All-American Montreal Matches, A WTA Number 1 Race in Toronto, And Cincinnati Begins (kinda)
Myles David runs down a loaded National Bank Open week: all eight Montreal men's quarterfinalists were born in the 2000s, Ben Shelton and Brandon Nakashima play for the title, and Wayne Ferreira's coaching impact on Nakashima gets its due. In Toronto, Elena Rybakina and Iga Swiatek set up the final, with the WTA No. 1 race down to four points between Rybakina and Aryna Sabalenka. Plus: Cincinnati Open headlines, a genuinely terrible weather forecast, and what Sinner and Alcaraz's double withdrawal says about the state of men's tennis heading into the US Open. SUBSCRIBE to TUNED INTO TENNIS…
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