In another match third seed Andy Murray of Great Britain defeated 16th seed Grigor Dimitrov of Bulgaria 4-6 7-6(3) 7-5 in two hours and 59 minutes.
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In an interview with CNN’s Rachel Nichols, Williams confessed that she gets just as tense as any other human being.
World No 1 Novak Djokovic hits a return to David Goffin during his 6-2 2-6 6-3 win at the Cincinnati Masters.
The sliding retrievals that make Djokovic’s defense so oppressive were on display inside the court at times today as the Serbian tried to finish forward.
“I have things in mind to work on for the hard-court season”. “Like, literally thinking about all this stuff that, you know, the women are doing in sports”, she said.
Tommy Robredo beat Sam Querrey 6-1, 5-7, 6-3 after the third set was delayed by rain.
The demands Djokovic places on himself are clear in most matches.
Djokovic will play fifth-seeded Stan Wawrinka, who beat him for the French Open title. Lopez’s ace finished off a 2-hour, 24-minute match.
Just as important for the Serb as getting square with his friend with a 6-4, 6-1 win of military efficiency in the quarter-finals was the message his body sent to his ever-clicking brain before the US Open, which starts on 31 August. Jelena Jankovic punished eighth seed Karolina Pliskova 6-2, 3-6, 7-5.
The American will meet Karin Knapp in the third round after the Italian advanced with a 6-4 6-1 win over Russia’s Daria Gavrilova.
Williams is the first player to reach 45 match wins on the year – she’s 45-2 overall now.
World number one Djokovic was denied a career Grand Slam by Wawrinka when the duo last met in the final of this year’s French Open.
Playing his first tournament since Wimbledon, Federer certainly looked fit and fresh in beating Roberto Bautista Agut in his opener in just 70 minutes. “I think my level is there”. I’m a four-times finalist but it gives me enough reason to believe I can do well. “I’m not quite sure how I managed to get through it”.
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Bencic was coming off the biggest moment of her brief career. However, the next service game would be over in a blink of an eye and Novak broke the 24-year-old the following game to take the first set of the match. “Out of the nine times I’ve beaten her, we’ve gone three sets six times”. “I had to unfortunately make that decision”.
