Haase knocks Zverev out of Cincinnati

Rain disturbed much of Wednesday in Cincinnati, but not before the departure of Sascha Zverev (3), victim of Robin Haase in a second round upset 5-7 6-4 7-5.

Haase continued his form from Toronto where he made the quarter finals, and now has a 2-2 head to head record against Zverev.

His returning and variety of shot making proved vital in the final analysis, and the young German left the tournament main draw still winless after four attempts from the past four years.

Dominic Thiem had joined Nadal as a late tournament withdrawal and the eighth seed was replaced in the main draw by a lucky loser who was granted the first round bye originally owned by Thiem.

Other ATP results:

Second round

• Milos Raonic defeated lucky loser Malek Jaziri (Nadal’s replacement) 6-3 7-5 
• Novak Djokovic (10) defeated Adrian Mannarino 4-6 6-2 6-1, despite battling a stomach bug
• Defending champion Grigor Dimitrov (5) defeated Mischa Zverev 7-6(5) 7-5, completing a bad day for the Zverev family
• Pablo Carreno Busta (13) defeated qualifier Bradley Klahn 6-4 6-4
• Karen Khachanov defeated Sam Querrey 7-5 6-4
• Marin Cilic (7) defeated qualifier Marius Copil 6-7(4) 6-4 6-4
• Kevin Anderson (6) defeated Jeremy Chardy 7-6(6) 6-2
• David Goffin (11) defeated Benoit Paire 5-7 6-4 6-2
• Last years beaten finalist Nick Kyrgios (15) defeated Borna Coric 7-6(1) 0-6 6-3
• Marton Fucsovics defeated lucky loser Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (Thiem’s replacement) 6-7(5) 6-4 7-5
• Wildcard Stan Wawrinka defeated Kei Nishikori 6-4 6-4

One second round match was left to be completed on Thursday:

• Juan Martin del Potro (4) v Hyeon Chung 

WTA matches

Second round

• Ash Barty (16) defeated qualifier Kaia Kanepi 7-5 6-3
• Ekaterina Makarova defeated qualifier Alizé Cornet 6-2 6-0
• Lesia Tsurenko defeated Garbiñe Muguruza (7) 2-6 6-4 6-4, after the defending champion let a 4-2 advantage in the final set slip from her grasp
• Angie Kerber (4) had her first win since the Wimbledon triumph with a victory over Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 4-6 7-5 6-4
• Madison Keys (13) defeated lucky loser Camila Giorgi (Venus Williams’ replacement) 6-2 6-2
• Aryna Sabalenka defeated Karolina Pliskova (9) 2-6 6-3 7-5
• Elise Mertens (15) defeated qualifier Rebecca Peterson 3-6 6-2 7-6(1)
• Sloane Stephens (3) defeated qualifier Tatjana Maria 6-3 6-2
• Anett Kontaveit defeated Maria Sakkari 6-1 6-3
• Kiki Bertens defeated Caroline Wozniacki (2) 6-4 (retired)

Two second round matches were left to be completed on Thursday:

• Simona Halep (1) v qualifier Ajla Tomljanovic to resume at 4-6 6-3 4-3, and Tomljanovic 15-30 on serve.
• Wildcard Amanda Anisimova v qualifier Petra Martic to resume at 5-4, and Martic 15-40 on serve.