Ivo Karlovic ousted Martin Klizan of Slovakia 6-3, 7-6 (2) in the second round match yesterday.

Djokovic has never won in Cincinnati, losing the finals to Andy Murray in 2008 and 2011, and to Roger Federer in 2009 and 2012.

Benoit Paire has a reputation for being a bit of a maverick and this clip only reaffirms that.

Mustering his championship spirit Djokovic forced himself onto the scoreboard with a break of Goffin’s serve, before holding himself.

She however kicked off her Cincinnati Open with a 7-5, 6-3 victory over Tsvetana Pironkova that made her the first of the top seeds to advance. She is the best player in the world and victor of 68 singles titles to Pironkova’s one. Williams has an active Twitter account and has tweeted comments about social issues – as well as images of her workouts – to her 5 million followers.

“It will be a really good match for me and kind of test where I am, you know, just in general”, Williams said. Janowicz served seven aces and also committed same number of double faults.

Goffin, picking up where he left off, improbably broke in the first game of the third set and repeated the trick as Djokovic continuously failed to find any rhythm with his service games.

Ivanovic advanced Thursday by defeating Sloane Stephens in a two-hour, three-set match.

And Simona Halep sailed in the round of 16 notching her first win over Kristina Mladenovic.

However, the wonderful “tweener” was a rare highlight in the second set for Paire as he was bundled out of the competition in straight sets 7-5, 6-2.

Djokovic will play Belgium’s world No14 David Goffin in the next round. Raven Klaasen (South Africa) / Rajeev Ram (USA) 7-6(2) 6-4, Daniel Nestor (Canada) Edouard Roger-Vasselin (France) d.

Sixth seed Tomas Berdych of Czech Republic breezed by unseeded Tommy Robredo of Spain 6-0 6-1.

ATP Main Draw Doubles (2nd round): [2] Ivan Dodig (Croatia) / Marcelo Melo (Brazil) d.

World No. 1 Serena Williams has expressed longing to subsist her sheer domination as she aims to clinch a fourth consecutive title at the prestigious US Open 2015 that is slated to begin from August 31.

Safarova, who was beaten by Vandeweghe at this year’s Wimbledon, held two match points at the point of suspension, but successfully finished things off in the first point after the restart to win 6-4 7-5.