Haas holds off Moya in clash of veterans

TOM TEBBUTT From Wednesday's Globe and Mail TORONTO — Yesterday's first match on Centre Court at the Rogers Cup was something of a dud, Tommy Haas winning a battle of tour veterans 6-3, 6-2 over Carlos Moya. It might have been because Moya is notorious for not liking early starts (yesterday's first-rounder began at 11 a.m.). Or maybe because Haas played well, sweetly hitting some of the smoothest-flowing strokes in the sport. There was something else: Moya has had a hamstring problem for four months. "It looks like it's better," the Spaniard said, "but what I need now is practice to be confident. I feel very heavy on the court and I can't move well." Moya, 31, had a stress fracture in his lower back from the end of 1999 and into 2000, but has generally been healthy in recent years; particularly compared with Haas, 30, who... [read full story]