Cincinnati Masters, Cincinnati, Ohio, US, ATP Masters 1000

[britbox]

 

[Tennis Fan]

he had a bad attitude according to what FFT said : he refused to go to the opening ceremony, he didn't show up at the Olympic village, didnt support French athletes, he prefered to go to the beach with his gf than eat with others...he was too selfish for OG I guess

Wow. Why did he even bother to go if he was going to behave that way?

 

[britbox]

Fernando Verdasco (Spain) beat Albert Ramos (Spain) 7-6(5) 6-4
Steve Johnson (U.S.) beat Federico Delbonis (Argentina) 6-4 7-5
Marcos Baghdatis (Cyprus) beat Vasek Pospisil (Canada) 7-5 7-5
John Isner (U.S.) beat Fabio Fognini (Italy) 6-3 6-2
16-Feliciano Lopez (Spain) beat Mischa Zverev (Germany) 6-3 6-1

 

[britbox]

 

[isabelle]

Wow. Why did he even bother to go if he was going to behave that way?

agree with you, he should have let Pouille go to Rio

 

[Tennis Fan]

agree with you, he should have let Pouille go to Rio

Yeah, lost some respect for him for behaving like a brat. I still like watching him play as I enjoy his style, but if I like his opponent I may root for them to win until he gets his act together, LOL.

 

[Moxie]

Rafa is looking sharp, but Cuevas is no pushover. 2nd set TB it will be. Hopefully Rafa gets it done here.

 

[britbox]

Results from the Cincinnati Open Men's Singles matches on Wednesday

Round 2
9-Gael Monfils (France) beat Marcos Baghdatis (Cyprus) 7-5 6-0
4-Milos Raonic (Canada) beat John Isner (U.S.) 7-6(5) 7-6(5)
7-Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (France) beat Reilly Opelka (U.S.) 7-6(5) 7-6(3)
2-Stanislas Wawrinka (Switzerland) beat Jared Donaldson (U.S.) 2-6 6-3 6-4
8-Dominic Thiem (Austria) beat John Millman (Australia) 7-5 6-1
5-Kei Nishikori (Japan) beat Mikhail Youzhny (Russia) 6-3 6-2

Round 1
Marcel Granollers (Spain) beat Jiri Vesely (Czech Republic) 6-4 6-7(5) 6-2
Juan Monaco (Argentina) beat Ivo Karlovic (Croatia) 6-4 6-4
Yuichi Sugita (Japan) beat Alexander Zverev (Germany) 6-7(4) 6-4 6-2
Nicolas Mahut (France) beat 15-Roberto Bautista (Spain) 7-6(2) 2-6 6-3

 

[britbox]

 

[britbox]

5-Kei Nishikori (Japan) beat Mikhail Youzhny (Russia) 6-3 6-2

 

[britbox]

So young Jared Donaldson couldn't put Stan away... glimpses of potential though.

 

[Moxie]

I agree. He got a break back in the 2nd, but gave it back over.

 

[Moxie]

Rafa wins the TB, so he's through in straights, which will help his cause. He maintained the better court position, and the depth of shots was good.

 

[Moxie]

Borna Coric took the first set over Kyrgios, who DF's away the set. Let's see how committed Nick is to winning this one.

 

[britbox]

Borna Coric took the first set over Kyrgios, who DF's away the set. Let's see how committed Nick is to winning this one.

Nextgen Tussle. One with all the weapons and none of the intangibles and one with all the intangibles but lacking big weapons.

 

[Moxie]

Nice win for Stevie Johnson over Benneteau in the 3rd set TB. He's having a great summer. Also, Dimitrov squeaked past Feli Lopez to get Wawrinka next.

 

[britbox]

Nice win for Stevie Johnson over Benneteau in the 3rd set TB. He's having a great summer. Also, Dimitrov squeaked past Feli Lopez to get Wawrinka next.

Dimitrov stringing a few wins together.... Finally in 2016! See what he's made up of when he comes up against Stan.

 

[Moxie]

Dimitrov stringing a few wins together.... Finally in 2016! See what he's made up of when he comes up against Stan.

That match could be great, or a battle of who wants it least. I'll be pulling for Grigor, as Rafa is only about 220 points below Stan atm.

 

[Moxie]

Tough hold from Coric at 5-5 in the 3rd. Let's see how sturdy holds out v. talent.

 

[Moxie]

Sturdy wins. Coric hung in tough. But Nick battled for it. Good match! Now Borna gets Rafa.