Cincinnati Open: Djokovic stunned by Tirante in second round

Published On 16 Aug 202616 Aug 2026Novak Djokovic suffered from punishing heat and humidity on Saturday but made a match of it before falling 2-6, 6-4, 6-4 to Thiago Tirante in what could be the Serb’s last appearance at the ATP-WTA Cincinnati Masters.The second-round battle lasted for more than two and a half hours, and it proved too much for the 24-time Grand Slam champion, who was playing his first match since he lost to Jannik Sinner in the Wimbledon semifinals more than a month ago.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemslist 1 of 4Islam Makhachev wins record 17th straight fight at UFC 330list 2 of 4Bangladesh make history with first-ever Test cricket win in Australialist 3 of 4MLS: Lionel Messi misses penalty again as Nashville thrash Inter Miami 4-1list 4 of 4Swimming: Pallister stuns Ledecky in Pan Pacs, Douglass sets world recordend of listTop-seeded Alexander Zverev, the French Open champion who fell to Sinner in the Wimbledon final, was more fortunate, squeezing out an opening 3-6, 6-3, 6-3 victory over Cameron Norrie in a match that took two hours and 45 minutes and ended at 2:15am.Britain’s Norrie has now lost all eight of his matches against the German, winner of the Cinci...