Vasek Pospisil overcame sweltering heat and cramps to outlast Yen-Hsun Lu in the Atlanta Open. Pospisil, the No. 2 seed, beat Lu, 6-4, 6-7 (3), 6-4, with the match ending on Lu’s second double-fault of the match.
The temperature was 95 degrees, with a heat index of 101. In the quarterfinals on Friday, Pospisil will play fifth-seeded Marcos Baghdatis, who beat Sam Groth, 7-5, 3-6, 6-3.
u25a0 The Rogers Cup said Roger Federer had pulled out of the event, a tournament set for next month in Montreal. The tournament director announced the withdrawal without citing a reason.