Danish beauty, Caroline Wozniacki won two straight sets encounters to win her maiden Rogers Cup title. Wozniacki had to play her semi final and her final matches on the same day after rain ruined play for two days. She collected 900 points for her supreme effort and a hefty $350,000 as prize money. The win solidifies her US Open campaign, where she heads as the world number two, with an uphill task of defending points as last year's finalist. She is expected to be the top seed at the US Open with Serena Williams, pulling out of the last Grand Slam of the year with an injured foot. The Rogers Cup is her third title of the year after wins at Ponte Vedra Beach and Copenhagen.

The Dane beat Russian Svetlana Kuznetsova 6-2, 6-3, to become the first player to get into the final. Wozniacki broke the Russian thrice in the match and backed the effort by not losing her serve right through the contest. The match that begun on Saturday, only saw two games being played before rain ruined the party. It was only on Monday that the players would find themselves competing again. Prior to the match the head to head stuck equal with two wins each for both the women. The last match was won by the Dane at the US Open round of sixteen in 2009.

They battled for 160 minutes over 34 games and 238 points and in the end it came down to just 1 break of serve as Mardy Fish played the match of his life in front of a vociferously appreciative crowd, but could not stop former world no.1 Roger Federer from chalking up his 17th Masters Series title and his 63rd tournament win on another historic day of Tennis. The win moved Federer level with Andre Agassi on no.2 in the all-time Masters winners list and equal with Bjorn Borg on tournament wins, but perhaps today was all about the future as the three-time former champion's successful title defence meant that he will head into the final Grand Slam of the year, the US Open, as the second seed and will hence avoid bumping into world no.1 Rafa Nadal anytime before the final. Equally important for Roger was that he ended a title-less run which extended all the way back to the Australian Open in January.

The match itself was all about the serve, with Mardy Fish coming into this match on the back of having lost his just thrice all tournament long, with two of those breaks coming in yesterday's semi-final against Andy Roddick. Both men had shown a penchant for racing to the net in the tournament thus far, but were surprisingly not quite as aggressive today. The first set was predominantly dominated by Federer, but unusually for the Swiss legend, he failed to take his chances. Roger had four break points on the Fish serve, but like he had done all week, the American produced the goods when he needed them the most. In sharp contrast, Federer was rarely tested in his service games and didn't face a single break point all set.

After a disappointing summer that included two Grand Slam quarter-final exits, Roger Federer used the 6-week break prior to the launch of his assault on the American hard courts to remodel his game. The 16-time Grand Slam champion unleashed FedEx 2.0 at the Rogers Cup in Toronto last week, and though it did not lead to instant results, he has made back to back Masters series finals. Playing in his semi-final encounter against Marcos Baghdatis on Saturday night, Federer showcased the new aggressive intent with which he approaches the game now. Not holding back at all, Federer went for winners off the return of serve rather than blocking the ball back to start a rally and charged to the net at every opportunity to shorten the points. The result was an outstanding 6-4, 6-3 win over Baghdatis, who failed to settle into this match at all.

Earlier in the day Mardy Fish exorcised the ghosts of his 2003 Cincy Final defeat at the hands of Andy Roddick, fighting back from a set and 5-2 down to stun the no.9 seed in three sets 4-6, 7-6(3), 6-1. In a match that was influenced considerably by rain delays, the 28-year old Fish showcased his new found hunger for the sport, winning 11 of the last 13 games to book a place in his first ever ATP Masters Series final.

He's not exactly the last seed standing, but Roger Federer jumped into pole position in the race for the Cincinnati title after the usual suspects bit the dust on Fatal Friday at the Western & Southern Financial Group Masters. Federer came through a tight two setter with no.6 seed Nikolay Davydenko to set-up a semi-final clash with Marcos Baghdatis, in a match that is sure to turn back time. The pair met in the 2006 Australian Open final, a defining moment in Baghdatis' career, however, that match did not exactly go as planned. On Saturday, the popular Cypriot will aim to become just the 6th player to beat Rafa Nadal and Federer in the same tournament. Baghdatis played some exemplary tennis to stun the world no.1 6-4, 4-6, 6-4 in their quarter-final encounter on Friday.

The second semi-final will feature a friendly rivalry that has graced American hard courts for decades as former junior sparring partners Andy Roddick and Mardy Fish attempt to re-enact the 2003 Cincinnati final. Roddick won that match, and the final again in 2006. The super server overcame a slight hiccup late in the second set to stun the 2nd seed Novak Djokovic 6-4, 7-5. Fish produced an even better serving display to shock last week's Rogers Cup champion Andy Murray 6-7 (7), 6-1, 7-6 (5). Both matches were played in sweltering conditions with the heat taking full toll on the players.