Roger Federer is still playing the ATP1000 in Montreal where he has reached the semi-final, but next week he will try to win his 8th title in Cincinnati.

This ATP1000 will define if either Roger Federer or Rafael Nadal will be the new world no.1 after that AndyMurray has withdrawn from the tournament.

Roger didn’t have a fantastic draw at the Western & Southern Open where he is seeded no.2 as he might play some tough players from the very beginning. This is Federer’s projected path

R1 Bye
R2 Khachanov/Schwartzman
R3 Sock
QF Dimitrov/Berdych
SF Zverev
F Nadal

Nadal

Rafa is seeded no.1 in Cincinnati, and he wasn’t also lucky in his draw. This is his projected path 

R1 Bye
R2 Gasquet
R3 Mueller (his Wimbledon conqueror)
QF Tsonga/Goffin/Kyrgios
SF Thiem
F Federer

Projected quarters

Nadal – Tsonga
Thiem – Nishikori
Raonic – Zverev
Federer – Dimitrov

The defending champion in Andy Murray that will not be able to compete for his problems to his hip.

This is the full draw.