Canadian teenager Denis Shapovalov downed former U.S. Open champion Juan Martin del Potro on a gusty Wednesday at the men's Rogers Cup. The 18-year-old Shapovalov took the second-round match 6-3, 7-6 (4). Roger Federer defeated Canada's Peter Polansky 6-2, 6-1 in his first Canadian Open match since losing to Jo-Wilfried Tsonga at the 2014 final in Toronto. Karolina Pliskova hits a forehand in her 6-3, 6-3 win over Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova at the Rogers Cup women's event in Toronto on Wednesday. In other second-round play, ninth-seed Venus Williams earned her second career win in Toronto, a 7-5, 7-5 victory over Katerina Siniakova.

Source: CBC News August 09, 2017 18:13 UTC