SPORTS DIGEST

BASEBALL

OPEN, Cincinnati, Ohio: Men’s 1st rd: Benoit Paire (Fra) bt Fernando Verdasco (Spa) 6-4 ret, Andrey Rublev (Rus) bt (15) Nikoloz Basilashvili (Geo) 6-7 (4-7) 6-4 6-2, Stan Wawrinka (Swi) bt Grigor Dimitrov (Bul) 5-7 6-4 7-6 (7-4), (16) David Goffin (Bel) bt Taylor Harry Fritz (USA) 6-4 4-6 6-4, Diego Sebastian Schwartzman (Arg) bt Laslo Djere (Ser) 7-6 (7-2) 6-3, Frances Tiafoe (USA) bt Gael Monfils (Fra) 7-6 (9-7) 6-3, Denis Shapovalov (Can) bt Joao Sousa (Por) 2-6 6-3 6-2, Reilly Opelka (USA) bt (12) Borna Coric (Cro) 4-6 6-3 7-5, (9) Daniil Medvedev (Rus) bt Kyle Edmund (Gbr) 6-2 7-5, (11) Roberto Bautista Agut (Spa) bt Hubert Hurkacz (Pol) 7-6 (8-6)

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Men’s 2nd rd: (1) Novak Djokovic (Ser) bt Sam Querrey (USA) 7-5 6-1, (3) Roger Federer (Swi) bt Juan Ignacio Londero (Arg) 6-3 6-4, Pablo Carreno-busta (Spa) bt (13) John Isner (USA) 6-4 6-7 (1-7) 7-6 (8-6) Women’s 1st rd: Ekaterina Alexandrova (Rus) bt Carla Suarez Navarro (Spa) 6-4 6-1, Victoria Azarenka (Blr) bt (12) Belinda Bencic (Swi) 6-4 1-0 ret, Saisai Zheng (Chn) bt Viktoria Kuzmova (Svk) 6-3 6-1, Donna Vekic (Cro) bt Katerina Siniakova (Cze) 6-4 6-3, Anett Kontaveit (Est) bt (13) Angelique Kerber (Ger) 7-6 (9-7) 6-2, Jennifer Brady (USA) bt Ons Jabeur (Tun) 6-2 6-2, Su-wei Hsieh (Tpe) bt (15) Qiang Wang (Chn) 6-3 6-4, (16) Madison Keys (USA) bt Garbine Muguruza (Spa) 6-7 (4-7) 7-6 (7-5) 6-4, Yafan Wang (Chn) bt Monica Puig (Pur) 3-6 7-5 6-3, Daria Kasatkina (Rus) bt Barbora Zahlavova Strycova (Cze) 6-4 7-6 (11-9), Sofia Kenin (USA) bt Julia Goerges (Ger) 6-4 7-6 (8-6), Zarina Diyas (Kaz) bt Jessica Pegula (USA) 7-5 6-4

Women’s 2nd rd: Venus Williams (USA) bt (5) Kiki Bertens (Ned) 6-3 3-6 7-6 (7-4), Maria Sakkari (Gre) bt (6) Petra Kvitova (Cze) 6-4 2-6 6-3