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The Big Four advance

CINCINNATI: World No.1 Roger Federer, No. 2 Andy Murray and No. 3 Rafael Nadal advanced on Wednesday to the third round of the Cincinnati Masters while Andy Roddick was ousted.

Federer moved on by defeating Argentina’s Jose Acasuso 6-3, 7-5 while defending champion Murray defeated Spain’s Nicolas Almagro 7-6(3), 6-2. Nadal squeezed past Italy’s Andrea Seppi 7-6(4), 7-6(3). Serbian fourth seed Novak Djokovic advanced beating Croatia’s Ivan Ljubicic 7-6(5), 6-4.

The biggest upset came when American Sam Querrey, who won last month at Los Angeles after runner-up efforts in Indianapolis and Newport, eliminated US fifth seed Roddick 7-6(11), 7-6(3).

Bhupathi-Knowles enter quarterfinals

Bidding for their second consecutive Masters title, Mahesh Bhupathi and Mark Knowles moved to the quarterfinals of the doubles event edging Feliciano Lopez and Fernando Verdasco 5-7, 6-4, 12-10.

Safina loses

World No.1 Dinara Safina served 17 double-faults on her way to a 3-6, 6-2, 6-4 defeat at the hands of France’s Aravane Rezai in the second round of the Rogers Cup in Toronto on Wednesday.

Serena Williams, Maria Sharapova and Kim Clijsters advanced to the third round without too much trouble.

The upset sends Rezai into a matchup against Russia’s Alisa Kleybanova, who defeated Slovakia’s Dominika Cibulkova 6-1, 4-6, 7-6(4).

Serena Williams ousted Kazakh qualifier Yaroslava Shvedova 6-3, 6-2, scoring eight points in a row at one stage as she booked a third-round matchup against Ukraine’s Alona Bondarenko, the sister of the player who ousted her sister.

Sharapova advanced with a 6-3, 7-6(5) win over Sybille Bammer while Clijstersdowned Victoria Azarenka 7-5, 4-6, 6-1.

The results:

At Cincinnati (Cincinnati Masters): Second round: Roger Federer bt Jose Acasuso 6-3, 7-5; Rafael Nadal bt Andreas Seppi 7-6(4), 7-6(3); Andy Murray bt Nicolas Almagro 7-6(3), 6-2; Novak Djokovic bt Ivan Ljubicic 7-6(5), 6-4; Sam Querrey bt Andy Roddick 7-6(11), 7-6(3); Chris Guccione bt Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 7-6(12), 6-2; Nikolay Davydenko bt Igor Kunitsyn 6-2, 1-6, 6-3; Radek Stepanek bt Marat Safin 4-6, 6-3, 6-1; Guillermo Garcia-Lopez bt Mikhail Youzhny 7-5, 6-3; Paul-Henri Mathieu bt Ivo Karlovic 7-6(9), 6-4; Julien Benneteau bt Jurgen Melzer 6-2, 3-6, 6-2; Tomas Berdych bt Philipp Petzschner 7-6(8), 6-7(7), 6-4; Jeremy Chardy bt John Isner 6-7(1), 6-3, 4-1 retired.; Lleyton Hewitt bt Benjamin Becker 6-3, 6-3. Doubles: Mahesh Bhupathi & Mark Knowles bt Feliciano Lopez & Fernando Verdasco 5-7, 6-4, 12-10.

At Toronto (Rogers Cup): Second round: Aravane Rezai bt Dinara Safina 3-6, 6-2, 6-4; Serena Williams bt Yaroslava Shvedova 6-3, 6-2; Elena Dementieva bt Ai Sugiyama 6-3, 6-2; Jelena Jankovic bt Patty Schnyder 7-5, 6-4; Vera Zvonareva bt Roberta Vinci 6-3, 6-3; Zheng Jie bt Caroline Wozniacki 7-5, 6-3; Kim Clijsters bt Victoria Azarenka 7-5, 4-6, 6-1; Lucie Safarova bt Ana Ivanovic 3-6, 7-5, 6-3; Virginie Razzano bt Flavia Pennetta 6-3, 6-1; Agnieszka Radwanska bt Agnes Szavay 6-1, 6-1; Alisa Kleybanova bt Dominika Cibulkova 6-1, 4-6, 7-6(4); Alona Bondarenko bt Alla Kudryavtseva 6-3, 6-0; Maria Sharapova bt Sybille Bammer 6-3, 7-6(5); Shahar Peer bt Francesca Schiavone 7-6(2), 6-4. — Agencies

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