Just four men are left standing at the Rogers Cup and only two of them will make it through to the final, as the semi-finals take place on Saturday at the sixth ATP World Tour Masters 1000 tournament of the season.

First up is No. 6 seed Mardy Fish against Janko Tipsarevic. Before this year both players had 0-2 records here, falling first round in both of their previous appearances - now in their third attempts at this event they have put together by far their best performances. Particularly impressive is Tipsarevic, who is unseeded and has defeated two seeds to reach his first ATP World Tour Masters 1000 semi-final (No. 15 seed Fernando Verdasco and No. 7 seed Tomas Berdych). He will debut in the Top 20 on the next rankings. Fish could be tough for him though - Fish is 3-1 in their head-to-head, winning their last three meetings. “Mardy is an intelligent player," Tipsarevic said. “He's an example of an all-around player that can defend, stay back, be passive, but then on the other hand go to the net, play serve and volley and completely mix up the game.”

In the evening, World No. 1 Novak Djokovic takes on No. 13 seed Jo-Wilfried Tsonga. After tough opening sets over Nikolay Davydenko and Marin Cilic in his first two rounds, Djokovic looked sharp during his quarter-final win over No. 5 seed Gael Monfils on Friday night, winning nine straight games from 2-all in the first set before closing out the Frenchman, 62 61. "I have played the best match of the tournament, no doubt,” Djokovic said. "I had a difficult game at two-all to hold my serve. After that, when I made the first break, it was incredible. Nine games in a row. I'm happy to see my game is progressing each day." Tsonga has already beaten two Top 8 seeds to get here - No. 3 seed Roger Federer and No. 8 seed Nicolas Almagro - and will now break back into the Top 10 by virtue of this week’s performance. He leads Djokovic in their head-to-head series, 5-3, but in their only 2011 meeting it was Djokovic who won, in the semi-finals of Wimbledon. “The last match was very close, very intense, very important for both of us,” Djokovic said.

Djokovic is an amazing 51-1 on the season, including a perfect 25-0 in ATP World Tour Masters 1000 events this season (winning 19 of those matches in straight sets, being pushed to three sets six times). He is trying to become the first player to win five ATP World Tour Masters 1000 titles in a season (since 1990).

2011 ATP WORLD TOUR TITLE LEADERS – Djokovic leads the ATP World Tour with eight titles: 
                                         No.
1) Novak Djokovic                8
2) Robin Soderling               4
3) Nicolas Almagro              3
Rafael Nadal                        3
5) del Potro, Ferrer, Simon   2

SATURDAY SEMI-FINALS FED EX HEAD 2 HEADS – In Order of Play

Court Central

(6) Mardy Fish (USA) vs Janko Tipsarevic (SRB) Fish Leads 3-1
09 Sydney (Australia) Hard R32 Janko Tipsarevic 6-4 3-6 6-4
09 ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Madrid Clay R64 Mardy Fish 7-6(3) 6-4
09 Wimbledon (Great Britain) Grass R64 Mardy Fish 6-4 3-6 6-1 6-4
10 Beijing (China) Hard R32 Mardy Fish 6-2 7-6(5)

	Fish	Tipsarevic
Age (Birthdate)	29 (December 9, 1981)	27 (June 22, 1984)
Residence	Los Angeles, California	Belgrade, Serbia
ATP Ranking (Career-High)	No. 8 (No. 8 – July 4, 2011)	No. 24 (No. 23 – July 11, 2011)
2011 W-L Record (on Hard)	32-15 (22-9)	34-16 (22-9)
2011 Finals W-L	1-1	0-2
Career Finals W-L	6-13	0-4
Last ATP Final/Last ATP Title	’11 Los Angeles/’11 Atlanta	’11 Eastbourne/Never Won Title
2011 Tie-Break W-L	12-10	15-11
Canada W-L (Best Result)	3-2 (SF -  2011)	4-2 (SF – 2011)
Coach	David Nainkin	Dirk Hordorff

FISH FASTFACTS

Tournament Highlights:
• The 29-year-old American is making his first semi-final appearance in three attempts (3-2 mark) after defeating Feliciano Lopez 62 63, Ernests Gulbis 46 63 64 and No.14 seed Stanislas Wawrinka 63 67(8) 60…Converted 10 of 13 break points and was broken five times himself (four in second set)
• The last American to reach the final here was Andre Agassi (l. to Nadal) in 2005 and last American winner was Andy Roddick in 2003…Roddick was a semi-finalist two years ago (l. to del Potro)
• In his previous trips to Canada, lost in the 1st Rd to Younes El Aynaoui in 2003 and Nicolas Kiefer in ‘08

2011 Highlights:
W: Atlanta (d Isner); F: Los Angeles (l Gulbis); SF: Memphis (l Raonic); Delray Beach (l Del Potro); ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Miami (l Djokovic); QF: Houston (l Nishikori); Wimbledon (l Nadal)

2011 in Review:
• The top American is appearing in his sixth ATP World Tour semi-final (or better) this season, the second in an ATP World Tour Masters 1000…He reached the semis in Miami in April (l. to Djokovic)
• He has won 10 of his past 11 matches during the ATP North American summer hard court circuit and
this is the first time in his career he’s reached three straight semi-finals or better
• He enters with a 32-15 match record (22-9 on hard) on the year...On July 24, he defended his first ATP World Tour title in Atlanta, saving two match points at 6-4 in second set TB (vs. Isner)…Following week he reached the final in Los Angeles (l. to Gulbis 57 64 64)
• One month ago, he played in U.S.-Spain Davis Cup QF tie in Austin, Texas and lost opening match to Lopez 8-6 in fifth set and then to No. 6 Ferrer in four sets in reverse singles
• Prior to that, reached his first Wimbledon quarter-final (l. to Nadal)
• He broke into the Top 10 for the first time on Apr. 18 then slipped out for next three weeks before returning on May 16 (has been there since – 13 weeks)
• He also was a semi-finalist  in February in Memphis (l. to Raonic) and Delray Beach (l. to del Potro) and in Miami in April (l. to Djokovic)
• One of four Americans to win an ATP World Tour title this season, joining Andy Roddick (Memphis), Ryan Sweeting (Houston) and John Isner (Newport)

ATP World Tour Masters 1000 History:
• Has a 54-49 career mark and he is trying to reach his fourth career final…He was runner-up in Cincinnati in 2003 (l. to Roddick in third set tie-break) and last year (l. to Federer in three sets) along with Indian Wells in 2008 (l. to Djokovic)…This year was a semi-finalist in Miami (l. to Djokovic)

AMERICANS IN SEMI-FINALS  – Fish is the third different American since 2000 to reach the semi-finals or better at the Rogers Cup, joining Andy Roddick and Andre Agassi, both former champions. Roddick, who was a semi-finalist two years ago, is the last American champion in 2003 (d. Nalbandian). Agassi was the last American finalist in 2005 (l. to Nadal).

TIPSAREVIC FASTFACTS

Tournament Highlights:
• The 27-year-old Serb is making his first semi-final appearance (4-2 record)…This week he has lost one set, defeating qualifier Alejandro Falla 75 61, No. 15 seed Fernando Verdasco 64 67(5) 63, Ivan Dodig 61 64 and No. 7 seed Tomas Berdych 64 64
• He is No. 4 in return games won this week, 14 of 42 (33%)
• He fell in 1st Rd. in both prior appearances, in 2008 (l. to Mahut) and 2010 (ret. vs. Kohlschreiber w/ankle injury)

2011 Highlights:
F: Delray Beach (l Del Potro); Eastbourne (l Seppi); SF: Chennai (l Malisse); Belgrade (W/O vs Djokovic); QF: Washington (l Monfils)

2011 in Review:
• The Belgrade native will be the third Serb in the Top 20 (behind No. 1 Djokovic, No. 15 Troicki)…He is making his fifth ATP World Tour semi-final or better showing of the season, the first since June when he reached the final in Eastbourne (l. to Seppi)
• He comes in with a career-best 34-16 match record (22-9 on hard) and No. 24 ranking this week…He reached a career-high No. 23 on July 11…Will break Top 20 for first time by reaching the semi-finals and around No. 17 if he reaches the final
• This is his 145th ATP World Tour level tournament of his career and he is the second-highest ranked player without an ATP World Tour title in his career behind No. 23 Florian Mayer…He is 0-4 in finals, reaching a pair this year, in Delray Beach (l. to del Potro) in February,Eastbourne (l. to Seppi) in June…
• In Grand Slam play, he reached the second round at the Australian Open (l. to No. 9 Verdasco), third round at Roland Garros (l. to No. 3 Federer) and first round at Wimbledon (ret. vs. Karlovic with leg inj.)
• He is 1-5 this year vs. Top 10 opponents (10-27 in career) and he posted his first win over No. 9 Berdych on Friday…He is looking to beat back-to-back Top 10 foes in same tournament for first time

ATP World Tour Masters 1000 History:
• He has a 26-26 career match record and this is the best result of his career…His previous best showing was the quarter-finals in Miami in 2008 (l. to No. 4 Davydenko)

(1)Novak Djokovic (SRB) vs (13) Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA)  Tsonga Leads 5-3
08 Australian Open (Australia) Hard F Novak Djokovic 4-6 6-4 6-3 7-6(2)
08 Bangkok (Thailand) Hard F Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 7-6(4) 6-4
08 ATP Masters Series Paris (France) Hard R16 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 6-4 1-6 6-3
08 Tennis Masters Cup (China) Hard RR Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 1-6 7-5 6-1
09 Marseille (France) Hard SF Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 6-4 7-6(1)
09 ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Miami Hard QF Novak Djokovic 6-3 6-4
10 Australian Open (Australia) Hard QF Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 7-6(8) 6-7(5)1-6 6-3 6-1
11 Wimbledon (Great Britain) Grass SF Novak Djokovic 7-6(4) 6-2 6-7(9) 6-3

	Djokovic	Tsonga
Age (Birthdate)	24 (May 22, 1987)	26 (April 17, 1985)
Residence	Monte-Carlo, Monaco	La Rippe, Switzerland
ATP Ranking (Career-High)	No. 1 (No. 1 – July 4, 2011)	No. 16 (No. 6 – Nov. 17, 2008)
2011 W-L Record (on Hard)	51-1 (27-0)	32-14 (15-6)
2011 Finals W-L	8-0	0-2
Career Finals W-L	26-13	5-3
Last ATP Final/Last ATP Title	‘11 Wimbledon/’11 Wimbledon	’11 Queen’s Club/’09 Tokyo
2011 Tie-Break W-L	6-5	18-12
Canada W-L (Best Result)	15-3 (Winner– 2007)	7-1 (SF– 2009, ‘11)
Coach	Marian Vajda	None

DJOKOVIC FASTFACTS

Tournament Highlights:
• The 24-year-old Serb has a 15-3 career mark and he’s rolled into the semi-finals for the third time (’07, ’10) without dropping his serve the last two matches…He opened on Wednesday with a 75 61 win over former World No. 3 Nikolay Davydenko…Fell behind 1-4 (two breaks) in first set and was broken three times in opening set (four overall) before rallying for the victory…On Thursday, saved three of three break points en route to 75 62 win over Marin Cilic and beat World No. 7 Gael Monfils 62 61 in quarters
• Leads tournament in return games won this week (54%, 14 of 26) and has held serve 24 of 28 games…Has hit only four aces in three matches (averaging 4.9 on season)
• Last year lost to Federer in semi-finals…He won the title in his debut appearance in 2007 (d. No. 3 Roddick in QF, No. 2 Nadal in SF and No. 1 Federer), becoming first player to beat Top 3 at same tournament since Becker at 1994 Stockholm, also first player ever to beat Federer and Nadal at same tournament while they were ranked No. 1 and No. 2)
• Also reached quarter-finals in 2008 (l. to Murray) and 2009 (l. to Roddick)

2011 Highlights:
W: Australian Open (d Murray); Dubai (d Federer); ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Indian Wells (d Nadal); ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Miami (d Nadal); Belgrade (d Lopez); ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Madrid (d Nadal); ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Rome (d Nadal); Wimbledon (d Nadal); SF: Roland Garros (l Federer)

2011 in Review:
• The World No. 1 enters his 10th semi-final or better with a 51-1 match record on the season (27-0 on hard, 17-1 on clay, 7-0 on grass)…He leads the ATP World Tour with a career-best eight titles… His match record is the best coming into Canada since John McEnroe went 54-1 in 1984
• He is playing in his first tournament as World No. 1 and he took over the top spot on July 4 after capturing his first Wimbledon crown…This is the sixth straight week he’s No. 1
• Of the Belgrade native’s eight titles, four are ATP World tour Masters 1000 titles…He is 15-1 vs. Top 10 opponents, defeating rivals Nadal five times and Federer three times…His 15 Top 10 wins equals the  most he’s posted in a season (15-12 in 2009)…Last year went 4-8
• His only loss came to Federer in the semi-finals at Roland Garros in June, which snapped a 43-match winning streak going back to last year’s Davis Cup final (41 in 2011)
• He is trying to become the first player to win five ATP Masters 1000 titles in a season…He is one of three players (Federer, Nadal) since 1990 to earn four ATP World Tour Masters 1000 titles in a year… All four of his Masters 1000 titles have come over Nadal (two on clay and hard courts) …He is the only player to defeat both Nadal and Federer three straight times in a season
• In May he won his hometown title in Belgrade (d. Lopez) in his clay court season debut
• His four other titles have come on hard courts against Top 10 opponents, winning his second Australian Open (d. No. 5 Murray), Dubai (d. No. 2 Federer) and ATP World Tour Masters 1000 tournaments in Indian Wells and Miami (d. No. 1 Nadal in both)

ATP World Tour Masters 1000 History:
• Has a career mark of 130-39 and 9-6 in finals, winning titles in Indian Wells, Miami, Madrid and Rome (d. Nadal in each) this year…Madrid was sixth different title in his eighth different final (except Shanghai)
• In 2007, reached his first final in Indian Wells (l. to Nadal) and followed with his first title at the Sony Ericsson Open in Miami (d. Canas)…Also won in Montreal in ‘07, defeating the Top 3 players in succession – No. 3 Roddick (QF), No. 2 Nadal (SF) and No. 1 Federer (F)
• In 2008, won titles in Indian Wells (d. Fish), Rome and runner-up in Cincinnati (l. to Murray) and in ’09, won in Paris (d. Monfils)
 
TSONGA FASTFACTS

Tournament Highlights:
• The 26-year-old Frenchman is appearing in his second semi-final in as many appearances (7-1 mark)… This week has defeated Italian Fabio Fognini 64 76(0), Aussie wild card Bernard Tomic 63 76(1), World No. 3 Roger Federer 76(3) 46 61 and World No. 10 Nicolas Almagro 64 64… He leads the tournament in second serve pts. won (64%), No. 3 in aces (37) and No. 4 in service games won (91%, 43 of 47)
• He is trying to become the first Frenchman to reach the final since Richard Gasquet in 2006 (l. to Federer)…No Frenchman has won the title in tournament history (since 1881)
• Two years ago he posted  wins over Rainer Schuettler 46 63 64, No. 9 countryman Gilles Simon 63 63 and World No. 1 Roger Federer 76(5) 16 76(3)…He rallied from an 1-5 third set deficit to beat Federer (l. to Murray in semi-finals)
 
2011 Highlights:
F: Rotterdam (l Soderling); London / Queen's Club (l Murray); SF: Doha (l Federer); Wimbledon (l Djokovic); QF: Marseille (l Youzhny)

2011 in Review:
• The No. 4 Frenchman (behind No. 7 Monfils, No. 11 Simon, No. 13 Gasquet) enters with a 32-14 match record on the season (15-6 on hard)…He is expected to move back into the Top 10 on Monday (from his No. 16 ranking)
• Has a 6-6 mark vs. To 10 opponents this year (21-25 in career), winning two this week over No. 3 Federer in 3rd Rd. and No. 10-ranked Almagro in quarters…Has won four of last five vs. Top 10 and at
last  tournament at Wimbledon he advanced to the semi-finals (d. No. 6 Ferrer, No. 3 Federer in SF from 0-2 sets down, l. to Djokovic)
• Played in Davis Cup quarter-final last month vs. Germany and defeated Kohlschreiber in dead rubber
• His best results this season are a pair of runner-up showings in Rotterdam on Feb. 13 (l. No. 4 Soderling) and at the Queen’s Club in London (l. to Murray) in June
• He began the year with a semi-final in Doha (l. to No. 2 Federer) and followed with a third round at the Australian Open (l. to Dolgopolov in five sets)
• Then in Rotterdam, he defeated Dimitrov, Llodra, walkover vs. No. 7 Berdych, and No. 15 Ljubicic before falling to Soderling…Followed with quarter-final in Marseille (l. to Youzhny)
• Announced after Miami in the spring that he parted ways with coach Eric Winogradsky…Not working with a coach at the moment

ATP World Tour Masters 1000 History:
• Has a 43-26 career mark and he captured his lone title on home soil in Paris in 2009 (d. Nalbandian) and semi-finalist in ’09 and this week in Montreal…Also a quarter-finalist five other times

POTENTIAL FINAL HEAD-TO-HEADS

Novak Djokovic (SRB) vs Mardy Fish (USA)   Djokovic Leads 6-0
06 US Open (U.S.A.) Hard R64 Novak Djokovic 7-6(5) 6-4 3-6 7-6(3)
08 ATP Masters Series Indian Wells  Hard F Novak Djokovic 6-2 5-7 6-3
09 Wimbledon (Great Britain) Grass R32 Novak Djokovic 6-4 6-4 6-4
10 ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells Hard R64 Novak Djokovic 6-1 0-6 6-2
10 US Open (U.S.A.) Hard R16 Novak Djokovic 6-3 6-4 6-1
11 ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Miami Hard SF Novak Djokovic 6-3 6-1

Novak Djokovic (SRB) vs Janko Tipsarevic (SRB)  Djokovic Leads 2-0
08 London / Queen's Club (Great Britain)Grass R16 Novak Djokovic 2-6 6-1 6-4
09 Belgrade (Serbia) Clay R16 Novak Djokovic 6-2 4-6 6-0

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA) vs Mardy Fish (USA)    First Meeting

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA) vs Janko Tipsarevic (SRB)  First Meeting