Roger Federer makes triumphant return to Roger's Cup in Toronto

Roger Federer made a winning return to Canada, racing past local wild card Peter Polansky 6-2, 6-0 on Tuesday night at the Rogers Cup in Toronto.


Federer, playing at this ATP World Tour Masters 1000 tournament for the first time since 2011, needed just 52 minutes to defeat the 129th-ranked Polansky. The second seed opened the match with a break of serve, and went a perfect 6 for 6 on his break point chances.


The Swiss, who celebrates his 33rd birthday on Friday, has reached the final on three of his four past visits to Toronto. He claimed the title in 2004 (d. Roddick) and ’06 (d. Gasquet) and finished runner-up to Andy Murray in 2010.


Federer is making his first appearance since a five-set loss to Novak Djokovic in the Wimbledon final. He awaits the winner between No. 15 seed Marin Cilic and Tunisian lucky loser Malek Jaziri in the third round.


Jaziri, who stepped into the main draw after Australian Marinko Matosevic withdrew with a right shoulder injury, completed a 6-4, 7-6(6) victory over Spaniard Guillermo Garcia-Lopez. The match had been suspended at 5-all in the second set Monday due to darkness.


Frenchman Gael Monfils set a second-round clash with World No. 1 Novak Djokovic after defeating Czech Radek Stepanek 6-4, 7-5. Djokovic holds a 9-0 record in their FedEx ATP Head2Head series, including a victory three years ago in the Rogers Cup quarter-finals.


In other first-round matches Tuesday, No. 16 seed Fabio Fogninidefeated Russian Mikhail Youzhny 6-4, 6-3 and 17th-seeded Tommy Robredo closed out a 6-3, 7-6(3) win over German Philipp Kohlschreiber.


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