Almagro, Berdych and Federer could touch in a row
Rafael Nadal and slept last night in Cincinnati, Ohio, which already airs another Masters 1000, the Western & Southern Financial Group. This tournament, in an atmosphere of moist heat, is also on the U.S. Open Series and played on the same synthetic surface that Toronto and the Grand Slam in New York: DecoTurf.
Nadal, seeded number one and free in the first round, should debut on the Wednesday before a picture hard. Of entry, Rafa will clash with the winner of the match between Feliciano Lopez and a player from the previous. If it passes, then Nadal Llodra could see or Almagro. Then Berdych (who left Toronto with sore knee) and the semifinals, anything less than Federer.
"Toronto has been a good start on the hard court season. I've won 34 of my last 36 games. To win at Murray should have gotten much better. I'm a little slower than normal and more tense in the long spikes, this is normal after a slowdown, "admitted Nadal.