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The top-ranked player has never won at Cincinnati, the only Masters title that has eluded him.

It will be a really good match for me and kind of test where I am, you know, just in general. But she stormed back, winning the final six games to make her way into the final four.

Perfection sometimes in tennis is seeing Roger Federer in full flight. I’m pleased with how I’m playing.

The top-ranked Djokovic is 0-4 career in finals at Cincinnati, where he’s never even won a set.

Ivanovic gave Serena all she could handle on Friday. But once again, Williams was too strong for the WTA Rising Star to withstand, holding for 5-4. I will have my chance tomorrow but I expect a tough match. She’s the best player in the world, so I have nothing to lose.

After a week of play in the 56-man field, it all comes down to World No. 1 Novak Djokovic versus No. 3 Roger Federer in Sunday’s 1 p.m. title match at the Lindner Family Tennis Center in Mason.

Djokovic has never won in Cincinnati, losing the finals to Andy Murray in 2008 and 2011, and to Roger Federer in 2009 and 2012.

World number one Novak Djokovic battled back to beat Ukrainian qualifier Alexandr Dolgopolov 4-6, 7-6 (7/5), 6-2 yesterday to reach the final of the ATP and WTA Cincinnati Masters.

Novak Djokovic won his rain-delayed opening match, beating Benoit Paire 7-5, 6-2 in 1 hour, 39 minutes.

But once a fan realised who was behind the counter, Murray, who ended his eight-match losing streak against Novak Djokovic at the Montreal Masters last week, happily posed for photographs.

Smacking his racket on the court after losing serve, top-ranked Novak Djokovic pulled himself together and rallied from a 3-0 deficit in the final set to defeat David Goffin to a 6-4, 2-6, 6-3 to reach the quarterfinals of the Western & Southern Open in Mason, Ohio. But top...

MASON, Ohio (AP) – Novak Djokovic played his best match.

He had some harsh words for the Reds after his departure.

The last loss she’s had on hard on home soil came in the final in Cincinnati two years ago, losing to Victoria Azarenka in a third set tie-break.

Djokovic seemed to be reading through the world no. 5’s game better as the match progressed, while Wawrinka failed to get read on his opponent’s tactics. Djokovic defe…