Nadal, Federer crash out; Djokovic in Cincinnati semis

Novak Djokovic survived a scare before easing through to the semis, but Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer's US Open preparations hit a snag at the ATP Cincinnati Masters on Friday.


Left: Spaniard Rafael Nadal during Friday's Cincinnati
Open quarter-final against USA's Mardy Fish in Ohio. Right: Swiss
Roger Federer after losing a point to Czech Republic's Tomas
Berdych. PICs/AFP

World No 1 Djokovic outlasted Frenchman Gael Monfils to win 3-6, 6-4, 6-3.

World No 2 Nadal was defeated by American Mardy Fish 6-3, 6-4. And Federer then crashed out to eighth-seeded Czech Tomas Berdych 6-2, 7-6 (7/3).