Results for August 18, 2009

Western & Southern Financial Group Masters Cincinnati, U.S.A. ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Singles - Second Round [9] G Simon (FRA) d I Andreev (RUS) 76(5) 67(6) 61 D Ferrer (ESP) d [14] M Cilic (CRO) 76(4) 62 Singles - First Round T Berdych (CZE) d [10] F Gonzalez (CHI) 64 ret. (knee) G Garcia-Lopez (ESP) d [11] F Verdasco (ESP) 76(4) 76(4) L Hewitt (AUS) d [12] R Soderling (SWE) 36 76(8) 63 - saved 2 M.P. [Q] M Youzhny (RUS) d V Hanescu (ROU) 75 62 J Melzer (AUT) d F Lopez (ESP) 57 76(4) 76(7) A Seppi (ITA) d [Q] J Hernych (CZE) 36 64 61 [Q] C Guccione (AUS) d P Kohlschreiber (GER) 75 26 63 I Kunitsyn (RUS) d J Blake (USA) 76(5) 67(5) 64 P Petzschner (GER) d [Q] S Bolelli (ITA) 76(6) 63 [WC] J Isner (USA) d T Haas (GER) 76(5) 57 76(3) Doubles - Second Round [2] D Nestor (CAN) / N Zimonjic (SRB) d R Lindstedt (SWE) / M Melo (BRA) 64 64 Doubles - First Round M Llodra (FRA) / J Tsonga (FRA) d J Melzer (AUT) / R Stepanek (CZE) 76(2) 64

Cilic beaten by Ferrer

Fourteenth seeded Marin Cilic was upset today by former top ten player David Ferrer. Ferrer made Cilic go to a tiebreak and won it 7-4, but then Cilic showed signs of disappointment and eventually Ferrer seized the opportunity to win the match 76(4) 62. Fernando Verdasco was also knocked out in two tie-break sets, but ninth seeded Gilles Simon got the hang of playing against Igor Andreev and definitely made the Russian feel discouraged and got the victory in three sets with a score of 76(5) 67(6) 61. Lleyton Hewitt got a huge win under his belt today by dispatching Robin Soderling by saving 2 match points.

Results for August 17, 2009

Singles - First Round
[9] G Simon (FRA) d [WC] W Odesnik (USA) 63 62
I Karlovic (CRO) d [13] G Monfils (FRA) 64 67(5) 76(2)
[14] M Cilic (CRO) d J Ferrero (ESP) 63 64
J Chardy (FRA) d [15] T Robredo (ESP) 63 75
[16] R Stepanek (CZE) d V Troicki (SRB) 76(2) 10 ret. (foot)
I Andreev (RUS) d N Kiefer (GER) 61 75
B Becker (GER) d M Vassallo Arguello (ARG) 63 63
N Almagro (ESP) d D Sela (ISR) 64 10 ret. (groin)
P Mathieu (FRA) d M Zverev (GER) 67(4) 75 63
[Q] I Ljubicic (CRO) d F Serra (FRA) 46 63 64
D Ferrer (ESP) d S Wawrinka (SUI) 75 62
J Acasuso (ARG) d [Q] L Kubot (POL) 64 63
[WC] M Safin (RUS) d [WC] R Ginepri (USA) 75 76(2)
S Querrey (USA) d [Q] Y Lu (TPE) 63 64

Doubles - First Round
F Lopez (ESP) / F Verdasco (ESP) d S Huss (AUS) / R Hutchins (GBR) 46 76(2) 10-3
T Berdych (CZE) / P Kohlschreiber (GER) d N Davydenko (RUS) / I Kunitsyn (RUS) 57 76(4) 10-7
R Lindstedt (SWE) / M Melo (BRA) d J Coetzee (RSA) / J Erlich (ISR) 76(3) 36 14-12

Murray denies del Potro first Masters shield

Andy Murray has won his fourth Masters title over Juan Martin del Potro. Murray looked to be in fresher form from the start, but del Potro had won the first set in a tiebreak. Juan Martin was coming into the tournament straight after winning the Washington title, but Murray was in his first tournament since Wimbledon after preparing on hard courts in Miami for two weeks. The last two sets saw del Potro waring out and Murray using the situation to his advantage to clinch the title with a score of 67(4) 76(3) 61. The match was 2 hours and 17 minutes long.

Murray will be projected as the new number 2 on Monday.

Murray snaps Federer-Nadal reign at the top

After Roger Federer's conqueror Jo-Wilfried Tsonga was set to face Andy Murray at the Montreal Masters, Andy Murray was able to defeat the Frenchman in straight sets with a score of 64 76(8) and set his game to a new height. He is now officially number two in the world rankings, which set to come out this Monday. He has broken the four year (from 18 July, 2005) dominance of Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal at the top of the men's game and will now face the man who has beaten Rafael Nadal and Andy Roddick on his way to the final. Juan Martin del Potro had to save a match-point in favor of Roddick to beat him in three sets with a score of 46 62 75, and will be in his first ever Masters final.

The head-to-head between the two is 3-1 in favor of Murray but who knows, maybe it will be a shocker this time.

Good luck to both!