Daniil Medvedev’s summer of success just got better today in Cincinnati. The 23-year-old collected his second straight win over Novak Djokovic beating the World No. 1 3-6, 6-3, 6-3.

Djokovic was in control and well on his was to his 50th Masters final, leading by a set and had Medvedev serving 3-all, 0-30 in the second when things changed.

Djokovic had been abusing Medvedev’s second serve, so down that big, the Russian …

Novak Djokovic will get a crack at revenge Saturday in the Cincinnati semifinals against the man who knocked him out of Monte Carlo, Daniil Medvedev.

Djokovic set up the meeting after dispatching Lucas Pouille 7-6(2), 6-1 in a much, much tighter match then their 1-sided Australian semifinal meeting.

Just like he did in the Wimbledon final, Djokovic played a perfect breaker, then broke Pouille and getting out of a 3-double …

Ash Barty is now just one win from returning to No. 1 and getting that top seed at the US Open. And that’s because the Australian won today in the Cincinnati quarterfinals while Naomi Osaka and Karolina Pliskova were eliminated.

Barty began the day blowing a 5-2 first set lead before getting back on track taking 12 of the last 14 games to beat Maria Sakkari 2-6, 6-2, 6-0.

“I started the …

After accepting a wildcard into the Winston-Salem singles Thursday, Andy Murray now says he won’t play any doubles (or singles) and the US Open, and he’ll skip the tournament so he can focus on more singles training for the fall and hope for a full return in January.

“I’m not going to play doubles at the US Open,” Murray said to the BBC. “My goal is to get back playing …

Andy Murray officially accepted a wildcard into the Winston-Salem singles event which begins next week.

Murray, who made his singles return Monday in a loss to Richard Gasquet, wants more matches.

“I’ve taken the wild card to play Winston-Salem. It’ll be my first time playing there I’ve spoken to quite a few of the players who have played there and have heard they’ve got great facilities there for practice and the …

After his shameful performance Wednesday night in a loss to Karen Khachanov in Cincinnati, the ATP slapped Nick Kyrgios with a $113K fine with a potentially more to come.

The ATP broke down the final as follows:

* Ball Abuse (Warning)
* Unsportsmanlike Conduct (Point Penalty) – US$ 20,000 fine
* Leaving the Court – US$ 3,000 fine
* Audible Obscenity – US$ 5,000 fine
* Unsportsmanlike Conduct – US$ 5,000 fine
* Unsportsmanlike Conduct …

Madison Keys earned one of her better wins in a while topping Wimbledon champion Simona Halep 6-1, 3-6, 7-5 in the match of the day at Cincinnati.

Keys actually led by a break in the third but after holding match points, she couldn’t serve it out. Halep battled back but Keys overwhelmed the Romanian with her power in the end.

“I think I played really smart tonight,” said Keys. “Obviously I played …

Roger Federer suffered his earliest exit at Cincinnati in 11 years going out to qualifier Andrey Rublev rather routinely 6-3, 6-4 in the third round.

Rublev, who had won four straight matches including two in qualifying, broke Federer right away then behind a powerful forehand and some good serving, rolled to an easy first set win.

Federer played a little better off the ground in the second, but the 21-year-old Russian was …

Five tries and Alexander Zverev is still winless in Cincinnati. The German No. 1 fell in his fifth straight 3-set defeat going down to 19-year-old qualifier Miomir Kecmanovic 6-7(4), 6-2, 6-4.

Zverev, who struggled last week with his serve, today mixed in a career-high total of 20 double faults!

Kecmanovic was the direct beneficiary as the Serb collected his first career Top 10 win.

“It means a lot because I also broke into …

World No. 2 Ash Barty got off to a slow start in Cincinnati against former champion Maria Sharapova before kicking into gear and pulling away with a 6-4, 6-1 victory.

“I mean, it was certainly no panic sessions after last week,” said Barty who was down an early break. “I knew I was a little bit underdone going into Toronto and certainly had no worries or concerns there.

“I feel like …

It was a mixed day for the Williams family at the Cincinnati Masters. Venus began the day with one of her best wins in quite a while knocking out defending champion Kiki Bertens 6-3, 3-6, 7-6(4).

Venus led big in the third before Bertens came back. But the 39-year-old hung on for the win.

“I’m playing at home and we know [Bertens is] playing great tennis, so that was cool,” said Venus. …

Tournament favorites and former champions Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer has fairly easy opening round matches at Cincinnati.

Defending champ Djokovic was on during the day and after going down a quick break to Sam Querrey who beat him the last time they played at 2016 Wimbledon, the World No. 1 got back on track for a 7-5, 6-1 victory.

“The fact that I’m a reigning champion wasn’t affecting me positively or …

Former No. 1s Venus Williams and Maria Sharapova were big winners on opening day of the women’s event at the Cincinnati Masters on Monday.

In the afternoon, Venus snapped a 4-match losing streak by defeating the steady Lauren Davis 7-5, 6-2, saving 7 of 8 break points en route. She’ll now face Top Kiki Bertens tomorrow.

“I think [Bertens] does everything well,” Williams said. “She competes well, and she’s really matured and …

Andy Murray’s return to singles play was shortlived as the former No. 1 was bounced out of the Cincinnati draw by Richard Gasquet 6-4, 6-4.

While Murray moved decently, he was really troubled by a poor serving day. The Scot was broken three times and won just 42% of second serves.

“I think I did okay. I think there were a lot of things I would like to have done better in …

Following his first singles match in seven months, Andy Murray says he will not give it a go at the US Open in singles.

Speaking after a loss to Richard Gasquet in Cincinnati, Murray said he would play men’s doubles and possibly mixed. And that the US Open wasn’t going to hold one for Murray until later which is what he wanted.

“I’m not going to play the US Open singles,” Murray …