Nadal,Murray exit on day of upsets

In another quarter-final match,Roger Federer beat Russian Nikolay Davydenko in straight sets 6-4,7-5 and former world number one Andy Roddick breezed past Novak Djokovic 6-4,7-5. Top seed Nadal committed 30 unforced errors in the first two sets and double-faulted on break point in the ninth game of the third set,allowing the Cypriot to serve for the match.

Baghdatis clinched his first victory in seven previous attempts against Nadal when the Spaniard fired a forehand into the net to register his 35th unforced error.

Playing his eighth match in 10 days the exhausted 23-year-old Murray forced two tiebreakers,but couldn’t seal the deal.

Murray asked tournament officials after his match on Thursday if he could play the evening match on Friday but was denied. Murray even volunteered to play on a secondary court and admitted he felt like pulling out because of tiredness.

Meanwhile,Roddick hammered eight aces against Djokovic who appeared in the last two Cincinnati finals,losing to Federer last year and Murray in 2008.

Bhupathi-Mirnyi in semis

Masheh Bhupathi and Max Mirnyi booked a semifinal berth in the ATP Cincinnati Masters after sailing past Mariusz Fyrstenberg and Marcin Matkowski in straight sets.

The fourth seeds scored a comfortable 6-3 6-2 win over the eight seeded Polish pair in the quarterfinals of the hard court event.