 | Federer, Djokovic power into 3rd round
17 August 2012
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Four-time champion Roger Federer crushed Alex Bogomolov 6-3, 6-2, leading the world’s best players into the third round of the Cincinnati Masters.
World number one Federer was untouchable in his first outing since the Olympics, and will now face Australia’s Bernard Tomic. Federer won the trophy in 2005, 2007, 2009 and 2010 and is bidding for some personal Masters 1000 history as he chases a fifth title.
Second-seed Novak Djokovic made a scratchy start while Andy Murray motored through, as the pair of seeds won their opening matches after first round byes. The Serb defeated Italian Andreas Seppi 7-6 (7/4), 6-2, but he was not impressed with his form, dubbing the win ‘not a great performance’, though he improves to a 9-0 record over Seppi, whom he struggled with at Roland Garros in a comeback from two sets down in the fourth round.
Murray, the Olympic gold medalist who played one match last week in Toronto and then quit with a sore knee, showed no sign of injury as he knocked out American Sam Querrey 6-2, 6-4, in just 83 minutes.
In the women’s second round, top seed Agnieszka Radwanska dispatched Swede Sofia Arvidsson 6-4, 6-3. Fourth-seed Petra Kvitova defeated German Mona Barthel 3-6, 6-2, 7-5, while number six Caroline Wozniacki hammered Sesil Karatantcheva 6-1, 6-0. | | See Also in Sports News
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The umpires carried out several inspections and were left with the no choice but to call off the match, resulting in Pakistan taking the series 1-0 courtesy their 96-run win in the first ODI on Friday.
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PARIS: Carlo Ancelotti confirmed Sunday that he wants to quit French champions Paris Saint-Germain to take over at Real Madrid. "My wish is to leave the club," said the Italian after meeting president Naser al-Khelaifi. "I have asked the club to leave. We are going to wait for a response from the club who are going to take a few days to decide."
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