Mason, Ohio: Top-ranked Roger Federer won a record fifth Cincinnati title on Sunday, dominating second-ranked Novak Djokovic from the outset of a 6-0, 7-6 (7) win for the Western & Southern Open championship.
It was the first time in the tournament's history that the top two played for the title. From the start, it was no match.
Federer improved to 5-0 in Cincinnati finals and tied Rafael Nadal for the most Masters titles with 21. Nadal dropped out of the tournament with a sore knee that has sidelined him indefinitely.
"A record break " always something special when that happens," Federer said....
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01:25 AM, Aug 20, 2012
Cincinnati: Sixth seeds Mahesh Bhupathi and Rohan Bopanna moved into the men's doubles quarter-final here at the Cincinnati Masters tennis after receiving a walkover. Dutch Robin Haase and Juan Monaco of Argentina did not take the court giving the win to the Indian pair on Thursday. They will next take on Poland's Mariusz Fyrstenberg and Marcin Matkowski, who are seeded third, for a place in the last four. The Polish...
12:04 AM, Aug 18, 2012
Mason, Ohio: Serena and Venus Williams moved into the quarter-finals of the Western & Southern Open by handling the afternoon heat, humidity and wind. The conditions were too much for Andy Murray. Murray's off-day turned into the biggest upset of the tournament, a straight-sets loss on Thursday that left him with hardly any hard-court time heading into the US Open. Murray lost 6-4, 6-4 to France's Jeremy Chardy, an opponent...
08:42 AM, Aug 17, 2012
Mason, Ohio: Venus Williams fought back from a set down to beat South Africa's Chanelle Scheepers 2-6, 6-3, 6-2 as the top seeds advanced with little trouble at the Cincinnati Open on Wednesday. Williams will now meet Italian Sara Errani for a quarter-final berth following the seventh seed's 6-4, 6-4 win over Slovakian Daniela Hantuchova. For the second successive day, Williams needed three sets but she was glad with the...
09:13 AM, Aug 16, 2012
Mason, Ohio: Top three seeds Roger Federer, Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray moved into the third round of the Cincinnati Open with relatively comfortable straight-set victories on Wednesday. World number two Djokovic beat Italian Andreas Seppi 7-6, 6-2 while Olympic gold medallist Murray strolled past American Sam Querrey 6-2, 6-4. Federer crushed Russian-American journeyman Alex Bogomolov Jr 6-3, 6-2. Serb Djokovic, who won the ATP Masters tournament at Toronto last...
09:06 AM, Aug 16, 2012
Cincinnati: Rafael Nadal has dropped out of the Western & Southern Open because of a knee problem that forced him to miss the Olympics. Nadal pulled out of the London Games because of a sore left knee, missing the chance to defend his title and be Spain's flag bearer in the opening ceremony. He won the French Open for a record seventh time earlier this year but has been bothered...
02:15 AM, Aug 10, 2012
Cincinnati: Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi won their third title of the season and first at Cincinnati after 10 years, following a hard-fought win over Michael Llodra and Nenad Zimonjic in the summit clash of the Western and Southern Open here. The third seeds edged past the fourth seeded French-Serbian combination 7-6(4), 7-6(2) after battling for one hour and 41 minutes. "If you had asked me 10 years ago if...
12:11 PM, Aug 22, 2011
Ohio: Russia's Maria Sharapova beat Serbia's Jelena Jankovic 4-6, 7-6, 6-3 to win the Cincinnati Open on Sunday and install herself as one of the favorites for the US Open. There were 16 breaks of serve in a topsy-turvy final but Sharapova emerged strongest in the end to claim her second title of the season and the 24th of her career in the lead up to the final grand slam...
11:30 AM, Aug 22, 2011
Ohio: Andy Murray won his seventh Masters series final with victory over world number one Novak Djokovic on Sunday and his prospects of winning a grand slam have never looked better. Djokovic was forced to retire with a shoulder injury when trailing 6-4 3-0 in the Cincinnati Open final and while the world number one was confident of playing at the US Open, Murray could again be the main beneficiary....
10:09 AM, Aug 22, 2011
Cincinnati: Third seeds Mahesh Bhupathi and Leander Paes staged a brilliant comeback to shock top seeds and defending champions Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan and reach the final of the Western and Southern Open here. The Indian Express was down by a set and break in the second set but went on to record a 1-6 7-6(2) 10-7 win in the semi-finals. This was Paes and Bhupathi's first win in...
05:34 PM, Aug 21, 2011
Mason, Ohio: Russia's Maria Sharapova will face Serbian Jelena Jankovic in the Cincinnati Open final after the pair enjoyed solid victories in their semi-finals on Saturday. Sharapova recovered from a poor start to beat fellow Russian and world number two Vera Zvonareva 2-6 6-3 6-3 to reach her fourth final of the season while Jankovic beat Germany's Andrea Petkovic 7-6 6-1. "It is going to be a tough match, she...
10:36 AM, Aug 21, 2011
Ohio: The once dominant top two in men's tennis, Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal, head into the US Open with much more than the formidable year of world number one Novak Djokovic to concern them. Both Federer and Nadal exited the Cincinnati Open at the quarter-final stage on Friday after suffering defeats to Czech Tomas Berdych and American Mardy Fish respectively. Whilst neither of those losses can be considered massive...
08:29 PM, Aug 20, 2011
Mason, Ohio: Maria Sharapova marched into the semi-finals of the Cincinnati Open after crushing Australian Samantha Stosur 6-3 6-2 on Friday to set up a last four meeting with fellow Russian Vera Zvonareva. Germany's Andrea Petkovic will face Serbian Jelena Jankovic in the other semi-final - China's Peng Shuai withdrew from her clash with Jankovic due to injury. Sharapova dominated from the start of the 72-minute match against world number...
09:27 AM, Aug 20, 2011
Mason, Ohio: Rafa Nadal and Roger Federer, numbers two and three in the world, suffered surprise defeats to inspired opponents in an entertaining quarter-finals day at the Cincinnati Open on Friday. To the delight of a packed home crowd, American hard court specialist Mardy Fish beat Nadal for the first time in his career, 6-3 6-4, to book a spot in the semi-finals where he will face Britain's Andy Murray....
09:15 AM, Aug 20, 2011
Ohio: Rafael Nadal held off fellow Spaniard Fernando Verdasco 7-6 (5), 6-7 (4), 7-6 (9) after 3 hours, 38 minutes to reach the Western & Southern Open quarterfinals on Thursday. "The truth is that I am very happy. Very content with the victory. It was a tough match for both of us," he said, before heading off for doubles match that went an hour and 10 minutes. Nadal arrived hoping...
09:26 AM, Aug 19, 2011
Ohio: The Cincinnati Open claimed two more high-profile victims on Thursday with grand slam champions Li Na and Petra Kvitova crashing out, while Russian pair Maria Sharapova and Vera Zvonareva crunched their opponents en route to the quarter-finals. A day after world number one Caroline Wozniacki, star attraction Serena Williams and third seed Victoria Azarenka exited the tournament in defeat or through injury, French Open winner Li tumbled with a...
09:09 AM, Aug 19, 2011
Ohio: A big puff of pizzazz seeped out of the Cincinnati Open on Wednesday as its top seed Caroline Wozniacki slipped out and star attraction Serena Williams quit the tournament, along with third seed Victoria Azarenka. Fans and organisers were left deflated with 13-times grand slam winner Williams and third seed Azarenka both having been scheduled to play on centre court as part of a busy schedule alongside the ATP...
11:27 AM, Aug 18, 2011
Ohio: France's Jo-Wilfried Tsonga suffered a surprise defeat to qualifier Alex Bogomolov while Spain's Rafael Nadal and world number one Novak Djokovic passed their second-round tests at the Cincinnati Open on Wednesday. France's Tsonga, a semi-finalist at Wimbledon, fell to the 28-year-old Florida-based, Moscow-born Bogomolov 6-3, 6-4. Bogomolov, who is yet to win on the ATP Tour and ranked 50th, made a name for himself this year with a surprise...
11:08 AM, Aug 18, 2011
New York: India's Sania Mirza failed to make the main draw of the $2,050,000 Western and Southern tennis tournament at Cincinnati for the second successive year when she lost the second and final round of the qualifiers against American Alexa Glatch in straight sets. Sania, a semifinalist here four years ago and ranked 65 on the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) charts, lost rather tamely 2-6, 4-6 to the 151st-ranked Glatch...
11:23 AM, Aug 15, 2011
Mason, Ohio: Kim Clijsters needed only 12 minutes of tennis — and an empathetic hug — to reach another title match. Ana Ivanovic hurt her left foot during the opening set of their semifinal at the Cincinnati Open on Saturday, forcing her to withdraw in tears with the rest of her season in doubt. "It sounds very similar to what I had with my left foot," said Clijsters, who tore...
09:37 AM, Aug 15, 2010
