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Summary
World Number One Roger Federer and reigning champion Andy Murray have lined up a top-two semi-final showdown at the Cincinnati Masters. Federer dismissed former world number one Lleyton Hewitt of Australia 6-3, 6-4. Third-seeded Murray, who seized the world number two ranking en route to capturing the Montreal Masters last week, rallied to beat French lucky loser Julien Benneteau 4-6, 6-3, 6-1. Rafael Nadal the world number three and second seed, beat unseeded Czech Tomas Berdych 6-4, 7-5 to set up a semi-final rematch with fourth-seeded Djokovic. Novak Djokovic from Serbia beat French Giles Simons by 6-4 and 7-5. Murray will face Federer and Nadal will face Novak Djokovic in the semi-finals.
