Although the world number 2 needed treatment on his shoulder during the first set, he recovered well to close out the match.
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“You have to focus on yourself”, Coric said when asked by Tennis Channel about the excitable Kyrgios. It’s just at the start it was a bit sore.
Second-seeded Stan Wawrinka of Switzerland also advanced, beating American Jared Donaldson 2-6, 6-3, 6-4. There were eight matches either suspended or postponed from Tuesday that were completed on Wednesday.
Murray’s 6-3 6-2 win was indicative of his current form, and Nadal started quickly to eventually eke out a 6-1 7-6 (7-4) win over Pablo Cuevas.
Four seeds were knocked out of the ATP 1000 tournament on Wednesday, with David Goffin, Richard Gasquet, Kyrgios and Feliciano Lopez all losing their round-of-32 matches. After coming from Rio and after the marathon that I had, it’s a very important victory for me. Sugita, whose countryman Kei Nishikori beat Mikhail Youzhny 6-3 6-2, surprised Isner’s old sparring partner Nicolas Mahut with a 6-3 7-5 victory. I felt the game and the balls were a little bit heavier because of the rain and the humidity. “But it was good for me”, Halep said.
“I played pretty well today”.
Spanish fourth seed Garbine Muguruza won her first Cincinnati match with a defeat of Coco Vandeweghe 7-6 (7/4), 6-2.
Meanwhile, Milos Raonic did not have the easiest of times against John Isner in the big-serving battle, needing a tie-break in both sets to claim the 7-6 (7-5) 7-6 (7-5) victory.
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He left Rio in the early hours arriving later in the evening in Cincinnati, and along with the faster courts and the different balls, he adjusted his practices to prepare for his opening round as the final night match on Wednesday.
