Wimbledon champions Federer, Muguruza advance in Rogers Cup

Montreal Aug 10 (IANS) Swiss great Roger Federer brushed aside Canadian wild card Peter Polansky 6-2 6-1 and Spain s Garbiñe Muguruza topped Belgian qualifier Kirsten Flipkens 7-5 6-2 to advance to the third round of the Rogers Cup here.

Federer fresh off winning a record eighth Wimbledon title last month needed just over 50 minutes to dismiss the 116th-ranked Polansky at the men s tournament on Wednesday reports Efe.

Predictably the second-seeded Swiss did not have his serve broken in his first match at this hard court tune-up event for the US Open. He also had his way on virtually every one of Polansky s service games winning more than half of his return points.

The fourth-seeded Muguruza who captured her maiden Wimbledon title in July faced a tougher challenge against the Belgian veteran in her opening match in Toronto but pulled away in the second set for a relatively routine victory.

The Spaniard struggled on serve in the first set facing a total of seven break points and saving five of them but she converted all three of her break point opportunities to give herself a slight edge.

Muguruza was totally dominant on serve in the second set winning all but two of her service points as the match turned into a rout.

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