Cincinnati Masters: Simona Halep faces Garbine Muguruza in finals
August 20, 2017 18:09 ISTHalep will become World No.1 for the first time if she can defeat Muguruza to capture her maiden title in Cincinnati.
Halep will become World No.1 for the first time if she can defeat Muguruza to capture her maiden title in Cincinnati.
Nadal was sloppy at the outset and on the defensive for much of a 6-2, 7-5 loss that lasted an hour and 20 minutes.
Rohan Bopanna and his Croatian partner Ivan Dodig lost 1-6, 7-6, 7-10 to second seeds Lukasz Kubot of Poland and Marcelo Melo in an enthralling three-setter quarterfinal.
U.S. Tennis Association announced the 33-year old Australian's withdrawal because of an injured right hand on Friday.
Wimbledon champion Garbine Muguruza overcame a long rain delay in the third set and fought off three-match points before advancing to the quarterfinals at the Western & Southern Open.
Rohan Bopanna and Ivan Dodig rallied to humble the pair of Juan Sebastian Cabal and Fabio Fognini 5-7, 7-5, 10-8 in a second round match.
This was Ramanathan's second consecutive defeat against the American, having lost to him in the second round of the Roland Garros Qualifier in 2015.
Rafael Nadal sat out an hour-long rain delay and beat Richard Gasquet 6-3, 6-4 on Wednesday night, finishing it off with two of his eight aces.
Apart from doing pretty well on-court, the elder Williams is doing some online shopping off the court these days for Serena's baby.
The former world number admitted that she has set her sights on title defence in Melbourne next year in January.
Maria Sharapova, former World No.1, has not entered a major tournament since the Australian Open in January 2016, when she tested positive for the newly banned drug meldonium.
Leander Paes and Alexander Zverev fought hard before losing 6-2, 6(2)-7, 6-10 to their Spanish rivals in a closely-fought contest.
After going down in the first set, Ramkumar Ramanathan rebounded strongly to register a 6-7 (5-7), 6-1, 6-4 win over Christopher Eubanks .
Roger Federer, a 19-time major champion, said in a statement he "tweaked" his back last week at the Rogers Cup in Montreal, where he lost Sunday's final to Alexander Zverev.
It was Svitolina's fourth victory over a top-10 opponent this week and third win in two days.
With this win, Zverev avenged a loss to Federer at Halle on June 25 and evened their career head-to-head record at two wins apiece.
Both Bhambri, who recently beat world number 22 Gael Monfils, and Saketh Myneni had missed the Uzbekistan tie due to their respective injuries.
Caroline Wozniacki, the No. 6 seed from Denmark, will play fifth-seeded Elina Svitolina in Sunday's final.
Roger Federer used a 6-3, 7-6 (5) victory over unseeded Robin Haase of the Netherlands on Saturday to reach his sixth final of the year.
Federer broke serve for a 5-4 lead in the first set and broke again for 2-1 in the second en route to the victory in a little more than an hour.
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