{"id":122503,"date":"2025-08-06T02:48:12","date_gmt":"2025-08-06T02:48:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/122503\/"},"modified":"2025-08-06T02:48:12","modified_gmt":"2025-08-06T02:48:12","slug":"jack-sock-names-the-atp-player-he-thinks-will-win-the-canadian-open-but-john-isner-disagrees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/122503\/","title":{"rendered":"Jack Sock names the ATP player he thinks will win the Canadian Open but John Isner disagrees"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The business end of the WTA and ATP Canadian Open is fast approaching.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The finals in Montreal and Toronto will take place on Thursday and Friday respectively, rather than over the weekend.<\/p>\n

In an event in which many of the top male players withdrew, the crowds have been treated to some exciting matches.<\/p>\n

It remains to be seen who will take the crown, but former ATP players Jack Sock<\/a> and John Isner<\/a> have shared their predictions.<\/p>\n

\"AlexPhoto by Mert Alper Dervis\/Anadolu via Getty ImagesJack Sock thinks Alex de Minaur will win the Canadian Open but John Isner is backing Ben Shelton<\/p>\n

The likes of Jannik Sinner<\/a>, Carlos Alcaraz<\/a> and Novak Djokovic withdrew from the Canadian Open<\/a>.<\/p>\n

British number one Jack Draper is also absent in Canada<\/a> and these players not being at the tournament has given others a greater chance of success.<\/p>\n

Alex de Minaur<\/a> has yet to win a Masters 1000 title. However, De Minaur won the Citi Open<\/a> just before arriving in Canada and he is on an eight-match win streak.<\/p>\n

Jack Sock<\/a> thinks he will continue this momentum and claim the title in Toronto. \u201cI actually think De Minaur is going to win the tournament,\u201d he told the Nothing Major podcast.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think he is going to win back to back titles. Hot take!\u201d On the other hand, his co-host John Isner<\/a>, thinks their compatriot Ben Shelton<\/a> will lift the title.<\/p>\n

\u201cNo, I think Ben [Shelton] is going to get Alex so I disagree with you on that,\u201d the former world number eight said.<\/p>\n

\u201cBen\u2019s trajectory is just so good right now, how he is steadily improving. I think he is setting himself up eventually for something really, really big. I\u2019m so impressed with Ben.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"BenPhoto by Mert Alper Dervis\/Anadolu via Getty ImagesAlex de Minaur and Ben Shelton will play each other in the Canadian Open quarterfinals<\/p>\n

Either one of Sock or Isner\u2019s predictions will be proved wrong as they are set to face one another at the Canadian Open<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Both Shelton and De Minaur will compete for a spot in the semi-finals at the Masters 1000 event in Toronto.<\/p>\n

Shelton has won successive three-set battles to reach the last eight, both of which he won in a final set tiebreak.<\/p>\n

De Minaur has played just two matches after receiving a walkover in round three, and he needed three sets to win his last match against Frances Tiafoe<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Toronto will mark Shelton and De Minaur\u2019s first ATP meeting and it is set to be an exciting battle between two of the tour\u2019s most dynamic players.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The business end of the WTA and ATP Canadian Open is fast approaching. The finals in Montreal and…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":122504,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[48],"tags":[1479,47618,35836,52769,62,1464,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-122503","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tennis","8":"tag-atp","9":"tag-canadian-open","10":"tag-jack-sock","11":"tag-john-isner","12":"tag-sports","13":"tag-tennis","14":"tag-united-states","15":"tag-unitedstates","16":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114979544009163473","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122503","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=122503"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122503\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/122504"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=122503"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=122503"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=122503"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}