Rogers Cup – Men’s Edition. Montreal, Monday, August 10th, 11:00 AM at the Uniprix Stadium, Court Central. Seating: Level 100, Section 107 North, Row C, seats 5 and 6. Rain, overcast, bright sun, overcast again – that’s the meteorological summary for today as I shot some of the Men at the 2009 Rogers Cup.
The changing light and the fast action on the courts made it quite a challenge and I certainly put the Nikon to the test. During the day I shot in Aperture Priority, Shutter Priority, at different ISOs, and I switched Focus modes back and forth from single-servo AF (S) to continuous-servo AF (C).
In the first match, Russian Mikhail Youzhny defeated Croatian Marin Cilic (14th seed) in 3 sets: 4-6, 7-6 (4), 6-1.
Mikhail Youzhny. Click for full size.
On another court, another first round opener, Canada’s own Frederic Niemeyer, ranked No. 487, upset Russia’s Igor Kunitsyn 7-5, 6-1, before the home town crowd.
Igor Kunitsyn scrambles to the net. Click for full size.
And in the final match we watched, my brother keeping me company, Paul-Henri Mathieu of France beat Guillermo Garcia-Lopez of Spain in 3 sets. The score: 7-5, 0-6, 6-1.
France’s P.H. Mathieu. Click for full size.
For more tennis shots:
Youzhny vs Cilic | Niemeyer vs Kunitsyn | Mathieu vs Garcia-Lopez