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Daniil Medvedev battled back from the brink of defeat on Saturday to reach his first final at the Western & Southern Open. Medvedev trailed top seed Novak Djokovic by 6-3, 3-2 30/40, but the Russian would deny the critical break point and mounted a furious comeback to advance in Cincinnati. He triumphed 3-6, 6-3, 6-3 in one hour and 43 minutes. It marked the first time Djokovic had lost a semi-final at the ATP Masters 1000 level when winning the first set since 2013 (to Del Potro in Indian...

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For seven years, David Goffin has battled at the ATP Masters 1000 level, seeking a breakthrough on one of the games biggest stages. On Saturday, that moment arrived. Goffin reached his first Masters 1000 final, producing a clinical display to defeat Richard Gasquet 6-3, 6-4 at the Western & Southern Open. The Belgian is playing some of the best tennis of his career in Cincinnati, outdueling his opponents from the baseline and dropping just one set en route to the championship. There, he wi...

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Top seed and defending champion Novak Djokovic has 33 ATP Masters 1000 titles to his name. Ninth seed Daniil Medvedev, No. 16 seed David Goffin and Richard Gasquet all seek their first. Theyll all have the chance to move closer to hardware on Saturday at the Western & Southern Open , with Djokovic renewing his rivalry with Medvedev and Goffin squaring off against Gasquet. Djokovic picked up right where he left off in his first tournament since capturing a fifth Wimbledon title...

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World No. 1 Novak Djokovic reached the quarter-finals of the Western & Southern Open Thursday by defeating Spaniard Pablo Carreno Busta in straight sets. But the Serbian was not the biggest winner on the court. That honour went to the boy who escorted him to his bench before his victory. Djokovic held a boy named Joel’s hand walking onto to the court. And before the usual pre-match meeting with the chair umpire, the top seed invited Joel to sit on his bench, and even opened up a wate...

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In the Australian Open semi-finals, World No. 1 Novak Djokovic lost just four games across three sets against Frenchman Lucas Pouille in just 83 minutes. It was clear from just minutes into their Western & Southern Open quarter-final Friday evening that this would be a much closer match. But still, the result remained the same. Defending champion Djokovic defeated Pouille 7-6(2), 6-1 in one hour and 26 minutes to reach the semi-finals in Cincinnati. The Serbian has made at least the last f...

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Former World No. 1 Andy Murray accepted a wild card into the singles draw at the Winston-Salem Open, and the 45-time tour-level titlist will face an immediate challenge as he seeks the first victory of his singles comeback. The Scot will open against reigning Auckland titlist and 2018 Australian Open quarter-finalist Tennys Sandgren in Murray’s second singles match since undergoing hip resurfacing surgery after the Australian Open. The 32-year-old lost against Richard Gasquet in straight...

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Qualifier Andrey Rublev put together an impressive run at the Western & Southern Open, defeating the man who beat him in last month’s Hamburg final (Nikoloz Basilashvili), a former World No. 3 (Stan Wawrinka) and a seven-time Cincinnati champion (Roger Federer). But on Friday evening, the two-time Next Gen ATP Finals qualifier ran into a wall. A Daniil Medvedev wall, that is. The red-hot Medvedev ousted his compatriot 6-2, 6-3 after 61 minutes to reach his second ATP Masters 1000 sem...

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