Archive: novak-djokovic
Any doubts that Novak Djokovic might have had about his game evaporated in the almost noon-day sun in Cincinnati on quarter-final Friday.
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.
Feliciano Lopez sent Rafael Nadal packing early from the Western & Southern Open with a 5-7, 6-4, 7-6(3) third-round upset on Thursday night. Lopez fired 14 aces before prevailing in two hours and 24 minutes.
With the U.S. Open draw being made next week, the Western & Southern Open gives players their last opportunity to maneuver for seeding at the year's final Grand Slam. Let's take a look from 1-32 where the battles are being waged.
The two World No, 1s got to do their stuff and in almost comic time on both occasions, the rains came. No – the heavens opened in almost biblical rage that these puny mortals would dare wave their tennis racquets about.
World No. 1 Novak Djokovic and No. 2 Andy Murray headline Wednesday’s schedule in Cincinnati, returning to the North American hard courts only three days after meeting in the Montréal final.
With all the rain that greeted my arrival in Cincinnati on the first day of the Western and Southern Open, any worries I may have had about a fear of missing out were allayed by one pretty torrential rain in the region – not good news for my well travelled, but ultimately non-rain-proof fabric Converses.
Roger Federer kicked off his Western & Southern Open title defense by hammering Roberto Bautista Agut 6-4, 6-4 during second-round action on Tuesday night.
Jerzy Janowicz has repeated his Australian Open upset of Gael Monfils, defeating the Frenchman 6-4, 7-5 in the first round of the Western & Southern Open in Cincinnati on Monday.
Andy Murray notched his 11th win over a World No. 1 on Sunday, stunning Novak Djokovic 6-4, 4-6, 6-3 for the Rogers Cup title.
Andy Murray ended an eight-match losing streak to Novak Djokovic and won the Rogers Cup on Sunday with a 6-4, 4-6, 6-3 victory that required exactly three hours to be completed.
Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray will be squaring off for the 28th time in their careers when they meet again in the final of the Rogers Cup on Sunday.
Click here to see the latest photo gallery from the men's tennis in Montreal: Andy Murray vs. Kei Nishikori & Novak Djokovic vs. Jeremy Chardy.
Check out the latest photo gallery from the men's Rogers Cup tennis in Montreal.
Rafael Nadal earned a much-needed spot in the Rogers Cup quarterfinals by defeating Mikhail Youzhny 6-3, 6-3 on Thursday afternoon. Nadal did not drop serve a single time but still needed one hour and 41 minutes to set up a showdown with Kei Nishikori.
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