Federer eases through, Kyrgios out in Cincinnati

With this in mind, here was Federer talking to the media Tuesday night after his opening-round win in Cincinnati, in which he amusingly describes his prelude to the match and inadvertently, but certainly not maliciously, mocks all players for not requiring the same warmup time as He. “I need matches right now so it was good to start well here”.

“It’s the first round of the hard court season for the next six plus months or so”, said Federer. For most of the day I was not even aware I mean, I knew I had a match tonight, but I was just wandering around doing stuff with my wife and my kids.

This wasn’t a vintage Federer performance, as he converted just 42 percent of his first serves and had two double-faults in the first set, but his ability to fight through the adversity to get the win over Agut is the important thing at this stage. “Last year I came in exhausted from five straight matches in Toronto arrived late wasn’t sure if I was going to play decided to play and thankfully I did” Federer said.

No. 24 Tomic played three matches at the Rogers Cup before coming to Mason.

Isner had won 11 of 13 matches on hard courts this summer, winning the title in Atlanta, reaching the final in Washington and advancing to the quarterfinals in Montreal.

Grigor Dimitrov also booked his spot in the third round courtesy of a 7-6 (4) 7-6 (5) victory over Vasek Pospisil. “I’m holding up pretty well actually” Isner said. There is always a few things.

Fed also beat Murray here in Cincy a year ago and his freshness and record in Cincy make him the best option for me at [6.5].

“It’s not that fun, but you know it happens all the time”, Querrey said. “But I don’t know if it would be realistic if I did compete and start tomorrow. After in the locker room we talked like nothing happened, so everything is all fine”.

In first round action, Anderson beat Leonardo Mayer of Argentina 7-6(5), 3-6, 6-1, while Richard Gasquet dispatched of controversial Australian Nick Kyrgios 6-2, 6-1. On the women’s side Serena Williams is trying for her second straight Western & Southern Open title.

Williams, meanwhile, cited a viral illness in pulling out of her second-round match against Ana Ivanovic.

As is usually the case in Masters 1000 or Grand Slam events these days we ended up with another Novak Djokovic/Andy Murray final and if someone could wake me up when this tedious domination ends I’d be grateful.