Djokovic overcame an upset stomach and a sluggish first set Wednesday, beating Adrian Mannarino 4-6, 6-2, 6-1 before heavy rain halted afternoon matches at the Western & Southern Open.
Federer and Williams were making their first appearance at the tournament since they each won the title in 2015. Williams opened with a straight-set victory against Daria Gavrilova.
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Williams, a 23-time Grand Slam winner who returned to the tour this year after the birth of her first child, needed just 65 minutes to dispatch Gavrilova.
Federer seeded second, has won in Cincinnati a record seven times but hasn't played there since winning in 2015. In 2016 he had a knee injury, and in 2017 he had back problems.
The top-ranked Nadal beat the unseeded Greek upstart 6-2, 7-6 (4) for his fourth Rogers Cup crown and fifth victory of the year. He has 33 ATP World Tour Masters 1000 titles.
Despite playing on only 15 hours rest, Halep was in control from the outset against the 15th-seeded Barty, eliminating the Australian in 71 minutes.
Rafael Nadal rallied at night to join the Greek teenager Stefanos Tsitsipas in the semi-finals.
The 25-year-old Stephens, ranked No. 3 in the world, won a hard-court title in Miami in March and lost the French Open final to Simona Halep. In the quarterfinals, the American will face Anastaija Sevastova of Latvia.
The 19-year-old Tsitsipas broke the ninth-seeded Serb's serve early in the third set and held serve from there to reach his first career ATP World Tour Masters 1000 quarterfinal.
Nadal, playing for the first time since a five-set loss to Djokovic in the Wimbledon semifinals, topped France's Benoit Paire 6-2, 6-3 at night after a series of rain delays.
The 36-year-old, talked about in length what she has been going through since giving birth to her daughter, Alexis Olympia, who turns one this September.
Ramkumar Ramanathan had said he would love to win a medal with Leander Paes at the Asian Games, beginning August 18 in Jakarta and Palembang.
Nadal will now look to bounce back in the Rogers Cup, a build-up to the US Open where he will be defending his title.
Bopanna and his French partner Edouard Roger-Vasselin had conceded their men's doubles second round after the Indian suffered the injury on July 6.
Murray works his way back from hip surgery and moved into the third round at the Citi Open by beating No. 4 seed Kyle Edmund 7-6 (4), 1-6, 6-4.
Williams had moments of brilliant shot-making to win long rallies, then would put a drop shot into the net and sigh in disappointment.
The 20-year-old Delhi girl, backed by Mahesh Bhupathi, has been in good form in the past few weeks.
Berretini was playing in his first ATP final, wrapping up his fifth straight-sets win of the week in one hour and 45 minutes.
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