!89979896 Hi everyone. The Cincy quarterfinals start any moment now. We have a stellar lineup today, including all of the world top four. First up Andy Murray takes on lucky loser Julien Benneteau. Afterwards Roger Federer will play Lleyton Hewitt for the first time since Wimbledon 2008 (and Lleyton's hip surgery). The third quarterfinal involves Novak Djokovic and Gilles Simon.
Rafael Nadal headlines the evening session for the second day running, taking on an old foe, Tomas Berdych. Sadly for fans of "revenge matches", all the indications are that any ancient personal hatchets have long since been buried between the two players.
As for the WTA in Toronto, top seeds have been tumbling, but some big names remain. In-form Sam Stosur plays Elena Dementieva, Serena Williams is in action against Lucie Safarova, Jelena Jankovic (last week's winner in Cincy) takes on Alisa Kleybanova, and Maria Sharapova will tackle Agnieszka Radwanska.
As always, enjoy today's tennis.
-- Rosangel Valenti