<p>Tommy Robredo shocked world number one Novak Djokovic at the Cincinnati Masters, but Roger Federer avoided an upset again Frenchman Gael Monfils.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Spain’s Robredo, seeded 16th in the US Open tune-up, sent top-seeded Djokovic packing 7-6 (8/6), 7-5.<br /><br />Second-seeded Federer, a five-time Cincinnati champion, held off Monfils 6-4, 4-6, 6-3 on Thursday.<br /><br />He booked a tough quarterfinal against eighth-seeded Scot Andy Murray, who battled more than two hours against the huge serve of John Isner, finally dispatching the American 6-7 (3-7), 6-4, 7-6 (7-2). Robredo next faces sixth-seeded compatriot David Ferrer — a 7-5, 6-0 winner over Mikhail Youzhny.<br /><br />Australian Open champion Stan Wawrinka, the third seed, rallied to beat Croatian Marin Cilic 3-6, 6-0, 6-1. He’ll play France’s Julien Benneteau, who beat Jerzy Janowicz 7-5, 6-1.<br /><br />Milos Raonic defeated American Steve Johnson 6-7 (7-9), 6-3, 7-6 (7-4) and next faces Italian 15th seed Fabio Fognini. Fognini beat Lu Yen-Hsun of Taiwan 3-6, 6-3, 6-3. Sharapova, Halep through<br /><br />In women’s action in the combined ATP and WTA event, defending champion Serena Williams continued her march through the draw, beating Italian 13th seed Flavia Pennetta 6-2, 6-2.<br /><br />Williams next plays eighth seed Jelena Jankovic, who beat Sloane Stephens 7-6 (7-4), 6-4. Also through was world number two and second seed Simona Halep, a 6-4, 7-5 winner against Czech Lucie Safarova. Halep earned a mouth-watering rematch with fifth-seeded Sharapova, who beat fellow Russian Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 6-4, 7-6 (7-2). Ukrainian teenager Elina Svitolina defeated Spain’s number 15 Carla Suarez Navarro 4-6, 6-4, 6-4. She’ll next face former world number one Ana Ivanovic, a 6-2, 2-6, 6-3 winner over Svetlana Kuznetsova.<br /><br />Fourth-seeded Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland cruised past Germany’s Sabine Lisicki 6-1, 6-1 and will take on Denmark’s Caroline Wozniacki, a 7-5, 6-2 winner over sixth-seeded German Angelique Kerber.<br /><br />Sania-Cara lose<br /><br />India’s campaign ended after Sania Mirza and Cara Black went down to Anabel Medina Garrigues of Spain and Kazakhstan’s Yaroslave Shvedova in their women’s doubles second round match here.<br /><br />The fourth seeded Indo-Zimbabwean pair lost 3-6 3-6 in round two.</p>
<p>Tommy Robredo shocked world number one Novak Djokovic at the Cincinnati Masters, but Roger Federer avoided an upset again Frenchman Gael Monfils.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Spain’s Robredo, seeded 16th in the US Open tune-up, sent top-seeded Djokovic packing 7-6 (8/6), 7-5.<br /><br />Second-seeded Federer, a five-time Cincinnati champion, held off Monfils 6-4, 4-6, 6-3 on Thursday.<br /><br />He booked a tough quarterfinal against eighth-seeded Scot Andy Murray, who battled more than two hours against the huge serve of John Isner, finally dispatching the American 6-7 (3-7), 6-4, 7-6 (7-2). Robredo next faces sixth-seeded compatriot David Ferrer — a 7-5, 6-0 winner over Mikhail Youzhny.<br /><br />Australian Open champion Stan Wawrinka, the third seed, rallied to beat Croatian Marin Cilic 3-6, 6-0, 6-1. He’ll play France’s Julien Benneteau, who beat Jerzy Janowicz 7-5, 6-1.<br /><br />Milos Raonic defeated American Steve Johnson 6-7 (7-9), 6-3, 7-6 (7-4) and next faces Italian 15th seed Fabio Fognini. Fognini beat Lu Yen-Hsun of Taiwan 3-6, 6-3, 6-3. Sharapova, Halep through<br /><br />In women’s action in the combined ATP and WTA event, defending champion Serena Williams continued her march through the draw, beating Italian 13th seed Flavia Pennetta 6-2, 6-2.<br /><br />Williams next plays eighth seed Jelena Jankovic, who beat Sloane Stephens 7-6 (7-4), 6-4. Also through was world number two and second seed Simona Halep, a 6-4, 7-5 winner against Czech Lucie Safarova. Halep earned a mouth-watering rematch with fifth-seeded Sharapova, who beat fellow Russian Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 6-4, 7-6 (7-2). Ukrainian teenager Elina Svitolina defeated Spain’s number 15 Carla Suarez Navarro 4-6, 6-4, 6-4. She’ll next face former world number one Ana Ivanovic, a 6-2, 2-6, 6-3 winner over Svetlana Kuznetsova.<br /><br />Fourth-seeded Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland cruised past Germany’s Sabine Lisicki 6-1, 6-1 and will take on Denmark’s Caroline Wozniacki, a 7-5, 6-2 winner over sixth-seeded German Angelique Kerber.<br /><br />Sania-Cara lose<br /><br />India’s campaign ended after Sania Mirza and Cara Black went down to Anabel Medina Garrigues of Spain and Kazakhstan’s Yaroslave Shvedova in their women’s doubles second round match here.<br /><br />The fourth seeded Indo-Zimbabwean pair lost 3-6 3-6 in round two.</p>