Congratulations Roger for a well earned victory today over Mardy Fish, 6-7 (5), 7-6 (1), 6-4.
It will perhaps count as one of the easier titles Fed has won, given short time on the court including one walk over, but Fish kept in the game and made it very, very tight. He ran him very close, claiming the first set and pushing him all the way in the second with a follow up tie break.
Finally in the third Fed’s dominance snuck through and he was able to claim the Cincinnati crown for the fourth time.
Federer has thus broken a long drought, and claimed his first Masters title (his 17th) since winning this title in Cincinnati last year.
Since then he’d had a run of three finals losses this year.
Roger now goes fifth in the list of ATP titles (63), even with Bjorn Borg.
A great warm up for the US Open, and hopefully a prelude of more great things to come for our champion!
UPDATE – Federer beat Fish 6-7 (5), 7-6 (1), 6-4, to win his fourth Cincinnati Masters title
Mardy Fish - Link to ATP Profile
Roger Federer has the chance to win his 17th Masters Series title today – which would match Andre Agassi as second on the all time list, behind none other than Rafael Nadal on 18. That would add a bit of spice to the head to head by age comparison (click for details).
Federer has played Mardy Fish six times before, with the only win for the American coming when they met in Indian Wells in 2008 (their most recent meeting).
Fish has had a great tournament, having beaten Roddick, Murray, Gasquet and Verdasco to get to the final. But Roger will be humming today, I pick a win for the Swiss in straight sets .
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Roger Federer vs Mardy Fish – noon local time, 4 pm GMT
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Roger Federer will not get the opponent today we all hoped for, but that does not mean we won’t enjoy some great tennis. Fed seems to have found some new form and confidence, improving with each match.
The last time the two played, back in Indian Wells earlier this year, Marcos Baghdatis upset Federer in three sets, 5-7, 7-5, 7-6(4). Before that Fed had won all five previous encounters. Which Baghdatis will show up today? I pick Federer in straight sets, he is on a roll and the Cypriot lacks consistency.
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Roger Federer vs Marcos Baghdatis – 7pm local time, 11pm GMT
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Roger Federer will have enjoyed his break after the walkover win yesterday, and will face a stiff challenge from the Russian, Nikolay Davydenko. The two have met 15 times before with just two wins for the Russians. Tellingly though, those two victories were very recent, and he has won two out of the last three encounters. Tough one for Fed.
Rafael Nadal’s opponent is Marcos Baghdatis. Rafa must feel relieved to not be facing the recently in form Tomas Berdych, who the Cypriot knocked out in the last round. The Spaniard has won all six previous matches between the two, and this will be a good match for getting some much needed time on the court with a fierce sparring partner. Wouldn’t count out an upset, but expect Rafa to dig deep and pull through to the semis.
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Roger Federer vs Nikolay Davydenko – About 5pm local time, 9pm GMT
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Rafael Nadal will play the second singles match on the Stadium court, immediately following Andy Murray vs Ernests Gulbis. That s should be some time about 3pm local time, 7pm GMT. He plays Frenchman Julien Benneteau, who incredibly perhaps has a 1-1 record with the Mallorcan. The loss came in 2004, so perhaps we should not read too much into that, but I am sure Rafa will be keen to impose a winning record in the head to head.
Roger Federer will play Philipp Kohlschreiber, who has been his hitting partner in recent weeks. They come on after the end of the Nadal match. Fed has a clean 5-0 head to head, and has never dropped a set to the German.
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Rafael Nadal vs Julien Benneteau – About 3pm local time, 7pm GMT
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Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer start their title quest today, with theoretically comfortable warm up matches.
Nadal beat Taylor Dent in the second round of Miami earlier this year, in straight sets and should be good to win as long as he can keep his serve solid. (UPDATE – Match now over, Nadal won 6-2, 7-5)
Federer has not played Denis Istomin since their lone encounter in the Australian Open back in 2006, at which time he won easily in straight sets. The 23 year old Uzbekhi is however at an all time personal high in the rankings at 53, and if he is ever going to pull off a big one this could be it.
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Rafael Nadal vs Taylor Dent – (UPDATE – Match now over, Nadal won 6-2, 7-5)
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It was a worthy final at Toronto, with Andy Murray showing he is maturing as a true world class champion, defending his Rogers Cup title with the 7-5, 7-5 win over Roger Federer.
Now the ATP tennis players all pack their bags and take the trip to the Cincinnatti Masters, where another fascinating draw awaits.
The big news for me is that this time Nadal vs Federer would not meet in the final – if they both progress so far, they will play in the semis, whereas Murray and Djokovic would theoretically meet on the other side.
Here are the most probable opponents if all goes to seed:
Rafael Nadal
2nd round: Feliciano Lopez
3rd round: Nicolas Almagro
4th round: Tomas Berdych
Semifinals: Roger Federer
Finals: Novak Djokovic (though Andy Murray would be my form favourite)
Roger Federer
2nd round: James Blake
3rd round: Gael Monfils
4th round: David Ferrer
Semifinals: Rafael Nadal
Finals: Novak Djokovic (or Murray)
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Congratulations Roger for a well earned victory today over Mardy Fish, 6-7 (5), 7-6 (1), 6-4.
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