Rogers Cup 2016: Thursday Scores, Results and Updated Toronto Masters Schedule

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Published: July 29, 2016

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Three rounds into the 2016 Rogers Cup, things are looking awfully good for the top players in the field.

Novak Djokovic, Angelique Kerber and Stan Wawrinka moved their way into the quarterfinals Thursday, though it wasn't a complete breeze for the latter two.

Kerber dropped her first set against Elina Svitolina before winning a match-saving tiebreak in the second and pulling out the third for a 1-6, 7-6 (2), 6-4 triumph. Wawrinka needed a tiebreak in the first set before breezing in the second to complete a 7-6 (3), 6-2 win over Jack Sock.



Djokovic, though, is still pretty awesome at tennis.

The world No. 1, playing in prime time, looked unfazed by his Wimbledon ouster or his second-round struggles against Gilles Muller on Tuesday.

He needed less than an hour-and-a-half to earn a 6-2, 6-4 win over Radek Stepanek on Thursday, overcoming five aces with his own excellent service game. Stepanek broke Djokovic just once and won only 12 return points overall.

Tennis writer Ricky Dimon captured the good-natured rivalry between Djokovic and Stepanek:



Djokovic spoke about his approach after the match, per Agence France-Presse (via the Times of India):

I just wanted to focus on each point and not allow him to go up a break again. There were a lot of close games, it could have gone a different way in the second set. 

I was fortunate to stay tough. Conditions here are very quick, It's not easy to break serve, plus Radek takes away a lot of your time with his angled returns.

Djokovic moved on to play No. 5 seed Tomas Berdych, who was victorious in three sets over Ryan Harrison on Thursday. Berdych scored 19 aces in the hard-fought match, which saw him win just eight more points overall than the 24-year-old qualifier.

While the upsets were few in Round 3, the ones that happened were ...
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