Nadal, Wawrinka fall on upset day in Cincinnati


  • Tennis
  • Friday, 19 Aug 2016

Aug 18, 2016; Mason, OH, USA; Andy Murray (GBR) returns a shot against Kevin Anderson (USA) on day six during the Western and Southern tennis tournament at Linder Family Tennis Center. Aaron Doster-USA TODAY Sports

(Reuters) - Olympic champion Andy Murray restored some order at the Western & Southern Open by cutting down South African giant Kevin Anderson to reach the quarter-finals on an upset-filled Thursday in Cincinnati.

Rafa Nadal and Stan Wawrinka, two of the other headliners at the U.S. Open warm-up event, fell to a pair of young guns on a hot and steamy day on the Ohio hardcourts.

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