Well-rested Federer heads Cincinnati field

Swiss Roger Federer should be among the freshest of the seeds as the Olympic silver medallist begins play at top men's seed at next week's ATP-WTA Cincinnati Masters.

The 17-time grand slam champion who turned 31 on August 8 only three days after losing to Andy Murray in the London Olympic final, took a few days off at his family chalet to recharge before hitting the practise courts in the USA last in the week.

The four-time champion won the Masters 1000 titles in 2005, 2007, and 2009-10 but suffered a quarter-final loss last year to Tomas Berdych.

Federer will start after a bye against the winner from Finn Jarkko Nieminen and Russian Alex Bogomolov.

The tournament has been plagued by injury pullouts, many a result of a jammed-up schedule made ever more demanding by the Olympics.
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