Cincinnati Masters: Etcheverry through to second round to face Shelton

The Argentine won against Matteo Arnaldi 6-3, 6-7 (3), 6-2 in the first round on Wednesday

Tomas Martin Etcheverry, 2024 Tomas Martin Etcheverry, 2024 (c) Zuma/Panoramic
Cincinnati Open •Second round • completed
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Argentinian Tomas Martin Etcheverry moved into the second round of the Cincinnati Masters by beating Italian Matteo Arnaldi 6-3, 6-7 (3), 6-2 at the Lindner Family Tennis Center on Wednesday.

This was Etcheverry’s second win over Arnaldi across all levels of the pro tour. The world No 37 will play No 12 seed Ben Shelton next.

Shelton has won the only meeting between the two, the semi-final clash in Houston on clay earlier this year.

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

  • Pablo Carreno Busta beat Sebastian Korda (16): 7-5, 6-1
  • Gael Monfils beat Alexei Popyrin: 7-5, 6-3
  • Jack Draper beat Jaume Munar (Q): 7-5, 3-6, 7-6 (5)
  • Max Purcell (WC) 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 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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