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The 33-year-old will next be battling Germany’s Benjamin Becker who beat fourth seed Grigor Dimitrov from Bulgaria 6-4 7-6 (7-3) in an earlier quarter-final match.

The tournament in Cincinnati is the only Masters that Djokovic has yet to win. He will next take on his compatriot Feliciano Lopez in the next round.

“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.

Novak Djokovic is eager to take an “extra step” at the Western and Southern Open as he aims for the elusive Cincinnati title. Djokovic, seeking a 20th ATP Masters 1000 title, will try to claim his first trophy on the hardcourts of Cincinnati after losing in the final...

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.

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.

The Asian No 1 was eliminated in the quarter finals of the Citi Open last year by Richard Gasquet.

Nishikori won both prior meetings with Mayer at Grand Slams without dropping a set, in the second round at Wimbledon in 2013 and last year in the third round at Flushing Meadows on his way to the final, where he lost to Marin Cilic.