TENNIS – In his first match as olympic champion, Andy Murray defeated Flavio Cipolla 6-1 6-3. Djokovic started his Rogers Cup title defence winning against Bernard Tomic 6-2 6-3. Bronze medalist Del Potro lost to Stepanek 6-4 7-6(5) and Chardy eliminated third seed Tsonga 6-4 7-6(4). Paul Sassoon

Andy Murray played and won his first match as olympic champion against Italian qualifier Flavio Cipolla 6-1 6-3. After the Scot's success over Federer in Sunday's “other” Wimbledon final, it wouldn't have been a surprise if he had chosen to skip the Canadian leg of the Master 1000 series. “There was a lot of, I guess, options. You know, it's not just when I finished the match and played the mixed, you know, it doesn't end there.” Murray told told the press after the match, “I wasn't back home until 2:30, did press for about two and a half, three hours after the match. I spoke to the guys, and we thought best thing to do was to come see how I feel when I arrive here, practice on the courts, and then make the decision after that. I felt okay this morning when I practiced and decided to give it a go.”

The Olympic Games seem to have taken it's toll mentally more then physically on the Scot, “I feel a little bit sore in the joints and stuff a little bit. I mean, I feel tired mentally. Yeah, I mean, haven't really slept much the last few days, so that's probably catching up with me a little bit.”

In the third round he will play Canada's number one, Milos Raonic. “He'll obviously be very motivated playing in his own country. You know, he's improved a lot over the last year, year and a half.” said the Scot. “So, yeah, be a tough match, completely different to today. My opponent today was serving around 150,160 kilometres an hour, and Milos can serve 100 kilometres faster than that.”

First seed Novak Djokovic began his Roger Cup title defence (won in Montreal last year) with a win over Bernard Tomic. “For the first match it was a decent performance,” said the Serb after the match. “I was struggling to find the rhythm, obviously, as most of the players who came late from London do. It's really difficult. We're not even two days here, a couple of practices and it's totally different conditions, time zone, ball bounce, everything. But I love playing on hard court. It's my surface.''

The man that beat Djokovic for the olympic bronze medal lost his opening match in Toronto. Sixth seed Juan Martin Del Potro was ousted by Radek Stepanek 6-4 7-5 in 1 hour and 50 minutes. After the match the Argentine confirmed that he was still feeling tired after the epic semifinal against Federer and the third place final won against the Serb, “Completely tired. It's tough to say in very short time. But it's fantastic tournament here in Toronto. I would like to play more matches, but Radek play better and was a good winner today. I came here Monday night. Many players pull out from here. It's not easy play after big effort in Olympics, but I tried anyway.”

The sixth seed then spoke about his Olympic experience, “I think (it has) been one of my best moments in my career playing the Olympics, staying at the Village some days, share with all the athletes. Was fantastic. It's a big, big experience for me. I should wait four more years to play another, but will be my heart for the rest of the life.”

Another Olympic medalist (silver in doubles with Llodra), Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, lost his opening round feeling fatigued after London. He lost to fellow Frenchman Jeremy Chardy 6-4 7-6(4). “I'm disappointed because I lost it. But, you know, this is the rule. I have to play every week,” the third seed said after the match. “I have to play even if I am tired, and it's like this. So, you know, I will not complain. We have some mandatory tournaments and some tournaments where we have to play, so that's it.”

Tsonga blamed fatigue for his defeat, “I just played 287 game last week and I took the plane. There is a jet lag, and that's it. I have to play just today after. I mean, it's not enough to recover, and that's it.” He was asked who counted how many games he played, “it's not me. That's why I say 280, because I didn't count it. So I don't know. Maybe it's 50 only. (Smiling.)”

ATP Master 1000 Toronto

Results Day 3
Singles - Second round
J Chardy def (3) J Tsonga 64 76(4) 

(1) N Djokovic def B Tomic 62 63 
(5)
J Tipsarevic def M Youzhny 76(2) 64

(4) T Berdych def J Benneteau 67(10) 64 64

S Querrey def (13) K Nishikori 62 63

T Haas def (9) G Simon 62 63
(12) P Kohlschreiber def F Fognini 62 62

(10) M Cilic def M Baghdatis 75 63

M Granollers def (15) F Mayer 63 64 
(14)
R Gasquet def M Kukushkin 63 75
R Stepanek def (6) J Del Potro 64 76(6)
(2) A Murray def F Cipolla 61 63

Doubles – Second round
Dodig-Melo def Dancevic-Pospisil 62 76(2)
Berdych-Mayer def Benneteau-Gasquet 76(2) 46 10-7
Raonic-Troicki def Fish-Knowles 75 26 10-8
Bracciali-Seppi def Anderson-Butorac 63 64

Paul Sassoon