on a day of Cincinnati Masters 1,000 go through the water and where the three Spaniards in contention go through the rotation (Alcaraz, Davidovich and Bucsa), there is also room for surprises.
the russian Andrei Rublev (8) lost again in his debut, as he did at the Masters 1,000 in Toronto, this time against Finn Emil Ruusuvuori (60) 6-7 (10), 5-7 and 7-6 (3) in the 2nd round .
Also in the 2nd round, Frenchman Adrian Mannarino defeated Félix Auger-Aliassime (12) 6-4, 6-4. The Canadian seemed to have put his head together after the previous day’s victory but lost in two sets.
For his part, the French veteran Gael Monfils (211), 36 years old and overcoming knee discomfort, advanced to the round after defeating British left-hander Cameron Norrie (15), who had lost four of his last five games, 3-6, 6 -4 and 6-3. In the next round, Monfils will face Australian Spanish origin Alex de Miñaur (12), Toronto finalist, Davidovich’s executioner in the Canadian semifinals, and defeated local Jeffrey Wolf (44) 6-0, 3-6 and 6-1.
so is german Alexander Zverez (17) advanced to the round with a comfortable victory over Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov (19) 6-2, 6-2 in a match postponed from the previous day due to bad weather.
Finally, Chilean Nicolás Jarry (26) withdrew for personal reasons (with his wife on the birth of their second child) despite losing to Russian Roman Safiullin (63) 4-6, 6-3 and 6 -3.
Results
Men’s 1st round
Ugo Humbert (FRA) def. Arthur Fils (FRA) 6-4, 3-6, 6-2
Tommy Paul (USA/N.14) over Miomir Kecmanovic (SRB) 7-5, 7-6 (7/2)
Stan Wawrinka (SUI) def. Brandon Nakashima (USA) 6-3, 6-7 (5/7), 6-3
Max Purcell (AUS) def. Lloyd Harris (RSA) 6-4, 6-4
Hubert Hurkacz (POL) def. Thanasi Kokkinakis (AUS) 7-6 (7/2), 3-6, 7-6 (7/1)
Borna Coric (CRO/N.15) def. Sebastian Korda (USA) 7-6 (7/5), 6-4
Alexei Popyrin (AUS) def. Daniel Altmaier (GER) 6-7 (5/7), 6-4, 6-4
Mackenzie McDonald (USA) def. Yannick Hanfmann (GER) 7-5, 6-1
Alexander Zverev (GER/N.16) def. Grigor Dimitrov (BUL) 6-2, 6-2
Lorenzo Musetti (ITA) def. Daniel Evans (GBR) 6-4, 6-3
Lorenzo Sonego (ITA) def. Alexander Shevchenko (RUS) 6-3, 3-6, 6-3
Taylor Fritz (USA/N.9) over Jirí Lehecka (CZE) 7-6 (16/14), 6-2
Gaël Monfils (FRA) def. Cameron Norrie (GBR/N.13) 3-6, 6-4, 6-3
Alex De Minaur (AUS) def. JJ Wolf (USA) 6-0, 3-6, 6-1
Alejandro Davidovich (ESP) def. Tomas Etcheverry (ARG) 6-3, 6-3
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Results
Men’s 2nd round
Carlos Alcaraz (ESP/N.1) def. Jordan Thompson (AUS) 7-5, 4-6, 6-3
Emil Ruusuvuori (FIN) def. Andrey Rublev (RUS/N.7) 7-6 (12/10), 5-7, 7-6 (7/3)
Adrian Mannarino (FRA) over Felix Auger-Aliassime (CAN/N.12) 6-4, 6-4
Source: La Verdad
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