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Bad weather continued to play havoc with the
evening schedule as second seed Roger Federer's match against
Leonardo Mayer and Kevin Anderson's match against David Goffin
failed to get underway.
Several of Thursday afternoon's matches were suspended in
progress, with Novak Djokovic leading fifth seed Grigor Dimitrov
2-6 6-3 2-1 and Marin Cilic tied with Karen Khachanov at 7-6(5)
3-6 1-1.
Wild-card entrant Stan Wawrinka was up 2-1 in the first set
against Marton Fucsovics.
In third round action, big-serving Milos Raonic beat fellow
Canadian Denis Shapovalov 7-6(6) 6-4 while Spanish 13th seed
Pablo Carreno Busta topped Dutchman Robin Haase 6-4 6-2.
"I think I got myself into more points on his serve than he did
on mine,” said Raonic.
"It was the thing I struggled with most last time we played, so
I definitely made sure to focus on that and sort of try to
change that a little bit."
Del Potro and Chung were delayed from taking the court because
of rain and then had to endure another weather-related
suspension just six minutes into their match.
Del Potro was not rattled by the delays, however, and did well
to attack Chung's forehand throughout the 81-minute encounter
that determined the final entry into the last 16.
"I am happy to beat these young players," del Potro said. “He
has a big future, and he is a nice player. I am glad to go
through."
This marks Del Potro's fourth consecutive last-16 appearance in
Cincinnati, where the Argentine appears to be in fine form right
in time for the Aug. 27-Sept. 9 U.S. Open.
(Reporting by Frank Pingue in Toronto, editing by Pritha
Sarkar/Peter Rutherford)
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