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8/16/10 4:30 AM | Kelli DeMario
Newly reinstated World No. 2 Roger Federer continues his North American hard-court run at the Western & Southern Financial Group Masters this week. The defending champion enters the tournament as the third seed.
Federer begins his 10th ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Cincinnati with a 35-10 season record. The 29-year-old Swiss will make his return to competition following a successful run at the Rogers Cup in Toronto. Federer advanced to the championship, where he lost in straight sets to an in-form Andy Murray, 5-7, 5-7.
Federer is bidding for his 17th ATP World Tour Masters 1000 shield this week. He is three-times a winner in Cincinnati, having taken home top prize in 2005, 2007 and 2009. The Swiss put together a solid string of performances last year, as he surrendered only one set en route to the championship victory. Federer defeated Novak Djokovic in the final, 6-1, 7-5.
The World No. 3 tops a quarter of the Cincinnati draw that hosts a collection of talented hard-court players, including: Nikolay Davydenko, David Ferrer, Gael Monfils, Sam Querrey, Alexandr Dolgopolov, Philipp Kohlschreiber and James Blake.
Federer has been placed in the same half of the draw with World No. 1 Rafael Nadal, 7th seed Tomas Berdych, 11th seed Marin Cilic and 14th seed Nicolas Almagro. Other combatants in the Swiss’s section are Marcos Baghdatis, Thomaz Bellucci, Feliciano Lopez, Philipp Petzschner and fellow countryman Stanislas Wawrinka.
Following a first-round bye, Federer looks toward a potential clash with 2007 Cincinnati finalist James Blake. The closest seed to the Swiss is No. 16 Monfils, who looms as a possible round of 16 challengers. Should the defending champion progress through the draw, he likely faces No. 6 Davydenko in the quarterfinal, and either top-seeded Nadal or Berdych in the semifinal.
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