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Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic advanced to the second round of the China Open on Tuesday.

My son is six.

She leaned forward, yelled and shook both fists, victory almost hers.

“It’s tiring”, he said. “I think it worked”.

Or would such a problem force him to consider retirement? Consequently he was running roughshod through the majors. He suffered a first-round loss to Chardy on the Australian Open, exclusively to bounce him in Portugal 4 months later.

The top seed, however, often saves his best for the heat of a grand slam and he never had to leave first gear against Souza, who is ranked 91st in the world and looked out of his depth from the start. He came into this contest on an 11-match losing streak and has never advanced...

Of all the storylines in sport right now, none are more significant than the one about Serena Williams and her historic quest to complete the first Calendar Grand Slam of her career.

Novak Dkojovic and Serena Williams reached the semifinals in Cincinnati, taking different ways to get there.

“This guy, even when he’s not playing his best, he can beat me the way he did today”. Paire did manage to break back once, but it wasn’t enough as Djokovic proved to be too dominant at the end.

Williams beat Ivanovic in straight sets to win her first Cincinnati title previous year.

Trailing 5-2 in the deciding set after also being 4-1 down in the second, Murray, who rose to number two in the world rankings on Monday, dug deep into his resources to rally for a victory that sets up a quarter-final against Richard Gasquet.

Djokovic will face Andy Murray in Sunday’s Rogers Cup final, pitting the world’s best players.

Wawrinka defeated Borna Coric 6-3, 6-7, 3-6 in Cincinnati Masters on Wednesday.

Wawrinka was then asked if he was happy with the way that Kyrgios, who lost his opening match in Cincinnati, had apologised for the incident.

Novak Djokovic was forced to come from behind to reach the Cincinnati Masters final with a 4-6 7-6 6-2 victory over Alexandr Dolgopolov.