Montreal Aug 14 (IANS) German rising star Alexander Zverev handed Swiss great Roger Federer a rare defeat in this season producing a solid effort in the final of the Rogers Cup here to win 6-3 6-4.
Sunday s final was the second ATP World Tour Masters 1000 title for the 20-year-old who also won the Rome Masters earlier this year on clay as part of his breakthrough season reports Efe.
The second-seeded Federer went 0-for-3 on break-point opportunities in the final of this hard court event while the fourth-seeded Zverev earned one break in each set to hand Federer his third loss this season.
The 36-year-old Swiss winner of a record 19 Grand Slam titles has turned back the clock in 2017 with major titles at both the Australian Open and Wimbledon.
Both he and Zverev will be among a handful of favourites in the final Grand Slam event of the tennis season the US Open which gets under way on August 28.
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