Andy Murray’s winning run halted at 22 in Cincinnati final

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Cilic forced a decider by winning the second set and unseeded Dimitrov, who last month reached the quarter-finals of the Rogers Cup before disposing of Stan Wawrinka and Steve Johnson in Cincinnati, began to unravel.

The 94-minute victory marked a career breakthrough for the 12th-seeded Croatian, victor of the 2014 US Open.

Hot streak: Andy Murray is in fine form, and clinched a 22nd straight win with victory in Cincinatti semi final against Milos Raonic.

“I’m really happy with my game today”. I was hitting a lot of big serves in important points and I was definitely very mentally strong in that second set.

Unseeded Dimitrov will tackle Johnson in the quarters while Croatian teenager Coric tests his skills against countryman Marin Cilic, a 6-3 4-6 6-4 victor over Czech Tomas Berdych in the late-night match at the Lindner Family Tennis Center. “Go I’ll go out there and give it a good go tomorrow and get a few days break before getting ready for NY”.

“I’ve practiced with him many times, so to some extent I have an understanding of his game, like he has of mine, but it’s different come match time, so I did a little bit of studying”.

Speaking of his meeting with Raonic, Murray said on the ATP’s official webite: “Yeah, tough match obviously”. The Croat, who split with coach Goran Ivanisevic earlier this year, had only won two ATP 250 titles since then, but this victory suggests he could be a force to be reckoned with in NY.

“Today I felt that the serve was a big factor in the game”, he said.

He’s around a [1.22] chance today and for me the best value wager here is to side with a correct score wager in set one. “I’ll try to take the positive things from the match and from the last few weeks to NY”, she said in reference to the upcoming US Open, the year’s final Grand Slam Tournament.

Madison Keys withdrew from the Connecticut Open after injuring her neck Sunday during a practice session ahead of the tournament she planned to use as a tuneup for the US Open.