cincinnati

López, Almagro and Robredo are already eliminated.

Taylor Dent, the American son of good Australian player Phil Dent, demolished Feliciano Lopez (6-3, 6-2) tomorrow and faces Rafael Nadal, and in the second round of the 1000 Cincinnati Masters: Nadal will premiere in Ohio Tournament of the U.S. Open Series. Eventually, Murray and Federer, finalist in Toronto, will be entitled to a delay.

Dent, number 47 of the ATP, the left and after beating Nieminen yesterday hit 12 aces to knock down to Lopez, who found no solutions to the power of the son of Phil Dent. Feliciano gave up service three times and made four balls zero break under the pull of Dent. Dent beat Nadal (6-4, 6-3) the only time I have played: this year in Miami. Dent has signed the most powerful serve in Wimbledon history: a 237 km / h.

Meanwhile, the reverse side crushed Swiss Stanislas Wawrinka Nicolas Almagro (6-3, 6-3). Tommy Robredo had two match points before the German Berrer, but ultimately lost: 7-6, 4-6, 6-7 (8 / 10).

Federer Federer goes up and defends 1000, which kicks off with the winner of the Istomin-Blake, retrieves a spot in the rankings thanks to a close in Toronto. In Cincinnati, however, may not add because it defends the 1000 points title. The Serbian yes, it was a finalist.

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.

Manacor again to show that recovering his best, and in a good game, the Czech won with relative comfort.

Rafael Nadal reached the semifinals of the move to the Cincinnati Masters 1000 (United States) to beat Czech Tomas Berdych, 6-4 and by 7-5.

Two sets and Nadal needed just over an hour and forty minute game to complete the group of four players who seek a place in the final.

The party could not the entire set, endured the pressure and got the advantage with a 5-6 game in favor after a full of great plays.

Despite the fact that Czech is not easy to put it, not Nadal threw the towel in no time and reached it to the semifinals with a 5-7 in the second set.

Rafael Nadal and Tomas Berdych fought for the eighth time, the last four with victory for Rafa. After this match, Nadal leads the series with a 5-3 in their favor, but is 3-2 in lower courts hard.

Manacor is the face in the semifinals Serbian tennis player Novak Djokovic, the fourth head of the series, who became a semifinalist in the 1000 Cincinnati Masters to beat in the quarterfinals at the French Gilles Simon, 6-4 and by 7-5.

In the other semifinal, Andy Murray, currently number two in the ranking, will face world number one against the Swiss Roger Federer. best start for the Majorcan, with a break in the first game and pressure the Czech minus many of its services, one of the strengths of Berdych.

In a demonstration of his best tennis and noting the level shown in the match against Frenchman Paul-Henri Mathieu, Nadal won the first set by 6 games to 4.

The Czech player started strong winning the second race the first game. Nadal was not intimidated and, despite going behind almost

Despite falling into the semifinals of the Masters Series in Cincinnati before the Serbian Novak Djokovic, Nadal said: "I played a very good tournament here, reaching the semifinals after winning in Toronto is almost perfect. I have the best track season lasts of my career so far, so I am very happy about it. "

Nadal, who lost (6-1 and 7-5) before 'Nolan' Djokovic in the semi-finals of Cincinnati, wanted to congratulate the Serbian because it is "doing well" in American tournament. "He played unbelievable in the first set. In the second I found myself well and at some point I felt I was playing better than him, but ultimately reached a 'break' and beat me", he said.

The winner of Roland Garros and Wimbledon assured that perhaps was not in his "best condition" but was optimistic by the way they played in the second sleeve. "In the second set I played better than previous days, so we finish the tournament with good feelings," he said.

Finally, asked about the possibility that the current number three in the ATP ranking comes in the future to be number one in the world, Nadal wanted to emphasize that until you leave the official list is the number one Swiss Roger Federer. "I think Djokovic also want to be number one, but at this moment, I'm still not the" lapsed.