Singles – Quarterfinal: J Isner def. (1) N Djokovic 7-6(7-5) 3-6 7-5
Among all of Roger Federer’s many records, a few holes stand out. He has not won all the Masters events. Neither has Rafael Nadal.
And neither has Novak Djokovic. He’s won seven of the eight; he’s also won Monte Carlo. But not Cincinnati. Not this year; not ever. He played a eak match, and paid for it. He was pretty upset afterward, too. At least he’ll still be #1. And John Isner will probably be #18.
Singles – Quarterfinal: (6) T Berdych def. (2) A Murray 6-3 6-4
For once Tomas Berdych kept it together. And Andy Murray… well, he supposedly had no groundstroke winners until the second set. Amazing it was even competitive, given that fact. Murray opens the door for Rafael Nadal to take the #2 ranking.
Singles – Quarterfinal: (4) R Nadal def. (5) R Federer 5-7 6-4 6-3
One break settled the first two sets of this, both late in the respective sets, so when Rafael Nadal broke in game two of the third set, that was that. Nadal will be #2 if he can win the title here, but Roger Federer falls all the way to #7.
Singles – Quarterfinal: (7) J del Potro def. (Q) D Tursunov 6-4 3-6 6-1
So close to a U. S. Open seed for Dmitry Tursunov, but not quite. We show him at #35. For Juan Martin del Potro, this moved him ahead of Roger Federer in the rankings — pending Federer’s match. With Federer out, del Potro is up to #6; he is still behind Berdych (who is #5 in safe points) but ahead of #7 Federer.
Doubles – Quarterfinal: (1) Bryan/Bryan def. (WC) Blake/Johnson 6-2 6-4
Doubles – Quarterfinal: (2) Granollers/Lopez def. Fyrstenberg/Matkowski 6-4 6-2
Having fallen well behind Peya/Soares, suddenly Granollers/Lopez come to life. It will be hard for them to catch up now, though.
Doubles – Quarterfinal: (8) Bopanna/Roger-Vasselin def. (4) Paes/Stepanek 6-3 6-7(3-7) 10-8
THIS WEEK ON THE ATP WORLD TOUR:
Cincinnati (1000/Hard). Defending Champion: Roger Federer
NEXT WEEK ON THE ATP WORLD TOUR:
Winston-Salem (250/Hard). Defending Champion: John Isner
RANKINGS
Estimated ATP World Tour Rankings
As of August 16, 2013
Rank &
Prior…Player………..Points
1..(1) Djokovic……….10980
2..(2) Murray………….8700
3..(3) Nadal…………..8040
4..(4) Ferrer………….7210
5..(6) Berdych…………5135
6..(7) Del Potro……….4740
7..(5) Federer…………4695
8..(8) Tsonga………….3470
9.(11) Gasquet…………2625
10..(9) Wawrinka………..2610
11.(10) Raonic………….2555
12.(12) Nishikori……….2405
13.(13) Haas……………2185
14.(14) Janowicz………..2126
15.(15) Almagro…………2110
16.(17) Simon…………..2040
17.(16) Fognini…………2015
18.(22) Isner…………..1945
19.(18) Cilic…………..1805
20.(19) Anderson………..1740
21.(20) Tipsarevic………1685
22.(23) Robredo…………1620
23.(21) Seppi…………..1550
24.(25) Youzhny…………1475
25.(26) Kohlschreiber……1445
26.(27) Lopez…………..1435
27.(24) Paire…………..1415
28.(29) Dimitrov………..1375
29.(28) Querrey…………1310
30.(31) Verdasco………..1270
DRAWS
Cincinnati — Week of August 12
…………….3R…………..QF………..SF
1 Djokovic……(1)Djokovic…..Djokovic
16 Simon……..Goffin(Q)
12 Raonic…….(12)Raonic
8 Gasquet…….Isner………..Isner……..Isner
3 Ferrer……..(3)Ferrer
15 Janowicz…..Tursunov……..Tursunov
10 Nishikori….Lopez
7 del Potro…..(7)del Potro….del Potro….del Potro
5 Federer…….(5)Federer……Federer
11 Haas………(11)Haas
13 Almagro……Dimitrov
4 Nadal………(4)Nadal……..Nadal……..Nadal
6 Berdych…….(5)Berdych……Berdych……Berdych
9 Wawrinka……Robredo
14 Fognini……Benneteau
2 Murray……..(2)Murray…….Murray
STATUS OF SEEDS:
1 Djokovic……lost QF (Isner)
2 Murray……..lost QF (Berdych)
3 Ferrer……..lost 3R (Tursunov)
4 Nadal
5 Federer…….lost QF (Nadal)
6 Berdych
7 del Potro
8 Gasquet…….lost 2R (Isner)
9 Wawrinka……lost 2R (Robredo)
10 Nishikori….lost 1R (Lopez)
11 Haas………lost 3R (Federer)
12 Raonic…….lost 3R (Isner)
13 Almagro……lost 1R (Dimitrov)
14 Fognini……lost 1R (Stepanek)
15 Janowicz…..lost 1R (Blake)
16 Simon……..lost 1R (Pospisil)
Winston Salem — Week of August 19
1 Berdych (WC)
–bye
Berankis
de Schepper
Qualifier
Bautista Agut
–bye
14 Klizan
11 Nieminen
–bye
Fish (WC)
Donskoy
Zemlja
Garcia-Lopez
–bye
6 Querrey
3 Isner
–bye
Bogomolov
Hanescu
Qualifier
Sock
–bye
13 Tursunov
9 Melzer
–bye
Qualifier
Sijsling
Williams
Blake
–bye
5 Paire
7 Verdasco (WC)
–bye
Russell
Smyczek
Haase
Mannarino
–bye
12 Rosol
15 Monfils
–bye
L Mayer
Pella
Rufin
Istomin
–bye
4 Robredo
8 Monaco
–bye
Mahut
Kubot
Gimeno-Traver
Roger-Vasselin
–bye
10 Dolgopolov
16 Andujar
–bye
Bogaerts (WC)
Lu
Reynolds
Qualifier
–bye
2 Seppi
FRIDAY
Cincinnati
Singles – Quarterfinal
J Isner def. (1) N Djokovic 7-6(7-5) 3-6 7-5
(6) T Berdych def. (2) A Murray 6-3 6-4
(4) R Nadal def. (5) R Federer 5-7 6-4 6-3
(7) J del Potro def. (Q) D Tursunov 6-4 3-6 6-1
Doubles – Quarterfinal
(1) Bryan/Bryan def. (WC) Blake/Johnson 6-2 6-4
(2) Granollers/Lopez def. Fyrstenberg/Matkowski 6-4 6-2
(8) Bopanna/Roger-Vasselin def. (4) Paes/Stepanek 6-3 6-7(3-7) 10-8
Cincinnati
Singles – Quarterfinal: (1) Serena Williams def. Simona Halep 6-0 6-4
Simona Halep, it appears, will have to settle for the #23 ranking. For now.
Singles – Quarterfinal: (5) Li Na def. (4) Agnieszka Radwanska walkover
This was a personal thing for Agnieszka Radwanska, but it means Li Na needs only one more win to keep the #5 ranking.
Singles – Quarterfinal: (14) Jelena Jankovic def. (12) Roberta Vinci 6-0 6-4
And so there will be no Top Ten spot for Roberta Vinci. Yet again she falls short. The only remaining threat to Angelique Kerber’s #10 ranking is Jelena Jankovic, who is up to #11 and will be at least #9 if she makes the final.
Doubles – Semifinal: (3) Hsieh/Peng def. (2) Makarova/Vesnina 6-1 3-6 10-3
Once again we see how quickly Elena Vesnina can go from great to goof-up and back. And back to goof-up….
Doubles – Semifinal: (6) Groenefeld/Peschke def. Goerges/Zahlavova Strycova 6-3 6-2
THIS WEEK ON THE WTA:
Cincinnati (Premier Five/Hard). Defending Champion: Li Na
NEXT WEEK ON THE WTA:
New Haven (Premier/Hard). Defending Champion: Petra Kvitova
RANKINGS
Estimated WTA Rankings As of August 16, 2013
Rank &
Prior
Rank….Name…………..Points
1..(1) SWILLIAMS ……… 12035*
2..(2) AZARENKA ………..8830*
3..(3) SHARAPOVA ……… 8765
4..(4) ARADWANSKA ………6335
5..(6) ERRANI ………….5125
6..(5) LI ……………..4825*
7..(7) BARTOLI ……….. 4365
8.(10) WOZNIACKI ……… 3490*
9..(9) KVITOVA ……….. 3440
10..(8) KERBER ………….3420
11.(15) JANKOVIC ………..3265*
12.(12) VINCI …………. 3220
13.(11) STOSUR ………….3210
14.(13) FLIPKENS ………..2961
15.(14) IVANOVIC ………..2940
16.(16) KIRILENKO ……… 2870
17.(17) STEPHENS ………..2865
18.(18) LISICKI ……….. 2556
19.(19) CIBULKOVA ……… 2400
20.(20) SUAREZ NAVARRO …..2375
21.(21) Cirstea ……….. 2260
22.(22) Petrova ……….. 2212
23.(25) HALEP …………. 2040
24.(23) VESNINA ……….. 2013
25.(26) HAMPTON ……….. 1881
26.(24) MAKAROVA ………..1816
27.(27) Kanepi ………….1781
28.(28) CORNET ………….1730
29.(29) KUZNETSOVA ………1679
30.(32) BARTHEL ……….. 1580
DRAWS
Cincinnati — Week of August 12
………………3R…………….QF…………SF
1 S. Williams…..(1)S.Williams…..Williams……Williams
16 Kirilenko……Barthel
11 Stosur………(11)Stosur
8 Bartoli………Halep………….Halep
4 A Radwanska…..(4)Radwanska……Radwanska
13 Flipkens…….Vesnina
9 Kerber……….(9)Kerber
5 Li…………..(5)Li………….Li………..Li
6 Errani………(6)Errani
12 Vinci………(12)Vinci……….Vinci
14 Jankovic……(14)Jankovic…….Jankovic…..Jankovic
3 Sharapova……Stephens
7 Kvitova……..(7)Kvitova
10 Wozniacki…..(10)Wozniacki……Wozniacki
15 Ivanovic……Rybarikova
2 Azarenka…….(2)Azarenka……..Azarenka
STATUS OF SEEDS:
1 S. Williams
2 Azarenka
3 Sharapova….lost 2R (Stephens)
4 A Radwanska,,WITHDREW from QF
5 Li
6 Errani
7 Kvitova……lost 3R (Wozniacki)
8 Bartoli……lost 2R (Halep)
9 Kerber…….lost 3R (Vinci)
10 Wozniacki
11 Stosur……lost 3R (Halep)
12 Vinci
13 Flipkens….lost 1R (Vesnina)
14 Jankovic
15 Ivanovic….lost 2R (Cornet)
16 Kirilenko…lost 2R (Barthel)
New Haven — Week of August 19
1 Errani
–bye
Makarova
Wozniak
Halep
Hantuchova (WC)
Suarez Navarro
5 Vinci
4 Wozniacki
Peng
Qualifier
Qualifier
Jovanovski
Goerges (WC)
Qualifier
6 Stephens (WC)
7 Lisicki
Mladenovic
Pavlyuchenkova
Cirstea
Qualifier
Rybarikova
U Radwanska
3 Kvitova
8 Cibulkova
Zakopalova
Qualifier
Hsieh
Vesnina
Qualifier
–bye
2 Kerber
FRIDAY
Cincinnati
Singles – Quarterfinal
(1) Serena Williams def. Simona Halep 6-0 6-4
(5) Li Na def. (4) Agnieszka Radwanska walkover
(14) Jelena Jankovic def. (12) Roberta Vinci 6-0 6-4
Doubles – Semifinal
(3) Hsieh/Peng def. (2) Makarova/Vesnina 6-1 3-6 10-3
(6) Groenefeld/Peschke def. Goerges/Zahlavova Strycova 6-3 6-2