) vs USA M. Kessler (28)
Upcoming
ESP J. Bouzas Maneiro vs JPN A. Ito
Upcoming
UKR D. Yastremska (30) vs USA E. Navarro (8)

Court 5
Starts at 12:30 PM

AUS Joint/USA McNally vs USA Krawczyk/MEX Olmos
Upcoming
USAStearns/CZEVondrousova vs USA Keys/USA Pegula
Upcoming
RUS Rakhimova/KAZ Voskoboeva vs NOR Eikeri/JPN Hozumi
Upcoming
RUS Kudermetova/BEL Mertens (4) vs BRA Haddad Maia/GERSiegemund

Court 9
Starts at 12:30 PM

USA Muhammad/NED Schuurs (6) vs JPN Aoyama/ESP Bucsa
Upcoming
CZE Krejcikova/LAT Ostapenko vs SVK Mihalikova/GBR Nicholls
Upcoming
POL Piter/USA Santamaria vs CHN Guo/RUS Panova
Upcoming
USA Melichar-Martinez/RUS Samsonova vs UKR Kichenok/AUS Perez (7)

[skatingfan]

So the talk about Elmo moving the event to Austin is not just idle chit chat huh?

Hard to know - I've never seen a list of ATP license agreements to know when they expire. We tend to think of the big tournaments as not moving, but the ATP 1000 events have shifted over the years from time to time.

[martini4me]

Apparently yesterday was a mess. A fan posted this on the big WTA fan site. When the players are ignoring the ELC there's a huge problem.

Obviously nobody who has posted in this thread watched Cirstea v Sun yesterday. Cirstea served an "ace" down the middle in the first game, which umpire Aline Rocha entered into the system because there was no "fault" call, only to see both players agree that it WAS a fault and for Cirstea to serve again (she won the great rally on her second serve anyway).

This wont help Montreal’s rep as the worst venue on the tour

In what way is Montreal the worst event on tour? The facilities specifically? (I heard on a podcast that they don't have enough practice courts for the expanded 96-player field, so are shuttling some players to another tennis facility (where they've put down the same surface) ten minutes away.) Not fan support, I would think.

Meanwhile Genie Bouchard is looking to stave off retirement again, now up a break against Bencic in the third set (and has been playing very well).

[martini4me]

And, predictably enough, after playing top-tier tennis for a set and a half, she really drops off and gets broken two out of three service games, as soon as I posted that.

[JTContinental]

Apparently yesterday was a mess. A fan posted this on the big WTA fan site. When the players are ignoring the ELC there's a huge problem.

This wont help Montreal’s rep as the worst venue on the tour

In what way is Montreal the worst event on tour? The facilities specifically? (I heard on a podcast that they don't have enough practice courts for the expanded 96-player field, so are shuttling some players to another tennis facility (where they've put down the same surface) ten minutes away.) Not fan support, I would think.

Meanwhile Genie Bouchard is looking to stave off retirement again, now up a break against Bencic in the third set (and has been playing very well).

As far as I know, it’s been common knowledge that players on both tours hate this event when it’s their turn in Montreal, mainly because of the facility. I’ve heard commentators talking about this frequently since at least the early 2000’s. I linked to an article written by someone who trains there on the last page which details most of the reasons, but they are largely logistical and not related to the actual running of the event itself or lack of fan support.

[ponchi101]

Well, Genie is gone.
A career that must have some lessons for younger players. What happened to a player that reached SF/SF/F/QF at all slams one year, and then, was unable not even to get more tractions, but to even come close to that.
She was legit in 2014. And I don't think it was the fame or the spotlight. Something happened with her tennis. And that has to be examined.
Wish her the best.

[ashkor87]

She hit her head in the usopen locker room .never the same after

[JTContinental]

Still ranked #12 in pickleball

Nice to see her score one last win on her way out

[ashkor87]

Some interesting doubles pairings.. ostapenko with krejcikova, pegula with keys..I don't know how good Keys is at doubles, but the others are all top-notch...osta's power with krejcikova's touch looks like s good combination

[skatingfan]

[Owendonovan]

A mere 19 games of DF's.

[ashkor87]

And yet she wins! Shame on her opponents..

[ponchi101]

And yet she wins! Shame on her opponents..

Exactly.
The math is simple. She is basically giving you one free point per service game. She starts every game 0-15. And you still can't beat her.
How long before a coach tells her: "You will serve the entire match serving 2nd serves. Then, when you can do that and hit zero DF's, we return to first serves".
Because it can't be worse.
Second player in dire need of Mats Wilander (after he is done with Perricard).

[JTContinental]

Coco's biggest strength is working around her weaknesses to still win a ton of matches. I'd call it "winning ugly" but since I hate Brad Gilbert, I refuse.