Updated on
Summary
Rafael Nadal won his first match since May when David Ferrer retired with a left knee injury in the first set of their match at the Rogers Cup. Nadal led 4-3 when Ferrer informed the chair umpire he could not continue. Earlier, Andy Roddick, playing in front of newly appreciative fans, beat Igor Andreev 6-1, 7-6 (3) to reach the third round as well. He next faces Fernando Verdasco, who advanced to the round of 16 earlier with a 6-1, 6-1 win over Leonardo Mayer. Also, former world No. 1 Juan Carlos Ferrero advanced to the third round with a 6-3, 7-6 (6) upset of 13th-seeded Gael Monfils. Ferrero, who ousted former No. 1 player Lleyton Hewitt in the first round on Tuesday, will face third-seeded Andy Murray next. The 29-year-old Spaniard, ranked No. 1 in 2003 after he won the French Open, had to go through two qualifying matches last weekend just to get into the tournament because the direct entries were set six weeks ago when he was ranked 70th. Ferrero is 20-7 since May and has risen to No. 29. Juan Martin Del Potro, the No. 6 seed who was coming off a victory over Andy Roddick on Sunday in the final at Washington, advanced with a 6-2, 7-5 win over Jan Hernych. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga beat Rainer Schuettler 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 to reach the third round. The seventh-seeded Tsonga broke for a 4-3 lead in the final set to secure the win. His next opponent will be the winner of a match between fellow Frenchman Gilles Simon and Alejandro Falla of Colombia set for later Wednesday. The most-anticipated match comes at night, when defending champion and world No. 2 Rafael Nadal makes his return from tendinitis in both knees that has kept him out of action since losing in the fourth round of the French Open on May 31 to Robin Soderling. Nadal takes on David Ferrer.
