Dimitrov upsets 2nd-seed Wawrinka in Cincinnati

There were eight matches either suspended or postponed from Tuesday that were completed on Wednesday.

Elsewhere, Grigor Dimitrov eliminated sluggish second seed Wawrinka, the Bulgarian making the most of a single break of serve in each set to win 6-4 6-4 and book his berth in the quarters.

Wawrinka set the pace for seeds on the first dry day of the week.

Nadal committed 27 unforced errors and five double faults in the sub-standard effort.

An emotionally intense competition later and with the doubles gold medal clinched, Nadal said “it was an fantastic experience…to win a gold medal today after two months and a half with no practice, with no preparation, just working in the gym, was something not easy doing”. After coming from Rio and after the marathon that I had, it’s a very important victory for me. I’m extremely happy with my performance.

However it’s the second time the Queenslander has beaten Nishikori this year. Nishikori stopped Russian Mikhail Youzhny 6-3, 6-2.

Despite the loss, Johnson will become the top American in the ATP rankings next week.

Nadal showed the effects of his long layoff from a wrist injury Thursday, losing to Croatia’s Borna Coric 6-1, 6-3 at the Western & Southern Open.

It was smooth sailing for fourth seed Milos Raonic though as he battled past Japanese qualifier Yuichi Sugita 6-1, 3-6, 6-1. After an Olympic marathon that saw Nadal competing in the men’s singles and winning a Gold Medal in doubles category, the 14-time Grand Slam victor feels happy to pull off a win over Cuevas, who scored a win over Nadal earlier this year. “I was lucky at times and unlucky at other times, but overall I was courageous on the big points”, Coric said, reports the ATP’s official website.

“It was a very good match”. After an early break I felt like I got into his head and into his rhythm pretty well.

“I played pretty well today. But it was good for me”, Halep said. “I will have this pressure to perform for the next 10 years or more, but I don’t have any problems with it”. The first match of the tournament is tough.

Spanish fourth seed Garbine Muguruza won her first Cincinnati match with a defeat of CoCo Vandeweghe 7-6 (7/4), 6-2. 15th seed Karolina Pliskova stopped Misaki Doi 7-5, 6-3. Hungarian Timea Babos upset Swiss 13th seed Belinda Bencic 7-5, 6-2.

Spain’s Carla Suarez Navarro won as Alize Cornet was unable to continue trailing 6-2, 1-0.