Benoit Paire upsets 5th seed Denis Shapovalov in Cinicinnati
August 18, 2021 13:55 ISTRain earlier in the day forced a 11 pm local time start and Paire was quick off the blocks as he won the first set 6-3.
Rain earlier in the day forced a 11 pm local time start and Paire was quick off the blocks as he won the first set 6-3.
Berrettini has now won 15 of his past 17 matches and is 33-7 on the season.
The top-ranked Barty’s second-round match in the Western & Southern Open on Tuesday was postponed after two rain delays totaling five hours pushed back the schedule in the second full day of play.
Two-time champion Andy Murray of Britain made good on the main draw wildcard to win his opening game against Frenchman Richard Gasquet.
Naomi Osaka struggled to hold back tears in her first press conference since pulling out from the French Open over mental health concerns.
Sania Mirza will be in action at the Cincinnati Masters, pairing up with Tunisia's Ons Jabeur in the women's doubles.
Roger Federer is going to miss the US Open and be sidelined for months because he needs a third operation on his right knee
Medvedev, ranked second in the world, has 11 ATP Tour victories, winning this year in Mallorca and Marseille
Pliskova will face Camilia Giorgi of Italy, a 6-3, 3-6, 6-1 winner over U.S. qualifier Jessica Pegula in the night match.
The Aussie fell in a tough first-round loss at the Tokyo Olympic Games against Spain's Sara Sorribes Tormo but walked away from her Olympic debut with a bronze in mixed doubles.
Medvedev will face the winner of the late match between 11th-seeded Gael Monfils of France and American John Isner.
Sabalenka, ranked No. 3, trailed 4-2 in the second set before winning four games in a row. She had seven aces in the 79-minute match.
The decision by the 20-time Grand Slam champion means he is unlikely to play before the US Open.
The 20-time Grand Slam champion was replaced in the draw at the hard-court tournament in Toronto by Feliciano Lopez, who lost in qualifying.
Djokovic wrote on social media that he needs “a bit longer to recover and recuperate after quite a taxing journey from Australia to Tokyo.”
Murray is a former No. 1 and three-time Grand Slam title winner, including in New York in 2012. His ranking slid out of the top 100 after he had two hip operations in recent years
The fifth-ranked German overwhelmed Russian opponent Karan Khachanov 6-3, 6-1 on Sunday for the biggest title of his career.
Djokovic will leave Tokyo without a medal as he lost the match for bronze against Spain's Pablo Carreno Busta.
Djokovic, the top-ranked Serb who had seemed invincible in all of the biggest tournaments this year, lost to Zverev 1-6, 6-3, 6-1 Friday in the semifinals of the tennis tournament at the Tokyo Olympics.
Djokovic was attempting to become the first man to win all four Grand Slam tournaments and Olympic gold in the same year.
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