Kyrgios, Federer, Nadal In Action Thursday Montreal

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Federer vs. Ferrer | Nadal vs. Shapovalov | Zverev vs. Kyrgios

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• There is a little of everything in the Coupe Rogers third round on Thursday: four #NextGenATP players, four men who’ve saved match points this week, and only six of the tournament’s 16 seeds. All of the above is Alexander Zverev, who meets Nick Kyrgios on Court Central in a showdown of the Emirates ATP Race to Milan leader and the top #NextGenATP player from the 2016 season.

• Zverev and Kyrgios, who played doubles together at 2016 Roland Garros, go back to the ITF Juniors Circuit. An 18-year-old Kyrgios beat a 16-year-old Zverev 6-3, 6-1 in the 2013 Aegon Junior International final. They’ve met twice on the ATP World Tour, with the elder Australian sweeping the younger German at ATP Masters 1000 events in Indian Wells on March 14 and Miami on March 30.

• Kyrgios’ FedEx ATP Head2Head advantage over Zverev pales in comparison to Roger Federer’s dominance of David Ferrer. Federer is 16-0 against Ferrer and seeks an unprecedented 17th win over the Spaniard on Thursday. Ferrer is tied with Mikhail Youzhny for the most losses without a victory against Federer. They have not met since the 2014 ATP Masters 1000 Cincinnati final.

• Federer needs to reach the semi-finals in Montreal for a chance at reclaiming the No. 1 ranking on Aug. 21. Rafael Nadal will return to No. 1 on Aug. 14 if he defeats Denis Shapovalov on Thursday and Hyeon Chung or Adrian Mannarino on Friday. Shapovalov, an 18-year-old Canadian wild card, is the youngest player to reach an ATP Masters 1000 Round of 16 since Nadal at 2004 Miami.