Archive: cincinnati-masters
If you are at the Western and Southern Open in Cincinnati you must take a look at the CUTE TENNIS STUFF booth.
Numerous attendance records were set as 14 of 16 total sessions at the Western & Southern Open were sold out, leading to a record total of 199,217 fans to attend the 2015 tournament.
Roger Federer continued his quest for a seventh Western & Southern Open title and a return to No. 2 in the Emirates ATP Rankings, turning aside Andy Murray 6-4, 7-6(6) on Saturday.
Whereas other top player stumbled and bumbled their way through the Western & Southern Open draw, Roger Federer simply has not been messing around this week.
Andy Murray downed Richard Gasquet 4-6, 6-1, 6-4 on Friday in Cincinnati to continue his quest for a 12th ATP World Tour Masters 1000 title. Murray now has 56 wins in 2015, more than any other player on the ATP World Tour.
Any doubts that Novak Djokovic might have had about his game evaporated in the almost noon-day sun in Cincinnati on quarter-final Friday.
Six-time champion Roger Federer has eased through to the Western & Southern Open quarter-finals with a convincing 6-1, 6-1 victory over Kevin Anderson on Thursday.
The sun was shining after frankly the kind of weather I could have stayed at home for, but it was a day of mixed fortunes for some of our key ones to watch.
It has been another picture-perfect week at the Linder Family Tennis Center for the Western & Southern Open. It is true that there may be some other tournaments that are more prestigious so to speak, but it is hard to beat the Cincinnati Masters in terms of fan experience.
Roger Federer will take what he can get by the way of post-Olympic breaks, with the Swiss top seed preparing for a mid-week start in his bid for a fifth title at the Cincinnati masters
The post-Olympic injury toll which many had feared is biting hard as the hard-luck Cincinnati Masters begins