Rafael Nadal won Cincinnati for the first time in 2013. Along the way, he beat Benjamin Becker, Thomas Berdych, Grigor Dimitrov, who later won Cincinnati, and Roger Federer, who has won Cincinnati seven times.
In the final, Rafa took down John Isner for the championship in straight sets, 7-6, 7-6.
To reach the final, Isner had beaten Richard Gasquet and then three top-10 players in a row, first Milos Raonic, then Novak Djokovic, then Juan Martín del Potro in the semifinals. Isner did not win a Masters title for another five years, with a 2018 triumph in Miami.
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