ATP Rogers Cup: Seedings Are Announced; Vasek Pospisil Given Wildcard Into Tournament

The seeds for the Rogers Cup in Montreal were released today. The city located in Quebec will host the men for the Rogers Cup while the women will be in Toronto. The major omission from this tournament is world number two Roger Federer. The Swiss maestro said he will not be playing in the Rogers Cup so he would be fully fit for the US Open.

Despite the withdrawal, the seeds and players who will be featuring in the main draw are set for the first Masters 1000 event of the North American hard court swing.

The top 16 players will be seeded in the tournament with the top eight receiving first round byes. With the seedings using this week’s ATP rankings as the landmark, Rafael Nadal becomes the last man to get a bye as the eighth seed thanks to his victory in Hamburg.

Crowd favorite Milos Raonic just missed out on a first round bye getting seeded ninth. Frenchman Gael Monfils is the last man to receive a seed.

The top seeds

World number one Novak Djokovic claims the top seed while Andy Murray avoids any clash with the Serb until the final getting seeded second. Federer’s fellow countryman and French Open Stan Wawrinka is third with last year’s US Open finalist Kei Nishikori occupying the last man to own a quarter.

The French dominate the seeds

Four French players earn a seed, albeit in the bottom tier of the seeds. The top-seeded Frenchman is Gilles Simon at ten. Defending champion Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and Richard Gasquet follow right after at 11 and 12. As stated earlier, Monfils is 16th.

The rest of the field

Two Americans, Atlanta champion John Isner and rising star Jack Sock, get direct entries into the tournament. Isner isn’t in the only big server with a direct entry. He’ll be joined by powerhouse servers Lukas Rosol, Sam Querrey, and Ivo Karlovic in the first round. Young guns Dominic Thiem, Nick Kyrgios, and Borna Coric all look to make their mark on the Masters 1000 stage just like Raonic did two years ago.

Canadian Vasek Pospisil was given a wildcard into the main draw after his ranking dropped outside the top 30 because of he is currently defending final points in Washington DC at the Citi Open. Like his fellow countryman, he put his name out there on the main stage two years ago when he faced off against Raonic in the semifinals.

A third Serb will be in the field, alongside Novak Djokovic and Viktor Troicki, and it will be Janko Tipsarevic. The former top ten player has been battling injuries for over the past year and will be using his protected ranking to give him a spot in the main draw.

Full list of the seeds