The Andy Murray – Milos Raonic rematch in the Cincinnati Masters semifinals fell flat as the Brit rolled to an easy 6-3, 6-3 win. The win puts Murray into his third Cincinnati final after titles in 2008 and 2011 and ups his career-best win streak to 22.

“I didn’t get broken the last couple of matches and when I was in difficult situations I made good choices,” Murray said. “That’s helped …

The moment has come for Angelique Kerber. A year ago the German ranked No. 11 in the world and was hopeful of just making it to the Singapore Finals. A year later she’s two sets from the No. 1 ranking after reaching her second final at the Cincinnati Masters.

Serena Williams has held the top spot 183 weeks since regaining it on February 18, 2013 but Serena’s reign will …

It’s the story in women’s tennis right now. Angelique Kerber is just two wins from taking over the No. 1 ranking from Serena Williams this week in Cincinnati.

Kerber won the silver medal last week in Rio for which she gained no points, but by winning Cinnciati she would overtake Serena who had to withdraw from her title defense earlier this week.

Kerber, though, isn’t feeling any added weight of the …

Ahead of the rematch tonight, Milos Raonic admits he could have done a better job in certain areas in his Wimbledon final loss to Andy Murray.

“I think there are a lot of discussions that we’ve had with my team about situations in that final that I could have dealt with better,” Raonic said Friday in Cincinnati. “I’m definitely going to try to enforce those things, because these are the moments …

After a mid-season season slump, Grigor Dimitrov has found his footing again this week in Cincinnati. The 25-year-old Bulgarian has enjoyed some of his best wins of this season in the Queen City with wins over Gilles Simon, Feliciano Lopez, Stan Wawrinka and yesterday Steve Johnson.

The former Top struggled earlier this year mired in a 6-match losing streak. But thanks to hard work things are looking up again and so …

Andy Murray, apparently, is unstoppable.

Fresh off his second straight gold medal effort at the Olympics, the Brit on Friday night turned back a stern test from Aussie Bernard Tomic 6-4, 6-4 to move into the semifinals at Cincinnati, extending his current win streak to a personal-best 21 wins in a row and claim his 200th career Masters victory.

“When I was behind on my on serve games I served well,” Murray …

Weary from a silver medal run at the Rio Olympics and with the No. 1 ranking in sight for the first time, Angelique Kerber dug deep on Friday to defeat No. 9-seeded Carla Suarez Navarro 4-6, 6-3, 6-0 in Cincinnati.

“I think it helps that I am really trying to staying positive and not thinking too much about the first set and about the weather,” Kerber said. “Because it was really …

Second-seeded Angelique Kerber moved within three wins over the No. 1 ranking Friday at Cincinnati after toughing out Barbora Strycova 7-6(5), 6-4.

“It’s always tough to play against Barbora – we’ve had a lot of tough matches in the past – but I just tried to stay aggressive at the important moments and I’m really happy with how I played at the end,” Kerber said.

If Kerber wins the title, she’ll become …

After a busy 23 hours of on court time Rio, Rafael Nadal finally ran out of gas today at the Cincinnati Masters, falling to 19-year-old Borna Coric 6-1, 6-3.

“He started the match very well, and I thought it was going to be very different,” Coric said. “But that’s tennis. One day you’re going to play well, one day you’re not going to play well.”

Coric had no trouble at all with …

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Some players needed to double-up in matches due to rains earlier in the week, but all nine of the Top 10-seeded players in action made it safely through on Wednesday in Cincinnati, led by a tired Olympics gold medal champ Andy Murray who worked past Juan Monaco 6-3, 6-2 in the late-night match.

Other Top 10-seeded winners were No. 2 Stanislas Wawrinka coming from a set down to beat American Jared …

Andy Murray arrives in Cincinnati as a 2-time gold medal winner in singles after his big win Sunday over Juan Martin del Potro. Murray admitted he’s tired but he’s ecstatic over his result last week.

“Physically I feel a lot more tired after this one, the final was extremely tough on the hard courts, 4-hour match, long trip through the night straight afterward,” Murray said comparing to his first gold. “It’s …

A few weeks after parting with Goran Ivanisevic, Marin Cilic has hired Andy Murray’s former coach Jonas Bjorkman to his team.

“I’m really looking forward to it, we’ll be working on new challenges and I hope a new successful period in my career,” said Cilic.

Bjorkman added in a tweet, “I’m very excited to announce that I will start working as @cilic_marin ‘s coach and will join him and his team …

Rafael Nadal is scheduled to return to action today in Cincinnati for his opening round match against Pablo Cuevas. It’s Nadal’s second event back from a left wrist injury which forced him out of the French and Wimbledon, and the 30-year-old said in Rio after losing the bronze match to Kei Nishikori that it still wasn’t 100%.

“The wrist is not perfect,” Nadal said Sunday. “It bothers me when …