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Summary Djokovic will face Richard Gasquet in the final.
Top-seeded Novak Djokovic advanced to the Rogers Cup final with a 6-4, 6-1 win over fellow Serb Janko Tipsarevic on Saturday night in the rain-delayed tournament.Djokovic, the winner of the hard court event in 2007 and 2011, will face Richard Gasquet in the final. The Frenchman, seeded 14th, beat John Isner 7-6 (3), 6-3.In the second set, I played really good, Djokovic said.Djokovic led 3-2 in the first set with the fifth-seed Tipsarevic serving on 30-30 when play was stopped because of rain. The delay lasted an hour in the match that was delayed 90 minutes at the start.I dont see any reason why hard court tournament dont have covers on their courts, Djokovic said. And I think this tournament, after this years experience should strongly consider covers for next year. If they inflate the covers, like they do on Wimbledon for example, it saves us time.Gasquet, ranked 21st in the world, is making his first trip to a Masters 1000 final in six years. In 2006, also in Toronto, Gasquet lost to Roger Federer.Its a difficult player, but the key to the match was to return well and I did it, Gasquet said. I try to return all the time and make him play.In the womens event at Montreal, seventh-seeded Carolina Wozniacki ended Canadian Aleksandra Wozniaks run, beating the Quebec favorite 6-4, 6-4 in the quarterfinals.Wozniak, from the Montreal suburb of Blainville, was the first Canadian since Patricia Hy-Boulais in 1992 to reach the quarterfinals in the event.The two players have met nine times, and Wozniaks only win was in Tokyo in 2009 when the Dane was forced to retire in the first set because of a viral infection.It feels like she always comes up with her best tennis against me, for some reason, Wozniak said. Every time I see were playing each other I want to step it up also. Hopefully, next time its my win.Earlier Saturday, Wozniak finished off a rain-delayed match by topping Christina McHale 7-6 (5), 6-3. Wozniacki playing the full match Saturday, beating Varvara Lepchenko 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 in the afternoon. Wozniacki received treatment at courtside for a right leg problem early in the second set, but completed the third-round match.In the semifinals, Wozniacki will face fifth-seeded Petra Kvitova, a 6-3, 6-2 winner over Tamira Paszek.In the other quarterfinals, 10th-seeded Li Na beat second-seeded Agnieszka Radwanska 6-2, 6-1, and 16th-seeded Lucie Safarova topped Roberta Vinci 6-2, 6-2.
