A day full of high value tennis was brought to court on thursday in Montreal although one of the scheduled matches became a walkover for Ai Sugiyama, as Maria Sharapova withdrew from the tournament. Minor news were made as Dinara Safina powered past Patty Schnyder 6:2 6:2. Safina again proved that she improved a lot to the player she's been just a year ago. Schnyder was given a tough time, although the crafty swiss used her angles but Safina had the better answer in most of the moments. It wouldn't surprise me to see Safina win back to back titles in L.A. and Montreal.
Marion Bartoli and Anna Chakvetadze were on court at the same time but couldn't finish their match as rain set in at 4:6 4:5 for the russian. Stepping back on court, Bartoli fought off match points in the second and eventually took home the second set 7:5. The third set continued to be the close affair it's been before, with Bartoli finally advancing 7:6 (4) in the tie-break. This was Bartoli's third victory over Chakvetadze this season, improving to 3:1 overall. She will next face Sugiyama in a rematch of the Stanford semifinal two weeks ago.
Top seed and world No. 1 Ana Ivanovic was ousted by teenage sensation Tamira Paszek (AUT) 6:2 1:6 6:2. I think it was just about time that Paszek would finally score a breakthrough result, so here it is. Ivanovic stated that she was hampered by a hurt right thump, but it apparently didn't bother her that much that she kept on playing.
Jelena Jankovic herself continues to send home one canadian after the other, this time surpassing canada's No. 2 Stephanie Dubois in straight sets. By reaching the final at the rogers cup Jankovic will become the new world No. 1 player.
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