Shots of the day: Sloane soars, Rafa cruises

Published by Bastien Thorne

Sloane Stephens is back in the groove at Cincinnati. Photo: Getty Images

Wednesday at Cincinnati was the day that the big guns officially came out to play. Rafael Nadal cruised through his opening encounter with Richard Gasquet, while world No.1 Karolina Pliskova made short work of her opponent. But it wasn’t all plain-sailing – Alexander Zverev was stunned in his first match since winning Montreal, Venus Williams lost to qualifier Ash Barty, and Angelique Kerber lost a nailbiter to Ekaterina Makarova. These are the best photos of the day.

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