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Thursday, August 14, 2014

Robredo ends Djokovic bid for elusive Cincinnati title

Tennis: Western and Southern Open-Djokovic vs Robredo (Reuters) - Spain's Tommy Robredo shocked world number one Novak Djokovic 7-6(6) 7-5 on Thursday to move into the quarter-finals of the Western and Southern Open in Cincinnati. For the 16th seeded Robredo the victory was his first over Djokovic since their first meeting in 2005, the Serb sweeping their next six meetings. The loss brought a temporary halt to Djokovic's bid to become the first player to win all nine ATP World Tour Masters events during his career. It was also another setback in the Serb's buildup to the U.S. Open later this month after falling to Frenchman Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in the third round last week in Toronto.




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