By Chris Oddo | Thursday August 9, 2018
Keeping up with the game of tennis, by the numbers. Each day at Tennis Now we’ll give you a fresh set—without any further ado, here’s what the numbers say after Day 4 of Rogers Cup and Coupe Rogers.
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5
Number of times that Novak Djokovic has gone the distance in a best-of-three match without breaking serve. Today’s 6-3, 7-6(5), 6-3 loss to Stefanos Tsitsipas was the fifth. Gives us an idea of a) how good of a returner Djokovic is and b) how well Tsitsipas served in this match.
2
Number of times on Thursday that a match featuring Aryna Sabalenka saw the winner save match points en route to victory. Sabalenka saved three to defeat Caroline Wozniacki early in the day in the second round, but she was later defeated by Elise Mertens, who saved one in the second set before defeating her 2-6, 7-6(1), 6-0.
5
Number of unseeded players to reach the quarterfinals at Coupe Rogers and Rogers Cup. Robin Haase, Karen Khachanov and Stefanos Tsitsipas made it on the men’s side, while Kiki Bertens and Anastasija Sevastova made it on the women’s side.
2
Number of Top 10 wins recorded by Stefanos Tsitsipas in the last two rounds in Toronto. The Greek will try to make it three on Friday when he faces Alexander Zverev in the quarterfinals. He owns a lifetime record of 5-9 vs. the Top 10.
If Tsitsipas wins on Friday he’ll become the youngest player to record three wins against the Top 10 at one event since Rafael Nadal achieved the feat at Monte-Carlo in 2006.
6
Number of Top 10 wins recorded by Kiki Bertens this season. The Dutchwoman has a total of nine Top 10 wins for her entire career.