Cincinnati Masters: Nishioka makes second round, meets Hurkacz next

Japanese qualifier Yoshihito Nishioka won against Serb Miomir Kecmanovic 6-4, 7-5 to move into the second round of the Cincinnati Masters at the Lindner Family Tennis Center on Tuesday

Nishioka, ranked No 52 and the Atlanta Open champion last month, will face No 5 seed Hubert Hurkacz next. The pair have met only once as professionals with the Japanese player winning that encounter in Le Gosier in 2016.

Cincinnati Masters 1000, other first-round matches (Lindner Family Tennis Center, hard, USD 6,795,555):

• Lorenzo Musetti (14) beat Nicolas Jarry: 4-6, 7-6 (5), 7-6 (4)
• Ben Shelton (12) beat Reilly Opelka (WC): 7-6 (3), 7-6 (3)
• Jordan Thompson beat Ugo Humbert (13): 3-6, 6-3, 7-6 (4)
• Alex Michelsen (Q) beat Tallon Griekspoor: 6-1, 5-7, 6-2
• Jiri Lehecka beat Mariano Navone: 7-6 (3), 6-3
• Frances Tiafoe beat Alejandro Davidovich Fokina: 6-3, 7-6 (6)
• Luciano Darderi beat Alejandro Tabilo: 6-3, 7-6 (5)
• Sebastian Baez beat Marcos Giron: 6-4, 5-7, 7-6 (6)
• Zhizhen Zhang beat Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard: 6-3, 7-6 (4)
• Karen Khachanov beat Francisco Cerundolo: 6-0, 6-3
• Flavio Cobolli beat Tommy Paul (10): 6-2, 4-6, 7-5
• Gael Monfils vs. Alexei Popyrin
• Tomas Martin Etcheverry vs. Matteo Arnaldi
• Pablo Carreno Busta vs. Sebastian Korda
• Holger Rune vs. Matteo Berrettini
• Jack Draper vs. Jaume Munar
• Max Purcell vs. Tomas Machac
• Adrian Mannarino vs. Nuno Borges
• Jan-Lennard Struff vs. Stefanos Tsitsipas
• Felix Auger-Aliassime vs. Aleksandar Kovacevic
• Fabian Marozsan vs. Corentin Moutet
• Brandon Holt vs. Arthur Fils
• Taylor Fritz vs. Brandon Nakashima

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