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England captain Alastair Cook cautioned against taking Bell’s comments at full face value, and was clear that he would encourage his colleague to stay on for the challenges ahead.

“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.

Clarke said he felt for fans who had bought day-four and day-five tickets, but had missed out on the action. “So that to me means it hasn’t hit me yet”.

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.

It was a charm, however, completely lacking from the 2015 Ashes, which ended with England winning the five-match series 3-2 despite Australia’s innings and 46-run win in the concluding Test at The Oval on Sunday.

The series equalled in length the shortest five-Test series of modern times of 18 days that took place when England played the West Indies in 2000.

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.

I knew it was going to be a big test for me today, and I’m really happy I was able to get through that. “She knows what to do”. She’s won all three majors, has been beaten only twice (she’s lost a couple others via walkover) and hasn’t lost a...

Murray, who has not beaten Federer since the Australian Open in 2013, will now turn his attention to the US Open which begins on August 31.

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...

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.

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.