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 | Murray dropped in Cincinnati, Federer and Djokovic continues17-08-2012 |
The Golden medalist at Olympic tennis tournament Andy Murray (Britain) ended his participation at the tournament in Cincinnati in the third round. Surprisingly, the third in the scheme the Scot succumbed to unseeded Jeremy Chardin with 4:6, 4:6.
The other two favorites, Roger Federer, No. 1 in the scheme, and Novak Djokovic, No. 2, had no problems and continue to the next stage. Federer took Bernard Tomic from Australia with 6:2, 6:4, while Djokovic won the first set against Nikolay Davydenko (Russia) with 6:0, then the Russian gave up after injuring his shoulder.
Tomas Berdych from Czech Republic and 5th in the scheme, was the other placed in the top 10, who left the tournament. The Canadian Milos Raonich beat him with 6:4, 2:6, 6:2. Juan Martin Del Potro (Argentina, 6) blow Viktor Troicki (Serbia) with 7:6 (7:2), 2:6, 6:1.
Mardy Fish (USA), who was twice a finalist in this tournament, reached first victory from five games over Radek Stepanek (Czech Republic) with 6:3 6:3. The American shows increasingly better shape after in May need to undergo a serious operation in research and heart area.
The 12th Marin Cilic (Croatia) blow Pablo Anduhar (Spain) with 7:6 (7:4), 6:2, and Stanislas Wawrinka beat Key Nishikori (Japan) with 6:3, 6:3.