With respect to the Masters Series of Toronto, we can say that in general terms it's left a great taste in the mouth, with such fantastic preformances throughout the last week, leaving a very good impression of the young players like Tomáš Berdych who brilliantly defeated Rafael Nadal, winner of the 2005 title, in the third round. Another player to stand out is scottish Andy Murray, who under the guidence of Brad Gilbert, is showing very complete tennis and of such great quality. Another special mention has to be for the losing finalist, frenchman Richard Gasquet who has made a great impression, by his quality, talent and magical timing for executing great shots. During the final Gasquet made amazing shots, used great tactics and strategic brilliance; nevertheless, Federer is Federer and knew the exact time to react, to take the match 2-6 6-3 6-2 in 1:48 hours.
Roger Federer
Now on to the WTA in Stockholm, the Chinese Zheng Jie raised herslf to win her third title, by beating Russian Anastasia favorite Myskina in the final, 6-4 6-1.
Zheng Jie recieved the trophy from Bjorn Borg
In Los Angeles, Russian Elena Dementieva obtained her second title of the year, when defeating Serbian Jelena Jankovic, 6-3 4-6 6-4 in two hours and 23 minutes of play. An exciting match in where both players showed aggressive, very spirited tennis and in where Dementieva managed to control her nerves to finally overcome Jankovic.
Elena Dementieva
Next to the doubles, and the outstanding pair this week were the Argentine/Hispanic duo of Vivi Ruano and Paola Suarez, who took the tiles after beating the partnership of Hantuchova/Sugiyama by 6-3 6-4.
This week starts in Cincinnati for another stage of the ATP Masters Series.
Tournament information: Cincinnati
Next stage for the WTA, is the Rogers Cup tournament in Montreal.
María Sharapova on the poster for Rogers Cup in Montreal
Tournament information: Rogers Cup Montreal
