Roger Federer will begin his Cincinnati title defense on Tuesday against Roberto Bautista Agut. Second-round action also includes Grigor Dimitrov vs. Vasek Pospisil.

Roberto Bautista Agut vs. (2) Roger Federer

Federer and Bautista Agut will be going head-to-head for the fourth time in their careers when they clash in round two of the Western & Southern Open on Tuesday. Few matchups in tennis have been more lopsided since the summer of 2014. All three of their previous encounters have gone Federer’s way and none has been competitive. The 34-year-old Swiss cruised 6-4, 6-3, 6-2 at the U.S. Open, 6-4, 6-2 at the Shanghai Masters, and 6-2, 6-2, 6-3 earlier this season at Wimbledon.

Perhaps the only good news for Bautista Agut is that Federer is playing his first match since finishing runner-up at the All-England Club and therefore his first hard-court match since Indian Wells. But the world No. 3…