Federer, Nadal return to action

MONTREAL: Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal return to tennis after long absences today at the Montreal Masters with top seed Federer playing just three weeks after the birth of his twin daughters.

The Swiss is happily on a roll after winning the French Open for the first time and Wimbledon for the sixth.

Nadal's story is a polar opposite as the Spaniard has been forced to rest his tendinitis-plagued knees for nearly two months after being forced out before Wimbledon due to the injury and being deposed as French Open champion.