Carreno Busta upsets Korda in Cincinnati

Spaniard Pablo Carreno Busta defeated American Sebastian Korda, the No 16 seed, 7-5, 6-1 to reach the second round of the Western & Southern Open at the Lindner Family Tennis Center on Wednesday afternoon.

Carreno Busta will play Australian wild card Max Purcell in the round of 32 on Thursday.

Cincinnati Masters 1000, other first-round results:

• Tomas Martin Etcheverry vs. Matteo Arnaldi: Wednesday
• Gael Monfils beat Alexei Popyrin: 7-5, 6-3
• Jack Draper beat Jaume Munar (Q): 7-5, 3-6, 7-6 (5)
• Max Purcell beat Tomas Machac: 6-4, 7-6 (1)
• Holger Rune (15) beat Matteo Berrettini (WC): 2-6, 6-1, 6-4
• Nuno Borges (Q) beat Adrian Mannarino: 6-4, 3-6, 6-1
• Stefanos Tsitsipas (9) beat Jan-Lennard Struff: 4-6, 6-4, 6-3
• Felix Auger-Aliassime beat Aleksandar Kovacevic (Q): 6-3, 6-1
• Fabian Marozsan beat Corentin Moutet (Q): 6-4, 7-6 (2)
• Arthur Fils beat Brandon Holt (Q): 6-4, 6-1
• Brandon Nakashima (WC) beat Taylor Fritz (11): 6-4, 4-6, 7-6 (4)
• Yoshihito Nishioka (Q) beat Miomir Kecmanovic: 6-4, 7-5
• 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

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